1928 Cincinnati Reds

78-74 • .513 Win% • 5th in NL

📊 Season Record

78 Wins
74 Losses
.513 Win %
5th Rank
648 R 686 RA
Diff -38

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⚡ Quick Stats

648 Runs Scored
686 Runs Allowed
-38 Run Diff
489K Attendance

📈 vs. 1928 NL Average

Batting Avg .279 1% below the 1928 league average (.281)
OBP .332 3% below the 1928 league average (.344)
SLG .368 7% below the 1928 league average (.396)
Team ERA 3.94 1% better than the 1928 league average (3.99)
Runs Scored 648 10% below the 1928 league average (721 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCrosley Field
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 489,120
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Avg per Game 6,270

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1928

Batting Avg

1 Red Lucas 0.315 2 Pid Purdy 0.309 3 Ethan Allen 0.305 4 Val Picinich 0.302 5 Billy Zitzmann 0.297

Home Runs

1 Val Picinich 7 2 Curt Walker 6 3 Hughie Critz 5 4 George Kelly 3 5 Billy Zitzmann 3

RBI

1 Curt Walker 73 2 Ethan Allen 62 3 Chuck Dressen 59 4 George Kelly 58 5 Horace Ford 54
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Hughie Critz 153 641 95 190 21 11 5 52 37 24 18 0.296
Horace Ford 149 506 49 122 17 4 0 54 47 31 1 0.241
Chuck Dressen 135 498 72 145 26 3 1 59 43 22 10 0.291
Ethan Allen 129 485 55 148 30 7 1 62 27 29 6 0.305
Curt Walker 123 427 64 119 15 12 6 73 49 14 19 0.279
George Kelly 116 402 46 119 33 7 3 58 28 35 2 0.296
Val Picinich 96 324 29 98 15 1 7 35 20 25 1 0.302
Wally Pipp 95 272 30 77 11 3 2 26 23 13 1 0.283
Billy Zitzmann 101 266 53 79 9 3 3 33 13 22 13 0.297
Marty Callaghan 81 238 29 69 11 4 0 24 27 10 5 0.290
Pid Purdy 70 223 32 69 11 1 0 25 23 13 1 0.309
Bubbles Hargrave 65 190 19 56 12 3 0 23 13 14 4 0.295
Joe Stripp 42 139 18 40 7 3 1 17 8 8 0 0.288
Eppa Rixey 43 104 4 18 2 0 1 8 3 15 0 0.173
Red Lucas 39 73 8 23 2 1 0 7 4 6 0 0.315
Ray Kolp 44 70 6 15 1 1 1 8 5 11 0 0.214
Dolf Luque 33 67 8 8 1 0 0 4 8 9 0 0.119
Clyde Sukeforth 33 53 5 7 2 1 0 3 3 5 0 0.132
Pete Donohue 23 48 3 7 0 0 1 4 4 6 0 0.146
Clarke Pittenger 40 38 12 9 0 1 0 4 0 1 2 0.237
Pete Appleton 32 31 3 10 2 1 0 3 0 4 0 0.323
Jakie May 21 27 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.296
Carl Mays 14 27 5 8 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0.296
Ken Ash 9 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.071
James Edwards 18 10 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.300
Si Johnson 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Jim Beckman 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Jack White 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Harlan Pyle 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1928

ERA

1 Ray Kolp 3.19 2 Red Lucas 3.39 3 Eppa Rixey 3.43 4 Dolf Luque 3.57 5 Carl Mays 3.88

Wins

1 Eppa Rixey 19 2 Ray Kolp 13 3 Red Lucas 13 4 Dolf Luque 11 5 Pete Donohue 7

Strikeouts

1 Dolf Luque 72 2 Ray Kolp 61 3 Eppa Rixey 58 4 Jakie May 39 5 Pete Donohue 37
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Eppa Rixey 19 18 3.43 43 37 2 291.1 317 111 67 58
Dolf Luque 11 10 3.57 33 29 1 234.1 254 93 84 72
Ray Kolp 13 10 3.19 44 24 3 209.0 219 74 55 61
Red Lucas 13 9 3.39 27 19 1 167.1 164 63 42 35
Pete Donohue 7 11 4.74 23 18 0 150.0 180 79 32 37
Pete Appleton 3 4 4.68 31 1 0 82.2 101 43 22 20
Jakie May 3 5 4.42 21 11 1 79.1 99 39 35 39
Carl Mays 4 1 3.88 14 7 1 62.2 67 27 22 10
Ken Ash 3 3 6.50 8 5 0 36.0 43 26 13 6
James Edwards 2 2 7.59 18 1 2 32.0 43 27 20 11
Jim Beckman 0 1 5.87 6 0 0 15.1 19 10 9 4
Si Johnson 0 0 4.35 3 0 0 10.1 9 5 5 1
Harlan Pyle 0 0 20.25 2 1 0 1.1 1 3 4 1

👥 Roster (29)

Ethan Allen Pete Appleton Ken Ash Jim Beckman Marty Callaghan Hughie Critz Pete Donohue Chuck Dressen James Edwards Horace Ford Bubbles Hargrave Si Johnson +17 more

29 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1928 Cincinnati Reds

What was the 1928 Cincinnati Reds record?
The 1928 Cincinnati Reds finished 78-74 (.513 win pct).
Who led the 1928 Cincinnati Reds in home runs?
Val Picinich led the 1928 Cincinnati Reds with 7 home runs.
What was the 1928 Cincinnati Reds team ERA?
The 1928 Cincinnati Reds posted a team ERA of 3.94.
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