On This Day

Saturday, April 28, 1928

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 12 4 .750 --
Yankees 8 3 .727 1.5
Athletics 5 4 .556 3.5
Browns 9 8 .529 3.5
Senators 5 6 .455 4.5
White Sox 6 9 .400 5.5
Tigers 6 12 .333 7.0
Red Sox 4 9 .308 6.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Robins 7 4 .636 --
Giants 5 3 .625 0.5
Cardinals 8 5 .615 --
Reds 7 7 .500 1.5
Cubs 8 9 .471 2.0
Pirates 5 7 .417 2.5
Phillies 4 6 .400 2.5
Braves 3 6 .333 3.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Taylor Douthit 4
2 Red Kress 3
2 Heinie Manush 3
2 Randy Moore 3
2 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bibb Falk 3
1 Red Kress 3
3 Lu Blue 2
3 Johnny Hodapp 2
3 Randy Moore 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Barrett 1
1 Kiki Cuyler 1
1 Heinie Manush 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Flint Rhem 0.78
2 Joe Shaute 0.30
3 Percy Jones 0.20
4 General Crowder 0.12
5 2 tied 0.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Flint Rhem 1
1 Joe Shaute 1
1 Tommy Thomas 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Flint Rhem 7
2 Pat Malone 4
3 Joe Shaute 3
4 General Crowder 2
4 Percy Jones 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ted Lyons 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Red Kress .500
2 Taylor Douthit .467
3 George Grantham .463
4 Bob Meusel .400
5 Wattie Holm .381

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Hauser 4
2 Paul Easterling 3
2 Frankie Frisch 3
2 Goose Goslin 3
2 6 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Meusel 15
2 Jim Bottomley 14
3 Lu Blue 13
3 Frankie Frisch 13
3 George Grantham 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Wally Schang 4
2 Bill Barrett 3
2 Frankie Frisch 3
2 Charlie Gehringer 3
2 3 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Earl Whitehill 0.56
2 Sheriff Blake 0.67
3 Rube Ehrhardt 1.46
4 Bill Sherdel 1.47
5 Herb Pennock 1.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sam Gray 4
1 Tommy Thomas 4
1 George Uhle 4
4 Sheriff Blake 3
4 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pat Malone 18
1 Tommy Thomas 18
3 Lefty Grove 16
3 George Pipgras 16
3 2 others tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Garland Braxton 3
2 Bill Bayne 1
2 George Blaeholder 1
2 James Edwards 1
2 14 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Paul Waner .386
2 Harry Heilmann .382
3 Lou Gehrig .365
4 Babe Ruth .354
5 Ty Cobb .354

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 60
2 Lou Gehrig 45
3 Hack Wilson 31
4 Cy Williams 27
5 Rogers Hornsby 25

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 171
2 Lou Gehrig 160
3 Jim Bottomley 129
4 Paul Waner 127
4 Hack Wilson 127

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Frisch 51
2 Max Carey 30
3 Harvey Hendrick 28
4 George Sisler 27
5 2 tied 26

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 2.36
2 Wilcy Moore 2.37
3 Dazzy Vance 2.54
4 Garland Braxton 2.57
5 Ray Kremer 2.63

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jesse Haines 24
2 Carmen Hill 23
2 Charlie Root 23
4 Ted Lyons 22
5 4 tied 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 187
2 Lefty Grove 173
3 Charlie Root 139
4 Rube Walberg 128
5 Jakie May 121

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Wilcy Moore 13
2 Garland Braxton 12
3 Lefty Grove 9
4 Bill Sherdel 7
5 3 tied 6