1928 St. Louis Browns season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Browns 1928 American League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 82–72 (.532) 3rd Phil Ball Dan Howley KMOXWIL (AM)KWK The 1928 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses. Offseason December 2, 1927: Harry Rice, Chick Galloway and Elam Vangilder were traded by the Browns to the Detroit Tigers for Heinie Manush and Lu Blue.Harry Rice page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings St. Louis Browns Record vs. opponents STL Notable transactions April 25, 1928: Wally Gerber was traded by the Browns to the Boston Red Sox for Hal Wiltse.Wally Gerber page at Baseball Reference Roster 1928 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers Boom-Boom Beck George Blaeholder Dick Coffman Alvin Crowder Sam Gray Ernie Nevers Jack Ogden Lefty Stewart Ed Strelecki Hal Wiltse Jim Wright Catchers Ike Danning Clyde Manion Steve O'Neill Wally Schang Infielders Larry Bettencourt Lu Blue Otis Brannan Wally Gerber Red Kress Ski Melillo Billy Mullen Frank O'Rourke Ollie Sax Guy Sturdy Outfielders Fred Bennett Heinie Manush Beauty McGowan Earl McNeely Fred Schulte Frank Wilson Manager Dan Howley 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 Wally Schang 91 245 70 .286 3 39 1B Lu Blue 154 549 154 .281 14 80 2B Otis Brannan 135 483 118 .244 10 66 SS Red Kress 150 560 153 .273 3 81 3B Frank O'Rourke Frank O'Rourke (baseball) 99 391 103 .263 1 62 OF Fred Schulte 146 556 159 .286 7 85 OF Heinie Manush 154 638 241 .378 13 108 OF Earl McNeely 127 496 117 .236 0 44 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 Clyde Manion 76 243 55 .226 2 31 Beauty McGowan 47 168 61 .363 2 18 Larry Bettencourt 67 159 45 .283 4 24 Ski Melillo 51 132 25 .189 0 9 Guy Sturdy 54 45 10 .222 1 8 Steve O'Neill 10 24 7 .292 0 6 Billy Mullen 15 18 7 .389 0 2 Wally Gerber 6 18 5 .278 0 0 Ollie Sax 16 17 3 .176 0 0 Fred Bennett Fred Bennett (baseball) 7 8 2 .250 0 0 Ike Danning 2 6 3 .500 0 1 Frank Wilson Frank Wilson (baseball) 6 5 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 Sam Gray Sam Gray (baseball) 35 262.2 20 12 3.19 102 General Crowder 41 244.0 21 5 3.69 99 Jack Ogden baseball 38 242.2 15 16 4.15 67 George Blaeholder 38 214.1 10 15 4.37 87 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 Lefty Stewart 29 142.2 7 9 4.67 25 Dick Coffman 29 85.2 4 5 6.09 25 Hal Wiltse 26 72.0 2 5 5.25 23 Boom-Boom Beck 16 49.0 2 3 4.41 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 Ed Strelecki 22 0 2 1 4.29 8 Ernie Nevers 6 1 0 0 3.00 1 Jim Wright Jim Wright (1920s pitcher) 2 0 0 0 13.50 2 Notes 2 References 1928 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference 1928 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Browns seasons Saint Louis Browns season St Louis Category:1920s in St. Louis