1928 National League (NL) Statistics and Awards

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Expanded Standings

Team W L WL% GB St.Louis STL 95 59 .617 -- NewYorkG NYG 93 61 .604 2.0 ChicagoC CHC 91 63 .591 4.0 Pittsbgh PIT 85 67 .559 9.0 Cincnnti CIN 78 74 .513 16.0 Brooklyn BRO 77 76 .503 17.5 BostonBr BSN 50 103 .327 44.5 Phildlpa PHI 43 109 .283 51.0

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1928 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft - League Splits

League Batting Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 PIT  5.51   837  152  5371  1659  246 100   52  435   352  .309  .361  .421   64      106  6.22  4.77
 STL  5.24   807  154  5357  1505  292  70  113  568   438  .281  .350  .425   82      108  4.77  5.71
 NYG  5.21   807  155  5459  1600  276  59  118  444   376  .293  .346  .430   62      111  5.34  5.08
 CHC  4.64   714  154  5260  1460  251  64   92  508   517  .278  .341  .402   83      104  4.35  4.92
 PHI  4.34   660  152  5234  1396  257  47   85  503   510  .267  .331  .382   53       88  4.80  3.90
 BRO  4.29   665  155  5243  1393  229  70   66  557   510  .266  .336  .374   81       94  4.29  4.29
 CIN  4.24   648  153  5184  1449  229  67   32  386   330  .280  .329  .368   83       89  4.15  4.32
 BSN  4.12   631  153  5228  1439  241  41   52  447   377  .275  .332  .367   60       95  4.07  4.18
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.70  5769 1228 42336 11901 2021 518  610 3848  3410  .281  .344  .397  568   --

League Pitching Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 BRO  4.13   640  155  3.25  1396  1378   8.9   468  3.0   59   551   75    16     0  15 122  3.84  4.41
 STL  4.13   636  154  3.38  1415  1470   9.5   399  2.6   86   422   83     4     0  21 118  4.36  3.90
 CHC  3.99   615  154  3.40  1380  1383   9.0   508  3.3   56   531   75    12     0  14 114  3.43  4.56
 NYG  4.21   653  155  3.67  1394  1454   9.4   405  2.6   77   399   79     7     0  16 106  4.09  4.33
 CIN  4.48   686  153  3.94  1371  1516   9.9   410  2.7   58   355   68    11     0  11 100  4.08  4.91
 PIT  4.63   704  152  3.95  1354  1422   9.4   446  2.9   66   385   82     8     0  11 103  4.62  4.64
 BSN  5.74   878  153  4.83  1360  1596  10.4   524  3.4  100   343   54     1     0   6  81  5.89  5.58
 PHI  6.30   957  152  5.56  1352  1660  10.9   675  4.4  108   404   42     4     0  11  80  6.95  5.66
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.70  5769 1228  3.99 11022 11879   9.7  3835  3.1  610  3390  558          63 105

League Miscellaneous Stats Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 STL  152  134  .974   .708    761,574   9,891   94-60  42-35 53-24 102 100 28.7 32.1   6   0   6 McKechnie
 NYG  178  175  .972   .702    916,191  11,899   92-62  51-26 42-35 101  98 25.9 28.7   6   0   8 McGraw
 CHC  156  176  .975   .700  1,143,740  14,854   87-67  52-25 39-38  99  97 28.7 28.6   3   0   4 McCarthy
 PIT  201  123  .967   .699    495,070   6,429   88-64  47-30 38-37 104 102 27.4 32.1   4   0   8 Bush
 CIN  162  194  .974   .690    490,490   6,288   72-80  44-33 34-41  98  99 29.5 32.3   2   0   0 Hendricks
 BRO  217  113  .965   .700    664,863   8,635   79-74  41-35 36-41  99 100 31.0 31.5   4   0   1 Robinson
 BSN  193  141  .969   .683    227,001   2,987   54-99  25-51 25-52  95  98 29.8 28.5   2   0   0 Slattery and Hornsby
 PHI  179  171  .971   .667    182,168   2,429   51-101 26-49 17-60 107 110 27.3 28.0   1   0   3 Shotton
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results

Most Valuable Player Jim Bottomley
STL .325/.402/.628

League Leaderboards Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.

Batting Average

Hornsby-BSN .387

Waner-PIT .370

Lindstrom-NYG .358

Sisler-BSN .340

Herman-BRO .340

On-base %

Hornsby-BSN .498

Waner-PIT .446

Grantham-PIT .408

Harper-TOT .407

Stephenson-CHC .407

Slugging %

Hornsby-BSN .632

Bottomley-STL .628

Hafey-STL .604

Wilson-CHC .588

Waner-PIT .547

OPS

Hornsby-BSN 1.130

Bottomley-STL 1.030

Wilson-CHC .992

Waner-PIT .992

Hafey-STL .990

Games

Bissonette-BRO 155

Douthit-STL 154

Bell-BSN 153

Critz-CIN 153

Lindstrom-NYG 153

At Bats

Waner-PIT 659

Douthit-STL 648

Lindstrom-NYG 646

Critz-CIN 641

Thompson-PHI 634

Plate Appearances (approx.)

Douthit-STL 752

Waner-PIT 720

Thompson-PHI 700

Critz-CIN 698

Waner-PIT 697

Runs

Waner-PIT 142

Bottomley-STL 123

Waner-PIT 121

Douthit-STL 111

Frisch-STL 107

Hits

Lindstrom-NYG 231

Waner-PIT 223

Waner-PIT 221

Richbourg-BSN 206

Traynor-PIT 192

Total Bases

Bottomley-STL 362

Lindstrom-NYG 330

Waner-PIT 329

Bissonette-BRO 319

Hafey-STL 314

Doubles

Waner-PIT 50

Hafey-STL 46

Bottomley-STL 42

Hornsby-BSN 42

Lindstrom-NYG 39

Triples

Bottomley-STL 20

Waner-PIT 19

Waner-PIT 14

Bissonette-BRO 13

Bressler-BRO 13

Home Runs

Bottomley-STL 31

Wilson-CHC 31

Hafey-STL 27

Bissonette-BRO 25

Hornsby-BSN 21

RBI

Bottomley-STL 136

Traynor-PIT 124

Wilson-CHC 120

Hafey-STL 111

Lindstrom-NYG 107

Bases on Balls

Hornsby-BSN 107

Douthit-STL 84

Bressler-BRO 80

Waner-PIT 77

Wilson-CHC 77

Strikeouts

Wilson-CHC 94

Bissonette-BRO 75

Cuyler-CHC 61

Beck-CHC 58

Bottomley-STL 54

Stolen Bases

Cuyler-CHC 37

Frisch-STL 29

Thompson-PHI 19

Walker-CIN 19

Carey-BRO 18

Critz-CIN 18

Singles

Waner-PIT 180

Lindstrom-NYG 169

Richbourg-BSN 166

Critz-CIN 153

Douthit-STL 150

Adjusted OPS+

Hornsby-BSN 200

Bottomley-STL 163

Wilson-CHC 158

Waner-PIT 154

Hafey-STL 153

Runs Created

Hornsby-BSN 153

Waner-PIT 145

Bottomley-STL 144

Lindstrom-NYG 126

Bissonette-BRO 125

Adjusted Batting Runs

Hornsby-BSN 79

Bottomley-STL 51

Waner-PIT 51

Wilson-CHC 44

Hafey-STL 38

Batting Wins

Hornsby-BSN 7.4

Bottomley-STL 4.9

Waner-PIT 4.9

Wilson-CHC 4.2

Hafey-STL 3.7

Extra-Base Hits

Bottomley-STL 93

Hafey-STL 79

Waner-PIT 75

Wilson-CHC 72

Hornsby-BSN 70

Times on Base

Waner-PIT 305

Hornsby-BSN 296

Douthit-STL 285

Richbourg-BSN 270

Waner-PIT 265

Offensive Win%

Hornsby-BSN .855

Waner-PIT .790

Bottomley-STL .777

Hafey-STL .753

Wilson-CHC .746

Hit By Pitch

Douthit-STL 10

Hogan-NYG 8

Welsh-NYG 8

Cuyler-CHC 7

Bartell-PIT 6

Dressen-CIN 6

Sac. Hits

Traynor-PIT 42

Maguire-CHC 37

Jackson-NYG 33

Grimm-CHC 28

Bell-BSN 25

Hornsby-BSN 25

Walker-CIN 25

Power/Speed Number

Cuyler-CHC 23.3

Bottomley-STL 15.1

Frisch-STL 14.9

Lindstrom-NYG 14.5

Hendrick-BRO 13.0

At Bats per Strikeout

Traynor-PIT 56.9

Waner-PIT 50.7

O'Doul-NYG 44.3

Waner-PIT 37.6

High-STL 36.8

At Bats per Home Run

Wilson-CHC 16.8

Harper-TOT 17.3

Bottomley-STL 18.6

Hafey-STL 19.3

Hurst-PHI 20.8

Outs

Thompson-PHI 475

Critz-CIN 471

Douthit-STL 467

Waner-PIT 455

Bell-BSN 452

ERA

Vance-BRO 2.09

Blake-CHC 2.47

Nehf-CHC 2.65

Clark-BRO 2.68

Benton-NYG 2.73

Wins

Benton-NYG 25

Grimes-PIT 25

Vance-BRO 22

Sherdel-STL 21

Fitzsimmons-NYG 20

Haines-STL 20

Won-Loss %

Benton-NYG .735

Bush-CHC .714

Haines-STL .714

Fitzsimmons-NYG .690

Vance-BRO .688

BB + H per IP (WHIP)

Vance-BRO 1.063

Grimes-PIT 1.173

Benton-NYG 1.192

Root-CHC 1.211

Alexander-STL 1.227

Hits Allowed/9IP

Vance-BRO 7.26

Blake-CHC 7.82

Malone-CHC 7.83

McWeeny-BRO 8.04

Root-CHC 8.13

Bases on Balls/9IP

Alexander-STL 1.37

Sherdel-STL 2.03

Benton-NYG 2.06

Rixey-CIN 2.07

Grimes-PIT 2.10

Strikeouts/9IP

Vance-BRO 6.42

Malone-CHC 5.57

Root-CHC 4.63

Clark-BRO 3.93

Ring-PHI 3.75

Games

Grimes-PIT 48

Kolp-CIN 44

Rixey-CIN 43

Benton-NYG 42

Bush-CHC 42

Malone-CHC 42

McWeeny-BRO 42

Saves

Haid-STL 5

Sherdel-STL 5

Benton-NYG 4

Carlson-CHC 4

Clark-BRO 3

Dawson-PIT 3

Doak-BRO 3

Genewich-TOT 3

Grimes-PIT 3

Johnson-STL 3

Jones-CHC 3

Kolp-CIN 3

Rhem-STL 3

Innings

Grimes-PIT 330.7

Benton-NYG 310.3

Rixey-CIN 291.3

Vance-BRO 280.3

Fitzsimmons-NYG 261.3

Strikeouts

Vance-BRO 200

Malone-CHC 155

Root-CHC 122

Grimes-PIT 97

Benton-NYG 90

Games Started

Grimes-PIT 37

Rixey-CIN 37

Benton-NYG 35

Fitzsimmons-NYG 32

McWeeny-BRO 32

Vance-BRO 32

Comp. Games

Benton-NYG 28

Grimes-PIT 28

Vance-BRO 24

Haines-STL 20

Sherdel-STL 20

Shutouts

Blake-CHC 4

Grimes-PIT 4

Lucas-CIN 4

McWeeny-BRO 4

Vance-BRO 4

Home Runs Allow.

Genewich-TOT 24

Brandt-BSN 22

Petty-BRO 18

Sherdel-STL 17

Hill-PIT 16

Bases On Balls Allow.

McWeeny-BRO 114

Brandt-BSN 109

Ring-PHI 103

Blake-CHC 101

Malone-CHC 99

Hits Allowed

Rixey-CIN 317

Grimes-PIT 311

Benton-NYG 299

Smith-BSN 274

Fitzsimmons-NYG 264

Petty-BRO 264

SO to Walk

Vance-BRO 2.78

Clark-BRO 1.70

Root-CHC 1.67

Alexander-STL 1.59

Malone-CHC 1.57

Losses

Brandt-BSN 21

Benge-PHI 18

Rixey-CIN 18

Root-CHC 18

Delaney-BSN 17

Ring-PHI 17

Smith-BSN 17

Earned Runs Allow.

Brandt-BSN 127

Ring-PHI 123

Kremer-PIT 113

Rixey-CIN 111

Grimes-PIT 110

Wild Pitches

Malone-CHC 10

Benton-NYG 6

Fitzsimmons-NYG 6

Fussell-PIT 5

Greenfield-BSN 5

Kremer-PIT 5

Ring-PHI 5

Sweetland-PHI 5

Hit Batsmen

Sweetland-PHI 15

Grimes-PIT 9

Brandt-BSN 7

Jones-CHC 7

Root-CHC 7

Vance-BRO 7

Batters Faced

Grimes-PIT 1377

Benton-NYG 1263

Rixey-CIN 1219

Vance-BRO 1126

Fitzsimmons-NYG 1084

Games Finished

McGraw-PHI 20

Appleton-CIN 18

Dawson-PIT 17

Faulkner-NYG 17

Walsh-PHI 17

Adjusted ERA+

Vance-BRO 191

Blake-CHC 156

Clark-BRO 148

Nehf-CHC 146

Benton-NYG 143

Oldest Player

Nixon-PHI 1886-04-11 (42)

Alexander-STL 1887-02-26 (41)

Williams-PHI 1887-12-21 (40)

Carey-BRO 1890-01-11 (38)

Luque-CIN 1890-08-04 (37)

Youngest Player

Ott-NYG 1909-03-02 (19)

Lopez-BRO 1908-08-20 (19)

Bartell-PIT 1907-11-22 (20)

Clark-BSN 1907-11-06 (20)

Jones-PIT 1907-08-21 (20)

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