1928 World Series

vs. 1928 World Series (4-0) New York Yankees (101-53, AL) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (95-59, NL) BR 1928 World Series Summary

In the 1928 World Series, the New York Yankees swept the St. Louis Cardinals in four games. Along with 1927, this was the first time a team had swept consecutive Series.

Babe Ruth hit .625 (10 for 16) as the Yankees demolished their opponents by a combined score of 27 to 10. Like 1926, Ruth rocketed 3 home run balls over the right field pavilion at Sportsman's Park in Game 4. Unlike 1926, this was also the final game of the Series and served as a punctuation mark on the Yankees' dominance.

Lou Gehrig also had a good Series. He drove in as many runs by himself as the entire Cardinals team combined.

Bill McKechnie became the second manager to lead two different teams to the World Series, and like Pat Moran, he won one and lost one.

Records: New York Yankees (W: 101, L: 53, Pct: .656, GA: 2 ½) - St. Louis Cardinals (W: 95, L: 59, Pct: .617, GA: 2)

Managers: Miller Huggins (New York), Bill McKechnie (St. Louis)

Umpires: Brick Owens (AL), Cy Rigler (NL), Bill McGowan (AL), Cy Pfirman (NL)

Summary

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL St Louis Cardinals (0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (NYY-STL)	Attendance
1	October 4	St. Louis Cardinals	1	New York Yankees	4	1-0	61,425
2	October 5	St. Louis Cardinals	3	New York Yankees	9	2-0	60,714
3	October 7	New York Yankees	7	St. Louis Cardinals	3	3-0	39,602
4	October 9	New York Yankees	7	St. Louis Cardinals	3	4-0	37,331
New York Yankees win 4-0

Matchups

Game 1

October 4, 1928 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St Louis (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	1
New York (A)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	x	4	7	0
W: Waite Hoyt (1-0)   L: Bill Sherdel (0-1)
HR: STL – Jim Bottomley (1)NYY – Bob Meusel (1)

Game 2

October 5, 1928 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St Louis (N)	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1
New York (A)	3	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	x	9	8	2
W: George Pipgras (1-0)   L: Grover Alexander (0-1)
HR: NYY – Lou Gehrig (1)

Game 3

October 7, 1928 at Sportsman's Park III in St Louis, Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	7	7	2
St Louis (N)	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	9	3
W: Tom Zachary (1-0)  L: Jesse Haines (0-1)
HR: NYY – Lou Gehrig (2, 3)

Game 4

October 9, 1928 at Sportsman's Park III in St Louis, Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	0	7	15	2
St Louis (N)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	11	0
W: Waite Hoyt (2-0)  L: Bill Sherdel (0-2)
HR: NYY – Babe Ruth (1, 2, 3), Lou Gehrig (4), Cedric Durst (1)

Composite Box

1928 World Series (4-0): New York Yankees (A.L.) over St Louis Cardinals (N.L.)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York Yankees	4	2	4	5	0	3	6	3	0	27	37	6
St Louis Cardinals	2	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	10	27	5
Total Attendance: 199,072   Average Attendance: 49,768
Winning Player’s Share: – $5,532   Losing Player’s Share – $4,197

References and Further Reading

• Charlie Gentile: The 1928 New York Yankees: The Return of Murderers' Row, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 2014. ISBN 978-1-4422-3598-4
• David S. Neft and Richard M. Cohen: The World Series, 1st ed., St Martins Press, New York, NY, 1990, pp. 124-127.

External links

• 1928 World Series at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)
• 1928 World Series at Baseball-Almanac.com
• 1928 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org

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