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1928 MLB Season

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Babe RuthBAT21
  2. 2Lou GehrigBAT20.6
  3. 3Jim BottomleyBAT18.8
  4. 4Rogers HornsbyBAT17.8
  5. 5Lefty GrovePITCH16.9
  6. 6Dazzy VancePITCH16.7
  7. 7Hack WilsonBAT16.6
  8. 8Chick HafeyBAT16.2
  9. 9Heinie ManushBAT16
  10. 10Del BissonetteBAT15.9
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Carl HubbellP185.4
  2. 2Chuck KleinRF171.9
  3. 3Bill DickeyC155.6
  4. 4Mel HarderP137.5
  5. 5Pat MaloneP102.8
  6. 6Si JohnsonP99.9
  7. 7Ed BrandtP99.8
  8. 8Pinky Whitney3B98.1

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Ty CobbCF363.3
  2. 2Tristram SpeakerCF292.5
  3. 3Wally Pipp1B141.6
  4. 4Stan CoveleskiP124.5
  5. 5Urban ShockerP120.5
  6. 6Bullet Joe BushP118.8
  7. 7Les MannLF99.1
  8. 8Jimmy RingP75.7

Teams · 29

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
New York Yankees101-53231.1Babe RuthPlayoffs
Athletics98-55239.6Lefty Grove
St. Louis Cardinals95-59221.1Jim BottomleyPlayoffs
St. Louis Stars57-2267.5Willie Wells
San Francisco Giants93-61213.7Bill Terry
Chicago Cubs91-63227Hack Wilson
Pittsburgh Pirates85-67187.3Paul Waner
Kansas City Monarchs47-2957.8Andy Cooper
Detroit Stars47-3461.2Turkey Stearnes
Baltimore Orioles82-72193.9Heinie Manush
Chicago American Giants43-3349.5Bill Foster
Cincinnati Reds78-74176.5Ray Kolp
New York Lincoln Giants18-1416.8George Scales
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants30-2827.4Chaney White
Los Angeles Dodgers77-76223.9Dazzy Vance
Baltimore Black Sox29-2938.9Rap Dixon
Minnesota Twins75-79198.7Goose Goslin
Philadelphia Tigers2-6——
Birmingham Black Barons40-4861.2Satchel Paige
Chicago White Sox72-82170.1Tommy Thomas
Cuban Stars East8-197.6Alejandro Oms
Memphis Red Sox32-4538.2Pinky Ward
Detroit Tigers68-86196.8Harry Heilmann
Cuban Stars West11-3613.7Bienvenido Jimenez
Cleveland Tigers18-4424.6Babe Melton
Cleveland Indians62-92149.1Joe Sewell
Boston Red Sox57-96172.1Ed Morris
Atlanta Braves50-103122Rogers Hornsby
Philadelphia Phillies43-109137.7Freddy Leach

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.