1928 Philadelphia Phillies

43-109 • .283 Win% • 8th in NL

📊 Season Record

43 Wins
109 Losses
.283 Win %
8th Rank
660 R 957 RA
Diff -297

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660 Runs Scored
957 Runs Allowed
-297 Run Diff
218K Attendance

📈 vs. 1928 NL Average

Batting Avg .266 5% below the 1928 league average (.281)
OBP .333 3% below the 1928 league average (.344)
SLG .382 4% below the 1928 league average (.396)
Team ERA 5.56 39% worse than the 1928 league average (3.99)
Runs Scored 660 8% below the 1928 league average (721 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumBaker Bowl
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Home Games 75
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Total Attendance 218,866
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Avg per Game 2,918

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1928

Batting Avg

1 Chuck Klein 0.360 2 Freddy Leach 0.304 3 Pinky Whitney 0.301 4 Jimmie Wilson 0.300 5 Fresco Thompson 0.287

Home Runs

1 Don Hurst 19 2 Freddy Leach 13 3 Cy Williams 12 4 Chuck Klein 11 5 Pinky Whitney 10

RBI

1 Pinky Whitney 103 2 Freddy Leach 96 3 Don Hurst 64 4 Fresco Thompson 50 5 Heinie Sand 38
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Fresco Thompson 152 634 99 182 34 11 3 50 42 27 19 0.287
Freddy Leach 145 588 83 179 36 11 13 96 30 30 4 0.304
Pinky Whitney 151 585 73 176 35 4 10 103 36 30 3 0.301
Denny Sothern 141 579 82 165 27 5 5 38 34 53 17 0.285
Heinie Sand 141 426 38 90 26 1 0 38 60 47 1 0.211
Don Hurst 107 396 73 113 23 4 19 64 68 40 3 0.285
Chuck Klein 64 253 41 91 14 4 11 34 14 22 0 0.360
Walt Lerian 96 239 28 65 16 2 2 26 41 29 0 0.272
Cy Williams 99 238 31 61 9 0 12 37 54 34 0 0.256
Virgil Davis 67 163 16 46 2 0 3 18 15 11 0 0.282
Johnny Schulte 65 113 14 28 2 2 4 17 15 12 0 0.248
Bill Deitrick 52 100 13 20 6 0 0 7 17 10 1 0.200
Bernie Friberg 52 94 11 19 3 0 1 7 12 16 0 0.202
Art Jahn 36 94 8 21 4 0 0 11 4 11 0 0.223
Russ Wrightstone 33 91 7 19 5 1 1 11 14 5 0 0.209
Bill Kelly 23 71 6 12 1 1 0 5 7 20 0 0.169
Jimmie Wilson 21 70 11 21 4 1 0 13 9 8 3 0.300
Al Nixon 25 64 7 15 2 0 0 7 6 4 1 0.234
Jimmy Ring 35 60 5 11 1 0 0 7 0 21 0 0.183
Ray Benge 42 58 1 12 1 0 0 2 4 6 0 0.207
Les Sweetland 41 47 1 9 0 0 0 2 8 7 0 0.191
Claude Willoughby 35 40 1 6 1 0 0 2 4 11 0 0.150
Alex Ferguson 34 39 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 11 0 0.026
Augie Walsh 39 39 6 10 2 0 1 2 0 8 0 0.256
Bob McGraw 39 36 1 4 2 0 0 4 0 16 0 0.111
Russ Miller 36 27 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.148
Hub Pruett 13 24 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.208
John Milligan 13 20 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.050
Harvey MacDonald 13 16 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0.250
Earl Caldwell 5 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.111
Ed Baecht 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.143
June Greene 11 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.500
Ed Lennon 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Clarence Mitchell 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Marty Walker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1928

ERA

1 John Milligan 4.37 2 Hub Pruett 4.54 3 Ray Benge 4.55 4 Bob McGraw 4.64 5 Claude Willoughby 5.30

Wins

1 Ray Benge 8 2 Bob McGraw 7 3 Claude Willoughby 6 4 Alex Ferguson 5 5 Jimmy Ring 4

Strikeouts

1 Jimmy Ring 72 2 Ray Benge 68 3 Alex Ferguson 51 4 Augie Walsh 38 5 Hub Pruett 35
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Ray Benge 8 18 4.55 40 28 1 201.2 219 102 88 68
Jimmy Ring 4 17 6.40 35 25 1 173.0 214 123 103 72
Les Sweetland 3 15 6.58 37 18 2 135.1 163 99 97 23
Alex Ferguson 5 10 5.55 34 19 2 134.2 168 83 52 51
Bob McGraw 7 8 4.64 39 3 1 132.0 150 68 56 28
Claude Willoughby 6 5 5.30 35 13 1 130.2 180 77 83 26
Augie Walsh 4 9 6.18 38 11 2 122.1 160 84 40 38
Russ Miller 0 12 5.42 33 12 1 108.0 137 65 34 19
Hub Pruett 2 4 4.54 13 9 0 71.1 78 36 49 35
John Milligan 2 5 4.37 13 7 0 68.0 69 33 32 22
Earl Caldwell 1 4 5.71 5 5 0 34.2 46 22 17 6
Ed Baecht 1 1 6.00 9 1 0 24.0 37 16 9 10
Ed Lennon 0 0 8.76 5 0 0 12.1 19 12 10 6
Clarence Mitchell 0 0 9.53 3 0 0 5.2 13 6 2 0
June Greene 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 2.0 5 2 0 0
Marty Walker 0 1 0.00 1 1 0 0.0 2 0 3 0

👥 Roster (35)

Ed Baecht Ray Benge Earl Caldwell Virgil Davis Bill Deitrick Alex Ferguson Bernie Friberg June Greene Don Hurst Art Jahn Bill Kelly Chuck Klein +23 more

35 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1928 Philadelphia Phillies

What was the 1928 Philadelphia Phillies record?
The 1928 Philadelphia Phillies finished 43-109 (.283 win pct).
Who led the 1928 Philadelphia Phillies in home runs?
Don Hurst led the 1928 Philadelphia Phillies with 19 home runs.
What was the 1928 Philadelphia Phillies team ERA?
The 1928 Philadelphia Phillies posted a team ERA of 5.56.
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