1928 St. Louis Cardinals season
The 1928 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 47th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 37th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 95–59 during the season and finished first in the National League. In the World Series, they were swept by the New York Yankees.Offseason
won the MVP Award this year, batting.325, with 31 home runs and 136 RBIs.Record vs. opponents
Roster
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
C | | 120 | 411 | 106 | .258 | 2 | 50 |
1B | | 149 | 576 | 187 | .325 | 31 | 136 |
2B | | 141 | 547 | 164 | .300 | 10 | 86 |
SS | | 112 | 366 | 88 | .240 | 1 | 34 |
3B | | 102 | 386 | 107 | .277 | 3 | 47 |
OF | | 99 | 272 | 83 | .305 | 17 | 58 |
OF | | 138 | 520 | 175 | .337 | 27 | 111 |
OF | | 154 | 648 | 191 | .295 | 3 | 43 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| 111 | 368 | 105 | .285 | 6 | 37 |
| 68 | 261 | 89 | .341 | 6 | 44 |
| 69 | 171 | 35 | .205 | 0 | 13 |
| 51 | 85 | 20 | .235 | 1 | 19 |
| 27 | 69 | 21 | .304 | 3 | 15 |
| 16 | 52 | 11 | .212 | 0 | 4 |
| 24 | 58 | 13 | .224 | 0 | 7 |
| 40 | 38 | 7 | .184 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | 13 | 4 | .308 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 14 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 38 | 248.2 | 21 | 10 | 2.86 | 72 |
| 34 | 243.2 | 16 | 9 | 3.36 | 59 |
| 33 | 240.1 | 20 | 8 | 3.18 | 77 |
| 28 | 169.2 | 11 | 8 | 4.14 | 47 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 19 | 150 | 8 | 9 | 3.30 | 31 |
| 34 | 120 | 8 | 4 | 3.90 | 66 |
| 21 | 84 | 3 | 2 | 3.96 | 29 |
| 23 | 75.1 | 4 | 6 | 2.87 | 12 |
| 4 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 9.64 | 2 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| 27 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.30 | 21 |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.66 | 6 |
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Houston