1928 New York Giants Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 93-61
Finished 2nd in the NL
Attendance: 916,191, Avg. 17,985
Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV
Manager: John McGraw (93-61)
Location: New York, New York

1928 New York Giants Roster
1928 New York Giants Results

The New York Giants of the National League ended the 1928 season with a record of 93 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the NL.

The Giants plated 807 runs and surrendered 653 runs. Mel Ott paced New York with 18 home runs, and Bill Terry walloped 20 or more, too. Freddie Lindstrom recorded 107 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .358. Larry Benton recorded 25 wins on the mound for the team, while Freddie Fitzsimmons as well added 15 or more victories as well Larry Benton recorded a 2.73 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

John McGraw 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	WP	BF
Larry Benton	25	9	.735	2.73	42	35	4	28	2	4	310.3	299	106	94	14	71	90	0	6	1263
Freddie Fitzsimmons	20	9	.690	3.68	40	32	7	16	1	1	261.3	264	119	107	13	65	67	4	6	1084
Joe Genewich	11	4	.733	3.18	26	18	4	10	2	3	158.3	136	62	56	10	54	37	1	2	655
Carl Hubbell	10	6	.625	2.83	20	14	5	8	1	1	124.0	117	49	39	7	21	37	3	1	511
Jim Faulkner	9	8	.529	3.53	38	8	17	3	0	2	117.3	131	61	46	5	41	32	3	1	516
Jack Scott	4	1	.800	3.58	16	3	10	3	0	1	50.3	59	22	20	3	11	17	2	1	217
Vic Aldridge	4	7	.364	4.83	22	17	4	3	0	2	119.3	133	68	64	7	45	33	3	4	522
Virgil Barnes	3	3	.500	5.04	10	9	0	3	1	0	55.3	71	32	31	3	18	11	0	1	245
Dutch Henry	3	6	.333	3.80	17	8	5	4	0	1	64.0	82	36	27	4	25	23	1	1	288
Bill Walker	3	6	.333	4.72	22	8	10	1	0	0	76.3	79	43	40	9	31	39	1	2	330
Ben Cantwell	1	0	1.000	4.42	7	1	3	0	0	1	18.3	20	10	9	1	4	0	1	0	79
Bill Clarkson	0	0		7.94	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.7	10	6	5	0	1	3	0	0	25
Garland Buckeye	0	0		14.73	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.7	9	6	6	1	2	3	0	0	24
Leo Mangum	0	0		15.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	5	5	0	5	1	0	0	20
Chet Nichols	0	0		23.63	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.7	11	13	7	0	3	1	1	0	24
Tiny Chaplin	0	2	.000	4.50	12	1	4	0	0	0	24.0	27	15	12	0	8	5	0	0	106
Totals	93	61	.604	3.67	281	155	76	79	7	16	1394.0	1454	653	568	77	405	399	20	25	5909

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
Freddie Lindstrom	153	687	646	99	231	39	9	14	107	15	25	21	.358	.383	.511	.894	330	2	14
Bill Terry	149	649	568	100	185	36	11	17	101	7	64	36	.326	.394	.518	.912	294	0	17
Jimmy Welsh	124	526	476	77	146	22	5	9	54	4	29	30	.307	.357	.431	.787	205	8	13
Travis Jackson	150	626	537	73	145	35	6	14	77	8	56	46	.270	.339	.436	.775	234	0	33
Mel Ott	124	499	435	69	140	26	4	18	77	3	52	36	.322	.397	.524	.921	228	2	10
Andy Cohen	129	548	504	64	138	24	7	9	59	3	31	17	.274	.318	.403	.721	203	2	11
Shanty Hogan	131	470	411	48	137	25	2	10	71	0	42	25	.333	.406	.477	.883	196	8	9
Andy Reese	109	432	406	61	125	18	4	6	44	7	13	24	.308	.331	.416	.747	169	1	12
Lefty O'Doul	114	390	354	67	113	19	4	8	46	9	30	8	.319	.372	.463	.836	164	0	6
Les Mann	82	224	193	29	51	7	1	2	25	2	18	9	.264	.330	.342	.672	66	1	12
Edd Roush	46	180	163	20	41	5	3	2	13	1	14	8	.252	.315	.356	.670	58	1	2
Bob O'Farrell	75	175	133	23	26	6	0	2	20	2	34	16	.195	.359	.286	.645	38	0	8
Freddie Fitzsimmons	40	103	94	7	18	4	1	0	9	0	3	12	.191	.224	.255	.480	24	1	5
Larry Benton	42	123	112	12	16	2	1	0	8	0	5	17	.143	.179	.179	.358	20	0	6
George Harper	19	71	57	11	13	1	0	2	7	1	10	4	.228	.353	.351	.704	20	1	3
Joe Genewich	26	67	64	5	13	0	0	0	6	0	1	6	.203	.215	.203	.419	13	0	2
Vic Aldridge	22	42	40	7	11	0	0	1	4	0	0	6	.275	.275	.350	.625	14	0	2
Jack Cummings	33	32	27	4	9	2	0	2	9	0	3	4	.333	.400	.630	1.030	17	0	2
Jim Faulkner	38	43	39	4	9	1	0	0	1	0	2	8	.231	.268	.256	.525	10	0	2
Art Jahn	10	32	29	7	8	1	0	1	7	0	2	5	.276	.323	.414	.736	12	0	1
Carl Hubbell	20	50	47	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	2	11	.106	.143	.128	.271	6	0	1
Jack Scott	16	16	15	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	.267	.313	.333	.646	5	0	0
Russ Wrightstone	30	28	25	3	4	0	0	1	5	0	3	2	.160	.250	.280	.530	7	0	0
Dutch Henry	17	20	19	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.158	.200	.158	.358	3	0	0
Ben Cantwell	7	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0
Virgil Barnes	10	22	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.091	.091	.091	.182	2	0	0
Bill Walker	22	24	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.091	.091	.091	.182	2	0	2
Leo Mangum	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0
Garland Buckeye	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0
Pat Veltman	1	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	1.000	1.500	3	0	0
Chick Fullis	11	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0
Joe Price	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Tiny Chaplin	12	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Ray Foley	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0
Al Spohrer	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Bill Haeffner	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Chet Nichols	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Bill Clarkson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Totals	1778	6103	5459	807	1600	276	59	118	758	62	444	376	.293	.349	.430	.779	2348	27	173

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Russ Wrightstone	1B	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Bill Terry	1B	149	1584	78	12	148	.993	11.154	0
Andy Reese	1B	6	54	2	0	5	1.000	9.333	0
Andy Reese	2B	26	53	93	6	11	.961	5.615	0
Mel Ott	2B	5	14	13	1	4	.964	5.400	0
Andy Cohen	2B	126	304	434	24	90	.969	5.857	0
Andy Reese	3B	6	6	13	1	2	.950	3.167	0
Mel Ott	3B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Freddie Lindstrom	3B	153	145	340	21	34	.958	3.170	0
Andy Cohen	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Al Spohrer	C	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Bob O'Farrell	C	63	138	27	2	1	.988	2.619	1
Shanty Hogan	C	124	389	57	10	11	.978	3.597	3
Bill Haeffner	C	2	3	0	1	0	.750	1.500	0
Jack Cummings	C	4	5	0	1	0	.833	1.250	0
Jimmy Welsh	OF	117	310	8	6	3	.981	2.718	0
Pat Veltman	OF	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Edd Roush	OF	39	100	7	5	0	.955	2.744	0
Andy Reese	OF	64	109	3	7	0	.941	1.750	0
Joe Price	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Mel Ott	OF	115	214	14	7	4	.970	1.983	0
Lefty O'Doul	OF	94	149	4	6	0	.962	1.628	0
Les Mann	OF	68	97	3	5	1	.952	1.471	0
Art Jahn	OF	8	20	1	0	0	1.000	2.625	0
George Harper	OF	18	40	4	2	1	.957	2.444	0
Bill Walker	P	22	0	17	1	0	.944	.773	0
Jack Scott	P	16	3	11	1	2	.933	.875	0
Chet Nichols	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Leo Mangum	P	1	0	3	0	1	1.000	3.000	0
Carl Hubbell	P	20	6	40	5	2	.902	2.300	0
Dutch Henry	P	17	4	17	1	5	.955	1.235	0
Joe Genewich	P	26	5	41	1	2	.979	1.769	0
Freddie Fitzsimmons	P	40	23	63	0	4	1.000	2.150	0
Jim Faulkner	P	38	3	31	1	3	.971	.895	0
Bill Clarkson	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250	0
Tiny Chaplin	P	12	2	3	0	0	1.000	.417	0
Ben Cantwell	P	7	2	7	0	0	1.000	1.286	0
Garland Buckeye	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Larry Benton	P	42	15	69	1	5	.988	2.000	0
Virgil Barnes	P	10	0	12	2	1	.857	1.200	0
Vic Aldridge	P	22	4	24	0	2	1.000	1.273	0
Andy Reese	SS	6	10	25	2	3	.946	5.833	0
Travis Jackson	SS	149	354	547	45	112	.952	6.047	0
Andy Cohen	SS	3	6	12	1	1	.947	6.000	0
Totals		1634	4180	2028	178	458	.972	3.799	4

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