1928 New York Giants (MLB) season

March 2026 November 2013 New York Giants 1928 New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1917 to 1922, 1928 to 1929).svg National League Polo Grounds New York City 93 61 y 2nd Charles Stoneham John McGraw 1927 New York Giants (MLB) season 1929 New York Giants (MLB) season List of San Francisco Giants seasons The 1928 New York Giants season was the franchise's 46th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with a 93–61 record, two games behind the St. Louis Cardinals. Offseason January 10, 1928: Rogers Hornsby was traded by the Giants to the Boston Braves for Shanty Hogan and Jimmy Welsh.Shanty Hogan page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings New York Giants Record vs. opponents NYG Roster 1928 New York Giants Roster Pitchers Vic Aldridge Virgil Barnes Larry Benton Garland Buckeye Ben Cantwell Tiny Chaplin Bill Clarkson Jim Faulkner Freddie Fitzsimmons Joe Genewich Dutch Henry Carl Hubbell Leo Mangum Chet Nichols Jack Scott Bill Walker Catchers Jack Cummings Bill Haeffner Shanty Hogan Bob O'Farrell Al Spohrer Infielders Andy Cohen Travis Jackson Freddie Lindstrom Bill Terry Russ Wrightstone Outfielders George Harper Art Jahn Les Mann Lefty O'Doul Mel Ott Joe Price Andy Reese Edd Roush Pat Veltman Jimmy Welsh Other batters Ray Foley Chick Fullis Manager John McGraw Coaches Roger Bresnahan 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 Shanty Hogan 131 411 137 .333 10 71 1B Bill Terry 149 568 185 .326 17 101 2B Andy Cohen Andy Cohen (baseball) 129 504 138 .274 9 59 SS Travis Jackson 150 537 145 .270 14 77 3B Freddie Lindstrom 153 646 231 .358 14 107 OF Mel Ott 124 435 140 .322 18 77 OF Jimmy Welsh 124 476 146 .307 9 54 OF Lefty O'Doul 114 354 113 .319 8 46 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 Andy Reese 109 406 125 .308 6 44 Les Mann 82 193 51 .264 2 25 Edd Roush 46 163 41 .252 2 13 Bob O'Farrell 75 133 26 .195 2 20 George Harper George Harper (outfielder) 19 57 13 .228 2 7 Art Jahn 10 29 8 .276 1 7 Jack Cummings Jack Cummings (baseball) 33 27 9 .333 2 9 Russ Wrightstone 30 25 4 .160 1 5 Pat Veltman 1 3 1 .333 0 0 Al Spohrer 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Ray Foley Ray Foley (baseball) 2 1 0 .000 0 0 Chick Fullis 11 1 0 .000 0 0 Bill Haeffner 2 1 0 .000 0 0 Joe Price Joe Price (outfielder) 1 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 Larry Benton 42 310.1 25 9 2.73 90 Freddie Fitzsimmons 40 261.1 20 9 3.68 67 Joe Genewich 26 158.1 11 4 3.18 37 Carl Hubbell 20 124.0 10 6 2.83 37 Vic Aldridge 22 119.1 4 7 4.83 33 Virgil Barnes 10 55.1 3 3 5.04 11 Leo Mangum 1 3.0 0 0 15.00 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 Jim Faulkner 38 117.1 9 8 3.53 32 Bill Walker Bill Walker (baseball) 22 76.1 3 6 4.72 39 Dutch Henry 17 64.0 3 6 3.80 23 Jack Scott Jack Scott (baseball) 16 50.1 4 1 3.58 17 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 Tiny Chaplin 12 0 2 0 4.50 5 Ben Cantwell 7 1 0 1 4.42 0 Bill Clarkson 4 0 0 0 7.94 3 Chet Nichols Chet Nichols Sr. 3 0 0 0 23.63 1 Garland Buckeye 1 0 0 0 14.73 3 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Buffalo Bisons International League Bill Clymer A Bridgeport Bears Eastern League William Whitman and Bob EmmerichJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 References 1928 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference Category:New York Giants (baseball) seasons New York Giants season New York Category:1920s in Manhattan Category:Washington Heights, Manhattan