1927 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record59–94 (.386)
League place7th
OwnersPhil Ball
ManagersDan Howley
RadioKMOX
(Garnett Marks)
← 1926 Seasons 1928 →

The 1927 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 59 wins and 94 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 St. Louis Browns
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 Wally Schang 97 264 84 .318 5 42
1B George Sisler 149 614 201 .327 5 97
2B Ski Melillo 107 356 80 .225 0 26
SS Wally Gerber 142 438 98 .224 0 45
3B Frank O'Rourke 140 538 144 .268 1 39
OF Harry Rice 137 520 149 .287 7 68
OF Bing Miller 143 492 160 .325 5 75
OF Ken Williams 131 423 136 .322 17 74

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
Spencer Adams 88 259 69 .266 0 29
Herschel Bennett 93 256 68 .266 3 30
Steve O'Neill 74 191 44 .230 1 22
Fred Schulte 60 189 60 .317 3 34
Leo Dixon 36 103 20 .194 0 12
Otto Miller 51 76 17 .224 0 8
Red Kress 7 23 7 .304 1 3
Guy Sturdy 5 21 9 .429 0 5

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
Milt Gaston 37 254.0 13 17 5.00 77
Sad Sam Jones 30 189.2 8 14 4.32 72
Lefty Stewart 27 155.2 8 11 4.28 43
Tom Zachary 13 78.1 4 6 4.37 13
George Blaeholder 1 9.0 0 1 5.00 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
Elam Vangilder 44 203.0 10 12 4.79 62
Ernie Wingard 38 156.1 2 13 6.56 28
Ernie Nevers 27 94.2 3 8 4.94 22
Win Ballou 21 90.1 5 6 4.78 17
General Crowder 21 73.2 3 5 5.01 30
Jim Wright 2 12.0 1 0 4.50 4
Boom-Boom Beck 3 11.1 1 0 5.56 6
Stew Bolen 3 9.2 0 1 8.38 7

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
Chet Falk 9 1 0 0 5.74 2

Notes

  1. ^ Bobby LaMotte page at Baseball Reference

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