1928 Boston Red Sox season

The 1928 Boston Red Sox season was the 28th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the eight-team American League (AL) with a record of 57 wins and 96 losses, 43+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1928 World Series.

Regular season

1928 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	10–12	9–13	7–15	6–16	3–18	9–13	13–9–1
Chicago	12–10	—	12–10–1	13–9	9–13	6–16	10–12	10–12
Cleveland	13–9	10–12–1	—	10–12	6–16	6–16	7–15	10–12
Detroit	15–7	9–13	12–10	—	7–15	8–14	9–13	8–14
New York	16–6	13–9	16–6	15–7	—	16–6	12–10	13–9
Philadelphia	18–3	16–6	16–6	14–8	6–16	—	16–6	12–10
St. Louis	13–9	12–10	15–7	13–9	10–12	6–16	—	13–9
Washington	9–13–1	12–10	12–10	14–8	9–13	10–12	9–13	—

April 25, 1928: Hal Wiltse was traded by the Red Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Wally Gerber.^[1]

1928 Boston Red Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Fred Hofmann	78	199	45	.226	0	16
1B	Phil Todt	144	539	136	.252	12	73
2B	Bill Regan	138	511	135	.264	7	75
SS	Wally Gerber	104	300	64	.213	0	28
3B	Buddy Myer	147	536	168	.313	1	44
OF	Ken Williams	133	462	140	.303	8	67
OF	Doug Taitt	143	482	144	.299	3	61
OF	Ira Flagstead	140	510	148	.290	1	39

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Jack Rothrock	117	344	92	.267	3	22
Billy Rogell	102	296	69	.233	0	29
Charlie Berry	80	177	46	.260	1	19
Johnnie Heving	82	158	41	.259	0	11
George Loepp	15	51	9	.176	0	3
Red Rollings	50	48	11	.229	0	9
Carl Sumner	16	29	8	.276	0	3
Denny Williams	16	18	4	.222	0	1
Arlie Tarbert	6	17	3	.176	0	2
Casper Asbjornson	6	16	3	.188	0	1
Freddie Moncewicz	3	1	0	.000	0	0
Paul Hinson	3	0	0	----	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Red Ruffing	42	289.1	10	25	3.89	118
Ed Morris	47	257.2	19	15	3.53	104
Jack Russell	32	201.1	11	14	3.84	27
Danny MacFayden	33	195.0	9	15	4.75	61
Hal Wiltse	2	12.0	0	2	9.00	5

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Slim Harriss	27	128.1	8	11	4.63	37
Merle Settlemire	30	82.1	0	6	5.47	12
Herb Bradley	15	47.1	0	3	7.23	14
Marty Griffin	11	37.2	0	3	5.02	9

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	L	SV	ERA	SO
Pat Simmons	31	2	1	4.04	16
Cliff Garrison	6	0	0	7.88	0
Steve Slayton	3	0	0	3.86	2
John Wilson	2	0	0	9.00	1
Jack Rothrock	1	0	0	0.00	0
Frank Bennett	1	0	0	0.00	0
John Shea	1	0	0	18.00	0
Doug Taitt	1	0	0	27.00	1

Level	Team	League	Manager
B	Salem Witches	New England League	Stuffy McInnis

Source:^[2]

^ Wally Gerber page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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