1928 Indianapolis Indians Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 99-68
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Bruno Betzel (99-68)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: West Washington Street Park
Attendance: 162,992, Avg. 1,952

1928 Indianapolis Indians Roster

The Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ended the 1928 season with a record of 99 wins and 68 losses, finishing first in the AA.

Bruno Betzel 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
Steve Swetonic	20	8	.714	3.00	40						234.0	224	93	78		55		87	2		3
Emil Yde	19	12	.613	3.54	39						280.0	295	136	110		88		115	7		12
Gorham Leverett	19	12	.613	3.65	34						232.0	254	114	94		54		83	2		2
Bill Burwell	13	10	.565	3.16	30						219.0	230	90	77		50		47	3		2
Ferdie Schupp	12	14	.462	4.15	37						221.0	241	128	102		105		128	5		4
Danny Boone	11	6	.647	3.07	32						167.0	164	70	57		56		54	7		5
Erv Brame	4	1	.800	2.29	6						51.0	54	13	13		14		17	0		0
By Speece	1	4	.200	5.20	28						83.0	109	59	48		26		37	3		1
Walter Holke	0	0		0.00	1						2.0	3				1
Walter Wolf	0	0		0.00	1						2.0	1				1
Herman Meyers	0	1	.000	0.00	2						2.0	8				3
Totals	99	68	.593	3.49	250	0	0	0	0	0	1493.0	1583	703	579	0	453	0	568	29	0	29	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
Fred Haney	162	708	623	115	208	38	16	3		43		44	25	.334	.380	.461	.840	287		2	39
Wid Matthews	151	655	585	103	189	28	16	4		14		46	20	.323	.373	.446	.820	261		1	23
Rabbit Warstler	167	709	630	99	178	20	15	7		7		53	49	.283	.340	.395	.735	249		2	24
Bud Connolly	147	596	525	65	153	29	8	1		7		35	20	.291	.340	.383	.723	201		4	32
Herman Layne	115	455	412	68	143	25	7	7		16		23	47	.347	.387	.493	.880	203		4	16
Roy Spencer	140	521	467	68	138	19	7	4		4		37	21	.296	.349	.392	.740	183		1	16
Adam Comorosky	89	372	333	49	119	14	12	8		12		26	20	.357	.409	.544	.952	181		3	10
Walter Holke	116	448	397	51	116	20	9	4		8		28	27	.292	.343	.418	.762	166		3	20
Reb Russell	109	383	328	60	102	21	3	17		2		34	27	.311	.388	.549	.936	180		7	14
Emil Yde	64	144	143	24	53	9	2	0		1				.371	.371	.462	.832	66			1
Dick Burrus	43	154	150	23	46	8	1	0		2				.307	.307	.373	.680	56			4
Vern Blenkiron	21	90	87	20	30	5	1	2		9				.345	.345	.494	.839	43			3
Len Koenecke	17	74	71	17	28	6	2	4		0				.394	.394	.704	1.099	50			3
Bruno Betzel	39	119	116	8	28	3	1	0		2				.241	.241	.284	.526	33			3
Bill Burwell	32	85	83	11	26	4	0	0		0				.313	.313	.361	.675	30			2
Paul Florence	48	107	105	9	24	3	2	3		0				.229	.229	.381	.610	40			2
John Anderson	25	84	82	9	23	3	1	3		2				.280	.280	.451	.732	37			2
Ralph Miller	27	72	72	6	17	1	0	0		2				.236	.236	.250	.486	18			0
Gorham Leverett	34	88	79	7	16	2	1	0		0				.203	.203	.253	.456	20			9
Steve Swetonic	47	87	82	8	16	3	0	0		1				.195	.195	.232	.427	19			5
Johnny Riddle	11	34	34	4	11	2	0	0		0				.324	.324	.382	.706	13			0
Ferdie Schupp	37	86	83	5	11	2	0	0		0				.133	.133	.157	.289	13			3
Walter Mueller	19	45	41	7	9	1	0	0		1				.220	.220	.244	.463	10			4
Danny Boone	32	69	65	4	8	2	0	1		0				.123	.123	.200	.323	13			4
By Speece	28	24	24	3	7	1	0	2		0				.292	.292	.583	.875	14			0
Erv Brame	9	22	22		6	1	0	0						.273	.273	.318	.591	7
Worth	7	19	19		3	1	1	0						.158	.158	.316	.474	6
Herman Meyers	2	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Eddie Onslow	4	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Clyde Barnhart	2	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1744	6256	5664	843	1708	271	105	70	0	133	0	326	256	.302	.343	.424	.766	2399	0	27	239	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Walter Holke	1B	113	1075	59	12	84	.990	1.035
Dick Burrus	1B	42	379	30	7	28	.983	9.738
Ralph Miller	1B	12	75	3	2	5	.975	6.500
Reb Russell	1B	11	109	3	4	13	.966	1.182
Bud Connolly	2B	138	353	431	15	75	.981	5.681
Bruno Betzel	2B	37	75	125	5	21	.976	5.405
Fred Haney	3B	160	148	327	23	36	.954	2.969
Roy Spencer	C	138	559	128	14	20	.980	4.978	7
Paul Florence	C	33	91	21	3	0	.974	3.394	3
Johnny Riddle	C	10	33	4	2	0	.949	3.700	1
Wid Matthews	OF	150	379	6	13	3	.967	2.567
Herman Layne	OF	113	224	3	6	0	.974	2.009
Adam Comorosky	OF	89	223	5	7	1	.970	2.562
Reb Russell	OF	88	136	8	6	2	.960	1.636
John Anderson	OF	23	32	2	6	0	.850	1.478
Vern Blenkiron	OF	21	50	2	1	1	.981	2.476
Len Koenecke	OF	17	35	0	1	0	.972	2.059
Walter Mueller	OF	15	13	2	2	0	.882	1.000
Steve Swetonic	P	40	17	52	1	4	.986	1.725
Emil Yde	P	39	14	67	5	3	.942	2.077
Ferdie Schupp	P	37	6	34	2	3	.952	1.081
Gorham Leverett	P	34	17	61	2	3	.975	2.294
Danny Boone	P	32	3	37	1	3	.976	1.250
Bill Burwell	P	30	25	85	1	4	.991	3.667
By Speece	P	28	0	15	0	0	1.000	.536
Rabbit Warstler	SS	167	325	512	66	94	.927	5.012
Totals		1617	4396	2022	207	403	.969	3.969	11	0	0

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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