1927 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1927 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 2nd in the American League with a record of 91 wins and 63 losses.

1927 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)Connie Mack
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Offseason
  • December 23, 1926: Eddie Collins was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[1]
  • February 8, 1927: Ty Cobb was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[2]

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 11044 0.714 — 57–19 53–25
Philadelphia Athletics 9163 0.591 19 50–27 41–36
Washington Senators 8569 0.552 25 51–28 34–41
Detroit Tigers 8271 0.536 27½ 44–32 38–39
Chicago White Sox 7083 0.458 39½ 38–37 32–46
Cleveland Indians 6687 0.431 43½ 35–42 31–45
St. Louis Browns 5994 0.386 50½ 38–38 21–56
Boston Red Sox 51103 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 —11–1115–75–174–186–166–164–18
Chicago 11–11—8–1413–85–178–1415–710–12
Cleveland 7–1514–8—7–1510–1210–1210–118–14
Detroit 17–58–1315–7—8–149–1314–8–111–11–2
New York 18–417–512–1014–8—14–8–121–114–8
Philadelphia 16–614–812–1013–98–14–1—16–612–10
St. Louis 16–67–1511–108–14–11–216–16—10–12–1
Washington 18–412–1014–811–11–28–1410–1212–10–1—

Roster
1927 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
CMickey Cochrane126432146.3381280
1BJimmy Dykes121417135.324360
2BMax Bishop117372103.277022
SSJoe Boley118370115.311152
3BSammy Hale131501157.313581
OFTy Cobb134490175.357593
OFAl Simmons106406159.39215108
OFWalter French10932699.304041

[3]

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
Bill Lamar8432497.299447
Zach Wheat8824780.324138
Eddie Collins9522676.336115
Chick Galloway7718148.265022
Cy Perkins5913735.255115
Jimmie Foxx6113042.323320
Jim Poole389922.222010
Dud Branom309422.234013
Charlie Bates9389.23702
Baby Doll Jacobson17358.22915
Rusty Saunders5152.13302
Joe Mellana472.28602

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
Lefty Grove51262.120133.19174
Rube Walberg46249.116123.93136
Jack Quinn34201.115103.2643
Howard Ehmke30189.212104.2268
Guy Cantrell218025.007

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
Eddie Rommel30146.21134.3633
Sam Gray37133.1964.5949
Neal Baker517.1005.713
Buzz Wetzel24.2007.710

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
Joe Pate320365.2014
Jing Johnson174203.4816
Lefty Willis153105.677
Ike Powers111104.503
Jimmy Dykes20014.500
Carroll Yerkes10000.000

Awards and honors

League leaders
  • Lefty Grove
    • American League leader, Strikeouts[4]

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Buffalo Bisons International League Bill Clymer

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Buffalo[5]

References
  1. "Eddie Collins Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  2. "Ty Cobb Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  3. "1927 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  4. Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.51, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
  5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007


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