1928 St. Louis Browns Statistics
Team Record: 82-72
Finished 3rd in the AL
Attendance: 339,497, Avg. 6,597
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Manager: Dan Howley (82-72)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1928 St. Louis Browns Results
The St. Louis Browns of the American League ended the 1928 season with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses, finishing third in the AL.
The Browns scored 772 runs and allowed 742 runs. Lu Blue led St. Louis with 14 home runs Heinie Manush drove in 108 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .378. General Crowder paced the squad with 21 wins, while Sam Gray and Jack Ogden added 15 or more wins, too Sam Gray earned a 3.19 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Dan Howley coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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General Crowder | 21 | 5 | .808 | 3.69 | 41 | 31 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 244.0 | 238 | 113 | 100 | 11 | 91 | 0 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1069 |
Sam Gray | 20 | 12 | .625 | 3.19 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 262.7 | 256 | 119 | 93 | 11 | 86 | 0 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1133 |
Jack Ogden | 15 | 16 | .484 | 4.15 | 38 | 31 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 242.7 | 257 | 121 | 112 | 23 | 80 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1089 |
George Blaeholder | 10 | 15 | .400 | 4.37 | 38 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 214.3 | 235 | 123 | 104 | 23 | 52 | 0 | 87 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 950 |
Lefty Stewart | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.67 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 142.7 | 173 | 81 | 74 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 624 |
Dick Coffman | 4 | 5 | .444 | 6.09 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 85.7 | 122 | 68 | 58 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 411 |
Boom-Boom Beck | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.41 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 52 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 222 |
Hal Wiltse | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.25 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 93 | 49 | 42 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 349 |
Ernie Nevers | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
Jim Wright | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
Ed Strelecki | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.29 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.3 | 49 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 214 |
Totals | 82 | 72 | .532 | 4.17 | 282 | 154 | 74 | 80 | 6 | 15 | 1374.3 | 1487 | 737 | 637 | 93 | 454 | 0 | 456 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 6108 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heinie Manush | 154 | 697 | 638 | 104 | 241 | 47 | 20 | 13 | 108 | 17 | 5 | 39 | 14 | .378 | .414 | .575 | .989 | 367 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Schulte | 146 | 629 | 556 | 90 | 159 | 44 | 6 | 7 | 85 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 60 | .286 | .347 | .424 | .771 | 236 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
Lu Blue | 154 | 678 | 549 | 116 | 154 | 32 | 11 | 14 | 80 | 12 | 7 | 105 | 43 | .281 | .400 | .455 | .855 | 250 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Red Kress | 150 | 635 | 560 | 78 | 153 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 81 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 70 | .273 | .332 | .371 | .703 | 208 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
Otis Brannan | 135 | 569 | 483 | 68 | 118 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 66 | 3 | 9 | 60 | 19 | .244 | .333 | .356 | .689 | 172 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
Earl McNeely | 127 | 552 | 496 | 66 | 117 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 44 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 39 | .236 | .299 | .319 | .618 | 158 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Frank O'Rourke | 99 | 438 | 391 | 54 | 103 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 62 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 19 | .263 | .303 | .348 | .650 | 136 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
Wally Schang | 91 | 325 | 245 | 41 | 70 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 68 | 26 | .286 | .448 | .404 | .852 | 99 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Frank McGowan | 47 | 200 | 168 | 35 | 61 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 15 | .363 | .425 | .524 | .949 | 88 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Clyde Manion | 76 | 266 | 243 | 25 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 18 | .226 | .274 | .280 | .554 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Bettencourt | 67 | 188 | 159 | 30 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 19 | .283 | .377 | .465 | .842 | 74 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Oscar Melillo | 51 | 148 | 132 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | .189 | .241 | .205 | .446 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Sam Gray | 35 | 109 | 101 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | .188 | .219 | .248 | .467 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Ogden | 38 | 90 | 85 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .200 | .227 | .271 | .498 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
George Blaeholder | 38 | 77 | 71 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .211 | .263 | .338 | .601 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
General Crowder | 41 | 94 | 80 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .188 | .235 | .200 | .435 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Lefty Stewart | 29 | 57 | 51 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .275 | .351 | .333 | .684 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guy Sturdy | 54 | 54 | 45 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | .222 | .340 | .311 | .651 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Mullen | 15 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .389 | .476 | .444 | .921 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Steve O'Neill | 10 | 35 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .292 | .485 | .333 | .818 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Boom-Boom Beck | 16 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wally Gerber | 6 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .278 | .316 | .333 | .649 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hal Wiltse | 26 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .227 | .227 | .318 | .545 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ike Danning | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | .571 | .500 | 1.071 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ollie Sax | 16 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .176 | .364 | .176 | .540 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Bennett | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .375 | .625 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Strelecki | 22 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Coffman | 29 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .043 | .083 | .043 | .127 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Wilson | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ernie Nevers | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Wright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1695 | 6002 | 5219 | 774 | 1432 | 276 | 76 | 63 | 707 | 80 | 43 | 543 | 474 | .274 | .346 | .393 | .739 | 2049 | 0 | 29 | 211 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
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Guy Sturdy | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lu Blue | 1B | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 1472 | 107 | 17 | 121 | .989 | 1.253 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Oscar Melillo | 2B | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 66 | 82 | 6 | 15 | .961 | 5.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Otis Brannan | 2B | 135 | 0 | 0.0 | 272 | 434 | 26 | 74 | .964 | 5.230 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ollie Sax | 3B | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .955 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank O'Rourke | 3B | 96 | 0 | 0.0 | 150 | 162 | 15 | 13 | .954 | 3.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy Mullen | 3B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 2.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Oscar Melillo | 3B | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.842 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Bettencourt | 3B | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 68 | 6 | 4 | .946 | 2.585 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wally Schang | C | 82 | 0 | 0.0 | 263 | 46 | 5 | 5 | .984 | 3.768 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve O'Neill | C | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 2.300 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Clyde Manion | C | 71 | 0 | 0.0 | 302 | 49 | 7 | 10 | .980 | 4.944 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ike Danning | C | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 5.500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Bettencourt | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Wilson | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Fred Schulte | OF | 143 | 0 | 0.0 | 419 | 21 | 12 | 6 | .973 | 3.077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Earl McNeely | OF | 120 | 0 | 0.0 | 229 | 19 | 4 | 2 | .984 | 2.067 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank McGowan | OF | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 99 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .962 | 2.170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Heinie Manush | OF | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 355 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .992 | 2.344 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Bettencourt | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Fred Bennett | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Wright | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hal Wiltse | P | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .808 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ed Strelecki | P | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .591 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lefty Stewart | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.241 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Ogden | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 35 | 1 | 3 | .980 | 1.316 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ernie Nevers | P | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sam Gray | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 67 | 2 | 6 | .978 | 2.486 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
General Crowder | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 3 | .949 | .902 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dick Coffman | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .962 | .862 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Blaeholder | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 70 | 6 | 2 | .933 | 2.184 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Boom-Boom Beck | P | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .917 | .688 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank O'Rourke | SS | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Red Kress | SS | 150 | 0 | 0.0 | 318 | 400 | 55 | 99 | .929 | 4.787 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wally Gerber | SS | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | .783 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1563 | 0 | 0.0 | 4112 | 1768 | 185 | 378 | .969 | 3.762 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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