1928 New York Yankees season

1928 New York Yankees
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Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City, New York
Owners	Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
Managers	Miller Huggins
Television	none
Radio	none
Seasons

The New York Yankees' 1928 season was their 26th season. The team finished with a record of 101-53, winning their sixth pennant, finishing 2.5 games ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they swept the St. Louis Cardinals. Pitcher Urban Shocker died in September due to tuberculosis.

Player stats

Batting

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
Earle Combs	149	626	194	.310	7	56
Joe Dugan	94	312	86	.276	6	34
Lou Gehrig	154	562	210	.374	27	142
Johnny Grabowski	75	202	48	.238	1	21
Mark Koenig	132	533	170	.319	4	63
Tony Lazzeri	116	404	134	.332	10	82
Bob Meusel	131	518	154	.297	11	113
Babe Ruth	154	536	173	.323	54	142

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Benny Bengough	58	161	43	.267	0	9
George Burns	4	4	2	.500	0	0
Cedric Durst	74	135	34	.252	2	10
Mike Gazella	32	56	13	.232	0	2
Ray Morehart	73	195	50	.256	1	20
Ben Paschal	50	82	16	.317	2	16
Julie Wera	38	42	7	.238	1	8

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
Waite Hoyt	42	273	23	7	3.36	67
Hank Johnson	31	299	14	9	4.30	110
Herb Pennock	28	211	17	6	2.56	53
George Pipgras	46	300.7	24	13	3.38	139
Al Shealy	23	96	8	6	5.06	39

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Stan Coveleski	12	58	5	1	5.74	5
Fred Heimach	13	68	2	3	3.31	25
Rosy Ryan	3	6	0	0	16.50	5
Urban Shocker	1	2	0	0	0.00	0
Tom Zachary	7	45.7	3	3	3.94	7

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Archie Campbell	13	0	1	2	5.25	9
Wilcy Moore	35	4	4	2	4.18	18
Myles Thomas	12	1	0	0	3.41	10

World Series

Main article: 1928 World Series

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (NYY-PIT)	Attendance
1	October 4	St. Louis Cardinals	1	New York Yankees	4	1-0	61,425
2	October 5	St. Louis Cardinals	3	New York Yankees	9	2-0	60,714
3	October 7	New York Yankees	7	St. Louis Cardinals	3	3-0	39,602
4	October 9	New York Yankees	7	St. Louis Cardinals	3	4-0	37,331
New York Yankees win 4-0

External links

• 1928 New York Yankees
• 1928 World Series