1928 Season

Eastern Independent Clubs

1921 / 1930

Top Hitter

Oscar
Charleston

Top Pitcher

Darltie
Cooper

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Oscar Charleston	HIL	182
2	Vic Harris	HG	156
3	Martín Dihigo	HG	149
4	Biz Mackey	HIL	146
5	Walter Cannady	HG/HIL	145
6	Dennis Graham	HG	140
7	Jasper Washington	HG	134
8	John Beckwith	HG	104
9	Clint Thomas	HIL	101
10	Eggie Dallard	CAS/HIL	90

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Lefty Williams	HG	1.05
2	Darltie Cooper	HIL	1.20
3	Red Ryan	HIL	1.26
4	Joe Williams	HG	1.32
5	Sam Streeter	HG	1.34
6	Phil Cockrell	HIL	1.44
7	Neck Stanley	ELS/HIL	1.44
8	Porter Charleston	HIL	1.47
9	Joe Strong	HIL	1.64
10	Willis Flournoy	BRG	1.66

All-1928 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Vic Harris	HG	1.3	0.8	0.6

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Oscar Charleston	HIL	2.4	3.1	-0.5

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Dennis Graham	HG	0.5	0.6	0.0

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Martín Dihigo	HG	0.0	0.6	-0.4

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Charlie Smith	BRG	0.3	0.5	-0.2

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Judy Johnson	CAS/HIL	1.2	-0.1	1.2

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Walter Cannady	HIL/HG	1.6	2.4	-0.6

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Biz Mackey	HIL	2.0	1.9	-0.1

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Darltie Cooper	HIL	135.1	4.1	4.0	0.0
Lefty Williams	HG	25.2	0.6	0.5	0.0
Red Ryan	HIL	103.0	0.5	0.7	-0.2

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit
Slim Williams	BRG	5.2	0.4	0.3
Bullet Campbell	HIL	5.0	0.1	0.1
Clarence Thorpe	HIL	12.0	0.0	0.0

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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