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1928 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Field	Value
name	New York Yankees
image	Ny yankees team 1928.jpg
image_size	250
season	1928
misc	World Series champions
American League champions
league	American League
ballpark	Yankee Stadium
city	New York City, New York
record
league_place	1st
owners	Jacob Ruppert
general_managers	Ed Barrow
managers	Miller Huggins

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The 1928 New York Yankees season was their 26th season. The team finished with a record of 101–53, winning their sixth pennant, finishing 2.5 games ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they swept the St. Louis Cardinals. Pitcher Urban Shocker died in September due to complications from pneumonia.

Regular season

The 1928 Yankees set a major league record by having nine players on the team who would eventually be elected to the Hall of Fame: Earle Combs, Lou Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri, Babe Ruth, Bill Dickey, Leo Durocher, Waite Hoyt, Herb Pennock, and Stan Coveleski. Manager Miller Huggins, team president Ed Barrow and owner Colonel Jacob Ruppert were also inducted.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1928 New York Yankees
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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	75	202	48	.238	1	21
1B	154	562	210	.374	27	142
2B	116	404	134	.332	10	82
3B	94	312	86	.276	6	34
SS	132	533	170	.319	4	63
OF	154	536	173	.323	54	142
OF	149	626	194	.310	7	56
OF	131	518	154	.297	11	113

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
102	296	80	.270	0	31
83	251	73	.291	1	36
58	161	43	.267	0	9
70	136	30	.221	6	14
74	135	34	.252	2	10
65	79	25	.316	1	15
32	56	13	.232	0	2
10	15	3	.200	0	2
4	4	2	.500	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
46	300.2	24	13	3.38	139
31	299.0	14	9	4.30	110
42	273.0	23	7	3.36	67
28	211.0	17	6	2.56	53
7	45.2	3	3	3.94	7

Note: Waite Hoyt was team and league leader in saves with 8.

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
23	96.0	8	6	5.06	39
13	68.0	2	3	3.31	25
12	58.0	5	1	5.74	5

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
35	4	4	2	4.18	18
13	0	1	2	5.25	9
12	1	0	0	3.41	10
3	0	0	0	16.50	5
1	0	0	0	0.00	0

1928 World Series

Main article: 1928 World Series

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record	Attendance
1	October 4	St. Louis Cardinals	1	New York Yankees	4	1–0	61,425
2	October 5	St. Louis Cardinals	3	New York Yankees	9	2–0	60,714
3	October 7	New York Yankees	7	St. Louis Cardinals	3	3–0	39,602
4	October 9	New York Yankees	7	St. Louis Cardinals	3	4–0	37,331

Source:

References

"1928 World Series - New York Yankees over St. Louis Cardinals (4-0)".

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