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1928 Philadelphia Athletics season

Field	Value
name	Philadelphia Athletics
season	1928
image	Philadelphia Athletics Jersey Logo (1928 to 1949).svg
league	American League
ballpark	Shibe Park
city	Philadelphia
record
league_place	2nd
owners	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
managers	Connie Mack

|}} The 1928 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing second in the American League with a record of 98 wins and 55 losses. The team featured seven eventual Hall-of-Fame players: Ty Cobb, Mickey Cochrane, Eddie Collins, Jimmie Foxx, Lefty Grove, Al Simmons, and Tris Speaker.

Offseason

February 5, 1928: Tris Speaker was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.

Regular season

By this time, the nucleus of the 1929–31 dynasty was in place for the A's. The team featured three starters who were later elected into the Hall of Fame: catcher Mickey Cochrane and outfielders Al Simmons and Ty Cobb. Cochrane was voted league MVP. Simmons led the team with a .351 batting average and 107 RBI. Cobb, in his last major league season, hit .323 in 95 games. Jimmie Foxx, Tris Speaker, and Eddie Collins also saw playing time for the 1928 team.

The pitching staff, led by 24-game winner Lefty Grove, allowed the fewest runs in the AL.

The A's were in a hard fought pennant race with the New York Yankees this season. After trailing the Yankees by 13.5 games on July 1, the A's caught fire with a 25-8 record in July and a 19-9 record in August. In September, the A's won the first 6 out of 8 games and on the 8th pulled into first place by 1/2 game by sweeping the Red Sox at Fenway Park in a doubleheader. However, on the very next day, the A's were swept by the Yankees in a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium to fall back into second place. The A's kept close on the Yankees heels, but couldn't overtake New York.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1928 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	131	468	137	.293	10	57
1B	95	300	78	.260	16	59
2B	126	472	149	.316	6	50
3B	88	314	97	.309	4	58
SS	132	425	112	.264	0	49
OF	139	510	168	.329	8	85
OF	119	464	163	.351	15	107
OF	95	353	114	.323	1	40

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
118	400	131	.328	13	79
91	332	93	.280	6	39
85	242	67	.277	5	30
64	191	51	.267	3	30
64	170	52	.306	0	22
48	74	19	.257	0	7
28	34	9	.265	0	3
36	33	10	.303	0	7
19	29	5	.172	0	1

Pitching

	= Indicates league leader

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
39	261.2	24	8	2.58	183
38	235.2	17	12	3.55	112
31	211.1	18	7	2.90	43
26	158.1	7	7	3.81	117
23	139.1	9	8	3.62	34

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
43	173.2	13	5	3.06	37
27	106.0	6	5	4.58	53
3	14.0	1	1	3.21	5
2	8.2	0	1	2.08	1

Note: Eddie Rommel was the team leader in saves with 4.

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
11	2	1	1	5.09	15
9	1	0	2	4.50	4
3	0	0	0	5.06	3
1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

Mickey Cochrane, AL Most Valuable Player

League top five finishers

Max Bishop

#4 in AL in on-base percentage (.435)

Lefty Grove

AL leader in wins (24)
AL leader in strikeouts (183)
#3 in AL in ERA (2.58)

Joe Hauser

#4 in AL in home runs (16)

Al Simmons

#4 in AL in batting average (.351)

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/speaktr01.shtml Tris Speaker page at Baseball Reference]
"1928 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics".
''Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records'', p.51, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, {{ISBN. 978-1-55365-507-7

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