1928 Cleveland Indians season

The 1928 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished seventh in the American League with a record of 62–92, 39 games behind the New York Yankees.

1928 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
League Park (since 1901) Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Alva Bradley
General manager(s)	Billy Evans
Manager(s)	Roger Peckinpaugh
Local radio	WTAM (Tom Manning)
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Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	101	53	0.656	—	52–25	49–28
Philadelphia Athletics	98	55	0.641	2½	52–25	46–30
St. Louis Browns	82	72	0.532	19	43–34	39–38
Washington Senators	75	79	0.487	26	37–43	38–36
Chicago White Sox	72	82	0.468	29	37–40	35–42
Detroit Tigers	68	86	0.442	33	36–41	32–45
Cleveland Indians	62	92	0.403	39	28–49	34–43
Boston Red Sox	57	96	0.373	43½	26–47	31–49

Record vs. opponents

1928 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	10–12	9–13	7–15	6–16	3–18	9–13	13–9–1
Chicago	12–10	—	12–10–1	13–9	9–13	6–16	10–12	10–12
Cleveland	13–9	10–12–1	—	10–12	6–16	6–16	7–15	10–12
Detroit	15–7	9–13	12–10	—	7–15	8–14	9–13	8–14
New York	16–6	13–9	16–6	15–7	—	16–6	12–10	13–9
Philadelphia	18–3	16–6	16–6	14–8	6–16	—	16–6	12–10
St. Louis	13–9	12–10	15–7	13–9	10–12	6–16	—	13–9
Washington	9–13–1	12–10	12–10	14–8	9–13	10–12	9–13	—

Roster

1928 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Les Barnhart Bill Bayne Clint Brown Jumbo Brown Garland Buckeye Hap Collard Wes Ferrell George Grant Mel Harder Willis Hudlin Dutch Levsen Johnny Miljus Jake Miller Jim Moore Joe Shaute George Uhle Willie Underhill		Catchers Chick Autry Glenn Myatt Luke Sewell Infielders Cecil Bolton Johnny Burnett George Burns Lew Fonseca Jonah Goldman Johnny Hodapp Carl Lind Ed Montague Ed Morgan Art Reinholz Joe Sewell Al Van Camp Aaron Ward		Outfielders Bruce Caldwell Red Dorman George Gerken Luther Harvel Charlie Jamieson Sam Langford Homer Summa Ollie Tucker Other batters Johnny Gill Frank Wilson		Manager Roger Peckinpaugh Coaches Grover Hartley Howie Shanks

Player stats

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Chick Autry	22	60	18	.300	1	9

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Les Barnhart	2	9	0	1	7.00	1

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bill Bayne	37	2	5	3	5.13	39

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
B	Terre Haute Tots	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Ray Haley
D	Frederick Hustlers	Blue Ridge League	Joe Neptune and Henry Sherry

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Notes

1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

• 1928 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference