1928 World Series

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In the 1928 World Series, the New York Yankees swept the St. Louis Cardinals in four games.

Babe Ruth hit .625 (10 for 16) as the Yankees demolished their opponents by a combined score of 27 to 10.

"After coming off of a magical season, the defending champion Yankees managed to hold off the Athletics to win their third consecutive pennant by 2½ games, but at a serious cost as injuries depleted their line-up. Pitcher Herb Pennock (17-6) was on the sidelines for the Series with a sore arm. Center fielder Earle Combs was available only as a pinch-hitter because of a broken finger. Second baseman Tony Lazzeri suffered a lame-throwing arm, and Babe Ruth was playing on a bad ankle. The St. Louis Cardinals, however, were all in good shape and ready for a repeat of the 1926 contest when they had beaten New York four games to three.

For Game 1, Waite Hoyt went up against Bill Sherdel in a classic rematch of David vs. Goliath. The Babe managed to play, despite his inability to run and he and his young protégé both put on quite a show. Ruth had a single and two doubles, Gehrig went two-for-four with two RBIs and Bob Meusel knocked a two-run home run on the way to a 4-1 opening victory. Grover Alexander (who had embarrassed the Yankees and their pitching staff in the '26 Series) returned for Game 2, but lacked the dominating presence of two years ago. Lou Gehrig started things off with a three-run homer in the first inning and the Yankees continued to score without resistance on the way to a 9-3 victory.

As expected, Ruth and Gehrig continued to abuse the Cardinals' pitching staff with reckless abandon. The Iron Horse launched three blasts in Game 3 for a 7-3 win and The Babe knocked three into the seats in Game 4 (with Gehrig contributing one) for another 7-3 triumph and a second sweep for the World Championship. Both sluggers had combined to go sixteen-for-twenty-seven at the plate, with a .593 average, seven homers and thirteen RBIs. Ruth set one of many Series records hitting an unbelievable .625 with ten hits in four games. Gehrig hit .545 and set his own record with nine RBIs in four games. It truly was a two-man show as the rest of the Yankees batted .196, but were supported by solid pitching by Hoyt, George Pipgras and Tom Zachary. The perennial World Champions had managed to save-face after a difficult season and once again proved that they were the best-of-the-best."

Managers: Miller Huggins (New York), Bill McKechnie (St. Louis)

Umpires: Brick Owens (AL), Cy Rigler (NL), Bill McGowan (AL), Cy Pfirman (NL)

1 Summary
2 Matchups
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Summary

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL St Louis Cardinals (0)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Cardinals – 1, Yankees – 4	October 4	Yankee Stadium	61,425
2	Cardinals – 3, Yankees – 9	October 5	Yankee Stadium	60,714
3	Yankees – 7, Cardinals – 3	October 7	Sportsman's Park	39,602
4	Yankees – 7, Cardinals – 3	October 9	Sportsman's Park	37,331

[edit] Matchups

[edit] Game 1

October 4: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St Louis (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	1
New York (A)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	x	4	7	0
W: Waite Hoyt (1-0) L: Bill Sherdel (0-1)
HR: STL – Jim Bottomley (1)NYY – Bob Meusel (1)

[edit] Game 2

October 5: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St Louis (N)	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1
New York (A)	3	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	x	9	8	2
W: George Pipgras (1-0) L: Grover Alexander (0-1)
HR: NYY – Lou Gehrig (1)

[edit] Game 3

October 7: Sportsman's Park III, St Louis, Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	7	7	2
St Louis (N)	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	9	3
W: Tom Zachary (1-0) L: Jesse Haines (0-1)
HR: NYY – Lou Gehrig (2, 3)

[edit] Game 4

October 9: Sportsman's Park III, St Louis, Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	0	7	15	2
St Louis (N)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	11	0
W: Waite Hoyt (2-0) L: Bill Sherdel (0-2)
HR: NYY – Babe Ruth (1, 2, 3), Lou Gehrig (4), Cedric Durst (1)

[edit] Trivia

The New York Yankees are the first American League team to sweep their senior circuit opponent (1927 World Series) and the first Major League team to sweep two (2) consecutive Fall Classics.
Lou Gehrig was one of sixteen (16) New York Yankees who played in the 1928 World Series, but drove in as many runs by himself as the entire St. Louis Cardinals team combined!
Bill McKechnie became the second manager to lead two different teams to the World Series, and like Pat Moran, he won one and lost one.