1927 Boston Red Sox season

1927 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Fenway Park (since 1912)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	J.A. Robert Quinn
Manager(s)	Bill Carrigan
Local radio	WNAC (Fred Hoey, Gerry Harrison)
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The 1927 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 51 wins and 103 losses.

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 Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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

Roster

1927 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Frank Bennett Herb Bradley Frank Bushey Bob Cremins Slim Harriss Del Lundgren Danny MacFayden Red Ruffing Jack Russell Rudy Sommers Tony Welzer John Wilson Hal Wiltse Ted Wingfield		Catchers Grover Hartley Fred Hofmann Bill Moore Infielders Elmer Eggert Fred Haney Marty Karow Buddy Myer Bill Regan Topper Rigney Billy Rogell Red Rollings Jack Rothrock Phil Todt Pee-Wee Wanninger		Outfielders Cleo Carlyle Ira Flagstead John Freeman Baby Doll Jacobson Wally Shaner Arlie Tarbert Jack Tobin Frank Welch Other batters Fred Bratschi		Manager Bill Carrigan Coaches John Ryan Heinie Wagner

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
OF	Tobin, JackJack Tobin	111	374	116	.310	2	40

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
Haney, FredFred Haney	47	116	32	.276	3	12
Wanninger, Pee-WeePee-Wee Wanninger	18	60	12	.200	0	1

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

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
Wilson, JohnJohn Wilson	5	25.1	0	2	3.55	8
Bradley, HerbHerb Bradley	6	23	1	1	3.13	6
Bennett, FrankFrank 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

References

• 1927 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1927 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com