1927 Cleveland Indians season

1927 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Dunn Field (since 1901)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Alva Bradley
General manager(s)	Billy Evans
Manager(s)	Jack McCallister
Local television	none
Local radio	WTAM
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The 1927 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 66–87, 43½ games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

• January 31, 1927: Tris Speaker was released by the Indians.^[1]

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	—

Notable transactions

• June 15, 1927: Bernie Neis was purchased from the Indians by the Chicago White Sox.^[2]

Roster

1927 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Jumbo Brown Garland Buckeye Hap Collard Wes Ferrell George Grant Willis Hudlin Benn Karr Dutch Levsen Hal McKain Jake Miller Joe Shaute Sherry Smith George Uhle Willie Underhill		Catchers Chick Autry Glenn Myatt Luke Sewell Infielders Johnny Burnett George Burns Lew Fonseca Johnny Hodapp Carl Lind Rube Lutzke Ernie Padgett Joe Sewell Freddy Spurgeon Dutch Ussat		Outfielders Nick Cullop Ike Eichrodt George Gerken Johnny Gill Baby Doll Jacobson Charlie Jamieson Sam Langford Pat McNulty Bernie Neis Homer Summa		Manager Jack McCallister 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
1B	Burns, GeorgeGeorge Burns	140	549	175	.319	3	78

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
Neis, BernieBernie Neis	32	96	29	.302	4	18

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

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
Brown, JumboJumbo Brown	8	0	2	0	6.27	8

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
B	Terre Haute Tots	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Bob Wells

^[3]

Notes

1. Tris Speaker at Baseball Reference
2. Bernie Neis at Baseball Reference
3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

• 1927 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference