1928 New York Yankees Roster by Baseball Almanac

1928 New York Yankees Roster

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

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Archie Campbell

6-00

180

Right

1903-10-20

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Stan Coveleski

5-11

166

Right

1889-07-13

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Fred Heimach

6-00

175

Left

1901-01-27

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Waite Hoyt

6-00

180

Right

1899-09-09

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Hank Johnson

5-11½

175

Right

1906-05-21

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Wilcy Moore

6-00

195

Right

1897-05-20

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Herb Pennock

6-00

160

Left

Both

1894-02-10

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George Pipgras

6-01½

185

Right

1899-12-20

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Rosy Ryan

6-00

185

Right

Left

1898-03-15

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Al Shealy

5-11

175

Right

1900-05-24

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Urban Shocker

5-10

170

Right

1890-08-22

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Myles Thomas

5-09½

170

Right

1897-10-22

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Tom Zachary

6-01

187

Left

1896-05-07

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Benny Bengough

5-07½

168

Right

1898-07-27

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Pat Collins

5-09

178

Right

1896-09-13

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Bill Dickey

6-01½

185

Right

Left

1907-06-06

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Johnny Grabowski

5-10

185

Right

1900-01-07

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George Burns

6-01½

180

Right

1893-01-31

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Joe Dugan

5-11

160

Right

1897-05-12

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Leo Durocher

5-10

160

Right

1905-07-27

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Mike Gazella

5-07½

165

Right

1895-10-13

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Lou Gehrig

6-00

200

Left

1903-06-19

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Mark Koenig

6-00

180

Right

Both

1904-07-19

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Tony Lazzeri

5-11½

170

Right

1903-12-06

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Gene Robertson

5-07

152

Right

Left

1898-12-25

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Earle Combs

6-00

185

Right

Left

1899-05-14

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Cedric Durst

5-11

160

Left

1896-08-23

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Bob Meusel

6-03

190

Right

1896-07-19

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Ben Paschal

5-11

185

Right

1895-10-13

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Babe Ruth

6-02

215

Left

1895-02-06

The 1928 New York Yankees played 154 games during the regular season, won 101 games, lost 53 games, and finished in first position. They played their home games at Yankee Stadium (Park Factors: 97/93) where 1,072,132 fans witnessed their 1928 Yankees finish the season with a .656 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 New York Yankees Opening Day starters list, a 1928 New York Yankees salary list, a 1928 New York Yankees uniform number breakdown and a 1928 New York Yankees primary starters list:

1928 New York Yankees
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1928 New York Yankees
Most Games by Position
C Johnny Grabowski (75)
1B Lou Gehrig (154)
2B Tony Lazzeri (110)
3B Joe Dugan (91)
SS Mark Koenig (125)
LF Bob Meusel (87)
CF Earle Combs (149)
RF Babe Ruth (99)

SP Hank Johnson
SP Herb Pennock
SP George Pipgras

RP Wilcy Moore
CL Waite Hoyt

1928 New York Yankees
Salaries
Babe Ruth $70,000.00

1928 New York Yankees
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1928 New York Yankees 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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