1927 Philadelphia Athletics | |
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League | American League |
Ballpark | Shibe Park |
City | Philadelphia |
Owners | Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe |
Managers | Connie Mack |
The 1927 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the As finishing second in the American League with a record of 91 wins and 63 losses.
Offseason
[edit]- December 23, 1926: Eddie Collins was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[1]
- February 8, 1927: Ty Cobb was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[2]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 110 | 44 | .714 | — | 57–19 | 53–25 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 91 | 63 | .591 | 19 | 50–27 | 41–36 |
Washington Senators | 85 | 69 | .552 | 25 | 51–28 | 34–41 |
Detroit Tigers | 82 | 71 | .536 | 27½ | 44–32 | 38–39 |
Chicago White Sox | 70 | 83 | .458 | 39½ | 38–37 | 32–46 |
Cleveland Indians | 66 | 87 | .431 | 43½ | 35–42 | 31–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 59 | 94 | .386 | 50½ | 38–38 | 21–56 |
Boston Red Sox | 51 | 103 | .331 | 59 | 29–49 | 22–54 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 11–11 | 15–7 | 5–17 | 4–18 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 4–18 | |||||
Chicago | 11–11 | — | 8–14 | 13–8 | 5–17 | 8–14 | 15–7 | 10–12 | |||||
Cleveland | 7–15 | 14–8 | — | 7–15 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 10–11 | 8–14 | |||||
Detroit | 17–5 | 8–13 | 15–7 | — | 8–14 | 9–13 | 14–8–1 | 11–11–2 | |||||
New York | 18–4 | 17–5 | 12–10 | 14–8 | — | 14–8–1 | 21–1 | 14–8 | |||||
Philadelphia | 16–6 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 8–14–1 | — | 16–6 | 12–10 | |||||
St. Louis | 16–6 | 7–15 | 11–10 | 8–14–1 | 1–21 | 6–16 | — | 10–12–1 | |||||
Washington | 18–4 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 11–11–2 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 12–10–1 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Mickey Cochrane | 126 | 432 | 146 | .338 | 12 | 80 |
1B | Jimmy Dykes | 121 | 417 | 135 | .324 | 3 | 60 |
2B | Max Bishop | 117 | 372 | 103 | .277 | 0 | 22 |
SS | Joe Boley | 118 | 370 | 115 | .311 | 1 | 52 |
3B | Sammy Hale | 131 | 501 | 157 | .313 | 5 | 81 |
OF | Ty Cobb | 134 | 490 | 175 | .357 | 5 | 93 |
OF | Al Simmons | 106 | 406 | 159 | .392 | 15 | 108 |
OF | Walter French | 109 | 326 | 99 | .304 | 0 | 41 |
Other batters
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Bill Lamar | 84 | 324 | 97 | .299 | 4 | 47 |
Zach Wheat | 88 | 247 | 80 | .324 | 1 | 38 |
Eddie Collins | 95 | 226 | 76 | .336 | 1 | 15 |
Chick Galloway | 77 | 181 | 48 | .265 | 0 | 22 |
Cy Perkins | 59 | 137 | 35 | .255 | 1 | 15 |
Jimmie Foxx | 61 | 130 | 42 | .323 | 3 | 20 |
Jim Poole | 38 | 99 | 22 | .222 | 0 | 10 |
Dud Branom | 30 | 94 | 22 | .234 | 0 | 13 |
Charlie Bates | 9 | 38 | 9 | .237 | 0 | 2 |
Baby Doll Jacobson | 17 | 35 | 8 | .229 | 1 | 5 |
Rusty Saunders | 5 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 2 |
Joe Mellana | 4 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Lefty Grove | 51 | 262.1 | 20 | 13 | 3.19 | 174 |
Rube Walberg | 46 | 249.1 | 16 | 12 | 3.93 | 136 |
Jack Quinn | 34 | 201.1 | 15 | 10 | 3.26 | 43 |
Howard Ehmke | 30 | 189.2 | 12 | 10 | 4.22 | 68 |
Guy Cantrell | 2 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.00 | 7 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Eddie Rommel | 30 | 146.2 | 11 | 3 | 4.36 | 33 |
Sam Gray | 37 | 133.1 | 9 | 6 | 4.59 | 49 |
Neal Baker | 5 | 17.1 | 0 | 0 | 5.71 | 3 |
Buzz Wetzel | 2 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 0 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Joe Pate | 32 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5.20 | 14 |
Jing Johnson | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.48 | 16 |
Lefty Willis | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.67 | 7 |
Ike Powers | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 |
Jimmy Dykes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 0 |
Carroll Yerkes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Awards and honors
[edit]League leaders
[edit]- Lefty Grove
- American League leader, Strikeouts[4]
Farm system
[edit]Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Buffalo Bisons | International League | Bill Clymer |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Buffalo[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Eddie Collins Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
- ^ "Ty Cobb Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
- ^ "1927 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
- ^ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.51, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
External links
[edit]- 1927 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
- 1927 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com