1928 Boston Red Sox season

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The 1928 Boston Red Sox season was the 28th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the eight-team American League (AL) with a record of 57 wins and 96 losses, 43+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1928 World Series.

1928 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record57–96 (.373)
League place8th
OwnersJ. A. Robert Quinn
ManagersBill Carrigan
RadioWNAC
(Fred Hoey)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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Regular season

Season standings

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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

Record vs. opponents

1928 American League record
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 10–12 9–13 7–15 6–16 3–18 9–13 13–9–1
Chicago 12–10 — 12–10–1 13–9 9–13 6–16 10–12 10–12
Cleveland 13–9 10–12–1 — 10–12 6–16 6–16 7–15 10–12
Detroit 15–7 9–13 12–10 — 7–15 8–14 9–13 8–14
New York 16–6 13–9 16–6 15–7 — 16–6 12–10 13–9
Philadelphia 18–3 16–6 16–6 14–8 6–16 — 16–6 12–10
St. Louis 13–9 12–10 15–7 13–9 10–12 6–16 — 13–9
Washington 9–13–1 12–10 12–10 14–8 9–13 10–12 9–13 —


Opening Day lineup

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.

Roster

1928 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers
  • Frank Bennett
  • Herb Bradley
  • Cliff Garrison
  • Marty Griffin
  • Slim Harriss
  • Danny MacFayden
  • Ed Morris
  • Red Ruffing
  • Jack Russell
  • Merle Settlemire
  • John Shea
  • Pat Simmons
  • Steve Slayton
  • John Wilson
  • Hal Wiltse
 Catchers
  • Bob Asbjornson
  • Charlie Berry
  • Johnnie Heving
  • Fred Hofmann

Infielders

  • Wally Gerber
  • Freddie Moncewicz
  • Buddy Myer
  • Bill Regan
  • Billy Rogell
  • Red Rollings
  • Phil Todt
 Outfielders
  • Ira Flagstead
  • George Loepp
  • Jack Rothrock
  • Carl Sumner
  • Doug Taitt
  • Arlie Tarbert
  • Denny Williams
  • Ken Williams

Other batters

  • Paul Hinson
 Manager
  • Bill Carrigan

Coaches

  • Bob Coleman
  • Heinie Wagner

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 Fred Hofmann 78 199 45 .226 0 16
1B Phil Todt 144 539 136 .252 12 73
2B Bill Regan 138 511 135 .264 7 75
SS Wally Gerber 104 300 64 .213 0 28
3B Buddy Myer 147 536 168 .313 1 44
OF Ken Williams 133 462 140 .303 8 67
OF Doug Taitt 143 482 144 .299 3 61
OF Ira 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
Jack Rothrock 117 344 92 .267 3 22
Billy Rogell 102 296 69 .233 0 29
Charlie Berry 80 177 46 .260 1 19
Johnnie Heving 82 158 41 .259 0 11
George Loepp 15 51 9 .176 0 3
Red Rollings 50 48 11 .229 0 9
Carl Sumner 16 29 8 .276 0 3
Denny Williams 16 18 4 .222 0 1
Arlie Tarbert 6 17 3 .176 0 2
Bob Asbjornson 6 16 3 .188 0 1
Freddie Moncewicz 3 1 0 .000 0 0
Paul Hinson 3 0 0 ---- 0 0

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
Red Ruffing 42 289.1 10 25 3.89 118
Ed Morris 47 257.2 19 15 3.53 104
Jack Russell 32 201.1 11 14 3.84 27
Danny MacFayden 33 195.0 9 15 4.75 61
Hal Wiltse 2 12.0 0 2 9.00 5

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
Slim Harriss 27 128.1 8 11 4.63 37
Merle Settlemire 30 82.1 0 6 5.47 12
Herb Bradley 15 47.1 0 3 7.23 14
Marty Griffin 11 37.2 0 3 5.02 9

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
Pat Simmons 31 0 2 1 4.04 16
Cliff Garrison 6 0 0 0 7.88 0
Steve Slayton 3 0 0 0 3.86 2
John Wilson 2 0 0 0 9.00 1
Jack Rothrock 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Frank Bennett 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
John Shea 1 0 0 0 18.00 0
Doug Taitt 1 0 0 0 27.00 1

Farm system

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

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