1928 Cleveland Tigers

20-59 • .253 Win% • 7th in NNL

📊 Season Record

20 Wins
59 Losses
.253 Win %
7th Rank
278 R 418 RA
Diff -140

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⚡ Quick Stats

278 Runs Scored
418 Runs Allowed
-140 Run Diff
17 Home Runs

📈 vs. 1928 NNL Average

Batting Avg .289 4% above the 1928 league average (.277)
OBP .333 1% above the 1928 league average (.332)
SLG .393 2% above the 1928 league average (.383)
Team ERA 5.96 38% worse than the 1928 league average (4.31)
Runs Scored 278 24% below the 1928 league average (365 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumLuna Park
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Home Games (est.) 39 ≈

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1928

Batting Avg

1 Heavy Johnson 0.387 2 Harry Jeffries 0.359 3 Babe Melton 0.354 4 Goose Curry 0.352 5 Orville Singer 0.347

Home Runs

1 Babe Melton 7 2 Goose Curry 2 3 Ernest Duff 2 4 Saul Davis 1 5 Perry Hall 1

RBI

1 Babe Melton 42 2 Ernest Duff 24 3 Orville Singer 23 4 Saul Davis 21 5 Tack Summers 17
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Tack Summers 58 221 36 57 7 3 0 17 17 1 3 0.258
Babe Melton 57 198 37 70 6 13 7 42 8 0 5 0.354
Ernest Duff 47 178 36 58 15 1 2 24 7 0 6 0.326
Saul Davis 42 163 24 47 11 1 1 21 6 0 8 0.288
Orville Singer 38 147 18 51 9 3 1 23 3 0 5 0.347
Harry Jeffries 32 117 22 42 10 2 1 14 6 0 6 0.359
Goose Curry 40 108 15 38 6 2 2 12 4 0 0 0.352
Eppie Hampton 28 98 7 32 4 0 0 10 3 0 0 0.327
Frank Stevens 35 82 10 27 8 2 0 15 4 0 0 0.329
Pete Willett 25 79 6 23 4 1 1 8 2 0 0 0.291
Ted Stockard 19 76 3 21 2 1 0 12 3 0 0 0.276
Heavy Johnson 20 75 16 29 3 3 1 15 5 0 0 0.387
Willie Bobo 17 57 2 11 2 1 0 5 3 0 0 0.193
Nelson Dean 28 52 4 3 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0.058
John Wesley Johnson 17 47 4 8 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 0.170
George Dixon 19 45 5 10 1 0 0 3 6 0 0 0.222
Charlie Wooldridge 16 44 2 10 0 0 0 2 8 1 0 0.227
Charles Zomphier 13 44 4 9 1 1 0 4 6 0 0 0.205
Perry Hall 10 37 4 12 1 1 1 6 1 0 0 0.324
Bobby Williams 9 31 2 8 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0.258
Chancelor Edwards 10 28 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.107
William Ross 14 28 4 10 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 0.357
Sam Crawford 12 23 2 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0.217
Everett Goldie 7 19 3 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0.105
Johnnie Bob Dixon 11 17 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.235
Fred Dewitt 6 15 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0.067
John Barnes 6 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Square Moore 7 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chester Blanchard 3 7 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.714
Frank Duncan 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Will Owens 5 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.429
Tom Jackson 5 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.200
James Womack 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.200
George Boggs 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.333
Kirby 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.667
Tom Cox 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Odis Turner 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Powell 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Williams 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Orange 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Owen Smaulding 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1928

ERA

1 William Ross 3.92 2 Nelson Dean 4.21 3 Goose Curry 4.94 4 Frank Stevens 6.61 5 Johnnie Bob Dixon 12.13

Wins

1 Goose Curry 7 2 Nelson Dean 5 3 Frank Stevens 3 4 William Ross 2 5 Square Moore 1

Strikeouts

1 Nelson Dean 70 2 Frank Stevens 42 3 Goose Curry 36 4 Johnnie Bob Dixon 14 5 William Ross 14
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Nelson Dean 5 15 4.21 26 18 1 143.1 173 67 23 70
Goose Curry 7 10 4.94 23 15 0 125.2 143 69 29 36
Frank Stevens 3 6 6.61 15 9 0 81.2 98 60 39 42
William Ross 2 5 3.92 10 8 2 57.1 60 25 23 14
Johnnie Bob Dixon 0 3 12.13 11 2 1 39.1 72 53 18 14
Square Moore 1 3 10.45 6 4 0 20.2 37 24 6 6
John Wesley Johnson 0 0 8.44 4 0 0 16.0 27 15 7 8
Tom Jackson 0 1 8.44 5 3 0 10.2 18 10 3 6
George Boggs 0 0 4.05 2 1 0 6.2 7 3 4 1
Tom Cox 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 5.0 6 5 0 4
Sam Crawford 0 0 11.57 3 1 0 4.2 11 6 1 0
Kirby 0 0 10.38 1 0 0 4.1 7 5 0 0
Heavy Johnson 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 2
Bill Williams 0 1 7.71 1 1 0 2.1 3 2 1 1
Owen Smaulding 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0.2 2 1 1 0

👥 Roster (41)

John Barnes Chester Blanchard Willie Bobo George Boggs Tom Cox Sam Crawford Goose Curry Saul Davis Nelson Dean Fred Dewitt George Dixon Johnnie Bob Dixon +29 more

41 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1928 Cleveland Tigers

What was the 1928 Cleveland Tigers record?
The 1928 Cleveland Tigers finished 20-59 (.253 win pct).
Who led the 1928 Cleveland Tigers in home runs?
Babe Melton led the 1928 Cleveland Tigers with 7 home runs.
What was the 1928 Cleveland Tigers team ERA?
The 1928 Cleveland Tigers posted a team ERA of 5.96.
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