The 1928 New York Giants season was the franchise's 46th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with a 93–61 record, two games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.
Offseason January 10, 1928: Rogers Hornsby was traded by the Giants to the Boston Braves for Shanty Hogan and Jimmy Welsh.Shanty Hogan page at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1928 New York Giants 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 131 411 137 .333 10 71 1B 149 568 185 .326 17 101 2B 129 504 138 .274 9 59 SS 150 537 145 .270 14 77 3B 153 646 231 .358 14 107 OF 124 435 140 .322 18 77 OF 124 476 146 .307 9 54 OF 114 354 113 .319 8 46
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 109 406 125 .308 6 44 82 193 51 .264 2 25 46 163 41 .252 2 13 75 133 26 .195 2 20 19 57 13 .228 2 7 10 29 8 .276 1 7 33 27 9 .333 2 9 30 25 4 .160 1 5 1 3 1 .333 0 0 2 2 0 .000 0 0 2 1 0 .000 0 0 11 1 0 .000 0 0 2 1 0 .000 0 0 1 1 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 42 310.1 25 9 2.73 90 40 261.1 20 9 3.68 67 26 158.1 11 4 3.18 37 20 124.0 10 6 2.83 37 22 119.1 4 7 4.83 33 10 55.1 3 3 5.04 11 1 3.0 0 0 15.00 1
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 38 117.1 9 8 3.53 32 22 76.1 3 6 4.72 39 17 64.0 3 6 3.80 23 16 50.1 4 1 3.58 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 12 0 2 0 4.50 5 7 1 0 1 4.42 0 4 0 0 0 7.94 3 3 0 0 0 23.63 1 1 0 0 0 14.73 3
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
Notes
References 1928 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference