1928 St. Louis Browns

82-72 • 0.532 Win% • 3rd in AL

📊 Season Record

82 Wins
72 Losses
0.532 Win %
3rd Rank
772 R 742 RA
Diff +30

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⚡ Quick Stats

772 Runs Scored
742 Runs Allowed
+30 Run Diff
435K Attendance

📈 vs. 1928 AL Average

Batting Avg .274 2% below the 1928 league average (.280)
OBP .343 1% above the 1928 league average (.340)
SLG .310 2% below the 1928 league average (.315)
Team ERA 4.17 3% worse than the 1928 league average (4.04)
Runs Scored 772 5% above the 1928 league average (734 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumSportsman's Park IV
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 435,400
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Avg per Game 5,654

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Heinie Manush 0.378 2 Frank McGowan 0.363 3 Fred Schulte 0.286 4 Wally Schang 0.286 5 Larry Bettencourt 0.283

Home Runs

1 Lu Blue 14 2 Heinie Manush 13 3 Otis Brannan 10 4 Fred Schulte 7 5 Larry Bettencourt 4

RBI

1 Heinie Manush 108 2 Fred Schulte 85 3 Red Kress 81 4 Lu Blue 80 5 Otis Brannan 66
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Heinie Manush 154 638 104 241 0 0 13 108 39 14 17 0.378
Red Kress 150 560 78 153 0 0 3 81 48 70 5 0.273
Fred Schulte 146 556 90 159 0 0 7 85 51 60 6 0.286
Lu Blue 154 549 116 154 0 0 14 80 105 43 12 0.281
Earl McNeely 127 496 66 117 0 0 0 44 37 39 8 0.236
Otis Brannan 135 483 68 118 0 0 10 66 60 19 3 0.244
Frank O'Rourke 99 391 54 103 0 0 1 62 21 19 10 0.263
Wally Schang 91 245 41 70 0 0 3 39 68 26 8 0.286
Clyde Manion 76 243 25 55 0 0 2 31 15 18 3 0.226
Frank McGowan 47 168 35 61 0 0 2 18 16 15 2 0.363
Larry Bettencourt 67 159 30 45 0 0 4 24 22 19 2 0.283
Oscar Melillo 51 132 9 25 0 0 0 9 9 11 2 0.189
Sam Gray 35 101 6 19 0 0 1 9 4 24 0 0.188
Jack Ogden 38 85 7 17 0 0 0 10 3 20 0 0.200
General Crowder 41 80 11 15 0 0 0 8 5 9 0 0.188
George Blaeholder 38 71 9 15 0 0 2 6 5 18 0 0.211
Lefty Stewart 29 51 5 14 0 0 0 7 6 13 0 0.275
Guy Sturdy 54 45 3 10 0 0 1 8 8 4 1 0.222
Steve O'Neill 10 24 4 7 0 0 0 6 8 0 0 0.292
Dick Coffman 29 23 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 0.043
Hal Wiltse 26 22 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 0.227
Wally Gerber 6 18 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.278
Billy Mullen 15 18 2 7 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 0.389
Ollie Sax 16 17 4 3 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0.176
Boom-Boom Beck 16 14 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.429
Ed Strelecki 22 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.200
Fred Bennett 7 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Ike Danning 2 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.500
Frank Wilson 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ernie Nevers 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jim Wright 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Sam Gray 3.19 2 General Crowder 3.69 3 Jack Ogden 4.15 4 Ed Strelecki 4.29 5 George Blaeholder 4.37

Wins

1 General Crowder 21 2 Sam Gray 20 3 Jack Ogden 15 4 George Blaeholder 10 5 Lefty Stewart 7

Strikeouts

1 Sam Gray 102 2 General Crowder 99 3 George Blaeholder 87 4 Jack Ogden 67 5 Dick Coffman 25
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Sam Gray 20 12 3.19 35 31 3 262.2 86 102
General Crowder 21 5 3.69 41 31 2 244.0 91 99
Jack Ogden 15 16 4.15 38 31 2 242.2 80 67
George Blaeholder 10 15 4.37 38 26 3 214.1 52 87
Lefty Stewart 7 9 4.67 29 17 3 142.2 32 25
Dick Coffman 4 5 6.09 29 7 1 85.2 37 25
Hal Wiltse 2 5 5.25 26 5 0 72.0 35 23
Ed Strelecki 0 2 4.29 22 2 1 50.1 17 8
Boom-Boom Beck 2 3 4.41 16 4 0 49.0 20 17
Ernie Nevers 1 0 3.00 6 0 0 9.0 2 1
Jim Wright 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 2.0 2 2

👥 Roster (31)

Boom-Boom Beck Fred Bennett Larry Bettencourt George Blaeholder Lu Blue Otis Brannan Dick Coffman General Crowder Ike Danning Wally Gerber Sam Gray Red Kress +19 more

31 players

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