1928 Erie Sailors Statistics

Central League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 76-59
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Buzz Wetzel (76-59)
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Pennsylvania Rail Road Field
Attendance: 55,920, Avg. 828

1928 Erie Sailors Roster

Playoffs - Fort Wayne Chiefs 4 games, Erie Sailors 2

The Erie Sailors of the Central League ended the 1928 season with a record of 76 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the CL.

Buzz Wetzel served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Gus Gockel	19	8	.704	4.00	32						225.0	144	113	100		44		66
Art Stokes	13	7	.650	3.47	28						179.0	159	81	69		55		68
Ray Roberts	10	4	.714	5.31	22						117.0	133	75	69		55		31
Jack Mathews	4	6	.400	5.28	22						109.0	142	80	64		23		27
Totals	55	31	.640	4.37	128	0	0	0	0	0	770.0	736	433	374	0	201	0	230	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Hoke Beazley	130	564	502	107	175	36	8	2		28		51	19	.349	.409	.464	.873	233			11
Roy Beckwith	136	534	462	95	144	30	5	17		8		52	32	.312	.381	.509	.890	235			20
Dewey Hill	123	490	438	73	134	22	11	8		3		35	12	.306	.357	.461	.818	202			17
Walt Golvin	131	554	467	87	134	25	10	6		14		70	21	.287	.380	.422	.802	197			17
Hap Briscoe	91	376	341	78	126	18	1	24		6		25	3	.370	.413	.639	1.052	218			10
John Henzes	90	378	347	68	103	31	1	6		17		21	22	.297	.337	.444	.781	154			10
Frank McGee	71	298	248	58	85	15	9	6		12		37	14	.343	.428	.548	.976	136			13
John Riffe	64	257	233	40	79	22	5	4		13		18	22	.339	.386	.528	.914	123			6
Gus Gockel	72	202	182	38	57	18	3	4		2		17	17	.313	.372	.511	.883	93			3
Fred Bratschi	39	172	152	30	50	10	1	5		6		16	4	.329	.393	.507	.899	77			4
Carl Shoots	32	118	105	22	35	3	0	3		6		11	6	.333	.397	.448	.844	47			2
Joe Circle	26	107	98	12	25	5	1	4		4		9	21	.255	.318	.449	.767	44			0
Ralph Somerville	33	82	75	7	13	2	0	0		0		1	2	.173	.184	.200	.384	15			6
Ray Roberts	25	47	42	6	12	2	1	1		0		1	7	.286	.302	.452	.755	19			4
Gaffke	19	73	60	12	12	0	0	0		5		11	2	.200	.324	.200	.524	12			2
Art Stokes	28	76	70	4	11	5	1	0		0		4	11	.157	.203	.257	.460	18			2
Eddie Reis	20	60	52	5	10	1	0	0		3		1	9	.192	.208	.212	.419	11			7
Jack Mathews	23	49	44	2	9	1	1	1		0		1	9	.205	.222	.341	.563	15			4
Ernest Calbert	11	39	39		7	2	1	0						.179	.179	.282	.462	11
Totals	1217	4644	4100	764	1250	249	59	91	0	130	0	395	246	.305	.366	.461	.827	1890	0	0	149	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Walt Golvin	1B	131	1209	85	17		.987	9.878
John Henzes	2B	90	217	254	22		.955	5.233
Gaffke	2B	19	51	64	2		.983	6.053
Roy Beckwith	3B	126	176	321	9		.982	3.944
Dewey Hill	C	116	419	85	12		.977	4.345
Ralph Somerville	C	18	65	12	0		1.000	4.278
Hoke Beazley	OF	130	327	15	9		.974	2.631
John Riffe	OF	64	116	7	12		.911	1.922
Frank McGee	OF	60	116	7	3		.976	2.050
Fred Bratschi	OF	40	47	4	3		.944	1.275
Joe Circle	OF	18	31	3	2		.944	1.889
Carl Shoots	OF	16	31	1	1		.970	2.000
Gus Gockel	OF	16	36	0	1		.973	2.250
Gus Gockel	P	32	6	42	0		1.000	1.500
Art Stokes	P	28	5	32	7		.841	1.321
Ray Roberts	P	22	4	26	1		.968	1.364
Jack Mathews	P	22	6	22	2		.933	1.273
Hap Briscoe	SS	91	192	264	12		.974	5.011
Totals		1088	3104	1347	124	0	.973	4.091

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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