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Home >> Teams >> MLB Franchises >> National League >> Boston Braves >> 1928 Team Capsule >>

1928 Boston Braves (MLB)

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Nickname:	Braves
W-L Record:	50-103 .327
Rank:	7th in National League
Run Differential:	631-867 -236
Roster Continuity	67.56% 12/16
Manager(s):	Rogers Hornsby, Jack Slattery
General Manager:
Location:
Ballpark:	Braves Field
Attendance:	227,001 15/16
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Top Draft Pick:	All picks
Years Active:	1871-2016
Franchise Information

Coaching Staff

Assistant Coach: Art Devlin

Organization Affiliates

MLB:

Boston Braves (MLB-NL)

50-103

Organizational Player Roster
Boston Braves Affiliate History

National League Standings
Team	W	L	WPct	GBL
St. Louis	95	59	.617	--
NY Giants	93	61	.604	2.0
Chi Cubs	91	63	.591	4.0
Pittsburgh	85	67	.559	9.0
Cincinnati	78	74	.513	16.0
Brooklyn	77	76	.503	17.5
Boston	50	103	.327	44.5
Philadelphia	43	109	.283	51.0

Batting Statistics

Batting Statistics

#	Player	Pos	Age	Diff	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	secA	Babip	K/BB	AB/HR	TB	PA
-	Lance Richbourg	OF	30	�	148	612	105	206	26	12	2	52	11		62	39	2		9			.337	.399	.428	827	.092	.211	.357	0.63	306.0	262	685
-	Les Bell	3B	26	�	153	591	58	164	36	7	10	91	1		40	45	0		25			.277	.323	.413	736	.135	.205	.287	1.13	59.1	244	656
-	Eddie Brown	OF	36	�	142	523	45	140	28	2	2	59	6		24	22	4		18			.268	.305	.340	645	.073	.130	.277	0.92	261.5	178	569
-	George Sisler	1B	35	�	118	491	71	167	26	4	4	68	11		30	15	2		14			.340	.380	.434	814	.094	.177	.345	0.50	122.8	213	537
-	Rogers Hornsby	2B	32	�	140	486	99	188	42	7	21	94	5		107	41	1		25			.387	.498	.632	1130	.245	.475	.394	0.38	23.1	307	619
-	Doc Farrell	SS	26	�	134	483	36	104	14	2	3	43	3		26	26	5		19			.215	.263	.271	534	.056	.116	.222	1.00	161.0	131	533
-	Zack Taylor	C	29	�	125	399	36	100	15	1	2	30	2		33	29	3		7			.251	.313	.308	621	.058	.145	.266	0.88	199.5	123	442
-	Jack Smith	OF	33	�	96	254	30	71	9	2	1	32	6		21	14	0		14			.280	.335	.343	678	.063	.169	.293	0.67	254.0	87	289
-	Eddie Moore	OF	29	�	68	215	27	51	9	0	2	18	7		19	12	0		10			.237	.299	.307	606	.070	.191	.244	0.63	107.5	66	244
-	Heinie Mueller	OF	38	�	42	151	25	34	3	1	0	19	1		17	9	3		11			.225	.316	.258	574	.033	.152	.239	0.53	--	39	182
-	Dick Burrus	1B	30	�	64	137	15	37	6	0	3	13	1		19	8	2		1			.270	.367	.380	747	.109	.255	.270	0.42	45.7	52	159
-	Al Spohrer	C	25	�	51	124	15	27	3	0	0	9	1		5	11	1		0			.218	.254	.242	496	.024	.073	.239	2.20	--	30	130
-	Earl Clark	OF	20	�	28	112	18	34	9	1	0	10	0		4	8	2		3			.304	.339	.402	741	.098	.134	.327	2.00	--	45	121
-	Howard Freigau	SS-2B	25	�	52	109	11	28	8	1	1	17	1		9	14	1		4			.257	.319	.376	695	.119	.211	.287	1.56	109.0	41	123
-	Bob Smith	P	33	�	39	92	11	23	2	0	1	8	2		1	6	0		6			.250	.258	.304	562	.054	.087	.259	6.00	92.0	28	99
-	Ed Brandt	P	23	�	39	70	5	17	4	0	0	3	0		9	12	0		3			.243	.329	.300	629	.057	.186	.293	1.33	--	21	82
-	Art Delaney	P	33	�	39	63	4	9	0	0	0	0	0		2	8	0		1			.143	.169	.143	312	.000	.032	.164	4.00	--	9	66
-	Jimmy Cooney	SS	33	�	18	51	2	7	0	0	0	3	1		2	5	0		0			.137	.170	.137	307	.000	.059	.152	2.50	--	7	53
-	Johnny Cooney	P	27	�	33	41	2	7	0	0	0	2	0		4	3	0		1			.171	.244	.171	415	.000	.098	.184	0.75	--	7	46
-	Kent Greenfield	P	25	�	32	38	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	0		7			.053	.053	.053	106	.000	.000	.067	--	--	2	45
-	Ben Cantwell	P	26	�	22	29	3	5	0	0	0	1	0		0	6	0		0			.172	.172	.172	344	.000	.000	.217	--	--	5	29
-	Joe Genewich	P	31	�	13	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	4	0		4			.038	.074	.038	112	.000	.038	.045	4.00	--	1	31
-	Doc Gautreau	2B	26	�	23	18	3	5	0	1	0	1	1		4	3	0		0			.278	.409	.389	798	.111	.389	.333	0.75	--	7	22
-	Virgil Barnes	P	31	�	16	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	0		2			.059	.111	.059	170	.000	.059	.091	6.00	--	1	20
-	Dave Harris	OF	27	�	7	17	2	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	6	0		0			.118	.211	.176	387	.059	.176	.182	3.00	--	3	19
-	Charlie Robertson	P	32	�	13	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	4	0		2			.000	.190	.000	190	.000	.235	.000	1.00	--	0	23
-	Luke Urban	C	30	�	15	17	0	3	0	0	0	2	0		0	1	1		1			.176	.222	.176	398	.000	.000	.188	--	--	3	19
-	Foster Edwards	P	24	�	21	11	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	4	0		2			.091	.091	.091	182	.000	.000	.143	--	--	1	13
-	Charlie Fitzberger		24	�	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	0		0			.286	.286	.286	572	.000	.000	.500	--	--	2	7
-	Bonnie Hollingsworth	P	32	�	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0		0			.167	.167	.167	334	.000	.000	.200	--	--	1	6
-	Dinny McNamara	OF	22	�	9	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0		1			.250	.250	.250	500	.000	.000	.333	--	--	1	5
-	Bill Clarkson	P	29	�	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0		0			.000	.000	.000	0	.000	.000	.000	--	--	0	3
-	Johnny Werts	P	30	�	10	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0			.333	.333	.333	666	.000	.000	.333	--	--	1	3
-	Bill Cronin	C	25	�	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0		0			.000	.333	.000	333	.000	.500	.000	0.00	--	0	3
-	Hal Goldsmith	P	29	�	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0		0			.000	.000	.000	0	.000	.000	.000	--	--	0	2
-	Clay Touchstone	P	25	�	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0			.000	.000	.000	0	.000	.000	.000	--	--	0	2
-	Earl Williams	C	25	�	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0		0			.000	.000	.000	0	.000	.000	.000	--	--	0	2
-	Bunny Hearn	P	24	�	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0			.000	.000	.000	0	.000	.000	.000	--	--	0	1
-	Art Mills	P	25	�	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0			.000	.000	.000	0	.000	.000	.000	--	--	0	1
-	Emilio Palmero	P	33	�	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		1			.000	.000	.000	0	.000	.000	.000	--	--	0	2
Batting Totals					1772	5228	631	1439	241	41	52	577	60		447	377	27	0	191			.275	.332	.367	699	.092	.189	.289	0.84	100.5	1918	5866

Pitching Statistics

Pitching Statistics

#	Player	Age	Diff	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K/BB
-	Bob Smith	33	�	13	17	3.87	38	25	14	0	9	2	244.1	274	138	105	11	74	59	3	0	0	1.43	10.11	0.41	2.73	2.18	0.80
-	Ed Brandt	23	�	9	21	5.08	38	31	12	1	2	0	225.1	234	141	127	22	109	84	4	0	0	1.52	9.36	0.88	4.36	3.36	0.77
-	Art Delaney	33	�	9	17	3.80	39	22	8	0	12	2	192.1	197	100	81	11	56	45	2	1	0	1.32	9.23	0.52	2.63	2.11	0.80
-	Kent Greenfield	25	�	3	11	5.31	32	23	5	0	5	0	143.2	173	100	85	6	60	30	5	0	0	1.62	10.81	0.38	3.75	1.88	0.50
-	Ben Cantwell	26	�	3	3	5.10	22	9	3	0	8	0	90.0	112	63	51	7	36	18	1	0	0	1.64	11.20	0.70	3.60	1.80	0.50
-	Johnny Cooney	27	�	3	7	4.30	24	6	2	0	13	1	89.2	106	47	43	7	31	18	0	0	0	1.52	10.60	0.70	3.10	1.80	0.58
-	Joe Genewich	31	�	3	7	4.11	13	11	4	0	1	0	80.2	88	43	37	14	18	15	1	0	0	1.31	9.78	1.56	2.00	1.67	0.83
-	Virgil Barnes	31	�	2	7	5.85	16	10	1	0	1	0	60.1	86	42	39	3	26	7	0	0	0	1.87	12.90	0.45	3.90	1.05	0.27
-	Charlie Robertson	32	�	2	5	5.34	13	7	3	0	4	1	59.1	73	40	35	5	16	17	2	0	0	1.51	11.14	0.76	2.44	2.59	1.06
-	Foster Edwards	24	�	2	1	5.69	21	3	2	0	10	0	49.1	67	36	31	2	23	17	1	0	0	1.84	12.31	0.37	4.22	3.12	0.74
-	Bill Clarkson	29	�	0	2	6.69	19	1	0	0	9	0	34.2	53	29	26	2	22	8	2	0	0	2.14	13.63	0.51	5.66	2.06	0.36
-	Bonnie Hollingsworth	32	�	0	2	5.32	7	2	0	0	3	0	22.1	30	19	13	2	13	10	0	0	0	1.95	12.27	0.82	5.32	4.09	0.77
-	Johnny Werts	30	�	0	2	10.50	10	2	0	0	5	0	18.1	31	22	21	2	8	5	0	0	0	2.17	15.50	1.00	4.00	2.50	0.63
-	Bunny Hearn	24	�	1	0	6.30	7	0	0	0	2	0	10.0	6	8	7	0	8	8	0	0	0	1.40	5.40	0.00	7.20	7.20	1.00
-	Hal Goldsmith	29	�	0	0	3.38	4	0	0	0	1	0	8.1	14	5	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.88	15.75	2.25	1.13	1.13	1.00
-	Clay Touchstone	25	�	0	0	4.50	5	0	0	0	2	0	8.0	15	8	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	2.13	16.88	0.00	2.25	1.13	0.50
-	Art Mills	25	�	0	0	12.38	4	0	0	0	3	0	7.2	17	11	11	3	8	0	0	0	0	3.13	19.13	3.38	9.00	0.00	0.00
-	Emilio Palmero	33	�	0	1	5.14	3	1	0	0	2	0	6.2	14	8	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	2.29	18.00	0.00	2.57	0.00	0.00
-	Ray Boggs	23	�	0	0	5.40	4	0	0	0	4	0	5.0	2	3	3	0	7	0	2	1	0	1.80	3.60	0.00	12.60	0.00	0.00
-	Guy Morrison	32	�	0	0	12.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.0	4	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	2.33	12.00	3.00	9.00	0.00	0.00
-	George Sisler	35	�	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00
Batting Totals				50	103	4.83	321	153	54	1	98	6	1360	1596	867	730	100	524	343	23	2	0	1.56	10.56	0.66	3.47	2.27	0.65