1928 American League

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The 1928 season of the American League was the twenty-eighth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	New York Yankees	154	101	53	0	.656	-.-	894 (5.81)	685 (4.45)	0.296	0.363	0.450	3.74	0.967
2	Philadelphia Athletics	153	98	55	0	.641	2.5	829 (5.42)	615 (4.02)	0.295	0.360	0.436	3.36	0.970
3	St. Louis Browns	154	82	72	0	.532	19.0	772 (5.01)	742 (4.82)	0.274	0.343	0.393	4.17	0.970
4	Washington Senators	155	75	79	1	.484	26.0	718 (4.63)	705 (4.55)	0.284	0.343	0.393	3.88	0.971
5	Chicago White Sox	155	72	82	1	.465	29.0	656 (4.23)	725 (4.68)	0.270	0.330	0.358	3.98	0.970
6	Detroit Tigers	154	68	86	0	.442	33.0	744 (4.83)	804 (5.22)	0.279	0.338	0.401	4.32	0.965
7	Cleveland Indians	155	62	92	1	.400	39.0	674 (4.35)	830 (5.35)	0.285	0.332	0.382	4.47	0.965
8	Boston Red Sox	154	57	96	1	.370	43.5	589 (3.82)	770 (5.00)	0.264	0.316	0.361	4.39	0.972

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Willie Kamm Joe Sewell	Chicago White Sox Cleveland Indians	155
At Bats	Carl Lind	Cleveland Indians	650
Runs Scored	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	163
Hits	Heinie Manush	St. Louis Browns	241
Doubles	Lou Gehrig Heinie Manush	New York Yankees St. Louis Browns	47
Triples	Earle Combs	New York Yankees	21
Home Runs	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	54
Total Bases	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	380
Runs Batted In	Lou Gehrig Babe Ruth	New York Yankees New York Yankees	142
Stolen Bases	Buddy Myer	Boston Red Sox	30
Caught Stealing	Johnny Mostil	Chicago White Sox	21
Walks	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	137
Hit by Pitch	Ossie Bluege Earl McNeely Bing Miller	Washington Senators St. Louis Browns Philadelphia Athletics	8
Strikeouts	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	87
Sacrifice Hits	Phil Todt	Boston Red Sox	31
Batting Average	Goose Goslin	Washington Senators	0.379
On-Base Percentage	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	0.467
Slugging Percentage	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	0.709
On-Base plus Slugging	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	1.172
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	208

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Lefty Grove George Pipgras	Philadelphia Athletics New York Yankees	24
Losses	Red Ruffing	Boston Red Sox	25
Win-Loss Percentage	Alvin Crowder	St. Louis Browns	0.808
Appearances	Firpo Marberry	Washington Senators	48
Games Started	George Pipgras	New York Yankees	38
Complete Games	Red Ruffing	Boston Red Sox	25
Shutouts	Herb Pennock	New York Yankees	5
Games Finished	Firpo Marberry	Washington Senators	26
Saves	Waite Hoyt	New York Yankees	8
Innings Pitched	George Pipgras	New York Yankees	300.2
Batters Faced	George Pipgras	New York Yankees	1352
Hits Allowed	George Pipgras	New York Yankees	314
Home Runs Allowed	George Blaeholder Jack Ogden	St. Louis Browns St. Louis Browns	23
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Hank Johnson	New York Yankees	104
Hit Batsmen	Hank Johnson	New York Yankees	12
Strikeouts	Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	183
Wild Pitches	George Earnshaw Joe Shaute	Philadelphia Athletics Cleveland Indians	7
Balks	15 players tied		1
Runs Allowed	Red Ruffing	Boston Red Sox	147
Earned Runs Allowed	Red Ruffing	Boston Red Sox	125
Earned Run Average	Garland Braxton	Washington Senators	2.51
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Garland Braxton	Washington Senators	1.012

Postseason

In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees defeated the National League's St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 0.

Award winners

The winner of the league's League Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Mickey Cochrane, a catcher with the Philadelphia Athletics. In the award's voting, he had 53 out of a possible 64 points.

Umpires

• Dan Barry
• Bick Campbell
• Tom Connolly
• Bill Dinneen
• Harry Geisel
• Bill Guthrie
• George Hildebrand
• Bill McGowan
• Dick Nallin
• Red Ormsby
• Brick Owens
• Roy Van Graflan