1928 Major League Baseball season
# 1928 Major League Baseball season

The 1928 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 10 to October 14, 1928. The St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Yankees then defeated the Cardinals in the World Series, four games to none.

This was the seventh of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued.

## Awards and honors

* League Award
   * Mickey Cochrane, Philadelphia Athletics, C
   * Jim Bottomley, St. Louis Cardinals, 1B

## Statistical leaders

| | American League | American League | National League |
| - | - | - | - |
| Type | Name | Stat | Name | Stat |
| AVG | Goose Goslin WSH | .379 | Rogers Hornsby BSB | .387 |
| HR | Babe Ruth NYY | 54 | Jim Bottomley SLC Hack Wilson CHC | 31 |
| RBI | Lou Gehrig NYY Babe Ruth NYY | 142 | Jim Bottomley SLC | 136 |
| Wins | Lefty Grove PHA George Pipgras NYY | 24 | Burleigh Grimes PIT | 25 |
| ERA | Garland Braxton PHA | 2.47 | Dazzy Vance BKN | 2.09 |
| SO | Lefty Grove PHA | 183 | Dazzy Vance BKN | 200 |
| SV | Waite Hoyt NYY | 8 | Hal Haid SLC Bill Sherdel SLC | 5 |
| SB | Buddy Myer BSR | 30 | Kiki Cuyler CHC | 37 |

## Postseason

### Bracket

| World Series | World Series | World Series |
| - | - | - |
| AL | New York Yankees | 4 |
| NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 0 |

## Managers

### American League

| Team | Manager | Comments |
| - | - | - |
| Boston Red Sox | Bill Carrigan | |
| Chicago White Sox | Ray Schalk and Lena Blackburne | |
| Cleveland Indians | Roger Peckinpaugh | |
| Detroit Tigers | George Moriarty | |
| New York Yankees | Miller Huggins | Won 2nd straight World Series |
| Philadelphia Athletics | Connie Mack | Finished 2nd |
| St. Louis Browns | Dan Howley | Finished 3rd |
| Washington Senators | Bucky Harris | |

### National League

| Team | Manager | Comments |
| - | - | - |
| Boston Braves | Jack Slattery and Rogers Hornsby | |
| Brooklyn Robins | Wilbert Robinson | |
| Chicago Cubs | Joe McCarthy | Finished 3rd |
| Cincinnati Reds | Jack Hendricks | |
| New York Giants | John McGraw | Finished 2nd |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Burt Shotton | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Donie Bush | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Bill McKechnie | Won NL pennant |

## Home field attendance

| Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chicago Cubs | 91 | 7.1% | 1,143,740 | -1.3% | 14,854 |
| New York Yankees | 101 | -8.2% | 1,072,132 | -7.9% | 13,924 |
| New York Giants | 93 | 1.1% | 916,191 | 6.8% | 11,899 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 95 | 3.3% | 761,574 | 1.6% | 9,891 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 98 | 7.7% | 689,756 | 13.9% | 8,958 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 77 | 18.5% | 664,863 | 4.3% | 8,635 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 85 | -9.6% | 495,070 | -43.1% | 6,429 |
| Chicago White Sox | 72 | 2.9% | 494,152 | -19.6% | 6,335 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 78 | 4.0% | 490,490 | 10.9% | 6,288 |
| Detroit Tigers | 68 | -17.1% | 474,323 | -38.7% | 6,160 |
| Boston Red Sox | 57 | 11.8% | 396,920 | 30.0% | 5,364 |
| Washington Senators | 75 | -11.8% | 378,501 | -28.4% | 4,731 |
| Cleveland Indians | 62 | -6.1% | 375,907 | 0.7% | 4,882 |
| St. Louis Browns | 82 | 39.0% | 339,497 | 37.0% | 4,409 |
| Boston Braves | 50 | -16.7% | 227,001 | -21.4% | 2,987 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 43 | -15.7% | 182,168 | -40.4% | 2,429 |
