# 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
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 101 | 53 | .656 | — | 52‍–‍25 | 49‍–‍28 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 98 | 55 | .641 | 2½ | 52‍–‍25 | 46‍–‍30 |
| St. Louis Browns | 82 | 72 | .532 | 19 | 43‍–‍34 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Washington Senators | 75 | 79 | .487 | 26 | 37‍–‍43 | 38‍–‍36 |
| Chicago White Sox | 72 | 82 | .468 | 29 | 37‍–‍40 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Detroit Tigers | 68 | 86 | .442 | 33 | 36‍–‍41 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Cleveland Indians | 62 | 92 | .403 | 39 | 28‍–‍49 | 34‍–‍43 |
| Boston Red Sox | 57 | 96 | .373 | 43½ | 26‍–‍47 | 31‍–‍49 |

### Record vs. opponents

1928 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

| Jack Rothrock | SS |
| Phil Todt | 1B |
| Ira Flagstead | CF |
| Ken Williams | LF |
| Buddy Myer | 3B |
| Bill Regan | 2B |
| Doug Taitt | RF |
| Fred Hofmann | C |
| Danny MacFayden | P |

### Notable transactions

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

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

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 |

#### Other batters

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 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

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 |

#### Other pitchers

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 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Pat Simmons | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.04 | 16 |
| Cliff Garrison | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 0 |
| Steve Slayton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 2 |
| John Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| Jack Rothrock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Frank Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| John Shea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
| Doug Taitt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

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