1928 Washington Senators Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 75-79
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 378,501, Avg. 7,145
Ballpark: Griffith Stadium I
Manager: Bucky Harris (75-79)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1928 Washington Senators RosterTeam Record: 75-79
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 378,501, Avg. 7,145
Ballpark: Griffith Stadium I
Manager: Bucky Harris (75-79)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1928 Washington Senators Results
The Washington Senators of the American League ended the 1928 season with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The Senators plated 718 runs and yielded 705 runs. Goose Goslin paced Washington with 17 home runs and drove in 102 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .379 clip. Sad Sam Jones topped the team with 17 wins, and Garland Braxton registered a 2.51 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Bucky Harris 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sad Sam Jones | 17 | 7 | .708 | 2.84 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 224.7 | 209 | 89 | 71 | 5 | 78 | 0 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 938 |
| Garland Braxton | 13 | 11 | .542 | 2.51 | 38 | 24 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 218.3 | 177 | 78 | 61 | 7 | 44 | 0 | 94 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 896 |
| Firpo Marberry | 13 | 13 | .500 | 3.85 | 48 | 11 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 161.3 | 160 | 79 | 69 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 76 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 675 |
| Bump Hadley | 12 | 13 | .480 | 3.54 | 33 | 31 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 231.7 | 236 | 105 | 91 | 4 | 100 | 0 | 80 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1025 |
| Tom Zachary | 6 | 9 | .400 | 5.44 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 102.7 | 130 | 72 | 62 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 460 |
| Milt Gaston | 6 | 12 | .333 | 5.51 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 148.7 | 179 | 102 | 91 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 666 |
| Lloyd Brown | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.04 | 27 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 107.0 | 112 | 62 | 48 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 475 |
| Bobby Burke | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.90 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 85.3 | 87 | 44 | 37 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 354 |
| Horace Lisenbee | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.08 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 102 | 58 | 52 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 365 |
| Jim Weaver | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Clay Van Alstyne | 0 | 0 | 5.48 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.3 | 26 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 98 | |
| Totals | 75 | 79 | .487 | 3.88 | 273 | 155 | 78 | 77 | 15 | 10 | 1384.0 | 1420 | 705 | 596 | 40 | 466 | 0 | 462 | 30 | 3 | 17 | 5975 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Rice | 148 | 681 | 616 | 95 | 202 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 55 | 16 | 3 | 49 | 15 | .328 | .379 | .438 | .818 | 270 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Goose Goslin | 135 | 527 | 456 | 80 | 173 | 36 | 10 | 17 | 102 | 16 | 3 | 48 | 19 | .379 | .442 | .614 | 1.056 | 280 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Judge | 153 | 646 | 542 | 78 | 166 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 93 | 16 | 4 | 80 | 19 | .306 | .396 | .417 | .813 | 226 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Ossie Bluege | 146 | 588 | 518 | 78 | 154 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 75 | 18 | 6 | 46 | 27 | .297 | .364 | .400 | .763 | 207 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Barnes | 114 | 485 | 417 | 82 | 127 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 51 | 7 | 3 | 55 | 38 | .305 | .391 | .472 | .863 | 197 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam West | 125 | 405 | 378 | 59 | 114 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 40 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | .302 | .338 | .442 | .780 | 167 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Reeves | 102 | 392 | 353 | 44 | 107 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 42 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 47 | .303 | .351 | .419 | .770 | 148 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Muddy Ruel | 108 | 404 | 350 | 31 | 90 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 12 | 10 | 44 | 14 | .257 | .342 | .320 | .662 | 112 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Bucky Harris | 99 | 397 | 358 | 34 | 73 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 26 | .204 | .264 | .263 | .526 | 94 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Cronin | 63 | 259 | 227 | 23 | 55 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 27 | .242 | .309 | .322 | .631 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackie Hayes | 60 | 222 | 210 | 30 | 54 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .257 | .274 | .319 | .593 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Kenna | 41 | 134 | 118 | 14 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 8 | .297 | .376 | .390 | .766 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bennie Tate | 57 | 135 | 122 | 10 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 4 | .246 | .303 | .295 | .598 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Grant Gillis | 24 | 96 | 87 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .253 | .309 | .333 | .642 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sad Sam Jones | 37 | 94 | 79 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .253 | .306 | .418 | .724 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Bump Hadley | 33 | 91 | 81 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .210 | .273 | .272 | .544 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| George Sisler | 20 | 51 | 49 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .245 | .260 | .265 | .525 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Zachary | 20 | 39 | 33 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .303 | .324 | .303 | .627 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Garland Braxton | 38 | 83 | 72 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .125 | .192 | .125 | .317 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Spalding | 16 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .348 | .348 | .348 | .696 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Milt Gaston | 28 | 53 | 49 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .143 | .143 | .184 | .327 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Burke | 26 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .286 | .350 | .636 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lloyd Brown | 27 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .161 | .257 | .258 | .515 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Firpo Marberry | 48 | 50 | 46 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .109 | .128 | .130 | .258 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Horace Lisenbee | 16 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .174 | .208 | .261 | .469 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Harley Boss | 12 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clay Van Alstyne | 4 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .333 | .625 | .958 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Babe Ganzel | 10 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .077 | .111 | .115 | .226 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Bool | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pelham Ballenger | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Weaver | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh McMullen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Crowley | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1721 | 6012 | 5323 | 718 | 1513 | 277 | 93 | 40 | 680 | 108 | 58 | 479 | 385 | .284 | .347 | .394 | .740 | 2096 | 0 | 30 | 180 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Sisler | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Muddy Ruel | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Judge | 1B | 149 | 0 | 0.0 | 1412 | 92 | 6 | 118 | .996 | 1.094 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harley Boss | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .970 | 6.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Reeves | 2B | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 57 | 52 | 8 | 6 | .932 | 4.955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Hayes | 2B | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 101 | 123 | 6 | 26 | .974 | 5.463 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bucky Harris | 2B | 96 | 0 | 0.0 | 251 | 326 | 18 | 61 | .970 | 6.010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grant Gillis | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .905 | 3.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ossie Bluege | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Reeves | 3B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 2.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Hayes | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bucky Harris | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grant Gillis | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Crowley | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ossie Bluege | 3B | 144 | 0 | 0.0 | 150 | 330 | 20 | 34 | .960 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pelham Ballenger | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bennie Tate | C | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 111 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .985 | 4.400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Muddy Ruel | C | 101 | 0 | 0.0 | 397 | 73 | 5 | 5 | .989 | 4.653 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Kenna | C | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 104 | 26 | 8 | 3 | .942 | 3.939 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Bool | C | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam West | OF | 116 | 0 | 0.0 | 210 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .996 | 1.922 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Spalding | OF | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Sisler | OF | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Rice | OF | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 240 | 11 | 7 | 5 | .973 | 1.707 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Reeves | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bucky Harris | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Goose Goslin | OF | 125 | 0 | 0.0 | 266 | 14 | 11 | 4 | .962 | 2.240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Babe Ganzel | OF | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Barnes | OF | 104 | 0 | 0.0 | 255 | 16 | 6 | 2 | .978 | 2.606 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Zachary | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.650 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Weaver | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clay Van Alstyne | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Firpo Marberry | P | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 2 | .972 | .729 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Horace Lisenbee | P | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.063 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sad Sam Jones | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 49 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 2.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bump Hadley | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 52 | 2 | 2 | .968 | 1.818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Milt Gaston | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 38 | 3 | 1 | .940 | 1.679 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Burke | P | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .960 | .923 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lloyd Brown | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.704 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Garland Braxton | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 50 | 3 | 2 | .952 | 1.553 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Reeves | SS | 66 | 0 | 0.0 | 161 | 194 | 36 | 32 | .908 | 5.379 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Hayes | SS | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 51 | 4 | 10 | .955 | 5.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grant Gillis | SS | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 32 | 6 | 4 | .910 | 3.813 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Cronin | SS | 63 | 0 | 0.0 | 133 | 190 | 16 | 42 | .953 | 5.127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1605 | 0 | 0.0 | 4130 | 1939 | 180 | 381 | .971 | 3.781 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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