1928 Boston Braves Roster

The 1928 Boston Braves 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 Boston Braves Opening Day starters list, a 1928 Boston Braves salary list, a 1928 Boston Braves uniform number breakdown and a 1928 Boston Braves primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1928 Boston Braves



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n/a Virgil Barnes 6-00 165 Right Right 1897-03-05
n/a Ray Boggs 6-00½ 170 Left Left 1904-12-12
n/a Ed Brandt 6-01 190 Left Left 1905-02-17
n/a Ben Cantwell 6-01 168 Right Right 1902-04-13
n/a Bill Clarkson 5-11 160 Right Right 1898-09-27
n/a Johnny Cooney 5-10 165 Left Right 1901-03-18
n/a Art Delaney 5-10½ 178 Right Right 1895-01-05
n/a Foster Edwards 6-03 175 Right Right 1903-09-01
n/a Joe Genewich 6-00 174 Right Right 1897-01-15
n/a Hal Goldsmith 6-00 174 Right Right 1898-08-18
n/a Kent Greenfield 6-01 180 Right Right 1902-07-01
n/a Bunny Hearn 5-08 160 Left Left 1904-01-13
n/a Bonnie Hollingsworth 5-10 170 Right Right 1895-12-26
n/a Art Mills 5-10 155 Right Right 1903-03-02
n/a Guy Morrison 5-11 185 Right Right 1895-08-29
n/a Emilio Palmero 5-11 157 Left Left 1895-06-13
n/a Charlie Robertson 6-00 175 Right Left 1896-01-31
n/a Bob Smith 5-10 175 Right Right 1895-04-22
n/a Clay Touchstone 5-09 175 Right Right 1903-01-24
n/a Johnny Werts 5-10 180 Right Right 1898-04-20
n/a Bill Cronin 5-09 167 Right Right 1902-12-26
n/a Al Spohrer 5-10½ 175 Right Right 1902-12-03
n/a Zack Taylor 5-11½ 180 Right Right 1898-07-27
n/a Luke Urban 5-08 168 Right Right 1898-03-22
n/a Earl Williams 6-00½ 185 Right Right 1903-01-27
n/a Les Bell 5-11 165 Right Right 1901-12-14
n/a Dick Burrus 5-11 175 Left Left 1898-01-29
n/a Jimmy Cooney 5-11 160 Right Right 1894-08-24
n/a Doc Farrell 5-08 160 Right Right 1901-12-26
n/a Howard Freigau 5-10½ 160 Right Right 1902-08-01
n/a Doc Gautreau 5-04 129 Right Right 1901-07-26
n/a Rogers Hornsby 5-11 175 Right Right 1896-04-27
n/a George Sisler 5-11 170 Left Left 1893-03-24
n/a Eddie Brown 6-03 190 Right Right 1891-07-17
n/a Earl Clark 5-10 160 Right Right 1907-11-06
n/a Dave Harris 5-11 170 Right Right 1900-07-14
n/a Dinny McNamara 5-09 165 Right Left 1905-09-16
n/a Eddie Moore 5-07 165 Right Right 1899-01-18
n/a Heinie Mueller 5-08 158 Left Left 1899-09-16
n/a Lance Richbourg 5-10½ 160 Right Left 1897-12-18
n/a Jack Smith 5-08 165 Left Left 1895-06-23
n/a Charlie Fitzberger 6-01½ 170 Left Left 1904-02-13
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The 1928 Boston Braves played 153 games during the regular season, won 50 games, lost 103 games, and finished in seventh position. They played their home games at Braves Field (Park Factors: 95/98) where 227,001 fans witnessed their 1928 Braves finish the season with a .327 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 Boston Braves Opening Day starters list, a 1928 Boston Braves salary list, a 1928 Boston Braves uniform number breakdown and a 1928 Boston Braves primary starters list:

1928 Boston Braves
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1928 Boston Braves
Most Games by Position

C Zack Taylor (124)
1B George Sisler (118)
2B Rogers Hornsby (140)
3B Les Bell (153)
SS Doc Farrell (132)
LF Eddie Brown (80)
CF Eddie Brown (50)
RF Lance Richbourg (148)
  
SP Ed Brandt
SP Art Delaney
SP Kent Greenfield
  
RP Ben Cantwell
RP Johnny Cooney
RP Foster Edwards
CL Bob Smith


1928 Boston Braves
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1928 Boston Braves
Uniform Numbers

Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1928 Boston Braves 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)?
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