1928 in Baseball - Events

Events

• January 10 - The New York Giants trade Rogers Hornsby to the Boston Braves for Shanty Hogan and Jimmy Welsh.

• April 1 - Kansas City (American Association) purchases Joe Cronin's contract from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• April 10 - In the season opener, the Boston Red Sox defeat the Washington Senators, 7-5.

• April 13 - The contest between the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox is called a 1-1 tie after six innings.

• May 19 - With a 3-2 victory over the Boston Braves, the Chicago Cubs complete a thirteen game winning streak.

• June 16 - At Comiskey Park, Boston Red Sox second baseman Bill Regan hits two home runs in the fourth inning during a 10–5 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Regan matches his last year's total in the inning. His first homer is off loser Ted Blankenship, and the second is an inside-the-park-off Sarge Connally. Ellis Burks will be the second player in Red Sox history to hit a pair of homers in an inning, on August 27, 1990. Rookie Ed Morris is the winning pitcher.

• July 26
  • Hall of Famer Carl Hubbell gives up five runs (three earned) and seven hits, and takes the loss in his first major league start.
  • Bob Meusel of the New York Yankees hit for the cycle for the third time in his career. The Yankees scored 11 runs in the top of the 12th inning to beat the Detroit Tigers, 12–1.

• July 30 - The Philadelphia Phillies defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-7 in sixteen innings. Hall of famer Chuck Klein makes his major league debut.

• August 6 - For the second time in four days, the New York Yankees lose a fifteen inning game.

• August 15 - Hall of Fame catcher Bill Dickey makes his major league debut in the Yankees' 8-4 loss to the Chicago White Sox.

• September 9 - With first place in the American League on the line, the New York Yankees sweep a double header from the Philadelphia Athletics.

• September 25 - The Philadelphia Phillies snap a twelve game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs. It is Philadelphia's second twelve game losing streak of the season (July 7 to July 20).

• October 4 - A seventh inning solo home run by Jim Bottomley is one of only three hits for the St. Louis Cardinals as the New York Yankees take game one of the 1928 World Series, 4-1.

• October 5 - Lou Gehrig has five RBIs, including a first inning three run home run to lead the New York Yankees to a 9-3 victory in game two of the World Series.

• October 7 - Lou Gehrig hits two home runs, including an inside the park home run in the fourth in the Yankees' 7-3 victory in game three of the World Series.

• October 9 - The New York Yankees defeat the St. Louis Cardinals, 7–3, in Game four of the World Series to win their third World Championship title. Babe Ruth hits three home runs in Game four. This is the second time in three years Ruth hits three home runs in a Series game.

• November 7 - The Boston Braves send Rogers Hornsby to the Chicago Cubs for Bruce Cunningham, Percy Jones, Lou Legett, Freddie Maguire, Socks Seibold and $200,000.

• December 1 - National League President John Heydler becomes the first person to propose a baseball rule change calling for a 10th man, or a designated hitter, to bat in place of the pitcher. The NL will vote in favor of the proposal, but the American League will turn it down.

• December 2 - St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Jim Bottomley, who hit 325 with 31 home runs and 126 RBI, is elected National League Most Valuable Player with 76 points for 70 of Freddie Lindstrom, whose .358 batting average was third behind Rogers Hornsby (.387) and Paul Waner (.370).

• December 19 - The Washington Senators trade Hall of fame second baseman Bucky Harris to the Detroit Tigers for Jack Warner.