1928 Rochester Red Wings Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 90-74
Finished 1st in the IL
Manager: Billy Southworth (90-74)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Rochester, New York
Ballpark: Bay Street Park
Attendance: 235,566, Avg. 2,873

1928 Rochester Red Wings Roster

The Rochester Red Wings of the International League ended the 1928 season with a record of 90 wins and 74 losses, finishing first in the IL.

Billy Southworth 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
Herman Bell	21	8	.724	3.38	43						261.0	269	115	98		60
Art Decatur	15	13	.536	3.60	36						190.0	220	102	76		40
Vic Keen	12	11	.522	4.05	34						200.0	213	119	90		91
Hal Smith	9	15	.375	4.16	45						184.0	211	112	85		48
Larry Irvin	7	1	.875	3.05	16						62.0	52	25	21		43
Ovid McCracken	7	7	.500	4.61	25						121.0	118	68	62		51
Jack Berly	5	3	.625	5.07	23						87.0	101	64	49		43
Tony Kaufmann	3	2	.600	4.40	12						43.0	48	26	21		26
Sylvester Heitzman	3	3	.500	5.04	10						50.0	62	30	28		13
Willard Ford	2	2	.500		6						0.0
Ed Clough	1	0	1.000		4						0.0
Dinty Gearin	1	1	.500		5						0.0
John Bogart	1	1	.500		4						0.0
Johnny Schelberg	1	2	.333	9.44	19						41.0	62	51	43		26
Gil Paulsen	0	0			2						0.0
Bud Stewart	0	0			1						0.0
Ed Baecht	0	0			2						0.0
Al Grabowski	0	0			4						0.0
Fancher	0	0			1						0.0
Stephen Toner	0	0			4						0.0
Totals	89	71	.556	4.16	302	0	0	0	0	0	1239.0	1356	712	573	0	441	0	0	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
Joe Brown	164	638	638		200	29	11	6						.313	.313	.422	.735	269
Charlie Gelbert	164	573	573		195	32	14	21						.340	.340	.555	.895	318
Billy Southworth	124	438	438		158	29	11	6						.361	.361	.518	.879	227
Harry Layne	122	439	439		137	17	13	6						.312	.312	.451	.763	198
Bob Morrow	117	361	361		104	24	5	2						.288	.288	.399	.687	144
Ira Smith	109	370	370		102	17	8	4						.276	.276	.397	.673	147
George Toporcer	88	322	322		96	17	0	0						.298	.298	.351	.649	113
Karl Urban	70	213	213		55	11	4	1						.258	.258	.362	.620	77
Tony Kaufmann	55	112	112		45	9	2	0						.402	.402	.518	.920	58
Pat Duncan	43	147	147		37	5	1	0						.252	.252	.299	.551	44
Hank Gowdy	47	127	127		32	4	1	3						.252	.252	.370	.622	47
Don Hurst	20	78	78		24	6	2	1						.308	.308	.474	.782	37
Del Gainer	52	61	61		20	2	1	0						.328	.328	.393	.721	24
Vic Keen	37	77	77		16	0	0	0						.208	.208	.208	.416	16
Herman Bell	43	92	92		13	2	2	0						.141	.141	.207	.348	19
Ripper Collins	14	32	32		12	0	0	4						.375	.375	.750	1.125	24
Art Decatur	36	63	63		10	0	0	0						.159	.159	.159	.317	10
Ovid McCracken	25	41	41		9	1	1	0						.220	.220	.293	.512	12
Clay Hopper	9	18	18		8	1	1	1						.444	.444	.778	1.222	14
Jack Berly	27	28	28		7	2	0	0						.250	.250	.321	.571	9
Larry Irvin	16	20	20		5	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	5
Hal Smith	45	60	60		5	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167	5
Sylvester Heitzman	10	14	14		3	0	0	0						.214	.214	.214	.429	3
Johnny Schelberg	19	13	13		1	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154	1
Totals	1456	4337	4337	0	1294	208	77	55	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.298	.420	.718	1821	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Don Hurst	1B	20	218	14	1		.996	11.600
George Toporcer	2B	86	197	272	13		.973	5.453
Karl Urban	2B	58	114	141	14		.948	4.397
Joe Brown	3B	134	162	223	21		.948	2.873
Ira Smith	3B	33	28	61	8		.918	2.697
Bob Morrow	C	117	389	74	17		.965	3.957
Hank Gowdy	C	45	116	38	3		.981	3.422
Billy Southworth	OF	119	242	8	5		.980	2.101
Harry Layne	OF	117	241	7	13		.950	2.120
Pat Duncan	OF	43	59	2	2		.968	1.419
Tony Kaufmann	OF	29	44	3	1		.979	1.621
Charlie Gelbert	SS	164	336	471	55		.936	4.921
Totals		965	2146	1314	153	0	.958	3.585

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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