1928 MLB Leaders and Award Winners

4 leagues · 148 team games · 77 ranking tables · 2 awards

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Jim BottomleyNational League
Mickey CochraneAmerican League

Not every award existed in this season. This database has Rookie of the Year (from 1947), Cy Young Award (from 1956), Gold Glove (from 1957), Silver Slugger (from 1980). Their absence here is not a statement about these players: those awards had not been invented yet.

American League

Led the American League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Babe Ruth	163
2	Lou Gehrig	139
3	Earle Combs	118
4	Lu Blue	116
5	Charlie Gehringer	108
6	Max Bishop	104
6	Heinie Manush	104
8	Carl Lind	102
9	Sam Rice	95
10	Mickey Cochrane	92

HitsH

1	Heinie Manush	241
2	Lou Gehrig	210
3	Sam Rice	202
4	Earle Combs	194
5	Charlie Gehringer	193
6	Carl Lind	191
7	Joe Sewell	190
8	Harry Heilmann	183
9	Goose Goslin	173
9	Babe Ruth	173

Doubles2B

1	Lou Gehrig	47
1	Heinie Manush	47
3	Bob Meusel	45
4	Fred Schulte	44
5	Carl Lind	42
6	Ira Flagstead	41
7	Joe Sewell	40
8	Harry Heilmann	38
9	Marty McManus	37
10	Goose Goslin	36

Triples3B

1	Earle Combs	21
2	Heinie Manush	20
3	Charlie Gehringer	16
4	Red Barnes	15
4	Sam Rice	15
4	Jackie Tavener	15
7	Alex Metzler	14
7	Doug Taitt	14
9	Lou Gehrig	13
10	Mickey Cochrane	12
10	Willie Kamm	12
10	Harry Rice	12

Home RunsHR

1	Babe Ruth	54
2	Lou Gehrig	27
3	Goose Goslin	17
4	Joe Hauser	16
5	Al Simmons	15
6	Lu Blue	14
6	Harry Heilmann	14
8	Jimmie Foxx	13
8	Heinie Manush	13
10	Phil Todt	12

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Lou Gehrig	142
1	Babe Ruth	142
3	Bob Meusel	113
4	Heinie Manush	108
5	Harry Heilmann	107
5	Al Simmons	107
7	Goose Goslin	102
8	Joe Judge	93
9	Bing Miller	85
9	Fred Schulte	85

WalksBB

1	Babe Ruth	137
2	Lu Blue	105
3	Max Bishop	97
4	Lou Gehrig	95
5	Joe Judge	80
6	Earle Combs	77
6	Alex Metzler	77
8	Mickey Cochrane	76
9	Willie Kamm	73
10	Charlie Gehringer	69

Stolen BasesSB

1	Buddy Myer	30
2	Johnny Mostil	23
3	Harry Rice	20
4	Ossie Bluege	18
4	Bill Cissell	18
6	Willie Kamm	17
6	Heinie Manush	17
8	Goose Goslin	16
8	Bill Hunnefield	16
8	Joe Judge	16
8	Alex Metzler	16
8	Sam Rice	16

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Babe Ruth	10.5
2	Lou Gehrig	8.8
3	Heinie Manush	7.9
4	Goose Goslin	7.2
5	Earle Combs	6.5
6	Joe Sewell	6.0
7	Charlie Gehringer	5.9
8	Willie Kamm	5.2
9	Jimmie Foxx	4.8
10	Mickey Cochrane	4.6

Batting Averagemin 459 PA

1	Goose Goslin	.379
2	Heinie Manush	.378
3	Lou Gehrig	.374
4	Al Simmons	.351
5	Tony Lazzeri	.332
6	Bing Miller	.329
7	Jimmie Foxx	.328
7	Harry Heilmann	.328
7	Sam Rice	.328
10	Johnny Hodapp	.323
10	Babe Ruth	.323
10	Joe Sewell	.323

On-Base Percentagemin 459 PA

1	Lou Gehrig	.467
2	Babe Ruth	.463
3	Goose Goslin	.442
4	Max Bishop	.435
5	Jimmie Foxx	.416
6	Heinie Manush	.414
7	Alex Metzler	.410
8	Lu Blue	.400
9	Tony Lazzeri	.397
10	Joe Judge	.396
10	Al Simmons	.396

Slugging Percentagemin 459 PA

1	Babe Ruth	.709
2	Lou Gehrig	.648
3	Goose Goslin	.614
4	Heinie Manush	.575
5	Al Simmons	.558
6	Jimmie Foxx	.548
7	Tony Lazzeri	.535
8	Harry Heilmann	.507
9	Red Barnes	.472
10	Bing Miller	.471

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 459 PA

1	Babe Ruth	1.172
2	Lou Gehrig	1.115
3	Goose Goslin	1.056
4	Heinie Manush	.989
5	Jimmie Foxx	.964
6	Al Simmons	.954
7	Tony Lazzeri	.932
8	Harry Heilmann	.897
9	Max Bishop	.868
10	Red Barnes	.863

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Lefty Grove	24
1	George Pipgras	24
3	Waite Hoyt	23
4	General Crowder	21
5	Sam Gray	20
6	Ed Morris	19
7	Jack Quinn	18
8	Sad Sam Jones	17
8	Herb Pennock	17
8	Tommy Thomas	17
8	Rube Walberg	17

SavesSV

1	Waite Hoyt	8
2	Willis Hudlin	7
3	Garland Braxton	6
3	Ted Lyons	6
5	Ed Morris	5
5	Elam Vangilder	5
7	Lefty Grove	4
7	Eddie Rommel	4
7	Lil Stoner	4
10	Bill Bayne	3
10	George Blaeholder	3
10	Sam Gray	3
10	Firpo Marberry	3
10	Herb Pennock	3
10	George Pipgras	3
10	George Smith	3
10	Lefty Stewart	3

StrikeoutsSO

1	Lefty Grove	183
2	George Pipgras	139
3	Tommy Thomas	129
4	Red Ruffing	118
5	George Earnshaw	117
6	Rube Walberg	112
7	Hank Johnson	110
8	Ed Morris	104
9	Sam Gray	102
10	General Crowder	99

Innings PitchedIP

1	George Pipgras	300.7
2	Red Ruffing	289.3
3	Tommy Thomas	283.0
4	Waite Hoyt	273.0
5	Sam Gray	262.7
6	Lefty Grove	261.7
7	Ed Morris	257.7
8	Joe Shaute	253.7
9	General Crowder	244.0
10	Jack Ogden	242.7

Complete GamesCG

1	Red Ruffing	25
2	Lefty Grove	24
2	Tommy Thomas	24
4	George Pipgras	22
5	Sam Gray	21
5	Ted Lyons	21
5	Joe Shaute	21
8	Ed Morris	20
9	Ownie Carroll	19
9	General Crowder	19
9	Waite Hoyt	19
9	Sad Sam Jones	19

ShutoutsSHO

1	Herb Pennock	5
2	Lefty Grove	4
2	Sad Sam Jones	4
2	George Pipgras	4
2	Jack Quinn	4
6	George Earnshaw	3
6	Milt Gaston	3
6	Bump Hadley	3
6	Waite Hoyt	3
6	Tommy Thomas	3
6	Rube Walberg	3

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Lefty Grove	6.2
2	George Pipgras	5.4
3	Tommy Thomas	4.7
4	Red Ruffing	4.5
5	Herb Pennock	4.1
6	Sam Gray	4.1
7	Jack Quinn	4.0
8	Garland Braxton	4.0
9	Joe Shaute	4.0
10	Ed Morris	3.9

Earned Run Averagemin 148 IP

1	Garland Braxton	2.52
2	Herb Pennock	2.56
3	Lefty Grove	2.58
4	Sad Sam Jones	2.84
5	Jack Quinn	2.90
6	Eddie Rommel	3.06
7	Tommy Thomas	3.08
8	Sam Gray	3.19
9	Ownie Carroll	3.27
10	Waite Hoyt	3.36

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 148 IP

1	Garland Braxton	1.01
2	Lefty Grove	1.12
3	Eddie Rommel	1.17
4	Herb Pennock	1.21
5	Waite Hoyt	1.24
6	Tommy Thomas	1.25
7	Firpo Marberry	1.25
8	Rube Walberg	1.27
9	Sad Sam Jones	1.28
10	Jack Quinn	1.29

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 148 IP

1	Lefty Grove	2.94
2	Herb Pennock	3.28
3	Firpo Marberry	3.31
4	Garland Braxton	3.32
5	George Pipgras	3.40
6	Jack Quinn	3.45
7	Ed Morris	3.63
8	George Uhle	3.67
9	Tommy Thomas	3.67
10	Red Ruffing	3.73

National League

Led the National League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Paul Waner	142
2	Jim Bottomley	123
3	Lloyd Waner	121
4	Taylor Douthit	111
5	Frankie Frisch	107
6	Lance Richbourg	105
7	Chick Hafey	101
8	Bill Terry	100
9	Rogers Hornsby	99
9	Freddie Lindstrom	99
9	Fresco Thompson	99

HitsH

1	Freddie Lindstrom	231
2	Paul Waner	223
3	Lloyd Waner	221
4	Lance Richbourg	206
5	Pie Traynor	192
6	Taylor Douthit	191
7	Hughie Critz	190
8	Del Bissonette	188
8	Rogers Hornsby	188
10	Jim Bottomley	187

Doubles2B

1	Paul Waner	50
2	Chick Hafey	46
3	Jim Bottomley	42
3	Rogers Hornsby	42
5	Freddie Lindstrom	39
6	Pie Traynor	38
7	Babe Herman	37
8	Les Bell	36
8	Freddy Leach	36
8	Riggs Stephenson	36
8	Bill Terry	36

Triples3B

1	Jim Bottomley	20
2	Paul Waner	19
3	Lloyd Waner	14
4	Del Bissonette	13
4	Rube Bressler	13
6	Lance Richbourg	12
6	Pie Traynor	12
6	Curt Walker	12
9	Hughie Critz	11
9	Freddy Leach	11
9	Bill Terry	11
9	Fresco Thompson	11

Home RunsHR

1	Jim Bottomley	31
1	Hack Wilson	31
3	Chick Hafey	27
4	Del Bissonette	25
5	Rogers Hornsby	21
6	George Harper	19
6	Don Hurst	19
8	Mel Ott	18
9	Kiki Cuyler	17
9	Bill Terry	17

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Jim Bottomley	136
2	Pie Traynor	124
3	Hack Wilson	120
4	Chick Hafey	111
5	Freddie Lindstrom	107
6	Del Bissonette	106
7	Pinky Whitney	103
8	Bill Terry	101
9	Freddy Leach	96
10	Rogers Hornsby	94

WalksBB

1	Rogers Hornsby	107
2	Taylor Douthit	84
3	Rube Bressler	80
4	Paul Waner	77
4	Hack Wilson	77
6	Jim Bottomley	71
7	Del Bissonette	70
8	Don Hurst	68
8	Riggs Stephenson	68
10	Gabby Hartnett	65

Stolen BasesSB

1	Kiki Cuyler	37
2	Frankie Frisch	29
3	Fresco Thompson	19
3	Curt Walker	19
5	Max Carey	18
5	Hughie Critz	18
7	Denny Sothern	17
8	Harvey Hendrick	16
9	Freddie Lindstrom	15
10	Billy Zitzmann	13

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Rogers Hornsby	10.4
2	Paul Waner	7.9
3	Hack Wilson	7.1
4	Freddie Lindstrom	6.9
5	Jim Bottomley	6.5
6	Chick Hafey	6.4
7	Frankie Frisch	6.4
8	Gabby Hartnett	5.8
9	Travis Jackson	5.8
10	Lloyd Waner	5.4

Batting Averagemin 459 PA

1	Rogers Hornsby	.387
2	Paul Waner	.370
3	Freddie Lindstrom	.358
4	Babe Herman	.340
5	Chick Hafey	.337
5	Lance Richbourg	.337
5	Pie Traynor	.337
8	Lloyd Waner	.335
9	Shanty Hogan	.333
10	George Sisler	.331

On-Base Percentagemin 459 PA

1	Rogers Hornsby	.498
2	Paul Waner	.446
3	George Grantham	.408
4	Riggs Stephenson	.407
5	Shanty Hogan	.406
6	Gabby Hartnett	.404
6	Hack Wilson	.404
8	Jim Bottomley	.402
9	Lance Richbourg	.399
10	Rube Bressler	.398

Slugging Percentagemin 459 PA

1	Rogers Hornsby	.632
2	Jim Bottomley	.628
3	Chick Hafey	.604
4	Hack Wilson	.588
5	Paul Waner	.547
6	Del Bissonette	.543
7	Mel Ott	.524
8	Gabby Hartnett	.523
9	Bill Terry	.518
10	Babe Herman	.514

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 459 PA

1	Rogers Hornsby	1.130
2	Jim Bottomley	1.030
3	Paul Waner	.992
3	Hack Wilson	.992
5	Chick Hafey	.990
6	Del Bissonette	.940
7	Gabby Hartnett	.928
8	Mel Ott	.921
9	Bill Terry	.912
10	Babe Herman	.904

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Larry Benton	25
1	Burleigh Grimes	25
3	Dazzy Vance	22
4	Bill Sherdel	21
5	Freddie Fitzsimmons	20
5	Jesse Haines	20
7	Eppa Rixey	19
8	Pat Malone	18
9	Sheriff Blake	17
10	Pete Alexander	16
10	Carmen Hill	16

SavesSV

1	Hal Haid	5
1	Bill Sherdel	5
3	Larry Benton	4
3	Hal Carlson	4
5	Watson Clark	3
5	Joe Dawson	3
5	Bill Doak	3
5	Joe Genewich	3
5	Burleigh Grimes	3
5	Syl Johnson	3
5	Percy Jones	3
5	Ray Kolp	3
5	Flint Rhem	3

StrikeoutsSO

1	Dazzy Vance	200
2	Pat Malone	155
3	Charlie Root	122
4	Burleigh Grimes	97
5	Larry Benton	90
6	Watson Clark	85
7	Ed Brandt	84
8	Doug McWeeny	79
9	Sheriff Blake	78
10	Jesse Haines	77

Innings PitchedIP

1	Burleigh Grimes	330.7
2	Larry Benton	310.3
3	Eppa Rixey	291.3
4	Dazzy Vance	280.3
5	Freddie Fitzsimmons	261.3
6	Pat Malone	250.7
7	Bill Sherdel	248.7
8	Bob Smith	244.3
9	Doug McWeeny	244.0
10	Pete Alexander	243.7

Complete GamesCG

1	Larry Benton	28
1	Burleigh Grimes	28
3	Dazzy Vance	24
4	Jesse Haines	20
4	Bill Sherdel	20
6	Pete Alexander	18
7	Ray Kremer	17
7	Eppa Rixey	17
9	Sheriff Blake	16
9	Freddie Fitzsimmons	16
9	Carmen Hill	16
9	Pat Malone	16

ShutoutsSHO

1	Sheriff Blake	4
1	Burleigh Grimes	4
1	Red Lucas	4
1	Doug McWeeny	4
1	Dazzy Vance	4
6	Eppa Rixey	3
7	Larry Benton	2
7	Guy Bush	2
7	Watson Clark	2
7	Jumbo Elliott	2
7	Fred Fussell	2
7	Joe Genewich	2
7	Pat Malone	2
7	Art Nehf	2
7	Jesse Petty	2

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Dazzy Vance	6.5
2	Burleigh Grimes	5.2
3	Eppa Rixey	5.0
4	Larry Benton	4.6
5	Pete Alexander	3.7
6	Watson Clark	3.4
7	Freddie Fitzsimmons	3.1
8	Sheriff Blake	3.1
9	Charlie Root	3.0
10	Pat Malone	2.9

Earned Run Averagemin 148 IP

1	Dazzy Vance	2.09
2	Sheriff Blake	2.47
3	Art Nehf	2.65
4	Watson Clark	2.68
5	Larry Benton	2.73
6	Pat Malone	2.84
7	Bill Sherdel	2.86
8	Burleigh Grimes	2.99
9	Doug McWeeny	3.17
10	Jesse Haines	3.18

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 148 IP

1	Dazzy Vance	1.06
2	Burleigh Grimes	1.17
3	Larry Benton	1.19
4	Charlie Root	1.21
5	Pete Alexander	1.23
6	Red Lucas	1.23
7	Bill Sherdel	1.24
8	Joe Genewich	1.24
9	Watson Clark	1.25
10	Freddie Fitzsimmons	1.26

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 148 IP

1	Dazzy Vance	3.02
2	Watson Clark	3.27
3	Eppa Rixey	3.59
4	Burleigh Grimes	3.72
5	Art Nehf	3.76
6	Larry Benton	3.79
7	Fred Fussell	3.83
8	Pete Alexander	3.89
9	Pat Malone	3.89
10	Charlie Root	3.90

Other leagues

Led the Other leagues — the first row of every table below.

There is no batting average table in this section, and that is not a gap in the record. Rate statistics need a qualifying line, and the one this site uses for 1928 is 459 plate appearances — three point one per team game across a 148-game schedule. The Other leagues played a far shorter league season than that, so no player in it reaches the line and no rate table can be built without comparing a handful of games to a full year. The counting tables above are unaffected: those are simply what the players did.

Batting9 categories

RunsR

1	Oscar Charleston	54
2	Walter Cannady	53
3	Biz Mackey	45
4	Eggie Dallard	34
5	Frank Warfield	31
6	Otto Briggs	22
6	Judy Johnson	22
6	Jake Stephens	22
9	Vic Harris	19
10	Martín Dihigo	13

HitsH

1	Walter Cannady	81
2	Oscar Charleston	72
3	Biz Mackey	71
4	Otto Briggs	61
5	Judy Johnson	51
6	Eggie Dallard	48
6	Frank Warfield	48
8	Jake Stephens	32
9	Dennis Graham	29
10	Vic Harris	24

Doubles2B

1	Walter Cannady	20
2	Biz Mackey	17
3	Oscar Charleston	11
3	Judy Johnson	11
5	Otto Briggs	6
5	Jasper Washington	6
7	Darltie Cooper	5
7	Eggie Dallard	5
9	Vic Harris	4
9	Frank Warfield	4

Triples3B

1	Oscar Charleston	6
1	Biz Mackey	6
3	Walter Cannady	5
3	Judy Johnson	5
5	Vic Harris	4
6	Frank Warfield	3
7	John Beckwith	2
8	Otto Briggs	1
8	George Britt	1
8	Eggie Dallard	1
8	Martín Dihigo	1
8	Dennis Graham	1
8	Jasper Washington	1

Home RunsHR

1	Oscar Charleston	11
2	Martín Dihigo	4
2	Grover Lewis	4
2	Biz Mackey	4
5	Walter Cannady	3
6	Frank Warfield	2
7	John Beckwith	1
7	Eggie Dallard	1
7	Vic Harris	1
7	Judy Johnson	1
7	Joe Lewis	1
7	Jake Stephens	1
7	Jasper Washington	1

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Walter Cannady	48
2	Oscar Charleston	44
3	Biz Mackey	40
4	Judy Johnson	36
5	Eggie Dallard	23
6	Frank Warfield	22
7	Dennis Graham	14
8	Martín Dihigo	13
8	Vic Harris	13
10	Otto Briggs	12

WalksBB

1	Oscar Charleston	40
2	Eggie Dallard	30
3	Walter Cannady	26
4	Biz Mackey	23
5	Otto Briggs	21
6	Frank Warfield	20
7	Judy Johnson	15
8	Vic Harris	10
8	Jake Stephens	10
10	Martín Dihigo	9

Stolen BasesSB

1	Walter Cannady	15
2	Oscar Charleston	11
3	Frank Warfield	8
4	Biz Mackey	6
5	Eggie Dallard	5
6	Jake Stephens	4
7	Judy Johnson	2
8	Otto Briggs	1
8	Phil Cockrell	1
8	Dennis Graham	1
8	Joe Strong	1
8	Jasper Washington	1

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Oscar Charleston	3.7
2	Biz Mackey	2.4
3	Walter Cannady	2.1
4	Vic Harris	0.9
5	Martín Dihigo	0.5
6	Grover Lewis	0.5
7	Jasper Washington	0.4
8	Dennis Graham	0.4
9	Buck Ewing	0.2
10	Oscar Owens	0.2

Pitching6 categories

WinsW

1	Darltie Cooper	10
2	Red Ryan	8
3	Phil Cockrell	6
4	Porter Charleston	4
4	Sam Streeter	4
4	Joe Strong	4
7	Joe Williams	3
8	Neck Stanley	2
8	Lefty Williams	2
10	Martín Dihigo	1

StrikeoutsSO

1	Darltie Cooper	53
2	Sam Streeter	42
3	Phil Cockrell	41
4	Porter Charleston	38
5	Red Ryan	31
6	Joe Strong	23
7	Joe Williams	16
8	Martín Dihigo	14
9	Oscar Owens	11
9	Lefty Williams	11

Innings PitchedIP

1	Darltie Cooper	135.3
2	Red Ryan	103.0
3	Phil Cockrell	93.3
4	Joe Strong	85.7
5	Porter Charleston	81.7
6	Sam Streeter	62.3
7	Neck Stanley	32.7
8	Joe Williams	28.0
9	Lefty Williams	25.7
10	Oscar Owens	25.0

Complete GamesCG

1	Darltie Cooper	14
2	Phil Cockrell	10
2	Red Ryan	10
4	Sam Streeter	7
5	Porter Charleston	5
5	Joe Strong	5
7	Martín Dihigo	2
7	Neck Stanley	2
7	Joe Williams	2
7	Lefty Williams	2

ShutoutsSHO

1	Darltie Cooper	2
2	Phil Cockrell	1

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Darltie Cooper	2.1
2	Red Ryan	1.3
3	Sam Streeter	1.1
4	Joe Strong	0.7
5	Porter Charleston	0.6
6	Joe Williams	0.5
7	Lefty Williams	0.5
8	Phil Cockrell	0.4
9	Neck Stanley	0.3
10	Oscar Owens	0.3

Negro Leagues in 1928

16 more ranking tables from 1928. These clubs played a much shorter league schedule than the American and National Leagues did, so the counting statistics are not on the same scale as the ones above.

The Negro Leagues had none of these awards. There was no Most Valuable Player vote, no Cy Young Award, no Gold Glove and no Silver Slugger in Black baseball, so no player in those sections below could appear in the award list above however he played. A blank there says something about how the leagues were organised and nothing at all about the players.

Negro Leagues

Led the Negro Leagues — the first row of every table below.

There is no batting average table in this section, and that is not a gap in the record. Rate statistics need a qualifying line, and the one this site uses for 1928 is 459 plate appearances — three point one per team game across a 148-game schedule. The Negro Leagues played a far shorter league season than that, so no player in it reaches the line and no rate table can be built without comparing a handful of games to a full year. The counting tables above are unaffected: those are simply what the players did.

Batting9 categories

RunsR

1	Willie Wells	82
2	Cool Papa Bell	81
2	Turkey Stearnes	81
4	Wilson Redus	72
4	Mule Suttles	72
6	Branch Russell	62
7	Ed Rile	61
8	Wade Johnston	60
9	Claude Johnson	56
10	Jelly Gardner	54
10	Pythias Russ	54

HitsH

1	Willie Wells	113
2	Cool Papa Bell	112
3	Wilson Redus	110
4	Mule Suttles	108
5	Ed Rile	105
6	Turkey Stearnes	102
7	Dewey Creacy	98
8	Claude Johnson	95
8	Geechie Meredith	95
10	Roy Parnell	93
10	Pythias Russ	93

Doubles2B

1	Willie Wells	28
2	Dewey Creacy	23
2	Ed Rile	23
4	Cool Papa Bell	21
4	Wilson Redus	21
6	Roy Parnell	19
7	Jud Wilson	18
8	Dick Lundy	17
8	Mule Suttles	17
10	Crush Holloway	16
10	Turkey Stearnes	16

Triples3B

1	Babe Melton	13
2	Branch Russell	12
2	Mule Suttles	12
4	Rap Dixon	7
4	George Giles	7
4	Roy Parnell	7
4	Bill Perkins	7
4	Turkey Stearnes	7
4	Chaney White	7
10	Cool Papa Bell	6
10	George McAllister	6
10	Wilson Redus	6
10	Clint Thomas	6
10	Charley Williams	6

Home RunsHR

1	Turkey Stearnes	24
2	Wilson Redus	22
2	Willie Wells	22
4	Mule Suttles	21
5	Rap Dixon	13
6	Dewey Creacy	10
7	George Carr	9
8	Wade Johnston	8
8	Ted Radcliffe	8
8	Ed Rile	8

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Wilson Redus	82
2	Willie Wells	81
3	Turkey Stearnes	78
4	Mule Suttles	75
5	Ed Rile	64
6	Dewey Creacy	54
7	Rap Dixon	53
8	Dick Lundy	49
9	George Carr	48
9	Pythias Russ	48

WalksBB

1	Claude Johnson	41
2	Larry Brown	34
2	Rap Dixon	34
2	Jelly Gardner	34
2	Hurley McNair	34
6	Ed Rile	33
6	Pinky Ward	33
8	Cool Papa Bell	32
8	Pete Washington	32
10	Halley Harding	31
10	George McAllister	31
10	Turkey Stearnes	31

Stolen BasesSB

1	Eddie Dwight	29
2	Jelly Gardner	20
2	Newt Joseph	20
4	Newt Allen	19
4	Cool Papa Bell	19
6	Rap Dixon	15
6	Geechie Meredith	15
6	Dink Mothell	15
9	LeRoy Taylor	13
9	Willie Wells	13

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Willie Wells	6.5
2	Turkey Stearnes	5.3
3	Rap Dixon	4.9
4	Mule Suttles	4.5
5	Cool Papa Bell	4.0
6	Wilson Redus	3.8
7	Jud Wilson	3.6
8	Ed Rile	2.9
9	Chaney White	2.7
10	Claude Johnson	2.6

Pitching7 categories

WinsW

1	Ted Trent	19
2	Willie Foster	13
2	George Mitchell	13
4	Andy Cooper	12
4	Carl Glass	12
4	Laymon Yokely	12
7	Eggie Hensley	11
7	Satchel Paige	11
9	Jack Marshall	10
9	Bullet Rogan	10

SavesSV

1	Satchel Paige	4
2	Willie Foster	3
2	Eggie Hensley	3
4	Ping Gardner	2
4	George Mitchell	2
4	Connie Rector	2
4	Bullet Rogan	2
4	William Ross	2
4	Ted Shaw	2
4	John Williams	2

StrikeoutsSO

1	Satchel Paige	121
2	Willie Foster	119
3	Ted Trent	105
4	Laymon Yokely	103
5	Willie Powell	102
6	Heliodoro Díaz	99
7	Luther Farrell	87
8	Army Cooper	78
9	Harry Salmon	76
10	Carl Glass	74

Innings PitchedIP

1	Carl Glass	200.7
2	Willie Foster	195.0
3	Ted Trent	187.0
4	Laymon Yokely	175.3
5	George Mitchell	153.7
6	Ted Shaw	151.7
7	Harry Salmon	151.0
8	William Bell	150.0
9	Cliff Bell	144.7
10	Nelson Dean	143.3

Complete GamesCG

1	Willie Foster	19
2	Laymon Yokely	17
3	Carl Glass	15
3	George Mitchell	15
3	Ted Trent	15
6	Cliff Bell	13
6	Willie Powell	13
6	Ted Shaw	13
9	William Bell	12
9	Heliodoro Díaz	12
9	Luther Farrell	12
9	Basilio Rosell	12
9	Harry Salmon	12

ShutoutsSHO

1	Willie Powell	5
2	Willie Foster	3
2	Harry Salmon	3
4	Andy Cooper	2
4	Carl Glass	2
4	Rats Henderson	2
4	Eggie Hensley	2
4	Ted Trent	2
4	Steel Arm Tyler	2
4	Laymon Yokely	2

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Satchel Paige	4.1
2	Ted Trent	4.0
3	Carl Glass	3.6
4	Willie Foster	3.5
5	Willie Powell	3.4
6	Laymon Yokely	3.3
7	Harry Salmon	3.0
8	William Bell	2.9
9	Andy Cooper	2.8
10	Heliodoro Díaz	2.8

How this page is built

The qualifying line for 1928 is 459 plate appearances and 148 innings pitched. It comes from the length of the schedule — 148 games per team, measured from the season files themselves — at the official rate of 3.1 plate appearances and one inning per team game. Batting average, on-base, slugging, OPS, earned run average and WHIP all use it; a player who came to the plate twice and got two hits does not appear at the top of the batting average table, which is exactly what that line is for. Counting statistics such as home runs and strikeouts have no minimum, because none is needed.

How the rankings were made

Wins above replacement in these tables is ours rather than the source database's, so it will not match a published figure exactly. Also: why every ranking stops at one league, and why some categories are missing on purpose.

Every ranking on this page is worked out inside one league. 1928 is counted as 4 separate leagues — American League, National League, Negro Leagues and Other leagues, and a player is ranked only against the men in his own. Leading the American League and leading baseball are different claims, and the one we can make from these files is the first. There is no combined table anywhere on this page, because adding two leagues together would produce a number that no record book recognises.

There are 77 ranking tables here, 17 places deep. Players tied on a value share a place, so a table can run past ten rows when the tenth spot is shared, and a league with fewer than ten qualified players in a category is left out rather than shown as a top ten that is not one. A player who did none of the thing is not ranked in it either — a shutout table lists the pitchers who threw one, not the hundreds who threw none tied on zero. Some categories are missing on purpose: nobody leads a league in strikeouts at the plate, in losses, or in home runs allowed. A ranking is meant to mark an achievement, so only achievements are ranked.

Wins above replacement on this page is ours, not the source database's. The hitting and pitching files carry a WAR column that we compute here from the same season lines you see, using park factors and a run environment worked out per season. Published versions elsewhere use different methods and will not match ours exactly. Every other column is the record as the database supplies it.

Names on this page lead to that player's own record. Most of them open a full career page with every season he appeared in. Some open a summary screen instead — we pre-build pages for the players people look for, and everyone else is assembled on demand from the same files, so the numbers are identical either way even though the address looks different.

Data for 1871 to 2025: Lahman Baseball Database 2025, compiled by SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) and licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported. Negro Leagues data licensed from Seamheads.com and included under SABR major-league recommendations (2021-02-11, 2024-06-03). This page ranks the 1928 season lines published on this site, league by league, with WAR worked out here. — the WAR columns are computed here — and they are published under the same CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported licence, as ShareAlike requires. That database is published once a season is complete, so the 2026 figures on this site come from a different place: the MLB Stats API, whose notice reads “Copyright 2026 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Use of any content on this page acknowledges agreement to the terms posted here http://gdx.mlb.com/components/copyright.txt”. Those numbers are MLB Advanced Media, L.P.’s, not SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)’s, and they carry that notice rather than the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported licence above. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Major League Baseball or any of its clubs.