1928 Kansas City Blues Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 88-80
Finished 4th in the AA
Manager: Dutch Zwilling (88-80)
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 249,113, Avg. 2,966

1928 Kansas City Blues Roster

The Kansas City Blues of the American Association ended the 1928 season with a record of 88 wins and 80 losses, finishing fourth in the AA.

Dutch Zwilling 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
Jimmy Zinn	23	13	.639	3.48	45						323.0	334	137	125		84		90	6		3
Tom Sheehan	16	16	.500	4.09	43						240.0	279	131	109		73		66	2		3
George Murray	11	7	.611	3.96	40						200.0	224	97	88		63		59	8		3
Cy Warmoth	10	16	.385	3.55	38						218.0	222	114	86		76		82	4		5
Dixie Davis	8	6	.571	5.17	31						141.0	158	94	81		74		55	2		3
Heinie Meine	7	4	.636	3.49	15						111.0	106	46	43		34		37	4		2
Lynn Nelson	7	8	.467	3.87	35						128.0	137	63	55		60		35	4		2
Edward Schaack	2	2	.500	0.00	12						31.0	39				14
Landrum	1	0	1.000	0.00	1						9.0	7				0
Bill Swift	1	0	1.000	0.00	1						9.0	10	5			4
Lou Fette	1	0	1.000	7.20	2						5.0	7	4	4		3
Johnny Morrison	1	6	.143	4.55	30						95.0	110	60	48		37		44	2		1
Max Thomas	0	2	.000	0.00	5						8.0	9				8
Totals	88	80	.524	3.79	298	0	0	0	0	0	1518.0	1642	751	639	0	530	0	468	32	0	22	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
Bill Wambsganss	163	730	637	88	190	18	8	0		15		46	34	.298	.348	.352	.700	224		3	44
Denver Grigsby	154	622	534	77	169	31	8	6		10		59	32	.316	.393	.438	.831	234		8	21
Joe Kuhel	121	545	511	85	167	32	11	2		11		21	40	.327	.359	.444	.804	227		5	8
Fred Nicholson	152	649	577	72	158	23	12	6		9		40	52	.274	.321	.386	.707	223		0	32
John Peters	133	476	431	52	136	31	7	1		2		25	21	.316	.359	.427	.786	184		4	16
Ralph Michaels	136	522	453	69	136	15	7	0		8		37	20	.300	.360	.364	.724	165		5	27
Jimmy Moore	124	442	381	53	115	22	3	3		6		42	16	.302	.381	.399	.780	152		7	12
Buster Chatham	113	387	340	42	99	18	6	0		8		24	24	.291	.347	.379	.726	129		5	18
Topper Rigney	102	368	296	50	74	9	5	0		4		54	21	.250	.366	.314	.680	93		0	18
Frank Wilson	52	189	181	21	64	13	2	0		1				.354	.354	.448	.801	81			8
Joe Cronin	74	284	241	34	59	10	6	2		1		31	28	.245	.336	.361	.697	87		2	10
Frank McGowan	73	277	244	31	58	11	1	2		2		27	14	.238	.316	.316	.632	77		1	5
Kettle Wirts	71	185	180	24	44	4	0	1		1				.244	.244	.283	.528	51			5
Jimmy Zinn	77	157	151	19	41	6	4	0		1				.272	.272	.364	.636	55			6
Tom Sheehan	46	102	98	16	28	4	1	0		0				.286	.286	.347	.633	34			4
Matt Donohue	19	70	69	6	17	3	1	0		0				.246	.246	.319	.565	22			1
George Murray	40	73	66	8	16	5	2	0		0				.242	.242	.379	.621	25			7
Heinie Meine	24	52	50	8	15	2	0	1		0				.300	.300	.400	.700	20			2
Cy Warmoth	53	85	79	14	11	3	0	0		0				.139	.139	.177	.316	14			6
Lynn Nelson	38	47	46	7	9	1	2	0		0				.196	.196	.304	.500	14			1
Dixie Davis	31	52	46	3	7	0	0	0		0				.152	.152	.152	.304	7			6
Edward Schaack	13	14	13	2	6	0	0	0		0		0	0	.462	.462	.462	.923	6		0	1
Lou Fette	2	4	4		4	1	1	0						1.000	1.000	1.750	2.750	7
Johnny Morrison	30	28	26	0	3	0	0	0		0				.115	.115	.115	.231	3			2
Bill Swift	1	4	4		2	0	0	0						.500	.500	.500	1.000	2
Mullen	5	13	13		2	0	0	0						.154	.154	.154	.308	2
Max Thomas	6	2	2		1	0	0	0						.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Fred Fitzberger	2	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Landrum	1	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1856	6385	5679	781	1631	262	87	24	0	79	0	406	302	.287	.339	.377	.716	2139	0	40	260	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joe Kuhel	1B	120	1164	63	11	93	.991	1.225
Ralph Michaels	1B	23	171	13	2	15	.989	8.000
Frank McGowan	1B	10	73	5	1	4	.987	7.800
Bill Wambsganss	2B	162	386	504	26	94	.972	5.494
Ralph Michaels	3B	111	156	217	7	19	.982	3.360
Joe Cronin	3B	59	58	99	9	11	.946	2.661
Topper Rigney	3B	11	7	9	0	0	1.000	1.455
John Peters	C	130	424	95	20	12	.963	3.992	10
Kettle Wirts	C	67	182	44	3	7	.987	3.373	8
Denver Grigsby	OF	152	386	15	11	3	.973	2.638
Fred Nicholson	OF	150	333	19	11	6	.970	2.347
Jimmy Moore	OF	104	216	10	6	1	.974	2.173
Frank McGowan	OF	62	141	5	4	1	.973	2.355
Frank Wilson	OF	51	78	1	6	0	.929	1.549
Matt Donohue	OF	19	48	0	2	0	.960	2.526
Jimmy Zinn	P	45	17	82	2	4	.980	2.200
Tom Sheehan	P	43	10	55	1	3	.985	1.512
George Murray	P	40	5	37	1	3	.977	1.050
Cy Warmoth	P	38	7	49	2	4	.966	1.474
Lynn Nelson	P	35	7	23	3	0	.909	.857
Dixie Davis	P	31	3	20	0	0	1.000	.742
Johnny Morrison	P	30	2	14	0	0	1.000	.533
Heinie Meine	P	15	5	32	0	2	1.000	2.467
Edward Schaack	P	12	6	10	2	1	.889	1.333
Buster Chatham	SS	82	160	221	26	49	.936	4.646
Topper Rigney	SS	79	178	238	12	47	.972	5.266
Joe Cronin	SS	14	29	47	5	9	.938	5.429
Totals		1695	4252	1927	173	388	.973	3.645	18	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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