1928 Boston Braves

50-103 • 0.327 Win% • 7th in NL

📊 Season Record

50 Wins
103 Losses
0.327 Win %
7th Rank
631 R 878 RA
Diff -247

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631 Runs Scored
878 Runs Allowed
-247 Run Diff
304K Attendance

📈 vs. 1928 NL Average

Batting Avg .275 2% below the 1928 league average (.281)
OBP .332 3% below the 1928 league average (.341)
SLG .305 6% below the 1928 league average (.324)
Team ERA 4.83 21% worse than the 1928 league average (3.99)
Runs Scored 631 12% below the 1928 league average (721 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumBraves Field
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Home Games 76
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Total Attendance 304,100
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Avg per Game 4,001

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Rogers Hornsby 0.387 2 George Sisler 0.340 3 Lance Richbourg 0.337 4 Earl Clark 0.304 5 Jack Smith 0.280

Home Runs

1 Rogers Hornsby 21 2 Les Bell 10 3 George Sisler 4 4 Dick Burrus 3 5 Doc Farrell 3

RBI

1 Rogers Hornsby 94 2 Les Bell 91 3 George Sisler 68 4 Eddie Brown 59 5 Lance Richbourg 52
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Lance Richbourg 148 612 105 206 0 0 2 52 62 39 11 0.337
Les Bell 153 591 58 164 0 0 10 91 40 45 1 0.277
Eddie Brown 142 523 45 140 0 0 2 59 24 22 6 0.268
George Sisler 118 491 71 167 0 0 4 68 30 15 11 0.340
Rogers Hornsby 140 486 99 188 0 0 21 94 107 41 5 0.387
Doc Farrell 134 483 36 104 0 0 3 43 26 26 3 0.215
Zack Taylor 125 399 36 100 0 0 2 30 33 29 2 0.251
Jack Smith 96 254 30 71 0 0 1 32 21 14 6 0.280
Eddie Moore 68 215 27 51 0 0 2 18 19 12 7 0.237
Heinie Mueller 42 151 25 34 0 0 0 19 17 9 1 0.225
Dick Burrus 64 137 15 37 0 0 3 13 19 8 1 0.270
Al Spohrer 51 124 15 27 0 0 0 9 5 11 1 0.218
Earl Clark 28 112 18 34 0 0 0 10 4 8 0 0.304
Howard Freigau 52 109 11 28 0 0 1 17 9 14 1 0.257
Bob Smith 39 92 11 23 0 0 1 8 1 6 2 0.250
Ed Brandt 39 70 5 17 0 0 0 3 9 12 0 0.243
Art Delaney 39 63 4 9 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0.143
Jimmy Cooney 18 51 2 7 0 0 0 3 2 5 1 0.137
Johnny Cooney 33 41 2 7 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 0.171
Kent Greenfield 32 38 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.053
Ben Cantwell 22 29 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0.172
Joe Genewich 13 26 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.038
Doc Gautreau 23 18 3 5 0 0 0 1 4 3 1 0.278
Virgil Barnes 16 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.059
Dave Harris 7 17 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0.118
Charlie Robertson 13 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0.000
Luke Urban 15 17 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.176
Foster Edwards 21 11 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0.091
Charlie Fitzberger 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.286
Bonnie Hollingsworth 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.167
Dinny McNamara 9 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Bill Clarkson 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Johnny Werts 10 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Bill Cronin 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Hal Goldsmith 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Clay Touchstone 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Earl Williams 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bunny Hearn 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Art Mills 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Emilio Palmero 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ray Boggs 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Guy Morrison 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Art Delaney 3.79 2 Bob Smith 3.87 3 Joe Genewich 4.13 4 Johnny Cooney 4.32 5 Ed Brandt 5.07

Wins

1 Bob Smith 13 2 Ed Brandt 9 3 Art Delaney 9 4 Ben Cantwell 3 5 Johnny Cooney 3

Strikeouts

1 Ed Brandt 84 2 Bob Smith 59 3 Art Delaney 45 4 Kent Greenfield 30 5 Ben Cantwell 18
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bob Smith 13 17 3.87 38 25 2 244.1 74 59
Ed Brandt 9 21 5.07 38 31 0 225.1 109 84
Art Delaney 9 17 3.79 39 22 2 192.1 56 45
Kent Greenfield 3 11 5.32 32 23 0 143.2 60 30
Ben Cantwell 3 3 5.10 22 9 0 90.0 36 18
Johnny Cooney 3 7 4.32 24 6 1 89.2 31 18
Joe Genewich 3 7 4.13 13 11 0 80.2 18 15
Virgil Barnes 2 7 5.82 16 10 0 60.1 26 7
Charlie Robertson 2 5 5.31 13 7 1 59.1 16 17
Foster Edwards 2 1 5.66 21 3 0 49.1 23 17
Bill Clarkson 0 2 6.75 19 1 0 34.2 22 8
Bonnie Hollingsworth 0 2 5.24 7 2 0 22.1 13 10
Johnny Werts 0 2 10.31 10 2 0 18.1 8 5
Bunny Hearn 1 0 6.30 7 0 0 10.0 8 8
Hal Goldsmith 0 0 3.24 4 0 0 8.1 1 1
Clay Touchstone 0 0 4.50 5 0 0 8.0 2 1
Art Mills 0 0 12.91 4 0 0 7.2 8 0
Emilio Palmero 0 1 5.40 3 1 0 6.2 2 0
Ray Boggs 0 0 5.40 4 0 0 5.0 7 0
Guy Morrison 0 0 12.00 1 0 0 3.0 3 0
George Sisler 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0

👥 Roster (42)

Virgil Barnes Les Bell Ray Boggs Ed Brandt Eddie Brown Dick Burrus Ben Cantwell Earl Clark Bill Clarkson Jimmy Cooney Johnny Cooney Bill Cronin +30 more

42 players

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