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1928 World Series (4-0): New York Yankees (101-53) over St. Louis Cardinals (95-59)

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 4, 1928 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     1  3  1
    New York Yankees             1  0  0    2  0  0    0  1  x     4  7  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Sherdel, Johnson (8)
              NYY - Hoyt

               WP - Waite Hoyt
	       LP - Bill Sherdel
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - Bottomley
              NYY - Meusel

  ATTENDANCE: 61,425

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 5, 1928 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     3  4  1
    New York Yankees             3  1  4    0  0  0    1  0  x     9  8  2

    PITCHERS: STL - Alexander, Mitchell (3)
              NYY - Pipgras

               WP - George Pipgras
	       LP - Pete Alexander
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              NYY - Gehrig

  ATTENDANCE: 60,714

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1928 at Sportsman Pk (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  1  0    2  0  3    1  0  0     7  7  2
    St. Louis Cardinals          2  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     3  9  3

    PITCHERS: NYY - Zachary
              STL - Haines, Johnson (7), Rhem (8)

               WP - Tom Zachary
	       LP - Jesse Haines
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Gehrig (2)
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 39,602

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1928 at Sportsman Pk (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    1  0  0    4  2  0     7 15  2
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  1     3 11  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Hoyt
              STL - Sherdel, Alexander (7)

               WP - Waite Hoyt
	       LP - Bill Sherdel
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Durst, Gehrig, Ruth (3)
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 37,331

Series Batting Stats

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New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Benny Bengough      4  13  1  3  0  0  0   1  1  1  .231  .286  .231  0 | 161  43  0  .267  .600   0
 Pat Collins         1   1  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 2.000  0 | 136  30  6  .221  .770   0
*Earle Combs         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  0        .000        0 | 626 194  7  .310  .850  10
 Joe Dugan           3   6  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  .167  .143  .167  0 | 312  86  6  .276  .698   1
 Leo Durocher        4   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 296  80  0  .270  .665   1
*Cedric Durst        4   8  3  3  0  0  1   2  0  1  .375  .375  .750  0 | 135  34  2  .252  .615   1
*Lou Gehrig          4  11  5  6  1  0  4   9  6  0  .545  .706 1.727  0 | 562 210 27  .374 1.115   4
 Waite Hoyt          2   7  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .143  .143  .143  0 | 109  28  0  .257  .530   0
#Mark Koenig         4  19  1  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  .158  .158  .158  0 | 533 170  4  .319  .775   3
 Tony Lazzeri        4  12  2  3  1  0  0   0  1  0  .250  .308  .333  2 | 404 134 10  .332  .932  15
 Bob Meusel          4  15  5  3  1  0  1   3  2  5  .200  .294  .467  2 | 518 154 11  .297  .816   6
 Ben Paschal         3  10  0  2  0  0  0   1  1  0  .200  .273  .200  0 |  79  25  1  .316  .835   1
 George Pipgras      1   2  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  1  .000  .333  .000  0 | 115  18  0  .157  .383   0
*Gene Robertson      3   8  1  1  0  0  0   2  1  0  .125  .222  .125  0 | 251  73  1  .291  .667   2
*Babe Ruth           4  16  9 10  3  0  3   4  1  2  .625  .647 1.375  0 | 536 173 54  .323 1.172   4
*Tom Zachary         1   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |+ 48  12  1  .250  .578   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               4 134 27 37  7  0  9  25 13 13  .276  .340  .530  4 |        133  .296  .813  51

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

St. Louis Cardinals

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Pete Alexander      2   1  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  86  25  1  .291  .671   0
 Ray Blades          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  85  20  1  .235  .769   0
*Jim Bottomley       4  14  1  3  0  1  1   3  2  6  .214  .313  .571  0 | 576 187 31  .325 1.030  10
 Taylor Douthit      3  11  1  1  0  0  0   0  1  1  .091  .231  .091  0 | 648 191  3  .295  .756  11
#Frankie Frisch      4  13  1  3  0  0  0   1  2  2  .231  .313  .231  2 | 547 164 10  .300  .815  29
 Chick Hafey         4  15  0  3  0  0  0   0  1  4  .200  .250  .200  0 | 520 175 27  .337  .990   8
 Jesse Haines        1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  87  16  0  .184  .427   0
*George Harper       3   9  1  1  0  0  0   0  2  2  .111  .273  .111  0 |+329  96 19  .292  .912   3
*Andy High           4  17  1  5  2  0  0   1  1  3  .294  .333  .412  0 | 368 105  6  .285  .744   2
 Wattie Holm         3   6  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  1  .167  .167  .167  0 | 386 107  3  .277  .728   1
 Syl Johnson         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  38   6  0  .158  .422   0
 Rabbit Maranville   4  13  2  4  1  0  0   0  1  1  .308  .357  .385  1 | 366  88  1  .240  .652   3
 Pepper Martin       1   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  13   4  0  .308  .708   2
*Clarence Mitchell   1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |+ 60   8  0  .133  .283   0
*Ernie Orsatti       4   7  1  2  1  0  0   0  1  3  .286  .375  .429  0 |  69  21  3  .304  .922   0
 Flint Rhem          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  67  11  1  .164  .397   0
*Bill Sherdel        2   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  84  19  1  .226  .614   1
*Earl Smith          1   4  0  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  .750  .750  .750  0 |+143  34  2  .238  .650   0
 Tommy Thevenow      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 171  35  0  .205  .575   0
 Jimmie Wilson       3  11  1  1  1  0  0   1  0  3  .091  .091  .182  0 |+481 127  2  .264  .691  12
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               4 131 10 27  5  1  1   8 11 29  .206  .271  .282  3 |        113  .281  .775  82

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Waite Hoyt          2   1.50 2-0  0  2 18.0 14  3  6 14 | 23-7  273  3.36  1.24  67  8
 George Pipgras      1   2.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  4  2  4  8 | 24-13 301  3.38  1.39 139  3
*Tom Zachary         1   3.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  9  3  1  7 |+ 9-12 148  4.98  1.61  26  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.00 4-0  0  4 36.0 27  8 11 29 |            3.74 1.390   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

St. Louis Cardinals

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Bill Sherdel        2   4.72 0-2  0  0 13.3 15  7  3  3 | 21-10 249  2.86  1.23  72  5
 Jesse Haines        1   4.50 0-1  0  0  6.0  6  3  3  3 | 20-8  240  3.18  1.29  77   
*Clarence Mitchell   1   1.59 0-0  0  0  5.7  2  1  2  3 |+ 8-9  156  3.53  1.30  31   
 Pete Alexander      2  19.80 0-1  0  0  5.0 10 11  4  2 | 16-9  244  3.36  1.23  59  2
 Flint Rhem          1   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  0  0  0  1 | 11-8  170  4.14  1.59  47  3
 Syl Johnson         2   4.50 0-0  0  0  2.0  4  1  1  1 |  8-4  120  3.90  1.25  66  3
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   6.09 0-4  0  0 34.0 37 23 13 13 |            3.38 1.320   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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