1928 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1928 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1928

World Series Champions

New York Yankees

Runner Up

St. Louis Cardinals

Most Valuable Players

AL: Mickey Cochrane NL: Jim Bottomley

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: NL:

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

Teams

Players

504

Attendance

9,102,285

Payroll

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1928 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	New York Yankees	T - S - R	154	101	53	.656	--	894	685	209	Won World Series (Cardinals)	1,072,132	2	---	Miller Huggins	Yankee Stadium I
2	2	2	Philadelphia Athletics	T - S - R	153	98	55	.641	2.5	828	615	213	dnq	689,756	5	---	Connie Mack	Shibe Park
3	3	7	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	154	82	72	.532	19.0	774	737	37	dnq	339,497	14	---	Dan Howley	Sportsman's Park
4	4	10	Washington Senators I	T - S - R	154	75	79	.487	26.0	718	705	13	dnq	378,501	12	---	Bucky Harris	Griffith Stadium
5	5	11	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R	154	72	82	.468	29.0	657	723	-66	dnq	494,152	8	---	Ray Schalk, Lena Blackburne	Comiskey Park
6	6	12	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R	154	68	86	.442	33.0	744	803	-59	dnq	474,323	10	---	George Moriarty	Navin Field
7	7	13	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R	154	62	92	.403	39.0	677	829	-152	dnq	375,907	13	---	Roger Peckinpaugh	League Park
8	8	14	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R	153	57	96	.373	43.5	589	770	-181	dnq	396,920	11	---	Bill Carrigan	Fenway Park
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	3	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R	154	95	59	.617	--	807	634	173	Lost World Series (Yankees)	761,574	4	---	Bill McKechnie	Sportsman's Park
2	2	4	New York Giants	T - S - R	154	93	61	.604	2.0	807	653	154	dnq	916,191	3	---	John McGraw	Polo Grounds
3	3	5	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R	154	91	63	.591	4.0	714	615	99	dnq	1,143,740	1	---	Joe McCarthy	Wrigley Field
4	4	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R	152	85	67	.559	9.0	837	704	133	dnq	495,070	7	---	Donie Bush	Forbes Field
5	5	8	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	152	78	74	.513	16.0	648	685	-37	dnq	490,490	9	---	Jack Hendricks	Redland Field
6	6	9	Brooklyn Robins	T - S - R	153	77	76	.503	17.5	665	639	26	dnq	664,863	6	---	Wilbert Robinson	Ebbets Field
7	7	15	Boston Braves	T - S - R	153	50	103	.327	44.5	631	867	-236	dnq	227,001	15	---	Rogers Hornsby, Jack Slattery	Braves Field
8	8	16	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	152	43	109	.283	51.0	660	948	-288	dnq	182,168	16	---	Burt Shotton	Baker Bowl
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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