1927 Chicago Cubs
LeagueNational League
BallparkWrigley Field
CityChicago, Illinois
OwnersWilliam Wrigley, Jr.
ManagersJoe McCarthy
RadioWGN
(Quin Ryan)
WMAQ
(Hal Totten)
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The 1927 Chicago Cubs season was the 56th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 52nd in the National League and the 12th at Wrigley Field (the first in which the park was officially named Wrigley Field). The Cubs finished fourth in the National League with a record of 85–68.

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 Chicago Cubs
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 Gabby Hartnett 127 449 132 .294 10 80
1B Charlie Grimm 147 543 169 .311 2 74
2B Clyde Beck 117 391 101 .258 2 44
SS Woody English 87 334 97 .290 1 28
3B Sparky Adams 146 647 189 .292 0 49
OF Riggs Stephenson 152 579 199 .344 7 82
OF Hack Wilson 146 551 175 .318 30 129
OF Earl Webb 102 332 100 .301 14 52

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
Cliff Heathcote 83 228 67 .294 2 25
Eddie Pick 54 181 31 .171 2 15
Pete Scott 71 156 49 .314 0 21
Jimmy Cooney 33 132 32 .242 0 6
Mike González 39 108 26 .241 1 15
Howard Freigau 30 86 20 .233 0 10
Chick Tolson 39 54 16 .296 2 17
Elmer Yoter 13 27 6 .222 0 5
Harry Wilke 3 9 0 .000 0 0
Fred Haney 4 3 0 .000 0 0
Tommy Sewell 1 1 0 .000 0 0
John Churry 1 1 1 1.000 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
Charlie Root 48 309.0 26 15 3.76 145
Sheriff Blake 32 224.0 13 14 3.29 64
Hal Carlson 27 184.1 12 8 3.17 27

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
Guy Bush 36 193.1 10 10 3.03 62
Jim Brillheart 32 128.2 4 2 4.13 36
Percy Jones 30 112.2 7 8 4.07 37
Bob Osborn 24 107.2 5 5 4.18 45
Tony Kaufmann 9 53.1 3 3 6.41 21
Art Nehf 8 26.1 1 1 1.37 12
Lefty Weinert 5 19.2 1 1 4.58 5

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
Luther Roy 11 3 1 0 2.29 5
Hank Grampp 2 0 0 0 9.00 3
Wayland Dean 2 0 0 0 0.00 2
Johnny Welch 1 0 0 0 9.00 1

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Reading Keystones International League Fred Merkle, Fritz Maisel and Harry Hinchman
AA Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League Marty Krug

References

  1. ^ "Unassisted Triple Plays | Baseball Almanac".

External links


1927 MLB season by team
Chicago Cubs
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