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1928 Philadelphia Phillies (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927/1929) 43-109, Finished 8th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 660 runs, Allowed 957 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 51-101 Managed by Burt Shotton Ballpark: Baker Bowl (ballparks.com) Attendance: 182,168 (8th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 107, Pitching - 110   (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 109   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 Stats (1927/1929) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Walt Lerian         25   96  239   28   65  16  2   2   26  41   29  .272  .385  .381   0           3   9           95
1B *Don Hurst           22  107  396   73  113  23  4  19   64  68   40  .285  .391  .508   3           1  10          127
2B  Fresco Thompson     26  152  634   99  182  34 11   3   50  42   27  .287  .332  .390  19           1  23           83
3B  Pinky Whitney       23  151  585   73  176  35  4  10  103  36   30  .301  .342  .426   3           1  14           94
SS  Heinie Sand         30  141  426   38   90  26  1   0   38  60   47  .211  .310  .277   1           1  22           50
OF  Denny Sothern       24  141  579   82  165  27  5   5   38  34   53  .285  .327  .375  17           2   3           78
OF *Freddy Leach        30  145  588   83  179  36 11  13   96  30   30  .304  .342  .469   4           4  15          104
OF *Cy Williams         40   99  238   31   61   9  0  12   37  54   34  .256  .400  .445   0           3   8          115
   *Chuck Klein         23   64  253   41   91  14  4  11   34  14   22  .360  .396  .577   0           1   7          144
    Spud Davis          23   67  163   16   46   2  0   3   18  15   11  .282  .343  .350   0           0   2           76
   *Johnny Schulte      31   65  113   14   28   2  2   4   17  15   12  .248  .336  .407   0           0   3           88
    Bill Deitrick       26   52  100   13   20   6  0   0    7  17   10  .200  .322  .260   1           1   2           50
    Bernie Friberg      28   52   94   11   19   3  0   1    7  12   16  .202  .292  .266   0           0   7           43
    Art Jahn            32   36   94    8   21   4  0   0   11   4   11  .223  .270  .266   0           2   0           37
   *Russ Wrightstone    35   33   91    7   19   5  1   1   11  14    5  .209  .321  .319   0           1   4           63
    Bill Kelly          29   23   71    6   12   1  1   0    5   7   20  .169  .244  .211   0           0   2           17
    Jimmie Wilson       27   21   70   11   21   4  1   0   13   9    8  .300  .380  .386   3           0   2           95
    Al Nixon            42   25   64    7   15   2  0   0    7   6    4  .234  .300  .266   1           0   1           45
   *Harvey MacDonald    30   13   16    0    4   0  0   0    2   2    3  .250  .333  .250   0           0   0           50

    Jimmy Ring          33   35   60    5   11   1  0   0    7   0   21  .183  .183  .200   0           0   1           -3
    Ray Benge           26   42   58    1   12   1  0   0    2   4    6  .207  .258  .224   0           0   7           24
    Les Sweetland       26   41   47    1    9   0  0   0    2   8    7  .191  .309  .191   0           0   1           30
    Claude Willoughby   29   35   40    1    6   1  0   0    2   4   11  .150  .227  .175   0           0   1            4
    Alex Ferguson       31   34   39    1    1   0  0   0    1   2   11  .026  .073  .026   0           0   2          -74
    Augie Walsh         23   39   39    6   10   2  0   1    2   0    8  .256  .256  .385   0           0   1           61
    Bob McGraw          33   39   36    1    4   2  0   0    4   0   16  .111  .111  .167   0           0   3          -30
    Russ Miller         28   36   27    1    4   0  0   0    0   1    5  .148  .179  .148   0           0   1          -16
   *Hub Pruett          27   13   24    0    5   0  0   0    0   1    5  .208  .240  .208   0           0   2           15
    John Milligan       24   13   20    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    3  .050  .050  .050   0           0   4          -75
    Earl Caldwell       23    5    9    1    1   1  0   0    2   0    1  .111  .111  .222   0           0   1          -17
    Ed Baecht           21    9    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .143  .143  .143   0           0   0          -27
   *June Greene         29   11    6    0    3   0  0   0    0   3    1  .500  .667  .500   0           0   1          201
    Ed Lennon           30    5    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
   *Clarence Mitchell   37    5    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .250  .250  .250   0           0   0           27
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.3  152 5234  660 1396 257 47  85  607 503  510  .267  .331  .382  53          21 159           88
    Rank among 8 NL teams          6    6    7   3  7   4        4    2     7     7     5   8                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Ray Benge           26  40   4.55   8  18  1  28  12  12   1  201.7  219  117  102  15   88   68  896   0   5  0      96
SP  Jimmy Ring          33  35   6.40   4  17  1  25   3   4   0  173.0  214  132  123  14  103   72  808   5   2  1      68
SP  Alex Ferguson       31  34   5.55   5  10  2  19  10   5   1  134.7  168   86   83  14   52   51  597   1   6  0      79
SP *Hub Pruett          27  13   4.54   2   4  0   9   2   4   0   71.3   78   49   36   2   49   35  333   1   3  0      96
SP *John Milligan       24  13   4.37   2   5  0   7   2   3   0   68.0   69   39   33   2   32   22  293   2   1  0     100
SP  Earl Caldwell       23   5   5.71   1   4  0   5   0   1   1   34.7   46   23   22   5   17    6  154   0   0  1      77

RP  Bob McGraw          33  39   4.64   7   8  1   3  20   0   0  132.0  150   86   68   7   56   28  556   3   1  0      94
RP  Augie Walsh         23  38   6.18   4   9  2  11  17   2   0  122.3  160   92   84  13   40   38  560   1   5  0      71
RP  Claude Willoughby   29  35   5.30   6   5  1  13   8   5   1  130.7  180   92   77   6   83   26  633   1   3  0      83
RP  Russ Miller         28  33   5.42   0  12  1  12  13   1   0  108.0  137   79   65  14   34   19  485   1   0  0      81

   *Les Sweetland       26  37   6.58   3  15  2  18  10   5   0  135.3  163  111   99  15   97   23  664   5  15  0      66
    Ed Baecht           21   9   6.00   1   1  0   1   6   0   0   24.0   37   16   16   1    9   10  110   0   0  0      73
    Ed Lennon           30   5   8.76   0   0  0   0   4   0   0   12.3   19   14   12   0   10    6   65   1   0  0      50
   *Clarence Mitchell   37   3   9.53   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.7   13    6    6   0    2    0   28   1   0  0      46
    June Greene         29   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    5    2    2   0    0    0    9   0   0  0      49
   *Marty Walker        29   1          0   1  0   1   0   0   0    0.0    2    4    0   0    3    0    6   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.0 152   5.56  43 109 11 152 110  42   4 1352.0 1660  957  835 108  675  404 6197  22  41  2      80
    Rank among 8 NL teams           8   8   1  5           8   6      8    8    8        8    8    4

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- WLerian 74 239 61 7 12 .977 1 SDavis 49 149 46 4 7 .980 5 JSchulte 34 70 23 5 4 .949 1 JWilson 20 75 21 1 4 .990 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 152 533 151 17 27 .976 7 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 10.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DHurst 104 964 68 12 92 .989 9.92 FLeach 25 249 18 1 28 .996 10.68 BKelly 23 216 14 2 19 .991 10.00 RWrightston 4 6 2 2 0 .800 2.00 BFriberg 2 9 1 0 1 1.000 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 1444 103 17 140 .989 10.30 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .970 5.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FThompson 152 409 509 32 109 .966 6.04 BFriberg 3 2 4 0 1 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 411 513 32 110 .967 6.15 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .943 2.96 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PWhitney 149 171 293 22 27 .955 3.11 BFriberg 5 4 11 0 1 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 175 304 22 28 .956 3.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .950 5.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HSand 137 290 410 36 94 .951 5.11 BFriberg 31 45 63 11 17 .908 3.48 BDeitrick 8 12 16 2 1 .933 3.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 347 489 49 112 .945 5.57 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .972 2.31 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DSothern 136 358 19 14 7 .964 2.77 8 127 1 FLeach 120 296 11 7 5 .978 2.56 93 22 7 CWilliams 69 118 9 0 0 1.000 1.84 20 9 40 CKlein 63 128 7 3 0 .978 2.14 0 0 63 AJahn 29 43 1 1 1 .978 1.52 2 0 27 RWrightston 26 43 1 3 1 .936 1.69 9 0 19 BDeitrick 21 38 3 0 1 1.000 1.95 17 1 3 ANixon 20 40 1 0 0 1.000 2.05 10 0 10 BFriberg 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 2 1 0 HMacDonald 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 2 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 152 1069 52 28 15 .976 2.49 152 152 152 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .966 2.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RBenge 40 4 39 1 3 .977 1.92 JRing 35 6 44 0 0 1.000 2.60 LSweetland 37 8 44 4 3 .929 3.46 AFerguson 34 9 35 0 0 1.000 2.94 BMcGraw 39 2 29 2 1 .939 2.11 CWilloughby 35 9 25 2 6 .944 2.34 AWalsh 38 2 20 0 2 1.000 1.62 RMiller 33 6 27 1 0 .971 2.75 HPruett 13 5 16 3 1 .875 2.65 JMilligan 13 4 20 2 0 .923 3.18 ECaldwell 5 0 10 0 0 1.000 2.59 EBaecht 9 0 8 0 0 1.000 3.00 ELennon 5 0 1 1 0 .500 0.73 CMitchell 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.74 JGreene 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 MWalker 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 55 323 16 16 .959 2.52 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Leach .304 On-base % Hurst .391 Slugging % Hurst .508 OPS Hurst .899 Games Thompson 152 At Bats Thompson 634 Plate Appearances (approx.) Thompson 700 Runs Thompson 99 Hits Thompson 182 Total Bases Leach 276 Doubles Leach 36 Triples Leach and Thompson 11 Home Runs Hurst 19 RBI Whitney 103 Bases on Balls Hurst 68 Strikeouts Sothern 53 Stolen Bases Thompson 19 Singles Thompson 134 Adjusted OPS+ Hurst 127 Runs Created Leach 93 Adjusted Batting Runs Hurst 17 Batting Wins Hurst 1.6 Extra-Base Hits Leach 60 Times on Base Thompson 225 Offensive Win% Hurst .673 Hit By Pitch Leach 4 Sac. Hits Thompson 23 Power/Speed Number Sothern 7.7 At Bats per Strikeout Thompson 23.5 At Bats per Home Run Hurst 20.8 Outs Thompson 475

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Benge 4.55 Wins Benge 8 Won-Loss % McGraw .467 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Benge 1.522 Hits Allowed/9IP Benge 9.77 Bases on Balls/9IP Benge 3.93 Strikeouts/9IP Ring 3.75 Games Benge 40 Saves Ferguson, Sweetland, and Walsh 2 Innings Benge 201.7 Strikeouts Ring 72 Games Started Benge 28 Comp. Games Benge 12 Shutouts Benge, Caldwell, Ferguson, and Willoughby 1 Home Runs Allow. Benge and Sweetland 15 Bases On Balls Allow. Ring 103 Hits Allowed Benge 219 SO to Walk Benge 0.77 Losses Benge 18 Earned Runs Allow. Ring 123 Wild Pitches Ring and Sweetland 5 Hit Batsmen Sweetland 15 Batters Faced Benge 896 Games Finished McGraw 20 Adjusted ERA+ Benge 96

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