1927 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersConnie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
ManagersConnie Mack
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The 1927 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the As finishing second in the American League with a record of 91 wins and 63 losses.

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 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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 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

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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
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

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
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

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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

League leaders

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Buffalo Bisons International League Bill Clymer

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Buffalo[5]

References

  1. ^ "Eddie Collins Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "Ty Cobb Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  3. ^ "1927 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  4. ^ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.51, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
  5. ^ 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


1927 MLB season by team
Oakland Athletics
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