League Leaders Daily Quiz

1928 MLB Innings Pitched by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Innings pitched

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in innings pitched in 1928, with 1415.1, 19.1 ahead of the Brooklyn Robins. The average across 29 MLB teams is 989.0.

Led all of MLB in 1928 St. Louis Cardinals 154 games
1415.1 Innings Pitched 19.1 clear of Brooklyn Robins
# Team League G IP
1 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 1415.1
2 Brooklyn Robins NL 155 1396.0
3 New York Giants NL 155 1394.0
4 Washington Senators AL 155 1384.0
5 Chicago Cubs NL 154 1380.2
6 Chicago White Sox AL 155 1378.0
6 Cleveland Indians AL 155 1378.0
8 New York Yankees AL 154 1375.1
9 St. Louis Browns AL 154 1374.1
10 Detroit Tigers AL 154 1372.0
11 Cincinnati Reds NL 153 1371.2
12 Philadelphia Athletics AL 153 1367.2
13 Boston Braves NL 153 1360.0
14 Philadelphia Phillies NL 152 1355.2
15 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 152 1354.0
16 Boston Red Sox AL 154 1352.0
MLB average 989.0
17 Birmingham Black Barons NNL 99 738.1
18 St. Louis Stars NNL 89 705.1
19 Detroit Stars NNL 89 696.1
20 Chicago American Giants NNL 94 678.0
21 Kansas City Monarchs NNL 80 665.1
22 Memphis Red Sox NNL 84 658.1
23 Cleveland Tigers NNL 79 521.1
24 Baltimore Black Sox ECL 7 518.2
25 Atlantic City Bacharach Giants ECL 7 475.2
26 Cuban Stars West NNL 54 386.2
27 New York Lincoln Giants ECL 7 311.0
28 Cuban Stars East ECL 6 251.0
29 Philadelphia Tigers ECL 5 68.0

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.