The 1928 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses.

Offseason December 2, 1927: Harry Rice, Chick Galloway and Elam Vangilder were traded by the Browns to the Detroit Tigers for Heinie Manush and Lu Blue.Harry Rice page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 25, 1928: Wally Gerber was traded by the Browns to the Boston Red Sox for Hal Wiltse.Wally Gerber page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1928 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

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 91 245 70 .286 3 39 1B 154 549 154 .281 14 80 2B 135 483 118 .244 10 66 SS 150 560 153 .273 3 81 3B 99 391 103 .263 1 62 OF 146 556 159 .286 7 85 OF 154 638 241 .378 13 108 OF 127 496 117 .236 0 44

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 76 243 55 .226 2 31 47 168 61 .363 2 18 67 159 45 .283 4 24 51 132 25 .189 0 9 54 45 10 .222 1 8 10 24 7 .292 0 6 15 18 7 .389 0 2 6 18 5 .278 0 0 16 17 3 .176 0 0 7 8 2 .250 0 0 2 6 3 .500 0 1 6 5 0 .000 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 35 262.2 20 12 3.19 102 41 244.0 21 5 3.69 99 38 242.2 15 16 4.15 67 38 214.1 10 15 4.37 87

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 29 142.2 7 9 4.67 25 29 85.2 4 5 6.09 25 26 72.0 2 5 5.25 23 16 49.0 2 3 4.41 17

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 22 0 2 1 4.29 8 6 1 0 0 3.00 1 2 0 0 0 13.50 2

Notes

References 1928 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference 1928 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com