1928 Brooklyn Robins season

1928 Brooklyn Robins
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Ballpark	Ebbets Field
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	Stephen McKeever
Managers	Wilbert Robinson

The 1928 Brooklyn Robins finished in 6th place, despite pitcher Dazzy Vance leading the league in strikeouts for a seventh straight season as well as posting a career best 2.09 ERA.

Offseason

• December 12, 1928: Johnny Butler was purchased from the Robins by the Chicago Cubs.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	95	59	0.617	—	42–35	53–24
New York Giants	93	61	0.604	2	51–26	42–35
Chicago Cubs	91	63	0.591	4	52–25	39–38
Pittsburgh Pirates	85	67	0.559	9	47–30	38–37
Cincinnati Reds	78	74	0.513	16	44–33	34–41
Brooklyn Robins	77	76	0.503	17½	41–35	36–41
Boston Braves	50	103	0.327	44½	25–51	25–52
Philadelphia Phillies	43	109	0.283	51	26–49	17–60

Record vs. opponents

1928 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	7–15	5–17	10–12	6–16	13–9	5–16	4–18
Brooklyn	15–7	—	10–12	10–12–1	9–13–1	15–7	9–12	9–13
Chicago	17–5	12–10	—	13–9	14–8	13–9	11–11	11–11
Cincinnati	12–10	12–10–1	9–13	—	8–14	13–7	12–10	12–10
New York	16–6	13–9–1	8–14	14–8	—	17–5	11–11	14–8
Philadelphia	9–13	7–15	9–13	7–13	5–17	—	4–18	2–20
Pittsburgh	16–5	12–9	11–11	10–12	11–11	18–4	—	7–15
St. Louis	18–4	13–9	11–11	10–12	8–14	20–2	15–7	—

Notable transactions

• June 8, 1928: Charlie Hargreaves was traded by the Robins to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Joe Harris and Johnny Gooch.
• June 23, 1928: Howard Freigau was purchased from the Robins by the Boston Braves.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Hank DeBerry	82	258	19	65	.252	0	23	3
1B	Del Bissonette	155	587	90	188	.320	25	106	5
2B	Jake Flowers	103	339	51	93	.274	2	44	10
3B	Harvey Hendrick	126	425	83	135	.318	11	59	16
SS	Dave Bancroft
OF	Babe Herman
OF	Rube Bressler
OF	Max Carey

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Harry Riconda
Ty Tyson
Jigger Statz
Wally Gilbert	39	153	26	31	.203	0	3	2
Butch Henline
Johnny Gooch
Joe Harris	55	89	8	21	.236	1	8	0
Jay Partridge
Charlie Hargreaves	20	61	3	12	.197	0	5	1
Howard Freigau
Overton Tremper
Max West	7	21	4	6	.286	0	1	0
Al Lopez

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Dazzy Vance	38	32	24	280.1	22	10	2.09	72	200
Doug McWeeny
Jesse Petty

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Jumbo Elliott
Watty Clark	40	19	10	194.2	12	9	2.68	50	85
Bill Doak	28	12	4	99.1	3	8	3.26	35	12
Ray Moss

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	SO
Rube Ehrhardt	28	54	1	3	2	4.67	27	12
Lou Koupal

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Del Bissonette

• #4 in NL in home runs (25)

Watty Clark

• #4 in NL in ERA (2.68)

Dazzy Vance

• MLB leader in ERA (2.09)
• MLB leader in strikeouts (200)
• #3 in NL in wins (22)

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page
• Retrosheet

External links

• 1928 Brooklyn Robins uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page