1928 Cleveland Indians season

March 2026 November 2013 Cleveland Indians 1928 American League League Park Cleveland, Ohio Alva Bradley Billy Evans Roger Peckinpaugh WTAM(Tom Manning) thumb | right | April 17, 1928 photograph from the baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers 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. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents CLE 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 Batting 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 C Luke Sewell 122 411 111 .270 3 52 1B Lew Fonseca 75 263 86 .327 3 36 2B Carl Lind 154 650 191 .294 1 54 SS Joe Sewell 155 588 190 .323 4 70 3B Johnny Hodapp 116 449 145 .323 2 73 OF Homer Summa 134 504 143 .284 3 57 OF Sam Langford 110 427 118 .276 4 50 OF Charlie Jamieson 112 433 133 .307 1 37 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 Ed Morgan 76 265 83 .313 4 54 George Burns 82 209 52 .249 5 30 Luther Harvel 40 136 30 .221 0 12 Glenn Myatt 58 125 36 .288 1 15 George Gerken 38 115 26 .226 0 9 Red Dorman 25 77 28 .364 0 11 Chick Autry Chick Autry (catcher) 22 60 18 .300 1 9 Ed Montague 32 51 12 .235 0 3 Ollie Tucker 14 47 6 .128 1 2 Bruce Caldwell 18 27 6 .222 0 3 Jonah Goldman 7 21 5 .238 0 2 Al Van Camp 5 17 4 .235 0 2 Cecil Bolton 4 13 2 .154 0 0 Johnny Burnett 3 10 5 .500 0 1 Aaron Ward 6 9 1 .111 0 0 Art Reinholz 2 3 1 .333 0 0 Johnny Gill 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Frank Wilson 2 1 0 .000 0 0 Pitching 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 Joe Shaute 36 253.2 13 17 4.04 81 Willis Hudlin 42 220.1 14 14 4.04 62 George Uhle 31 214.1 12 17 4.07 74 Jake Miller 25 158.0 8 9 4.44 37 George Grant 28 155.1 10 8 5.04 39 Wes Ferrell 2 16.0 0 2 2.25 4 Jim Moore 1 9.0 0 1 2.00 1 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 Johnny Miljus 11 50.2 1 4 2.66 19 Dutch Levsen 11 41.1 0 3 5.44 7 Garland Buckeye 9 35.0 1 5 6.69 6 Willie Underhill 11 28.0 1 2 4.50 16 Clint Brown 2 11.0 0 1 4.91 2 Les Barnhart 2 9.0 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 Mel Harder 23 0 2 1 6.61 15 Jumbo Brown 5 0 1 0 6.75 12 Hap Collard 1 0 0 0 2.25 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball B Terre Haute Tots Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Raymond Haley D Frederick Hustlers Blue Ridge League Joe Neptune and Henry SherryJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 Notes References 1928 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference Category:Cleveland Guardians seasons Cleveland Indians season Cleveland Indians