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1928 Boston Braves season

Field	Value
name	Boston Braves
season	1928
league	National League
ballpark	Braves Field
city	Boston, Massachusetts
record	50–103 (.327)
league_place	7th
owners	Emil Fuchs
managers	Jack Slattery, Rogers Hornsby
radio	WNAC
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The 1928 Boston Braves season was the 58th season of the franchise. The team finished seventh in the National League with a record of 50–103, 44½ games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

In the offseason, Rogers Hornsby was traded to the Braves. It was the second trade in as many seasons for Hornsby, who had been traded to the New York Giants during the previous offseason. Hornsby managed to be the league's most productive hitter. He won his seventh batting title in 1928 with a .387 average, and led the league in on-base percentage (.498, a figure that only Hornsby himself topped among National Leaguers in the 20th century), slugging percentage (.632), and walks (107).

The Braves played 9 consecutive doubleheaders between September 4 and September 15, totaling 18 games in just 12 days.

Offseason

December 14, 1927: Frank Gibson was purchased from the Braves by the St. Louis Cardinals.
January 10, 1928: Shanty Hogan and Jimmy Welsh were traded by the Braves to the New York Giants for Rogers Hornsby.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

August 14, 1928: Emilio Palmero was purchased by the Braves from the Toledo Mud Hens.

Roster

1928 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league leader

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	Zack Taylor	125	399	100	.251	2	30
1B		118	491	167	.340	4	68
2B		140	486	188	.387	21	94
SS	Doc Farrell	134	483	104	.215	3	43
3B	Les Bell	153	591	164	.277	10	91
OF		96	254	71	.280	1	32
OF	Eddie Brown	142	523	140	.268	2	59
OF	Lance Richbourg	148	612	206	.337	2	52

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
Eddie Moore	68	215	51	.237	2	18
	42	151	34	.225	0	19
Dick Burrus	64	137	37	.270	3	13
Al Spohrer	51	124	27	.218	0	9
Earl Clark	28	112	34	.304	0	10
Howard Freigau	52	109	28	.257	1	17
	18	51	7	.137	0	3
Johnny Cooney	33	41	7	.171	0	2
Doc Gautreau	23	18	5	.278	0	1
Dave Harris	7	17	2	.118	0	0
Luke Urban	15	17	3	.176	0	2
Charlie Fitzberger	7	7	2	.286	0	0
Dinny McNamara	9	4	1	.250	0	0
Bill Cronin	3	2	0	.000	0	0
	3	2	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
	38	244.1	13	17	3.87	59
	38	225.1	9	21	5.07	84
Joe Genewich	13	80.2	3	7	4.13	15

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
Art Delaney	39	192.1	9	17	3.79	45
Kent Greenfield	32	143.2	3	11	5.32	30
	22	90.0	3	3	5.10	18
Johnny Cooney	24	89.2	3	7	4.32	18
	16	60.1	2	7	5.82	7
Charlie Robertson	13	59.1	2	5	5.31	17
Bonnie Hollingsworth	7	22.1	0	2	5.24	10
Johnny Werts	10	18.1	0	2	10.31	5
	3	6.2	0	1	5.40	0

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	ERA	SO
Foster Edwards	21	2	1	5.66	17
	19	0	2	6.75	8
	7	1	0	6.30	8
Clay Touchstone	5	0	0	4.50	1
Hal Goldsmith	4	0	0	3.24	1
Art Mills	4	0	0	12.91	0
	4	0	0	5.40	0
Guy Morrison	1	0	0	12.00	0
	1	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

Notes

References

1928 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference

References

"Another Episode of How the Game Has Changed".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gibsofr01.shtml Frank Gibson page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hogansh01.shtml Rogers Hornsby page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/palmeem01.shtml Emilio Palmero page at Baseball Reference]
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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