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.
The 1928 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the
1904 season (except for
1919) and would be used until
1961 in the American League and
1962 in the National League.
American League Opening Day took place on April 10 with the
Boston Red Sox and
Washington Senators playing, while National League Opening Day took place the following day. The final day of the regular season was on September 30. The
World Series took place between October 4 and October 9.
Rule changes
The 1928 season saw the following rule changes:
The
National League reimplemented the early-
1920home run rule, which states that balls are to be called based on where the ball crosses the
outfield fence regarding
home runs. This rule was only for balls which landed in the stands. Balls which completely left the ballpark were to be judged based on where the ball flew out of sight. The
American League would implement the outfield fence portion of the home run rule in
1931, and would extend this interpretation to balls which leave the ballpark completely.[1]