1927 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record51–103 (.331)
League place8th (59 GB)
OwnersJ. A. Robert Quinn
ManagersBill Carrigan
RadioWNAC
(Fred Hoey, Gerry Harrison)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 1927 Boston Red Sox season was the 27th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the eight-team American League (AL) with a record of 51 wins and 103 losses, 59 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1927 World Series.

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 110 44 0.714 — 57–19 53–25
Philadelphia Athletics 91 63 0.591 19 50–27 41–36
Washington Senators 85 69 0.552 25 51–28 34–41
Detroit Tigers 82 71 0.536 27½ 44–32 38–39
Chicago White Sox 70 83 0.458 39½ 38–37 32–46
Cleveland Indians 66 87 0.431 43½ 35–42 31–45
St. Louis Browns 59 94 0.386 50½ 38–38 21–56
Boston Red Sox 51 103 0.331 59 29–49 22–54

Record vs. opponents

1927 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 —


Opening Day lineup

Pee-Wee Wanninger     SS
Fred Haney 3B
Jack Tobin RF
Ira Flagstead CF
Phil Todt 1B
Wally Shaner LF
Bill Regan 2B
Fred Hofmann C
Slim Harriss P

Source:[1]

Roster

1927 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 Grover Hartley 103 244 67 .275 1 31
1B Phil Todt 140 516 122 .236 6 52
2B Bill Regan 129 468 128 .274 2 66
SS Buddy Myer 133 469 135 .288 2 47
3B Billy Rogell 82 207 55 .266 2 28
OF Jack Tobin 111 374 116 .310 2 40
OF Wally Shaner 122 406 111 .273 3 49
OF Ira Flagstead 131 466 133 .285 4 69

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
Jack Rothrock 117 428 111 .259 1 36
Cleo Carlyle 95 278 65 .234 1 28
Fred Hofmann 87 217 59 .272 0 24
Red Rollings 82 184 49 .266 0 9
Baby Doll Jacobson 45 155 38 .245 0 24
Fred Haney 47 116 32 .276 3 12
Bill Moore 44 69 15 .217 0 4
Arlie Tarbert 33 69 13 .188 0 5
Pee-Wee Wanninger 18 60 12 .200 0 1
Frank Welch 15 28 5 .179 0 4
Topper Rigney 8 18 2 .111 0 0
Marty Karow 6 10 2 .200 0 0
Elmer Eggert 5 3 0 .000 0 0
John Freeman 4 2 0 .000 0 0
Fred Bratschi 1 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
Hal Wiltse 36 219.0 10 18 5.10 47
Red Ruffing 26 158.1 5 13 4.66 77

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
Slim Harriss 44 217.2 14 21 4.18 77
Tony Welzer 37 171.2 6 11 4.72 56
Danny MacFayden 34 160.1 5 8 4.27 42
Jack Russell 34 147.0 4 9 4.10 25
Del Lundgren 30 136.1 5 12 6.27 39
Ted Wingfield 20 74.2 1 7 5.06 1
John Wilson 5 25.1 0 2 3.55 8
Herb Bradley 6 23.0 1 1 3.13 6
Frank Bennett 4 12.1 0 1 2.92 1

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
Rudy Sommers 7 0 0 0 8.36 2
Bob Cremins 4 0 0 0 5.06 0
Frank Bushey 1 0 0 0 6.75 0

References

  1. ^ "Washington Senators 6, Boston Red Sox 2". Retrosheet. April 12, 1927. Retrieved March 15, 2021.

External links


1927 MLB season by team
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