1928 Boston Red Sox season

1928 Boston Red Sox
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Fenway Park (Since 1912) Boston, Massachusetts (Since 1901)
1928 Information
Owner(s)	J.A. Robert Quinn
Manager(s)	Bill Carrigan
Local radio	WNAC Fred Hoey
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The 1928 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 57 wins and 96 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	101	53	.656	--
Philadelphia Athletics	98	55	.641	2½
St. Louis Browns	82	72	.532	19
Washington Senators	75	79	.487	26
Chicago White Sox	72	82	.468	29
Detroit Tigers	68	86	.442	33
Cleveland Indians	62	92	.403	39
Boston Red Sox	57	96	.373	43½

Opening Day lineup

All Star Buddy Myer

Jack Rothrock	SS
Phil Todt	1B
Ira Flagstead	CF
Ken Williams	LF
Buddy Myer	3B
Bill Regan	2B
Doug Taitt	RF
Fred Hofmann	C
Danny MacFayden	P

Notable transactions

• April 25, 1928: Hal Wiltse was traded by the Red Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Wally Gerber.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Hofmann, FredFred Hofmann	78	199	45	.226	0	16
1B	Todt, PhilPhil Todt	144	539	136	.252	12	73
2B	Regan, BillBill Regan	138	511	135	.264	7	75
OF	Williams, KenKen Williams	133	462	140	.303	8	67
OF	Taitt, DougDoug Taitt	143	482	144	.299	3	61
OF	Flagstead, IraIra Flagstead	140	510	148	.290	1	39

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Rothrock, JackJack Rothrock	117	344	92	.267	3	22

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bradley, HerbHerb Bradley	15	47.1	0	3	7.23	14

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Wilson, JohnJohn Wilson	2	0	0	0	9.00	1
Rothrock, JackJack Rothrock	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Bennett, FrankFrank Bennett	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Taitt, DougDoug Taitt	1	0	0	0	27.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
B	Salem Witches	New England League	Stuffy McInnis

References

• 1928 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1928 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com