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1928 Major League Baseball season

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This article is about the 1928 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1928 in baseball.
1928 MLB season
LeagueMajor League Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationApril 10 – October 14, 1928
Regular Season
League Postseason
AL championsNew York Yankees
NL championsSt. Louis Cardinals
World Series
ChampionsNew York Yankees
  Runners-upSt. Louis Cardinals
MLB seasons

The 1928 Major League Baseball season was the twenty-eighth season of modern Major League Baseball since the foundation of the American League. Each team played 154 regular season games, which were all played within the team's respective league. With this schedule, 22 games were played with each team of the same league. This format had started in the 1920 season and lasted until 1961 (1962 in the National league).

Awards and honors

Statistical leaders

  American League National League
Type Name Stat Name Stat
AVG Goose Goslin WSH .379 Rogers Hornsby BSB .387
HR Babe Ruth NYY 54 Jim Bottomley SLC
Hack Wilson CHC		 31
RBI Lou Gehrig NYY
Babe Ruth NYY		 142 Jim Bottomley SLC 136
Wins Lefty Grove PHA
George Pipgras NYY		 24 Burleigh Grimes PIT 25
ERA Garland Braxton PHA 2.47 Dazzy Vance BKN 2.09
SO Lefty Grove PHA 183 Dazzy Vance BKN 200
SV Waite Hoyt NYY 8 Hal Haid SLC
Bill Sherdel SLC		 5
SB Buddy Myer BSR 30 Kiki Cuyler CHC 37

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 101 53 .656 — 52‍–‍25 49‍–‍28
Philadelphia Athletics 98 55 .641 2½ 52‍–‍25 46‍–‍30
St. Louis Browns 82 72 .532 19 43‍–‍34 39‍–‍38
Washington Senators 75 79 .487 26 37‍–‍43 38‍–‍36
Chicago White Sox 72 82 .468 29 37‍–‍40 35‍–‍42
Detroit Tigers 68 86 .442 33 36‍–‍41 32‍–‍45
Cleveland Indians 62 92 .403 39 28‍–‍49 34‍–‍43
Boston Red Sox 57 96 .373 43½ 26‍–‍47 31‍–‍49

National League final standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 95 59 .617 — 42‍–‍35 53‍–‍24
New York Giants 93 61 .604 2 51‍–‍26 42‍–‍35
Chicago Cubs 91 63 .591 4 52‍–‍25 39‍–‍38
Pittsburgh Pirates 85 67 .559 9 47‍–‍30 38‍–‍37
Cincinnati Reds 78 74 .513 16 44‍–‍33 34‍–‍41
Brooklyn Robins 77 76 .503 17½ 41‍–‍35 36‍–‍41
Boston Braves 50 103 .327 44½ 25‍–‍51 25‍–‍52
Philadelphia Phillies 43 109 .283 51 26‍–‍49 17‍–‍60

Managers

American League

Team Manager Comments
Boston Red Sox Bill Carrigan
Chicago White Sox Ray Schalk and Lena Blackburne
Cleveland Indians Roger Peckinpaugh
Detroit Tigers George Moriarty
New York Yankees Miller Huggins
Philadelphia Athletics Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns Dan Howley
Washington Senators Bucky Harris

National League

Team Manager Comments
Boston Braves Jack Slattery and Rogers Hornsby
Brooklyn Robins Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs Joe McCarthy
Cincinnati Reds Jack Hendricks
New York Giants John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies Burt Shotton
Pittsburgh Pirates Donie Bush
St. Louis Cardinals Bill McKechnie
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