1928 Philadelphia Athletics season

1928 Philadelphia Athletics
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Owner(s) Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s) Connie Mack
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The 1928 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 2nd 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

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.

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 101 53 .656 --
Philadelphia Athletics 98 55 .641 2½
St. Louis Browns 82 72 .532 19
Washington Senators 75 79 .487 26
Chicago White Sox 72 82 .468 29
Detroit Tigers 68 86 .442 33
Cleveland Indians 62 92 .403 39
Boston Red Sox 57 96 .373 43½

Record vs. opponents

1928 American League Records

Sources:

Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston — 10–12 9–13 7–15 6–16 3–18 9–13 13–9–1
Chicago 12–10 — 12–10–1 13–9 9–13 6–16 10–12 10–12
Cleveland 13–9 10–12–1 — 10–12 6–16 6–16 7–15 10–12
Detroit 15–7 9–13 12–10 — 7–15 8–14 9–13 8–14
New York 16–6 13–9 16–6 15–7 — 16–6 12–10 13–9
Philadelphia 18–3 16–6 16–6 14–8 6–16 — 16–6 12–10
St. Louis 13–9 12–10 15–7 13–9 10–12 6–16 — 13–9
Washington 9–13–1 12–10 12–10 14–8 9–13 10–12 9–13 —

Roster

1928 Philadelphia Athletics
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 Cochrane, MickeyMickey Cochrane 131 468 137 .293 10 57
1B Hauser, JoeJoe Hauser 95 300 78 .260 16 59
2B Bishop, MaxMax Bishop 126 472 149 .316 6 50
3B Hale, SammySammy Hale 88 314 97 .309 4 58
SS Boley, JoeJoe Boley 132 425 112 .264 0 49
OF Miller, BingBing Miller 139 510 168 .329 8 85
OF Simmons, AlAl Simmons 119 464 163 .351 15 107
OF Cobb, TyTy Cobb 95 353 114 .323 1 40

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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
Foxx, JimmieJimmie Foxx 118 400 131 .328 13 79
Haas, MuleMule Haas 91 332 93 .280 6 39
Dykes, JimmyJimmy Dykes 85 242 67 .277 5 30
Speaker, TrisTris Speaker 64 191 51 .267 3 30
Orwoll, OssieOssie Orwoll 64 170 52 .306 0 22
French, WalterWalter French 48 74 19 .257 0 7
Hassler, JoeJoe Hassler 28 34 9 .265 0 3
Collins, EddieEddie Collins 36 33 10 .303 0 7
Perkins, CyCy Perkins 19 29 5 .172 0 1

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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
Grove, LeftyLefty Grove 39 261.2 24 8 2.58 183
Walberg, RubeRube Walberg 38 235.2 17 12 3.55 112
Quinn, JackJack Quinn 31 211.1 18 7 2.90 43
Earnshaw, GeorgeGeorge Earnshaw 26 158.1 7 7 3.81 117
Ehmke, HowardHoward Ehmke 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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rommel, EddieEddie Rommel 43 173.2 13 5 3.06 37
Orwoll, OssieOssie Orwoll 27 106 6 5 4.58 53
Shores, BillBill Shores 3 14 1 1 3.21 5
Yerkes, CarrollCarroll Yerkes 2 8.2 0 1 2.08 1

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
Bush, JoeJoe Bush 11 2 1 1 5.09 15
Powers, IkeIke Powers 9 1 0 2 4.50 4
Johnson, JingJing Johnson 3 0 0 0 5.06 3
Daney, ArtArt Daney 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Max Bishop

Lefty Grove

Joe Hauser

Al Simmons

References

  1. ↑ Tris Speaker page at Baseball Reference
  2. 1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHA/1928.shtml
  3. ↑ 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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