1928 Fort Wayne Chiefs Statistics

Central League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 72-62
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Punch Knoll (72-62)
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Ballpark: The Grand Duchess
Attendance: 49,578, Avg. 740

1928 Fort Wayne Chiefs Roster

Playoffs - Fort Wayne Chiefs 4 games, Erie Sailors 2

The Fort Wayne Chiefs of the Central League ended the 1928 season with a record of 72 wins and 62 losses, finishing third in the CL.

Punch Knoll served as manager.

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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
Ray Pipkin	18	10	.643	4.23	33						215.0	235	113	101		48		66
Sylvester Kohlenberg	16	13	.552	4.58	37						232.0	289	145	118		70		80
Totals	49	35	.583	4.25	110	0	0	0	0	0	672.0	761	373	317	0	209	0	197	0	0	0	0

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
Ted Menze	134	547	468	99	150	36	9	25		15		60	68	.321	.398	.596	.994	279			19
Fred Myers	100	429	401	88	126	23	3	4		12		18	10	.314	.344	.416	.760	167			10
Lee Walsh	124	490	418	80	121	20	5	18		3		61	37	.289	.380	.490	.870	205			11
Chuck Klein	88	392	359	85	119	29	4	26		8		27	44	.331	.378	.652	1.030	234			6
Syl Simon	81	330	300	54	108	20	5	19		18		22	12	.360	.404	.650	1.054	195			8
Walter Nadolson	73	272	236	29	66	16	2	2		5		21	17	.280	.339	.390	.728	92			15
Kahn	50	220	205	33	64	19	1	8		6		10	18	.312	.344	.532	.876	109			5
Womack	69	209	186	22	57	15	1	5		0		22	14	.306	.380	.478	.858	89			1
Smith	48	170	162	33	46	9	0	7		13		2	17	.284	.293	.469	.762	76			6
Frank Hines	38	175	156	31	40	8	2	1		4		17	10	.256	.329	.353	.682	55			2
Lee	46	147	130	18	39	7	3	0		3		13	3	.300	.364	.400	.764	52			4
Sylvester Kohlenberg	47	99	98	10	33	5	0	3		1		0	18	.337	.337	.480	.816	47			1
Harvey MacDonald	40	144	123	13	32	14	2	1		1		18	9	.260	.355	.431	.786	53			3
Ray Pipkin	56	125	114	16	29	4	0	2		3		9	3	.254	.309	.342	.651	39			2
Stack	26	108	101	15	26	4	1	2		0		7	5	.257	.306	.376	.682	38			0
Punch Knoll	3	3	3		1	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Totals	1070	3976	3569	639	1079	231	40	124	0	92	0	309	308	.302	.358	.494	.852	1762	0	0	98	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Lee Walsh	1B	124	1129	55	8		.993	9.548
Fred Myers	2B	100	274	310	18		.970	5.840
Syl Simon	3B	81	89	165	17		.937	3.136
Smith	3B	48	47	102	10		.937	3.104
Walter Nadolson	C	72	244	59	6		.981	4.208
Womack	C	60	186	35	3		.987	3.683
Ted Menze	OF	127	235	17	4		.984	1.984
Chuck Klein	OF	88	216	15	12		.951	2.625
Lee	OF	40	50	5	2		.965	1.375
Frank Hines	OF	39	98	4	7		.936	2.615
Harvey MacDonald	OF	36	35	1	1		.973	1.000
Stack	OF	26	95	3	5		.951	3.769
Sylvester Kohlenberg	P	37	11	84	2		.979	2.568
Ray Pipkin	P	33	7	65	2		.973	2.182
Kahn	SS	46	112	130	21		.920	5.261
Totals		997	2836	1097	121	0	.970	3.945

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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