1928 Major League Baseball season

The 1928 major league baseball season began on April 10, 1928. The regular season ended on September 30, with the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 25th World Series on October 4 and ended with Game 4 on October 9. In the second iteration of this World Series matchup, the Yankees swept the Cardinals in four games, capturing their third championship in franchise history, and the fifth team to win back-to-back World Series.

This was the seventh of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued.

Schedule

The 1928 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the season (except for ) and would be used until in the American League and in the National League.

American League Opening Day took place on April 10 with the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators playing, while National League Opening Day took place the following day. The final day of the regular season was on September 30. The World Series took place between October 4 and October 9.

Rule change

The 1928 season saw the following rule change:

• The National League reimplemented the early- home run rule, which states that balls are to be called based on where the ball crosses the outfield fence regarding home runs. This rule was only for balls which landed in the stands. Balls which completely left the ballpark were to be judged based on where the ball flew out of sight. The American League would implement the outfield fence portion of the home run rule in , and would extend this interpretation to balls which leave the ballpark completely.

Teams

Standings

American League

National League

Tie games

4 tie games (2 in AL, 2 in NL), which are not factored into winning percentage or games behind (and were often replayed again) occurred throughout the season.

American League

The Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, and Washington Senators had one tie game each.

• April 13, Cleveland Indians vs. Chicago White Sox, tied at 1 after a shortened game of 6 innings.
• April 14, Washington Senators vs. Boston Red Sox, scoreless after a shortened game of 5 innings.

National League

The Brooklyn Robins had two tie games. The Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants had one tie game each.

• May 30 (game 2), New York Giants vs. Brookln Robins, tied at 2 after a shortened game of 6 innings.
• July 12, Brooklyn Robins vs. Cincinnati Reds, scoreless after 9 innings.

Postseason

The postseason began on October 4 and ended on October 9 with the New York Yankees sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1928 World Series in four games.

Bracket

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Managerial changes

Off-season

In-season

League leaders

American League

National League

Milestones

Batters

Cycles

• Bill Terry (NYG):
• Terry hit for his first cycle and eighth in franchise history, on May 29 against the Brooklyn Robins.
• Bob Meusel (NYY):
• Meusel hit for his third cycle and fourth in franchise history, on July 26 against the Detroit Tigers.

Awards and honors

• League Award: Jim Bottomley (STL, National); Mickey Cochrane (PHA, American)

Home field attendance

Venues

The Cleveland Indians' Dunn Field reverts to the name League Park, following the sale of the team by team owner Jim Dunn.

See also

• 1928 in baseball (Events, Births, Deaths)

References

External links

• 1928 Major League Schedule at Baseball Reference