1927 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkNavin Field
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersFrank Navin
ManagersGeorge Moriarty
RadioWWJ (AM)
(Ty Tyson)
← 1926 Seasons 1928 →

The 1927 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the American League, and they finished in fourth place.

Outfielder Harry Heilmann won his fourth American League batting title with a .398 batting average.[1]

Offseason

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 —


Roster

1927 Detroit Tigers
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 Larry Woodall 88 246 69 .280 0 39
1B Lu Blue 112 365 95 .260 1 42
2B Charlie Gehringer 133 508 161 .317 4 61
SS Jackie Tavener 116 419 115 .274 5 59
3B Jack Warner 139 559 149 .267 1 45
OF Heinie Manush 151 593 177 .298 6 90
OF Harry Heilmann 141 505 201 .398 14 120
OF Bob Fothergill 143 527 189 .359 9 114

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
Marty McManus 108 369 99 .268 9 69
Johnny Neun 79 204 66 .324 0 27
Johnny Bassler 81 200 57 .285 0 24
Al Wingo 75 137 32 .234 0 20
Art Ruble 56 91 15 .165 0 11
Merv Shea 34 85 15 .176 0 9
Bernie DeViveiros 24 22 5 .227 0 2
Clyde Manion 1 0 0 ---- 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
Earl Whitehill 41 236.0 16 14 3.36 95
Sam Gibson 33 184.2 11 12 3.80 76
Rip Collins 30 172.2 13 7 4.69 37
Josh Billings 10 67.0 5 4 4.84 18
Rufus Smith 1 8.0 0 0 3.38 2

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
Lil Stoner 38 215.0 10 13 3.98 63
Ken Holloway 36 183.1 11 12 4.07 36
Ownie Carroll 31 172.0 10 6 3.98 41
Ed Wells 8 20.0 0 1 6.75 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
George Smith 29 4 1 0 3.91 32
Don Hankins 20 2 1 2 6.33 10
Jess Doyle 7 0 0 0 8.03 5
Jim Walkup 2 0 0 0 5.40 0
Augie Johns 1 0 0 0 9.00 1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Fort Worth Panthers Texas League Jake Atz
C Wheeling Stogies Middle Atlantic League Bobby Prysock

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Notes

  1. ^ "1927 American League Batting Leaders". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
  2. ^ Bobby LaMotte page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Ty Cobb page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ "Unassisted Triple Plays | Baseball Almanac".
  5. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

1927 MLB season by team
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