1928 St. Louis Browns Roster

The 1928 St. Louis Browns team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1928 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1928 St. Louis Browns Opening Day starters list, a 1928 St. Louis Browns salary list, a 1928 St. Louis Browns uniform number breakdown and a 1928 St. Louis Browns primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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1928 St. Louis Browns



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n/a Boom-Boom Beck 6-02 200 Right Right 1904-10-16
n/a George Blaeholder 5-11 175 Right Right 1904-01-26
n/a Dick Coffman 6-02 195 Right Right 1906-12-18
n/a Alvin Crowder 5-10 170 Right Left 1899-01-11
n/a Sam Gray 5-11 175 Right Right 1897-10-15
n/a Ernie Nevers 6-00 205 Right Right 1902-06-11
n/a Jack Ogden 6-00 190 Right Right 1897-11-05
n/a Lefty Stewart 5-10 160 Left Right 1900-09-23
n/a Ed Strelecki 5-11½ 180 Right Right 1905-04-10
n/a Hal Wiltse 5-09 168 Left Left 1903-08-06
n/a Jim Wright 6-02½ 195 Right Right 1900-09-19
n/a Ike Danning 5-10 160 Right Right 1905-01-20
n/a Clyde Manion 5-11 175 Right Right 1896-10-30
n/a Steve O'Neill 5-10 165 Right Right 1891-07-06
n/a Wally Schang 5-10 180 Right Both 1889-08-22
n/a Larry Bettencourt 5-11 195 Right Right 1905-09-22
n/a Lu Blue 5-10 165 Left Both 1897-03-05
n/a Otis Brannan 5-09 160 Right Left 1899-03-13
n/a Wally Gerber 5-10 152 Right Right 1891-08-18
n/a Red Kress 5-11½ 165 Right Right 1907-01-02
n/a Ski Melillo 5-08 150 Right Right 1899-08-04
n/a Billy Mullen 5-08 160 Right Right 1896-01-23
n/a Frank O'Rourke 5-10½ 165 Right Right 1894-11-28
n/a Ollie Sax 5-08 164 Right Right 1904-11-05
n/a Guy Sturdy 6-00½ 180 Left Left 1899-08-07
n/a Fred Bennett 5-09 185 Right Right 1902-03-15
n/a Heinie Manush 6-01 200 Left Left 1901-07-20
n/a Beauty McGowan 5-11 190 Right Left 1901-11-08
n/a Earl McNeely 5-09 155 Right Right 1898-05-12
n/a Fred Schulte 6-01 183 Right Right 1901-01-13
n/a Frank Wilson 6-00 185 Right Left 1901-04-20
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The 1928 St. Louis Browns played 154 games during the regular season, won 82 games, lost 72 games, and finished in third position. They played their home games at Sportsman's Park III (Park Factors: 103/104) where 339,497 fans witnessed their 1928 Browns finish the season with a .532 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1928 St. Louis Browns Opening Day starters list, a 1928 St. Louis Browns salary list, a 1928 St. Louis Browns uniform number breakdown and a 1928 St. Louis Browns primary starters list:

1928 St. Louis Browns
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1928 St. Louis Browns
Most Games by Position

C Wally Schang (82)
1B Lu Blue (154)
2B Otis Brannan (135)
3B Frank O'Rourke (96)
SS Red Kress (150)
LF Heinie Manush (154)
CF Fred Schulte (143)
RF Earl McNeely (118)
  
SP George Blaeholder
SP Alvin Crowder
SP Jack Ogden
SP Lefty Stewart
  
RP Dick Coffman
RP Ed Strelecki
RP Hal Wiltse
CL Sam Gray


1928 St. Louis Browns
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1928 St. Louis Browns
Uniform Numbers

Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1928 St. Louis Browns Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?