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1928 Boston Braves season

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Record
  
50–103 (.327)

Owner(s)
  
Emil Fuchs

League place
  
7th

Local radio
  
WNAC (Fred Hoey)

Manager(s)
  
Jack Slattery, Rogers Hornsby

The 1928 Boston Braves season was a season in American baseball. The team finished seventh in the National League with a record of 50–103, 44½ games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

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In the offseason, Rogers Hornsby was traded to the Braves. It was the second trade in as many seasons for Hornsby, who had been traded to the New York Giants during the previous offseason. Hornsby managed to be the league's most productive hitter. He won his seventh batting title in 1928 with a .387 average, and led the league in on-base percentage (.498, a figure that only Hornsby himself topped among National Leaguers in the 20th century), slugging percentage (.632), and walks (107).

Offseason

  • December 14, 1927: Frank Gibson was purchased from the Braves by the St. Louis Cardinals.
  • January 10, 1928: Shanty Hogan and Jimmy Welsh were traded by the Braves to the New York Giants for Rogers Hornsby.
  • Notable transactions

  • August 14, 1928: Emilio Palmero was purchased by the Braves from the Toledo Mud Hens.
  • Starters by position

    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Other batters

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Starting pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Other pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Relief pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    References

    1928 Boston Braves season Wikipedia