1928 Brooklyn Robins
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Ebbets Field (since 1913)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Stephen McKeever
Manager(s)	Wilbert Robinson
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The 1928 Brooklyn Robins finished in 6th place, despite pitcher Dazzy Vance leading the league in strikeouts for a seventh straight season as well as posting a career best 2.09 ERA.

Offseason[edit]

• December 12, 1928: Johnny Butler was purchased from the Robins by the Chicago Cubs.^[1]

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	95	59	--	.617
New York Giants	93	61	2	.604
Chicago Cubs	91	63	4	.591
Pittsburgh Pirates	85	67	9	.559
Cincinnati Reds	78	74	16	.513
Brooklyn Robins	77	76	17.5	.503
Boston Braves	50	103	44.5	.327
Philadelphia Phillies	43	109	51	.283

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1928 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	7–15	5–17	10–12	6–16	13–9	5–16	4–18
Brooklyn	15–7	—	10–12	10–12–1	9–13–1	15–7	9–12	9–13
Chicago	17–5	12–10	—	13–9	14–8	13–9	11–11	11–11
Cincinnati	12–10	12–10–1	9–13	—	8–14	13–7	12–10	12–10
New York	16–6	13–9–1	8–14	14–8	—	17–5	11–11	14–8
Philadelphia	9–13	7–15	9–13	7–13	5–17	—	4–18	2–20
Pittsburgh	16–5	12–9	11–11	10–12	11–11	18–4	—	7–15
St. Louis	18–4	13–9	11–11	10–12	8–14	20–2	15–7	—

Notable transactions[edit]

• June 8, 1928: Charlie Hargreaves was traded by the Robins to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Joe Harris and Johnny Gooch.^[2]
• June 23, 1928: Howard Freigau was purchased from the Robins by the Boston Braves.^[3]

Roster[edit]

1928 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers Watty Clark Bill Doak Rube Ehrhardt Jumbo Elliott Lou Koupal Doug McWeeny Ray Moss Jesse Petty Dazzy Vance		Catchers Hank DeBerry Johnny Gooch Charlie Hargreaves Butch Henline Al Lopez Infielders Dave Bancroft Del Bissonette Jake Flowers Howard Freigau Wally Gilbert Harvey Hendrick Jay Partridge Harry Riconda		Outfielders Rube Bressler Max Carey Joe Harris Babe Herman Jigger Statz Ty Tyson Overton Tremper Max West		Manager Wilbert Robinson Coaches Otto Miller

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	DeBerry, HankHank DeBerry	82	258	19	65	.252	0	23	3
1B	Bissonette, DelDel Bissonette	155	587	90	188	.320	25	106	5
2B	Flowers, JakeJake Flowers	103	339	51	93	.274	2	44	10
3B	Hendrick, HarveyHarvey Hendrick	126	425	83	135	.318	11	59	16
SS	Bancroft, DaveDave Bancroft
OF	Herman, BabeBabe Herman
OF	Bressler, RubeRube Bressler
OF	Carey, MaxMax Carey

Other batters[edit]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Riconda, HarryHarry Riconda
Tyson, TyTy Tyson
Statz, JiggerJigger Statz
Gilbert, WallyWally Gilbert	39	153	26	31	.203	0	3	2
Henline, ButchButch Henline
Gooch, JohnnyJohnny Gooch
Harris, JoeJoe Harris	55	89	8	21	.236	1	8	0
Partridge, JayJay Partridge
Hargreaves, CharlieCharlie Hargreaves	20	61	3	12	.197	0	5	1
Freigau, HowardHoward Freigau
Tremper, OvertonOverton Tremper
West, MaxMax West	7	21	4	6	.286	0	1	0
Lopez, AlAl Lopez

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Vance, DazzyDazzy Vance	38	32	24	280.1	22	10	2.09	72	200
McWeeny, DougDoug McWeeny
Petty, JesseJesse Petty

Other pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Elliott, JumboJumbo Elliott
Clark, WattyWatty Clark	40	19	10	194.2	12	9	2.68	50	85
Doak, BillBill Doak	28	12	4	99.1	3	8	3.26	35	12
Moss, RayRay Moss

Relief pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	SO
Ehrhardt, RubeRube Ehrhardt	28	54	1	3	2	4.67	27	12
Koupal, LouLou Koupal

Awards and honors[edit]

League top five finishers[edit]

Del Bissonette

• #4 in NL in home runs (25)

Watty Clark

• #4 in NL in ERA (2.68)

Dazzy Vance

• MLB leader in ERA (2.09)
• MLB leader in strikeouts (200)
• #3 in NL in wins (22)

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page
• Retrosheet

External links[edit]

• 1928 Brooklyn Robins uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page

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