# 1928 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1928 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Phillies finished eighth in the National League with a record of 43 wins and 109 losses.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 95 | 59 | .617 | — | 42‍–‍35 | 53‍–‍24 |
| New York Giants | 93 | 61 | .604 | 2 | 51‍–‍26 | 42‍–‍35 |
| Chicago Cubs | 91 | 63 | .591 | 4 | 52‍–‍25 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 85 | 67 | .559 | 9 | 47‍–‍30 | 38‍–‍37 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 78 | 74 | .513 | 16 | 44‍–‍33 | 34‍–‍41 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 77 | 76 | .503 | 17½ | 41‍–‍35 | 36‍–‍41 |
| Boston Braves | 50 | 103 | .327 | 44½ | 25‍–‍51 | 25‍–‍52 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 43 | 109 | .283 | 51 | 26‍–‍49 | 17‍–‍60 |

### Record vs. opponents

1928 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 7–15 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 13–9 | 5–16 | 4–18 |
| Brooklyn | 15–7 | — | 10–12 | 10–12–1 | 9–13–1 | 15–7 | 9–12 | 9–13 |
| Chicago | 17–5 | 12–10 | — | 13–9 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 11–11 |
| Cincinnati | 12–10 | 12–10–1 | 9–13 | — | 8–14 | 13–7 | 12–10 | 12–10 |
| New York | 16–6 | 13–9–1 | 8–14 | 14–8 | — | 17–5 | 11–11 | 14–8 |
| Philadelphia | 9–13 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 7–13 | 5–17 | — | 4–18 | 2–20 |
| Pittsburgh | 16–5 | 12–9 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 18–4 | — | 7–15 |
| St. Louis | 18–4 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 20–2 | 15–7 | — |

### 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 | Walt Lerian | 96 | 239 | 65 | .272 | 2 | 25 |
| 1B | Don Hurst | 107 | 396 | 113 | .285 | 19 | 64 |
| 2B | Fresco Thompson | 152 | 634 | 182 | .287 | 3 | 50 |
| SS | Heinie Sand | 141 | 426 | 90 | .211 | 0 | 38 |
| 3B | Pinky Whitney | 151 | 585 | 176 | .301 | 10 | 103 |
| OF | Denny Sothern | 141 | 579 | 165 | .285 | 5 | 38 |
| OF | Freddy Leach | 145 | 588 | 179 | .304 | 13 | 96 |
| OF | Chuck Klein | 64 | 253 | 91 | .360 | 11 | 34 |

#### 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 |
| Cy Williams | 99 | 238 | 61 | .256 | 12 | 37 |
| Spud Davis | 67 | 163 | 46 | .282 | 3 | 18 |
| Johnny Schulte | 65 | 113 | 28 | .248 | 4 | 17 |
| Bill Deitrick | 52 | 100 | 20 | .200 | 0 | 7 |
| Bernie Friberg | 52 | 94 | 19 | .202 | 1 | 7 |
| Art Jahn | 36 | 94 | 21 | .223 | 0 | 11 |
| Russ Wrightstone | 33 | 91 | 19 | .209 | 1 | 11 |
| Bill Kelly | 23 | 71 | 12 | .169 | 0 | 5 |
| Jimmie Wilson | 21 | 70 | 21 | .300 | 0 | 13 |
| Al Nixon | 25 | 64 | 15 | .234 | 0 | 7 |
| Harvey MacDonald | 13 | 16 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 |
| Ray Benge | 40 | 201.2 | 8 | 18 | 4.55 | 68 |
| Jimmy Ring | 35 | 176.0 | 4 | 17 | 6.44 | 70 |
| Hub Pruett | 13 | 71.1 | 2 | 4 | 4.54 | 35 |
| Earl Caldwell | 5 | 34.2 | 1 | 4 | 5.71 | 6 |
| Marty Walker | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | inf | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Les Sweetland | 37 | 135.1 | 3 | 15 | 6.58 | 23 |
| Alex Ferguson | 34 | 134.2 | 5 | 10 | 5.88 | 51 |
| Claude Willoughby | 35 | 130.2 | 6 | 5 | 5.30 | 26 |
| Augie Walsh | 38 | 122.1 | 4 | 9 | 6.18 | 38 |
| Russ Miller | 33 | 108.0 | 0 | 12 | 5.42 | 19 |
| John Milligan | 13 | 68.0 | 2 | 5 | 4.37 | 22 |

#### 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 |
| Bob McGraw | 39 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5.18 | 28 |
| Ed Baecht | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 10 |
| Ed Lennon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.76 | 6 |
| Clarence Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.53 | 0 |
| June Greene | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |