1928 Boston Braves Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 50-103
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 227,001, Avg. 6,082
Ballpark: Braves Field
Manager: Jack Slattery (11-20)
Manager: Rogers Hornsby (39-83)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1928 Boston Braves Roster
1928 Boston Braves Results

The Boston Braves of the National League ended the 1928 season with a record of 50 wins and 103 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.

The Braves scored 631 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 878 runs. Rogers Hornsby led Boston with 21 home runs and accounted for 94 RBI, while leading batters with significant playing time with a .387 average. Bob Smith topped the squad with 13 wins, and Art Delaney recorded a 3.79 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Jack Slattery and Rogers Hornsby coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Bob Smith	13	17	.433	3.87	38	25	9	14	0	2	244.3	274	138	105	11	74	59	2	0	3	1056
Art Delaney	9	17	.346	3.79	39	22	12	8	0	2	192.3	197	100	81	11	56	45	1	1	2	826
Ed Brandt	9	21	.300	5.07	38	31	2	12	1	0	225.3	234	141	127	22	109	84	7	0	4	1001
Ben Cantwell	3	3	.500	5.10	22	9	8	3	0	0	90.0	112	63	51	7	36	18	2	0	1	413
Joe Genewich	3	7	.300	4.13	13	11	1	4	0	0	80.7	88	43	37	14	18	15	3	0	1	344
Johnny Cooney	3	7	.300	4.32	24	6	13	2	0	1	89.7	106	47	43	7	31	18	0	0	0	389
Kent Greenfield	3	11	.214	5.32	32	23	5	5	0	0	143.7	173	100	85	6	60	30	5	0	5	656
Foster Edwards	2	1	.667	5.66	21	3	10	2	0	0	49.3	67	36	31	2	23	17	2	0	1	241
Charlie Robertson	2	5	.286	5.31	13	7	4	3	0	1	59.3	73	40	35	5	16	17	0	0	2	260
Virgil Barnes	2	7	.222	5.82	16	10	1	1	0	0	60.3	86	42	39	3	26	7	0	0	0	286
Bunny Hearn	1	0	1.000	6.30	7	0	2	0	0	0	10.0	6	8	7	0	8	8	1	0	0	45
George Sisler	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
Hal Goldsmith	0	0		3.24	4	0	1	0	0	0	8.3	14	5	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	40
Clay Touchstone	0	0		4.50	5	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	15	8	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	40
Ray Boggs	0	0		5.40	4	0	4	0	0	0	5.0	2	3	3	0	7	0	3	1	2	23
Guy Morrison	0	0		12.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	4	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	16
Art Mills	0	0		12.91	4	0	3	0	0	0	7.7	17	11	11	3	8	0	2	0	0	48
Emilio Palmero	0	1	.000	5.40	3	1	2	0	0	0	6.7	14	8	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	34
Bonnie Hollingsworth	0	2	.000	5.24	7	2	3	0	0	0	22.3	30	19	13	2	13	10	0	0	0	106
Bill Clarkson	0	2	.000	6.75	19	1	9	0	0	0	34.7	53	29	26	2	22	8	1	0	2	186
Johnny Werts	0	2	.000	10.31	10	2	5	0	0	0	18.3	31	22	21	2	8	5	0	0	0	93
Totals	50	103	.327	4.83	321	153	98	54	1	6	1360.0	1596	867	730	100	524	343	30	2	23	6106

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
Lance Richbourg	148	685	612	105	206	26	12	2	52	11	62	39	.337	.399	.428	.828	262	2	9
Rogers Hornsby	140	619	486	99	188	42	7	21	94	5	107	41	.387	.498	.632	1.130	307	1	25
George Sisler	118	537	491	71	167	26	4	4	68	11	30	15	.340	.380	.434	.814	213	2	14
Les Bell	153	656	591	58	164	36	7	10	91	1	40	45	.277	.323	.413	.736	244	0	25
Eddie Brown	142	569	523	45	140	28	2	2	59	6	24	22	.268	.305	.340	.645	178	4	18
Doc Farrell	134	533	483	36	104	14	2	3	43	3	26	26	.215	.263	.271	.534	131	5	19
Zack Taylor	125	442	399	36	100	15	1	2	30	2	33	29	.251	.313	.308	.621	123	3	7
Jack Smith	96	289	254	30	71	9	2	1	32	6	21	14	.280	.335	.343	.677	87	0	14
Eddie Moore	68	244	215	27	51	9	0	2	18	7	19	12	.237	.299	.307	.606	66	0	10
Dick Burrus	64	159	137	15	37	6	0	3	13	1	19	8	.270	.367	.380	.747	52	2	1
Earl Clark	28	121	112	18	34	9	1	0	10	0	4	8	.304	.339	.402	.741	45	2	3
Heinie Mueller	42	182	151	25	34	3	1	0	19	1	17	9	.225	.316	.258	.574	39	3	11
Howard Freigau	52	123	109	11	28	8	1	1	17	1	9	14	.257	.319	.376	.695	41	1	4
Al Spohrer	51	130	124	15	27	3	0	0	9	1	5	11	.218	.254	.242	.496	30	1	0
Bob Smith	39	99	92	11	23	2	0	1	8	2	1	6	.250	.258	.304	.562	28	0	6
Ed Brandt	39	82	70	5	17	4	0	0	3	0	9	12	.243	.329	.300	.629	21	0	3
Art Delaney	39	66	63	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.143	.169	.143	.312	9	0	1
Johnny Cooney	33	46	41	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	4	3	.171	.244	.171	.415	7	0	1
Jimmy Cooney	18	53	51	2	7	0	0	0	3	1	2	5	.137	.170	.137	.307	7	0	0
Doc Gautreau	23	22	18	3	5	0	1	0	1	1	4	3	.278	.409	.389	.798	7	0	0
Ben Cantwell	22	29	29	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	.172	.172	.172	.345	5	0	0
Luke Urban	15	19	17	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.176	.222	.176	.399	3	1	1
Charlie Fitzberger	7	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0
Dave Harris	7	19	17	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	.118	.211	.176	.387	3	0	0
Kent Greenfield	32	45	38	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.053	.053	.053	.105	2	0	7
Johnny Werts	10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0
Dinny McNamara	9	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	1
Bonnie Hollingsworth	7	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0
Foster Edwards	21	13	11	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	0	2
Virgil Barnes	16	20	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.059	.111	.059	.170	1	0	2
Joe Genewich	13	31	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.038	.074	.038	.113	1	0	4
Clay Touchstone	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Bill Clarkson	19	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Charlie Robertson	13	23	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	.000	.190	.000	.190	0	0	2
Emilio Palmero	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1
Bill Cronin	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0
Art Mills	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Bunny Hearn	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Hal Goldsmith	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Earl Williams	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Guy Morrison	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Ray Boggs	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Totals	1777	5893	5228	631	1439	241	41	52	577	60	447	377	.275	.335	.367	.702	1918	27	191

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
George Sisler	1B	118	1188	86	15	100	.988	1.797	0
Johnny Cooney	1B	3	16	0	1	2	.941	5.333	0
Dick Burrus	1B	32	286	15	7	29	.977	9.406	0
Eddie Brown	1B	1	7	0	0	0	1.000	7.000	0
Eddie Moore	2B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Rogers Hornsby	2B	140	295	450	21	85	.973	5.321	0
Doc Gautreau	2B	4	1	2	1	1	.750	.750	0
Howard Freigau	2B	11	20	27	4	4	.922	4.273	0
Doc Farrell	2B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Jimmy Cooney	2B	4	4	12	1	1	.941	4.000	0
Les Bell	3B	153	177	314	27	37	.948	3.209	0
Earl Williams	C	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Luke Urban	C	10	12	5	0	0	1.000	1.700	0
Zack Taylor	C	124	367	83	7	8	.985	3.629	11
Al Spohrer	C	48	102	22	3	1	.976	2.583	2
Bill Cronin	C	3	2	0	0	1	1.000	.667	0
Jack Smith	OF	65	165	4	2	0	.988	2.600	0
Lance Richbourg	OF	148	367	8	11	1	.972	2.534	0
Heinie Mueller	OF	41	127	6	2	1	.985	3.244	0
Eddie Moore	OF	54	131	7	6	3	.958	2.556	0
Dinny McNamara	OF	3	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.333	0
Dave Harris	OF	6	10	0	2	0	.833	1.667	0
Johnny Cooney	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Earl Clark	OF	27	77	0	1	0	.987	2.852	0
Eddie Brown	OF	129	302	6	13	3	.960	2.388	0
Johnny Werts	P	10	1	5	0	0	1.000	.600	0
Clay Touchstone	P	5	0	3	0	0	1.000	.600	0
Bob Smith	P	38	16	66	3	5	.965	2.158	0
George Sisler	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Charlie Robertson	P	13	1	11	0	1	1.000	.923	0
Emilio Palmero	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Guy Morrison	P	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Art Mills	P	4	1	1	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Bonnie Hollingsworth	P	7	0	7	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Bunny Hearn	P	7	0	1	0	0	1.000	.143	0
Kent Greenfield	P	32	8	37	2	2	.957	1.406	0
Hal Goldsmith	P	4	1	4	1	0	.833	1.250	0
Joe Genewich	P	13	3	24	0	1	1.000	2.077	0
Foster Edwards	P	21	3	10	0	1	1.000	.619	0
Art Delaney	P	39	13	47	2	3	.968	1.538	0
Johnny Cooney	P	24	11	32	0	3	1.000	1.792	0
Bill Clarkson	P	19	2	14	1	1	.941	.842	0
Ben Cantwell	P	22	5	27	3	1	.914	1.455	0
Ed Brandt	P	38	3	61	0	3	1.000	1.684	0
Ray Boggs	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250	0
Virgil Barnes	P	16	2	12	1	0	.933	.875	0
Doc Gautreau	SS	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Howard Freigau	SS	14	28	33	4	5	.938	4.357	0
Doc Farrell	SS	132	289	418	51	73	.933	5.356	0
Jimmy Cooney	SS	11	23	31	1	10	.982	4.909	0
Totals		1608	4077	1897	193	386	.969	3.715	13

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