1927 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1927 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1927 in baseball.

The 1927 Major League Baseball season began in April 1927 and ended with the 1927 World Series in October. No no-hitters were thrown during the season.[1][2] The New York Yankees, whose lineup featured Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, dominated the American League with 110 wins. The Yankees swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in the World Series.

Major league baseball final standings

American League final 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

National League final standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 94 60 0.610 — 48–31 46–29
St. Louis Cardinals 92 61 0.601 1½ 55–25 37–36
New York Giants 92 62 0.597 2 49–25 43–37
Chicago Cubs 85 68 0.556 8½ 50–28 35–40
Cincinnati Reds 75 78 0.490 18½ 45–35 30–43
Brooklyn Robins 65 88 0.425 28½ 34–39 31–49
Boston Braves 60 94 0.390 34 32–41 28–53
Philadelphia Phillies 51 103 0.331 43 34–43 17–60

World series

Main article: 1927 World Series
1927 World Series
New York Yankees (4) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (0)
Game Date Score Series
(NYY-PIT) 		Location Attendance Time
1 October 5 Yankees 5, Pirates 4 1–0 Forbes Field 41,467 2:04
2 October 6 Yankees 6, Pirates 2 2–0 Forbes Field 41,634 2:20
3 October 7 Yankees 8, Pirates 1 3–0 Yankee Stadium 60,695 2:04
4 October 8 Yankees 4, Pirates 3 4–0 Yankee Stadium 57,909 2:15

Award winners

1927 Award Winners
  American League National League
Award Player Position Team Player Position Team
Most Valuable Player Lou Gehrig 1B NYY Paul Waner RF PIT

League leaders

  American League National League
Type Name Stat Name Stat
AVG Harry Heilmann, DET .398 Paul Waner, PIT .380
HR Babe Ruth, NYY 60 Cy Williams, PHI
Hack Wilson, CHC 		30
RBI Lou Gehrig, NYY 175 Paul Waner, PIT 131
SB George Sisler, SLB 28 Frankie Frisch, STL 48
Wins Waite Hoyt, NYY
Ted Lyons, CHW 		22 Charley Root, CHC 26
ERA Wilcy Moore, NYY 2.28 Ray Kremer, PIT 2.47
SO Lefty Grove, PHA 174 Dazzy Vance, BRO 184

Notable events

On July 18, the Philadelphia Phillies used four pitchers as pinch hitters and pinch runners against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Jack Scott, Clarence Mitchell and Les Sweetland hit, while Tony Kaufmann ran for Scott.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "American League No Hitters". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
  2. ↑ "National League No Hitters". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Strange and Unusual Plays". www.retrosheet.org. Retrieved June 13, 2012.

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