1927 Boston Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkBraves Field
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record60–94 (.390)
League place7th
OwnersEmil Fuchs
ManagersDave Bancroft
RadioWNAC
(Fred Hoey)
← 1926
1928 →

The 1927 Boston Braves season was the 57th season of the franchise. The Braves finished seventh in the National League with a record of 60 wins and 94 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 94 60 0.610 — 48–31 46–29
St. Louis Cardinals 92 61 0.601 1½ 55–25 37–36
New York Giants 92 62 0.597 2 49–25 43–37
Chicago Cubs 85 68 0.556 8½ 50–28 35–40
Cincinnati Reds 75 78 0.490 18½ 45–35 30–43
Brooklyn Robins 65 88 0.425 28½ 34–39 31–49
Boston Braves 60 94 0.390 34 32–41 28–53
Philadelphia Phillies 51 103 0.331 43 34–43 17–60

Record vs. opponents

1927 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 12–10 7–15 4–18 7–15 14–8 9–13–1 7–15
Brooklyn 10–12 — 7–15 11–10 10–12–1 11–11 8–14 8–14
Chicago 15–7 15–7 — 14–8 10–12 13–9 9–13 9–12
Cincinnati 18–4 10–11 8–14 — 7–15 16–6 8–14 8–14
New York 15–7 12–10–1 12–10 15–7 — 15–7 11–11 12–10
Philadelphia 8–14 11–11 9–13 6–16 7–15 — 7–15–1 3–19
Pittsburgh 13–9–1 14–8 13–9 14–8 11–11 15–7–1 — 14–8
St. Louis 15–7 14–8 12–9 14–8 10–12 19–3 8–14 —


Roster

1927 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C Shanty Hogan 71 229 66 .288 3 32
1B Jack Fournier 122 374 106 .283 10 53
2B Doc Gautreau 87 236 58 .246 0 20
SS Dave Bancroft 111 375 91 .243 1 31
3B Andy High 113 384 116 .302 4 46
OF Eddie Brown 155 558 171 .306 2 75
OF Lance Richbourg 115 450 139 .309 2 34
OF Jimmy Welsh 131 497 143 .288 9 54

Other batters

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
Doc Farrell 110 424 124 .292 1 58
Eddie Moore 112 411 124 .302 1 32
Dick Burrus 72 220 70 .318 0 32
Jack Smith 84 183 58 .317 1 24
Frank Gibson 60 167 37 .222 0 19
Luke Urban 35 111 32 .288 0 10
Zach Taylor 30 96 23 .240 1 14
Herb Thomas 24 74 17 .230 0 6
Leslie Mann 29 66 17 .258 0 6
Earl Clark 13 44 12 .273 0 3
Sid Graves 7 20 5 .250 0 2
Dinny McNamara 11 9 0 .000 0 0
Johnny Cooney 10 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Smith 40 260.2 10 18 3.76 81
Kent Greenfield 27 190.0 11 14 3.84 59
Charlie Robertson 28 154.1 7 17 4.72 49
Hugh McQuillan 13 78.0 3 5 5.54 17
Larry Benton 11 60.1 4 2 4.48 25

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Joe Genewich 40 181.0 11 8 3.83 38
Johnny Werts 42 164.1 4 10 4.55 39
Foster Edwards 29 92.0 2 8 4.99 37
Hal Goldsmith 22 71.2 1 3 3.52 13
Guy Morrison 11 34.1 1 2 4.46 6

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
George Mogridge 20 6 4 5 3.70 26
Art Mills 15 0 1 0 3.82 7
Bunny Hearn 8 0 2 0 4.26 5
Jack Knight 3 0 0 0 15.00 0
Dick Rudolph 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

References


Categories