1928 New York Giants

93-61 • .604 Win% • 2nd in NL

📊 Season Record

93 Wins
61 Losses
.604 Win %
2nd Rank
807 R 653 RA
Diff +154

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⚡ Quick Stats

807 Runs Scored
653 Runs Allowed
+154 Run Diff
1,169K Attendance

📈 vs. 1928 NL Average

Batting Avg .293 4% above the 1928 league average (.281)
OBP .349 1% above the 1928 league average (.344)
SLG .430 8% above the 1928 league average (.396)
Team ERA 3.67 8% better than the 1928 league average (3.99)
Runs Scored 807 12% above the 1928 league average (721 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumPolo Grounds IV
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,169,000
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Avg per Game 15,181

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1928

Batting Avg

1 Freddie Lindstrom 0.358 2 Shanty Hogan 0.333 3 Bill Terry 0.326 4 Mel Ott 0.322 5 Lefty O'Doul 0.319

Home Runs

1 Mel Ott 18 2 Bill Terry 17 3 Travis Jackson 14 4 Freddie Lindstrom 14 5 Shanty Hogan 10

RBI

1 Freddie Lindstrom 107 2 Bill Terry 101 3 Travis Jackson 77 4 Mel Ott 77 5 Shanty Hogan 71
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Freddie Lindstrom 153 646 99 231 39 9 14 107 25 21 15 0.358
Bill Terry 149 568 100 185 36 11 17 101 64 36 7 0.326
Travis Jackson 150 537 73 145 35 6 14 77 56 46 8 0.270
Andy Cohen 129 504 64 138 24 7 9 59 31 17 3 0.274
Jimmy Welsh 124 476 77 146 22 5 9 54 29 30 4 0.307
Mel Ott 124 435 69 140 26 4 18 77 52 36 3 0.322
Shanty Hogan 131 411 48 137 25 2 10 71 42 25 0 0.333
Andy Reese 109 406 61 125 18 4 6 44 13 24 7 0.308
Lefty O'Doul 114 354 67 113 19 4 8 46 30 8 9 0.319
Les Mann 82 193 29 51 7 1 2 25 18 9 2 0.264
Edd Roush 46 163 20 41 5 3 2 13 14 8 1 0.252
Bob O'Farrell 75 133 23 26 6 0 2 20 34 16 2 0.195
Larry Benton 42 112 12 16 2 1 0 8 5 17 0 0.143
Freddie Fitzsimmons 40 94 7 18 4 1 0 9 3 12 0 0.191
Joe Genewich 26 64 5 13 0 0 0 6 1 6 0 0.203
George Harper 19 57 11 13 1 0 2 7 10 4 1 0.228
Carl Hubbell 20 47 3 5 1 0 0 2 2 11 0 0.106
Vic Aldridge 22 40 7 11 0 0 1 4 0 6 0 0.275
Jim Faulkner 38 39 4 9 1 0 0 1 2 8 0 0.231
Art Jahn 10 29 7 8 1 0 1 7 2 5 0 0.276
Jack Cummings 33 27 4 9 2 0 2 9 3 4 0 0.333
Russ Wrightstone 30 25 3 4 0 0 1 5 3 2 0 0.160
Virgil Barnes 10 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.091
Bill Walker 22 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.091
Dutch Henry 17 19 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.158
Jack Scott 16 15 3 4 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0.267
Tiny Chaplin 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ben Cantwell 7 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.500
Pat Veltman 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.333
Garland Buckeye 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.500
Al Spohrer 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ray Foley 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Chick Fullis 11 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Bill Haeffner 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Leo Mangum 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Joe Price 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bill Clarkson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chet Nichols 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1928

ERA

1 Larry Benton 2.73 2 Carl Hubbell 2.83 3 Joe Genewich 3.18 4 Jim Faulkner 3.53 5 Jack Scott 3.58

Wins

1 Larry Benton 25 2 Freddie Fitzsimmons 20 3 Joe Genewich 11 4 Carl Hubbell 10 5 Jim Faulkner 9

Strikeouts

1 Larry Benton 90 2 Freddie Fitzsimmons 67 3 Bill Walker 39 4 Joe Genewich 37 5 Carl Hubbell 37
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Larry Benton 25 9 2.73 42 35 4 310.1 299 94 71 90
Freddie Fitzsimmons 20 9 3.68 40 32 1 261.1 264 107 65 67
Joe Genewich 11 4 3.18 26 18 3 158.1 136 56 54 37
Carl Hubbell 10 6 2.83 20 14 1 124.0 117 39 21 37
Vic Aldridge 4 7 4.83 22 17 2 119.1 133 64 45 33
Jim Faulkner 9 8 3.53 38 8 2 117.1 131 46 41 32
Bill Walker 3 6 4.72 22 8 0 76.1 79 40 31 39
Dutch Henry 3 6 3.80 17 8 1 64.0 82 27 25 23
Virgil Barnes 3 3 5.04 10 9 0 55.1 71 31 18 11
Jack Scott 4 1 3.58 16 3 1 50.1 59 20 11 17
Tiny Chaplin 0 2 4.50 12 1 0 24.0 27 12 8 5
Ben Cantwell 1 0 4.42 7 1 1 18.1 20 9 4 0
Bill Clarkson 0 0 7.94 4 0 0 5.2 10 5 1 3
Garland Buckeye 0 0 14.73 1 0 0 3.2 9 6 2 3
Leo Mangum 0 0 15.00 1 1 0 3.0 6 5 5 1
Chet Nichols 0 0 23.63 3 0 0 2.2 11 7 3 1

👥 Roster (38)

Vic Aldridge Virgil Barnes Larry Benton Garland Buckeye Ben Cantwell Tiny Chaplin Bill Clarkson Andy Cohen Jack Cummings Jim Faulkner Freddie Fitzsimmons Ray Foley +26 more

38 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1928 New York Giants

What was the 1928 New York Giants record?
The 1928 New York Giants finished 93-61 (.604 win pct).
Who led the 1928 New York Giants in home runs?
Mel Ott led the 1928 New York Giants with 18 home runs.
What was the 1928 New York Giants team ERA?
The 1928 New York Giants posted a team ERA of 3.67.
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