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, games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1928 World Series.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup
Jack Rothrock SSPhil Todt 1BIra Flagstead CFKen Williams LFBuddy Myer 3BBill Regan 2BDoug Taitt RFFred 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.Wally Gerber page at Baseball Reference
Roster 1928 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
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 78 199 45 .226 0 16 1B 144 539 136 .252 12 73 2B 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 133 462 140 .303 8 67 OF 143 482 144 .299 3 61 OF 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 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 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 2 0 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 John Shea 1 0 0 0 18.00 0 1 0 0 0 27.00 1
Farm system
Source:Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
External links 1928 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1928 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com