1927 New York Giants (MLB) season

1927 New York Giants
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Owner(s) Charles Stoneham
Manager(s) John McGraw
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The 1927 New York Giants season was the franchise's 45th season. The team finished third in the National League with a record of 92–62, 2 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason

During the offseason, the Giants acquired Rogers Hornsby from the St. Louis Cardinals for Frankie Frisch and Jimmy Ring. Hornsby's offensive numbers rebounded in 1927, as he hit .361 and led the league in runs scored (133), walks (86), and an on-base percentage (.448). The deal was held up because Hornsby, as part of his contract as the manager of the Cardinals (he was a player-manager at the time), owned several shares of stock in the Cardinals. Cardinals owner Sam Breadon offered Hornsby a sum for the stock considerably lower than what Hornsby demanded for it, and neither would budge. Eventually, the other owners of the National League made up the difference, and the trade went through.

Notable transactions

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9460 0.610 — 48–31 46–29
St. Louis Cardinals 9261 0.601 1½ 55–25 37–36
New York Giants 9262 0.597 2 49–25 43–37
Chicago Cubs 8568 0.556 8½ 50–28 35–40
Cincinnati Reds 7578 0.490 18½ 45–35 30–43
Brooklyn Robins 6588 0.425 28½ 34–39 31–49
Boston Braves 6094 0.390 34 32–41 28–53
Philadelphia Phillies 51103 0.331 43 34–43 17–60

Record vs. opponents

1927 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —12–107–154–187–1514–89–13–17–15
Brooklyn 10–12—7–1511–1010–12–111–118–148–14
Chicago 15–715–7—14–810–1213–99–139–12
Cincinnati 18–410–118–14—7–1516–68–148–14
New York 15–712–10–112–1015–7—15–711–1112–10
Philadelphia 8–1411–119–136–167–15—7–15–13–19
Pittsburgh 13–9–114–813–914–811–1115–7–1—14–8
St. Louis 15–714–812–914–810–1219–38–14—

Notable transactions

Roster

1927 New York Giants
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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
CZack Taylor8325860.233021
1BBill Terry150580189.32620121
2BRogers Hornsby155568205.36126125
SSTravis Jackson127469149.3181498
3BFreddie Lindstrom138562172.306758
OFEdd Roush140570173.304758
OFHeinie Mueller8419055.289319
OFGeorge Harper145483160.3311687

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
Mel Ott8216346.282119
Jack Cummings438029.363214
Red Smith100----00

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
Virgil Barnes35228.214113.9866
Larry Benton291731353.9565

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
Ben Cantwell519.2114.126
Joe Bush312117.506

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
Don Songer223512.869
Jack Bentley40002.793
Virgil Cheeves30004.261
Hank Boney30002.250
Mul Holland21000.000
Art Johnson10000.000
Ned Porter10000.000

Notes

  1. ↑ Rogers Hornsby at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Don Songer at Baseball Reference

References


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