# 1928 Boston Braves season

The 1928 Boston Braves season was the 58th season of the franchise. The team finished seventh in the National League with a record of 50–103, 44½ games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.
In the offseason, Rogers Hornsby was traded to the Braves. It was the second trade in as many seasons for Hornsby, who had been traded to the New York Giants during the previous offseason. Hornsby managed to be the league's most productive hitter. He won his seventh batting title in 1928 with a .387 average, and led the league in on-base percentage (.498, a figure that only Hornsby himself topped among National Leaguers in the 20th century), slugging percentage (.632), and walks (107).
The Braves played 9 consecutive doubleheaders between September 4 and September 15, totaling 18 games in just 12 days.

## Offseason

* December 14, 1927: Frank Gibson was purchased from the Braves by the St. Louis Cardinals.
* January 10, 1928: Shanty Hogan and Jimmy Welsh were traded by the Braves to the New York Giants for Rogers Hornsby.

## 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* August 14, 1928: Emilio Palmero was purchased by the Braves from the Toledo Mud Hens.

### 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 | Zack Taylor | 125 | 399 | 100 | .251 | 2 | 30 |
| 1B | George Sisler | 118 | 491 | 167 | .340 | 4 | 68 |
| 2B | Rogers Hornsby | 140 | 486 | 188 | .387 | 21 | 94 |
| SS | Doc Farrell | 134 | 483 | 104 | .215 | 3 | 43 |
| 3B | Les Bell | 153 | 591 | 164 | .277 | 10 | 91 |
| OF | Jack Smith | 96 | 254 | 71 | .280 | 1 | 32 |
| OF | Eddie Brown | 142 | 523 | 140 | .268 | 2 | 59 |
| OF | Lance Richbourg | 148 | 612 | 206 | .337 | 2 | 52 |

#### 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 |
| Eddie Moore | 68 | 215 | 51 | .237 | 2 | 18 |
| Heinie Mueller | 42 | 151 | 34 | .225 | 0 | 19 |
| Dick Burrus | 64 | 137 | 37 | .270 | 3 | 13 |
| Al Spohrer | 51 | 124 | 27 | .218 | 0 | 9 |
| Earl Clark | 28 | 112 | 34 | .304 | 0 | 10 |
| Howard Freigau | 52 | 109 | 28 | .257 | 1 | 17 |
| Jimmy Cooney | 18 | 51 | 7 | .137 | 0 | 3 |
| Johnny Cooney | 33 | 41 | 7 | .171 | 0 | 2 |
| Doc Gautreau | 23 | 18 | 5 | .278 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Harris | 7 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Urban | 15 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 2 |
| Charlie Fitzberger | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
| Dinny McNamara | 9 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Cronin | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Williams | 3 | 2 | 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 |
| Bob Smith | 38 | 244.1 | 13 | 17 | 3.87 | 59 |
| Ed Brandt | 38 | 225.1 | 9 | 21 | 5.07 | 84 |
| Joe Genewich | 13 | 80.2 | 3 | 7 | 4.13 | 15 |

#### 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 |
| Art Delaney | 39 | 192.1 | 9 | 17 | 3.79 | 45 |
| Kent Greenfield | 32 | 143.2 | 3 | 11 | 5.32 | 30 |
| Ben Cantwell | 22 | 90.0 | 3 | 3 | 5.10 | 18 |
| Johnny Cooney | 24 | 89.2 | 3 | 7 | 4.32 | 18 |
| Virgil Barnes | 16 | 60.1 | 2 | 7 | 5.82 | 7 |
| Charlie Robertson | 13 | 59.1 | 2 | 5 | 5.31 | 17 |
| Bonnie Hollingsworth | 7 | 22.1 | 0 | 2 | 5.24 | 10 |
| Johnny Werts | 10 | 18.1 | 0 | 2 | 10.31 | 5 |
| Emilio Palmero | 3 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Foster Edwards | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.66 | 17 |
| Bill Clarkson | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 | 8 |
| Bunny Hearn | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | 8 |
| Clay Touchstone | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
| Hal Goldsmith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.24 | 1 |
| Art Mills | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.91 | 0 |
| Ray Boggs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 0 |
| Guy Morrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 0 |
| George Sisler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Providence Grays | Eastern League | King Bader |