1928 St. Louis Cardinals roster

25 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1928 MLB season. They reached the 1928 World Series and lost 4-0.

1928 Cardinals roster: batting

1928 St. Louis Cardinals batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Taylor Douthit15464811119134311.295.384.756
Jim Bottomley1495761231873113610.325.4021.030
Frankie Frisch141547107164108629.300.374.815
Chick Hafey138520101175271118.337.386.990
Wattie Holm102386611073471.277.334.728
Andy High111368581056372.285.355.744
Rabbit Maranville11236640881343.240.310.652
Wally Roettger6826127896442.341.372.878
Tommy Thevenow6917111350130.205.288.575
Ray Blades51859201190.235.393.769
Ernie Orsatti276910213150.304.400.922
Gus Mancuso113827030.184.184.421
Specs Toporcer81400000.000.000.000
Pepper Martin3913114002.308.400.708
Howie Williamson10902000.222.300.522

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1928 Cardinals roster: pitching

1928 St. Louis Cardinals pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Bill SherdelP382721102.86248.2721.235
Pete AlexanderP34311693.36243.2591.232
Jesse HainesP33282083.18240.1771.290
Flint RhemP28221184.14169.2471.593
Syl JohnsonP346843.90120.0661.253
Fred FrankhouseP2110323.9684.0291.511
Art ReinhartP239462.8775.1121.422
Hal HaidP270222.3047.0211.065
Carlisle LittlejohnP122213.6632.061.560
Tony KaufmannP41009.644.222.570

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.