Baseball
World Series
- 4–9 October — New York Yankees (AL) defeats St Louis Cardinals (NL) to win the 1928 World Series by 4 games to 0
Negro League Baseball
- In late May, the Eastern Colored League disintegrates, leaving the league's clubs to play independently for the rest of the season.
- St. Louis Stars defeats Chicago American Giants by 5 games to 4 in a playoff for the championship of the Negro National League. Willie Wells hits six home runs in the series.
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—Darlene Mehrer, As quoted in Women in Baseball. Ch. 6, by Gai Ingham Berlage (1994)
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