# 1928 Washington Senators season

The 1928 Washington Senators won 75 games, lost 79, and finished in fourth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

## Offseason

* February 1, 1928: Tris Speaker was released by the Senators.

## 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 | — |

### 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 | Muddy Ruel | 108 | 350 | 90 | .257 | 0 | 55 |
| 1B | Joe Judge | 153 | 542 | 166 | .306 | 3 | 93 |
| 2B | Bucky Harris | 99 | 358 | 73 | .204 | 0 | 28 |
| SS | Bobby Reeves | 102 | 353 | 107 | .303 | 3 | 42 |
| 3B | Ossie Bluege | 146 | 518 | 154 | .297 | 2 | 75 |
| OF | Goose Goslin | 135 | 456 | 173 | .379 | 17 | 102 |
| OF | Red Barnes | 114 | 417 | 127 | .305 | 6 | 51 |
| OF | Sam Rice | 148 | 616 | 202 | .328 | 2 | 55 |

#### 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 |
| Sam West | 125 | 378 | 114 | .302 | 3 | 40 |
| Joe Cronin | 63 | 227 | 55 | .242 | 0 | 25 |
| Jackie Hayes | 60 | 210 | 54 | .257 | 0 | 22 |
| Bennie Tate | 57 | 122 | 30 | .246 | 0 | 15 |
| Eddie Kenna | 41 | 118 | 35 | .297 | 1 | 20 |
| Grant Gillis | 24 | 87 | 22 | .253 | 0 | 10 |
| George Sisler | 20 | 49 | 12 | .245 | 0 | 2 |
| Babe Ganzel | 10 | 26 | 2 | .077 | 0 | 4 |
| Dick Spalding | 16 | 23 | 8 | .348 | 0 | 0 |
| Harley Boss | 12 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
| Pelham Ballenger | 3 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Bool | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Crowley | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh McMullen | 1 | 1 | 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 |
| Bump Hadley | 33 | 231.2 | 12 | 13 | 3.54 | 80 |
| Sam Jones | 30 | 224.2 | 17 | 7 | 2.84 | 63 |
| Milt Gaston | 28 | 148.2 | 6 | 12 | 5.51 | 45 |
| Tom Zachary | 20 | 102.2 | 6 | 9 | 5.44 | 19 |

#### 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 |
| Garland Braxton | 38 | 218.1 | 13 | 11 | 2.51 | 94 |
| Firpo Marberry | 48 | 161.1 | 13 | 13 | 3.85 | 76 |
| Lloyd Brown | 27 | 107.0 | 4 | 4 | 4.04 | 38 |
| Bobby Burke | 26 | 85.1 | 2 | 4 | 3.90 | 27 |
| Hod Lisenbee | 16 | 77.0 | 2 | 6 | 6.08 | 13 |

#### 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 |
| Clay Van Alstyne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.48 | 5 |
| Jim Weaver | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 2 |