1927 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1927 Pittsburgh Pirates
	1927 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
Location
	Forbes Field (since 1909); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907);
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Donie Bush
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The 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates season was a season in American baseball. That year, the Pirates won the National League pennant, which was their second in three years and their last until 1960. The team included five future Hall of Famers: Paul Waner, Lloyd Waner, Pie Traynor, Kiki Cuyler, and 20-year-old rookie Joe Cronin (who played just 12 games).

In the World Series, however, Pittsburgh was no match for the New York Yankees. They were swept in four games.

Regular season

Paul Waner had one of his best seasons en route to being voted NL MVP. His .380 batting average and 131 RBI paced the entire circuit. Younger brother Lloyd and Traynor finished third and fifth in the batting race, respectively. Pitcher Ray Kremer won the ERA title on his way to a 19–8 record.

Season 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

Record vs. opponents

1927 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	12–10	7–15	4–18	7–15	14–8	9–13–1	7–15
Brooklyn	10–12	—	7–15	11–10	10–12–1	11–11	8–14	8–14
Chicago	15–7	15–7	—	14–8	10–12	13–9	9–13	9–12
Cincinnati	18–4	10–11	8–14	—	7–15	16–6	8–14	8–14
New York	15–7	12–10–1	12–10	15–7	—	15–7	11–11	12–10
Philadelphia	8–14	11–11	9–13	6–16	7–15	—	7–15–1	3–19
Pittsburgh	13–9–1	14–8	13–9	14–8	11–11	15–7–1	—	14–8
St. Louis	15–7	14–8	12–9	14–8	10–12	19–3	8–14	—

Game log

1927 Game Log: 94–60 (Home: 48–31; Away: 46–29)

April: 8–6 (Home: 2–3; Away: 6–3)

May: 18–6 (Home: 6–3; Away: 12–3)

June: 13–12 (Home: 10–8; Away: 3–4)

July: 18–14 (Home: 9–4; Away: 9–10)

August: 14–12 (Home: 4–5; Away: 10–7)

September: 22–9 (Home: 17–8; Away: 5–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
124	September 1	Cubs	4–3	Meadows (17–6)	Carlson	—	18,000	72–50
125	September 2	Cardinals	5–3	Kremer (12–8)	Alexander	—	—	73–50
126	September 3	Cardinals	14–0	Hill (20–8)	Haines	—	—	74–50
127	September 4	@ Reds	8–4	Aldridge (11–8)	Luque	—	—	75–50
128	September 5	Reds	6–8	Rixey	Miljus (4–3)	—	—	75–51
129	September 5	Reds	3–4	Donohue	Meadows (17–7)	—	—	75–52
130	September 6	Reds	5–0	Kremer (13–8)	May	—	—	76–52
131	September 7	Reds	5–6	Lucas	Hill (20–9)	—	—	76–53
132	September 9	Phillies	3–2	Aldridge (12–8)	Pruett	—	—	77–53
133	September 10	Phillies	4–0	Kremer (14–8)	Ulrich	—	—	78–53
134	September 12	Phillies	3–2	Hill (21–9)	Scott	—	—	79–53
135	September 13	Braves	6–1	Meadows (18–7)	Greenfield	—	—	80–53
136	September 13	Braves	5–4	Aldridge (13–8)	Genewich	Kremer (1)	30,000	81–53
137	September 14	Braves	6–2	Kremer (15–8)	Greenfield	—	—	82–53
138	September 14	Braves	3–0	Miljus (5–3)	Robertson	—	—	83–53
139	September 15	Braves	2–1	Hill (22–9)	Smith	—	—	84–53
140	September 16	Braves	4–3	Meadows (19–7)	Wertz	—	—	85–53
141	September 17	Robins	2–1	Aldridge (14–8)	Petty	—	—	86–53
142	September 17	Robins	6–0	Kremer (16–8)	Elliott	—	27,000	87–53
143	September 19	Robins	0–3	Vance	Hill (22–10)	—	—	87–54
144	September 20	Robins	0–3	Doak	Meadows (19–8)	—	—	87–55
145	September 21	Robins	4–2	Miljus (6–3)	McWeeny	—	6,000	88–55
146	September 22	Giants	5–2	Kremer (17–8)	Benton	—	—	89–55
147	September 22	Giants	1–7	Fitzsimmons	Aldridge (14–9)	—	40,000	89–56
148	September 23	Giants	5–6	Plitt	Hill (22–11)	Benton	18,000	89–57
149	September 24	Giants	1–3	Fitzsimmons	Meadows (19–9)	—	40,000	89–58
150	September 25	@ Cubs	2–1	Aldridge (15–9)	Bush	—	—	90–58
151	September 25	@ Cubs	6–1	Kremer (18–8)	Root	—	—	91–58
152	September 26	@ Cubs	1–0 (6)	Miljus (7–3)	Nehf	—	5,000	92–58
153	September 27	@ Cubs	2–1	Kremer (19–8)	Carlson	—	3,000	93–58
154	September 30	@ Reds	1–2	Lucas	Aldridge (15–10)	—	2,011	93–59

October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
Boston Braves	13	9	0.591	97	80
Brooklyn Robins	14	8	0.636	100	86
Chicago Cubs	13	9	0.591	101	95
Cincinnati Reds	14	8	0.636	119	83
New York Giants	11	11	0.500	123	120
Philadelphia Phillies	15	7	0.682	144	107
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals	14	8	0.636	133	88
Total	94	60	0.610	817	659
Season Total	94	60	0.610	817	659

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	14	8	6	0.571	65	56
May	24	18	6	0.750	164	123
June	25	13	12	0.520	176	155
July	32	18	14	0.563	152	129
August	26	14	12	0.538	129	114
September	31	22	9	0.710	122	75
October	2	1	1	0.500	9	7
Total	154	94	60	0.610	817	659

Total	154	94	60	0.610	817	659
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	79	48	31	0.608	406	345
Away	75	46	29	0.613	405	308

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

May 9, 1927: Don Songer was purchased from the Pirates by the New York Giants.[2]

Roster

1927 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Vic Aldridge

Joe Bush

Mike Cvengros

Joe Dawson

Carmen Hill

Ray Kremer

Roy Mahaffey

Lee Meadows

Johnny Miljus

Johnny Morrison

Chet Nichols

Red Peery

Don Songer

Emil Yde

Catchers

Johnny Gooch

Earl Smith

Roy Spencer

Infielders

Dick Bartell

Joe Cronin

George Grantham

Heinie Groh

Joe Harris

Hal Rhyne

Ed Sicking

Pie Traynor

Glenn Wright

Outfielders

Clyde Barnhart

Fred Brickell

Adam Comorosky

Kiki Cuyler

Herman Layne

Lloyd Waner

Paul Waner

Manager

Donie Bush

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
C	Johnny Gooch	101	291	75	.258	2	48
1B	Joe Harris	129	411	134	.326	5	73
2B	George Grantham	151	531	162	.305	8	66
SS	Glenn Wright	143	570	160	.281	9	105
3B	Pie Traynor	149	573	196	.342	5	106
OF	Lloyd Waner	150	629	223	.355	2	27
OF	Paul Waner	155	623	237	.380	9	131
OF	Clyde Barnhart	108	360	115	.319	3	54

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
Kiki Cuyler	85	285	88	.309	3	31
Earl Smith	66	189	51	.270	5	25
Hal Rhyne	62	168	46	.274	0	17
Roy Spencer	38	92	26	.283	0	13
Adam Comorosky	18	61	14	.230	0	4
Heinie Groh	14	35	10	.286	0	3
Joe Cronin	12	22	5	.227	0	3
Fred Brickell	32	21	6	.286	1	4
Ed Sicking	6	7	1	.143	0	3
Herman Layne	11	6	0	.000	0	0
Dick Bartell	1	2	0	.000	0	0

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
Lee Meadows	40	299.1	19	10	3.40	84
Carmen Hill	43	277.2	22	11	3.24	95
Vic Aldridge	35	239.1	15	10	4.25	86
Ray Kremer	35	226	19	8	2.47	63

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
Joe Dawson	20	80.2	3	7	4.46	17
Johnny Miljus	19	75.2	8	3	1.90	24
Mike Cvengros	23	53.1	2	1	3.35	21
Emil Yde	9	27.2	1	3	9.71	9
Joe Bush	5	6.2	1	2	13.50	1
Roy Mahaffey	2	9.1	1	0	7.71	4

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
Johnny Morrison	23	3	2	3	4.19	21
Chet Nichols	8	0	3	0	5.86	9
Don Songer	2	0	0	0	11.57	1
Red Peery	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Carmen Hill

#3 in NL in wins (22)

Ray Kremer

NL leader in ERA (2.47)

Lee Meadows

NL leader in complete games (25)

Pie Traynor

#5 in NL in batting average (.342)

Lloyd Waner

NL leader in runs scored (133)
#3 in NL in batting average (.355)

Paul Waner

NL leader in batting average (.380)
NL leader in RBI (131)
NL leader in triples (18)
#2 in NL in on-base percentage (.437)
#2 in NL in doubles (42)
#4 in NL in runs scored (114)
#4 in NL in slugging percentage (.549)

1927 World Series

Game 1

October 5, 1927, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	6	1
Pittsburgh (N)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	9	2
W: Waite Hoyt (1–0) L: Ray Kremer (0–1), S: Wilcy Moore (1)

Game 2

October 6, 1927, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	11	0
Pittsburgh (N)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	2
W: George Pipgras (1–0) L: Vic Aldridge (0–1)

Game 3

October 7, 1927, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1
New York (A)	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	x	8	9	0
W: Herb Pennock (1–0) L: Lee Meadows (0–1)
HR: NYY – Babe Ruth (1)

Game 4

October 8, 1927, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (N)	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	10	1
New York (A)	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	4	12	2
W: Wilcy Moore (1–0) L: John Miljus (0–1)
HR: NYY – Babe Ruth (2)

References

From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
Don Songer page at Baseball Reference

External links

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[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] Don Songer page at Baseball Reference

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