# 1928 New York Yankees season

The 1928 New York Yankees season was their 26th season. The team finished with a record of 101–53, winning their sixth pennant, finishing 2.5 games ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they swept the St. Louis Cardinals. Pitcher Urban Shocker died in September due to complications from pneumonia.

## Regular season

* The 1928 Yankees set a major league record by having nine players on the team who would eventually be elected to the Hall of Fame: Earle Combs, Lou Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri, Babe Ruth, Bill Dickey, Leo Durocher, Waite Hoyt, Herb Pennock, and Stan Coveleski. Manager Miller Huggins, team president Ed Barrow and owner Colonel Jacob Ruppert were also inducted.

### 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 | — |

### 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 | Johnny Grabowski | 75 | 202 | 48 | .238 | 1 | 21 |
| 1B | Lou Gehrig | 154 | 562 | 210 | .374 | 27 | 142 |
| 2B | Tony Lazzeri | 116 | 404 | 134 | .332 | 10 | 82 |
| 3B | Joe Dugan | 94 | 312 | 86 | .276 | 6 | 34 |
| SS | Mark Koenig | 132 | 533 | 170 | .319 | 4 | 63 |
| OF | Babe Ruth | 154 | 536 | 173 | .323 | 54 | 142 |
| OF | Earle Combs | 149 | 626 | 194 | .310 | 7 | 56 |
| OF | Bob Meusel | 131 | 518 | 154 | .297 | 11 | 113 |

#### 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 |
| Leo Durocher | 102 | 296 | 80 | .270 | 0 | 31 |
| Gene Robertson | 83 | 251 | 73 | .291 | 1 | 36 |
| Benny Bengough | 58 | 161 | 43 | .267 | 0 | 9 |
| Pat Collins | 70 | 136 | 30 | .221 | 6 | 14 |
| Cedric Durst | 74 | 135 | 34 | .252 | 2 | 10 |
| Ben Paschal | 65 | 79 | 25 | .316 | 1 | 15 |
| Mike Gazella | 32 | 56 | 13 | .232 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Dickey | 10 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
| George Burns | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 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 |
| George Pipgras | 46 | 300.2 | 24 | 13 | 3.38 | 139 |
| Hank Johnson | 31 | 299.0 | 14 | 9 | 4.30 | 110 |
| Waite Hoyt | 42 | 273.0 | 23 | 7 | 3.36 | 67 |
| Herb Pennock | 28 | 211.0 | 17 | 6 | 2.56 | 53 |
| Tom Zachary | 7 | 45.2 | 3 | 3 | 3.94 | 7 |

#### 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 |
| Al Shealy | 23 | 96.0 | 8 | 6 | 5.06 | 39 |
| Fred Heimach | 13 | 68.0 | 2 | 3 | 3.31 | 25 |
| Stan Coveleski | 12 | 58.0 | 5 | 1 | 5.74 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Wilcy Moore | 35 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4.18 | 18 |
| Archie Campbell | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5.25 | 9 |
| Myles Thomas | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.41 | 10 |
| Rosy Ryan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.50 | 5 |
| Urban Shocker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## 1928 World Series

| Game | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Score | Record (NYY-STL) | Attendance |
| 1 | October 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | New York Yankees | 4 | 1–0 | 61,425 |
| 2 | October 5 | St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | New York Yankees | 9 | 2–0 | 60,714 |
| 3 | October 7 | New York Yankees | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 3–0 | 39,602 |
| 4 | October 9 | New York Yankees | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 4–0 | 37,331 |
| New York Yankees win 4–0 ||||||||