1928 Brooklyn Robins season

March 2026 November 2013 Brooklyn Robins 1928 Mel Ott, Safe or Out?, May 23, 1928.jpg Photograph from the May 23, 1928 doubleheader between the Brooklyn Robins and the New York Giants. National League Ebbets Field Brooklyn, New York 77 76 y 6th Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company Wilbert Robinson Wilbert Robinson The 1928 Brooklyn Robins finished in sixth 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 December 12, 1928: Johnny Butler was purchased from the Robins by the Chicago Cubs.Johnny Butler page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Brooklyn Robins Record vs. opponents BRO Notable transactions June 8, 1928: Charlie Hargreaves was traded by the Robins to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Joe Harris and Johnny Gooch.Charlie Hargreaves page at Baseball Reference June 23, 1928: Howard Freigau was purchased from the Robins by the Boston Braves.Howard Freigau page at Baseball Reference Roster 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 López 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 Batting Starters by position 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 Hank DeBerry 82 258 19 65 .252 0 23 3 1B Del Bissonette 155 587 90 188 .320 25 106 5 2B Jake Flowers 103 339 51 93 .274 2 44 10 3B Harvey Hendrick 126 425 83 135 .318 11 59 16 SS Dave Bancroft 149 515 47 127 .247 0 51 7 OF Babe Herman 134 486 64 165 .340 12 91 1 OF Rube Bressler 145 501 78 148 .295 4 70 2 OF Max Carey 108 296 41 73 .247 2 19 18 Other batters 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 Harry Riconda 92 281 22 63 .224 3 35 6 Ty Tyson Ty Tyson (baseball) 59 210 25 57 .271 1 21 3 Jigger Statz 77 171 28 40 .234 0 16 3 Wally Gilbert 39 153 26 31 .203 0 3 2 Butch Henline 55 132 12 28 .212 2 8 2 Johnny Gooch 42 101 9 32 .317 0 12 0 Joe Harris Joe Harris (first baseman) 55 89 8 21 .236 1 8 0 Jay Partridge 37 73 18 18 .247 0 12 2 Charlie Hargreaves 20 61 3 12 .197 0 5 1 Howard Freigau 17 34 6 7 .206 0 3 0 Overton Tremper 10 31 1 6 .194 0 1 0 Max West Max West (1920s outfielder) 7 21 4 6 .286 0 1 0 Al López 3 12 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts Player G GS CG IP W L ERA BB SO Dazzy Vance 38 32 24 280.1 22 10 2.09 72 200 Doug McWeeny 42 32 12 244.0 14 14 3.17 114 79 Jesse Petty 40 31 15 234.0 15 15 4.04 56 74 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts Player G GS CG IP W L ERA BB SO Watty Clark 40 19 10 194.2 12 9 2.68 50 85 Jumbo Elliott Jumbo Elliott (baseball) 41 21 7 192.0 9 14 3.89 64 74 Bill Doak 28 12 4 99.1 3 8 3.26 35 12 Ray Moss 22 5 1 60.1 0 3 4.92 35 5 Relief pitchers 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 Rube Ehrhardt 28 54.0 1 3 2 4.67 27 12 Lou Koupal 17 37.1 1 0 1 2.41 15 10 Awards and honors League top five finishers 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 2 References Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page Retrosheet External links 1928 Brooklyn Robins uniform Brooklyn Dodgers reference site https://web.archive.org/web/20091025002014/http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/bdodgers/brooklyn.html October 25, 2009 Acme Dodgers page https://web.archive.org/web/20070913213938/http://www.acmewebpages.com/dodgers/ September 13, 2007 Category:Brooklyn Dodgers seasons Brooklyn Robins season Brooklyn Category:1920s in Brooklyn Category:Flatbush, Brooklyn