1928 Major League Baseball season
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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 article is about the 1928 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1928 in baseball.
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1928 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 10 – October 9, 1928 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
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 | |
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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.