1927 St. Louis Browns season

1927 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1902)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902)
Results
Record	59–94 (.386)
League place	7th
Other information
Owner(s)	Phil Ball
Manager(s)	Dan Howley
Local radio	KMOX (Garnett Marks)
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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

• January 15, 1927: Pinky Hargrave, Marty McManus and Bobby LaMotte were traded by the Browns to the Detroit Tigers for Otto Miller, Billy Mullen, Frank O'Rourke and Lefty Stewart.^[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	—

Roster

1927 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Win Ballou Boom-Boom Beck George Blaeholder Stew Bolen Alvin Crowder Chet Falk Milt Gaston Sam Jones Ernie Nevers Lefty Stewart Elam Vangilder Ernie Wingard Jim Wright Tom Zachary		Catchers Leo Dixon Steve O'Neill Wally Schang Infielders Spencer Adams Wally Gerber Red Kress Ski Melillo Otto Miller Frank O'Rourke George Sisler Guy Sturdy		Outfielders Herschel Bennett Bing Miller Harry Rice Fred Schulte Ken Williams		Manager Dan Howley

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
3B	O'Rourke, FrankFrank O'Rourke	140	538	144	.268	1	39

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
Miller, OttoOtto Miller	51	76	17	.224	0	8

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
Ballou, WinWin Ballou	21	90.1	5	6	4.78	17

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

Notes

1. Bobby LaMotte page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1927 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1927 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com