| 1928 MLB season | |
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| League | American League (AL) National League (NL) |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | Regular season:
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| Number of games | 154 |
| Number of teams | 16 (8 per league) |
| Regular Season | |
| Season MVP | AL: Mickey Cochrane (PHA) NL: Jim Bottomley (SLC) |
| AL champions | New York Yankees |
| AL runners-up | Philadelphia Athletics |
| NL champions | St. Louis Cardinals |
| NL runners-up | New York Giants |
| World Series | |
| Champions | New York Yankees |
| Runners-up | St. Louis Cardinals |
| MLB seasons | |
Locations of teams for the 1923–1931 American League seasons
American League
Locations of teams for the 1920–1931 National League seasons
National League
The 1928 major league baseball season began on April 10, 1928. The regular season ended on September 30, with the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 25th World Series on October 4 and ended with Game 4 on October 9. The Yankees swept the Cardinals in four games.
This was the seventh of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued.
The 1928 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the 1904 season (except for 1919) and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League.
American League Opening Day took place on April 10 with the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators playing, while National League Opening Day took place the following day. The final day of the regular season was on September 30. The World Series took place between October 4 and October 9.
The 1928 season saw the following rule changes:
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| New York Yankees | 101 | 53 | .656 | — | 52–25 | 49–28 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 98 | 55 | .641 | 2½ | 52–25 | 46–30 |
| St. Louis Browns | 82 | 72 | .532 | 19 | 43–34 | 39–38 |
| Washington Senators | 75 | 79 | .487 | 26 | 37–43 | 38–36 |
| Chicago White Sox | 72 | 82 | .468 | 29 | 37–40 | 35–42 |
| Detroit Tigers | 68 | 86 | .442 | 33 | 36–41 | 32–45 |
| Cleveland Indians | 62 | 92 | .403 | 39 | 28–49 | 34–43 |
| Boston Red Sox | 57 | 96 | .373 | 43½ | 26–47 | 31–49 |
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| St. Louis Cardinals | 95 | 59 | .617 | — | 42–35 | 53–24 |
| New York Giants | 93 | 61 | .604 | 2 | 51–26 | 42–35 |
| Chicago Cubs | 91 | 63 | .591 | 4 | 52–25 | 39–38 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 85 | 67 | .559 | 9 | 47–30 | 38–37 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 78 | 74 | .513 | 16 | 44–33 | 34–41 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 77 | 76 | .503 | 17½ | 41–35 | 36–41 |
| Boston Braves | 50 | 103 | .327 | 44½ | 25–51 | 25–52 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 43 | 109 | .283 | 51 | 26–49 | 17–60 |
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| AL | New York Yankees | 4 | ||
| NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | ||
| Team | Former Manager | New Manager |
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| Boston Braves | Jack Slattery | Rogers Hornsby |
| Chicago White Sox | Ray Schalk | Lena Blackburne |
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| Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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| Chicago Cubs[2] | 91 | 7.1% | 1,143,740 | -1.3% | 14,854 |
| New York Yankees[3] | 101 | -8.2% | 1,072,132 | -7.9% | 13,924 |
| New York Giants[4] | 93 | 1.1% | 916,191 | 6.8% | 11,899 |
| St. Louis Cardinals[5] | 95 | 3.3% | 761,574 | 1.6% | 9,891 |
| Philadelphia Athletics[6] | 98 | 7.7% | 689,756 | 13.9% | 8,958 |
| Brooklyn Robins[7] | 77 | 18.5% | 664,863 | 4.3% | 8,635 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates[8] | 85 | -9.6% | 495,070 | -43.1% | 6,429 |
| Chicago White Sox[9] | 72 | 2.9% | 494,152 | -19.6% | 6,335 |
| Cincinnati Reds[10] | 78 | 4.0% | 490,490 | 10.9% | 6,288 |
| Detroit Tigers[11] | 68 | -17.1% | 474,323 | -38.7% | 6,160 |
| Boston Red Sox[12] | 57 | 11.8% | 396,920 | 30.0% | 5,364 |
| Washington Senators[13] | 75 | -11.8% | 378,501 | -28.4% | 4,731 |
| Cleveland Indians[14] | 62 | -6.1% | 375,907 | 0.7% | 4,882 |
| St. Louis Browns[15] | 82 | 39.0% | 339,497 | 37.0% | 4,409 |
| Boston Braves[16] | 50 | -16.7% | 227,001 | -21.4% | 2,987 |
| Philadelphia Phillies[17] | 43 | -15.7% | 182,168 | -40.4% | 2,429 |
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