# 1928 St. Louis Browns season

The 1928 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses.

## Offseason

* December 2, 1927: Harry Rice, Chick Galloway and Elam Vangilder were traded by the Browns to the Detroit Tigers for Heinie Manush and Lu Blue.

## 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

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

### 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 | Wally Schang | 91 | 245 | 70 | .286 | 3 | 39 |
| 1B | Lu Blue | 154 | 549 | 154 | .281 | 14 | 80 |
| 2B | Otis Brannan | 135 | 483 | 118 | .244 | 10 | 66 |
| SS | Red Kress | 150 | 560 | 153 | .273 | 3 | 81 |
| 3B | Frank O'Rourke | 99 | 391 | 103 | .263 | 1 | 62 |
| OF | Fred Schulte | 146 | 556 | 159 | .286 | 7 | 85 |
| OF | Heinie Manush | 154 | 638 | 241 | .378 | 13 | 108 |
| OF | Earl McNeely | 127 | 496 | 117 | .236 | 0 | 44 |

#### 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 |
| Clyde Manion | 76 | 243 | 55 | .226 | 2 | 31 |
| Beauty McGowan | 47 | 168 | 61 | .363 | 2 | 18 |
| Larry Bettencourt | 67 | 159 | 45 | .283 | 4 | 24 |
| Ski Melillo | 51 | 132 | 25 | .189 | 0 | 9 |
| Guy Sturdy | 54 | 45 | 10 | .222 | 1 | 8 |
| Steve O'Neill | 10 | 24 | 7 | .292 | 0 | 6 |
| Billy Mullen | 15 | 18 | 7 | .389 | 0 | 2 |
| Wally Gerber | 6 | 18 | 5 | .278 | 0 | 0 |
| Ollie Sax | 16 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Bennett | 7 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Danning | 2 | 6 | 3 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
| Frank Wilson | 6 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Sam Gray | 35 | 262.2 | 20 | 12 | 3.19 | 102 |
| General Crowder | 41 | 244.0 | 21 | 5 | 3.69 | 99 |
| Jack Ogden | 38 | 242.2 | 15 | 16 | 4.15 | 67 |
| George Blaeholder | 38 | 214.1 | 10 | 15 | 4.37 | 87 |

#### 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 |
| Lefty Stewart | 29 | 142.2 | 7 | 9 | 4.67 | 25 |
| Dick Coffman | 29 | 85.2 | 4 | 5 | 6.09 | 25 |
| Hal Wiltse | 26 | 72.0 | 2 | 5 | 5.25 | 23 |
| Boom-Boom Beck | 16 | 49.0 | 2 | 3 | 4.41 | 17 |

#### 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 |
| Ed Strelecki | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.29 | 8 |
| Ernie Nevers | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 |
| Jim Wright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 |