1928 IN BASEBALL

Contents

Champions

Awards and honors

Statistical Leaders

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

National League final standings

Negro League Baseball final standings

Negro National League final standings

Eastern Colored League final standings

Events

Births

Deaths

Champions

★ World Series: New York Yankees over St Louis Cardinals

Awards and honors

★ League Award

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★ Mickey Cochrane, Philadelphia Athletics, C

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★ Jim Bottomley, St. Louis Cardinals, 1B

Statistical Leaders

	' American League '		' National League'
AVG	Goose Goslin WSH	.379	Rogers Hornsby BSN	.387
HR	Babe Ruth NYY	54	Jim Bottomley STL & Hack Wilson CHC	31
RBI	Babe Ruth NYY & Lou Gehrig NYY	142	Jim Bottomley STL	136
Wins	Lefty Grove PHA & George Pipgras NYY	24	Larry Benton NYG & Burleigh Grimes PIT	25
ERA	Garland Braxton WSH	2.51	Dazzy Vance BRO	2.09
Ks	Lefty Grove PHA	183	Dazzy Vance BRO	200

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

'American League'
'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
New York Yankees	101	53	.656	--
Philadelphia Athletics	98	55	.641	2.5
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	43.5

National League final standings

'National League'
'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
St. Louis Cardinals	95	59	.617	--
New York Giants	93	61	.604	2
Chicago Cubs	91	63	.591	4
Pittsburgh Pirates	85	67	.559	9
Cincinnati Reds	78	74	.513	16
Brooklyn Robins	77	76	.503	17.5
Boston Braves	50	103	.327	44.5
Philadelphia Phillies	43	109	.283	51

Negro League Baseball final standings

Negro National League final standings

'Negro National League (West)'
'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
St. Louis Stars	68	25	.731
Kansas City Monarchs	49	31	.613
Detroit Stars	58	38	.604
Chicago American Giants	45	37	.549
Birmingham Black Barons	44	54	.449
Memphis Red Sox	30	52	.366
Cleveland Tigers	21	53	.284
Cuban Stars	14	44	.241

★ St. Louis won the first half, Chicago won the second half.

★ St. Louis beat Chicago 5 games to 4 games in a play-off.

Eastern Colored League final standings

'Eastern Colored League (East)'
'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	32	23	.582
Hilldale	26	27	.491
Baltimore Black Sox	20	22	.476
New York Lincoln Giants	17	21	.447
Homestead Grays	8	5	.615
Brooklyn Royal Giants	3	6	.333
Newark Cuban Stars	1	3	.250

★ The League broke up midway through the season due the the breakdown of the founder (and manager of Hilldale) although the individual teams continued to play.

Events

★ July 26 - Bob Meusel of the New York Yankees hit for the cycle for the third time in his career. The Yankees scored 11 runs in the top of the 12th to beat the Detroit Tigers, 12-1 in 12 innings.

Births

★ January 23 - Chico Carrasquel

★ January 28 - Pete Runnels

★ February 5 - Don Hoak

★ February 20 - Roy Face

★ May 16 - Billy Martin

★ May 19 - Gil McDougald

★ May 29 - Willard Schmidt

★ June 17 - Willard Nixon

★ July 30 - Joe Nuxhall

★ October 1 - Hal Naragon

★ October 17 - Jim Gilliam

★ October 21 - Whitey Ford

★ November 15 - Gus Bell

Deaths

★ January 14 - Al Reach, 87, pioneer who as second baseman was the sport's first professional player in 1865; batted .353 for 1871 champion Athletics in first season of National Association; co-founder of the Phillies, serving as team president from 1883-1902, later part owner of Athletics; publisher of annual baseball guides beginning in 1883

★ February 1 - Hughie Jennings, 58, shortstop, most notably for the Baltimore Orioles, who batted .311 lifetime but had career shortened by numerous beanings; team captain was runnerup in 1896 batting race with .401 mark; managed Tigers to consecutive pennants from 1907 to 1909, later coach with Giants

★ June 23 - Malachi Kittridge, 58, a catcher for the Louisville Colonels, Boston Beaneaters, Washington Senators and Cleveland Naps between 1890 and 1906

★ July 18 - Ed Killian, 51, pitcher who clinched 1907 pennant for Tigers with two wins in doubleheader; allowed 9 home runs in 1600 career innings, none from 1903-07

★ September 9 - Urban Shocker, 38, pitcher who had 20-win seasons for the Browns from 1920-1923, was 18-6 for 1927 Yankees before retiring; led AL in strikeouts in 1922

★ October 22 - Jack Dunn, 56, owner and manager of minor league Baltimore Orioles since 1907 who developed stars including Babe Ruth and Lefty Grove; won seven consecutive pennants from 1919-25, was second winningest manager in history of minors with 2107 victories; won 23 games as pitcher for 1899 NL champion Brooklyn

★ October 31 - José Méndez, 41, star Cuban pitcher of the Negro Leagues, primarily with the All Nations team and the Kansas City Monarchs; managed Monarchs from 1920-26, winning 1924 title in first Negro League World Series

★ November 11 - Oyster Burns, 64, right fielder, mainly for Brooklyn, who batted .300 lifetime and led NL in home runs and RBI in 1890