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
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909) Philadelphia (since 1901)
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	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 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Neal Baker Guy Cantrell Howard Ehmke Sam Gray Lefty Grove Jing Johnson Joe Pate Ike Powers Jack Quinn Eddie Rommel Rube Walberg Buzz Wetzel Lefty Willis Carroll Yerkes		Catchers Mickey Cochrane Cy Perkins Infielders Max Bishop Joe Boley Dud Branom Eddie Collins Jimmy Dykes Jimmie Foxx Chick Galloway Sammy Hale Joe Mellana Jim Poole		Outfielders Charlie Bates Ty Cobb Walter French Baby Doll Jacobson Bill Lamar Rusty Saunders Al Simmons Zack Wheat		Manager Connie Mack

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	Mickey Cochrane	126	432	146	.338	12	80
1B	Jimmy Dykes	121	417	135	.324	3	60
2B	Max Bishop	117	372	103	.277	0	22
SS	Joe Boley	118	370	115	.311	1	52
3B	Sammy Hale	131	501	157	.313	5	81
OF	Ty Cobb	134	490	175	.357	5	93
OF	Al Simmons	106	406	159	.392	15	108
OF	Walter French	109	326	99	.304	0	41

[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 Lamar	84	324	97	.299	4	47
Zach Wheat	88	247	80	.324	1	38
Eddie Collins	95	226	76	.336	1	15
Chick Galloway	77	181	48	.265	0	22
Cy Perkins	59	137	35	.255	1	15
Jimmie Foxx	61	130	42	.323	3	20
Jim Poole	38	99	22	.222	0	10
Dud Branom	30	94	22	.234	0	13
Charlie Bates	9	38	9	.237	0	2
Baby Doll Jacobson	17	35	8	.229	1	5
Rusty Saunders	5	15	2	.133	0	2
Joe Mellana	4	7	2	.286	0	2

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 Grove	51	262.1	20	13	3.19	174
Rube Walberg	46	249.1	16	12	3.93	136
Jack Quinn	34	201.1	15	10	3.26	43
Howard Ehmke	30	189.2	12	10	4.22	68
Guy Cantrell	2	18	0	2	5.00	7

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 Rommel	30	146.2	11	3	4.36	33
Sam Gray	37	133.1	9	6	4.59	49
Neal Baker	5	17.1	0	0	5.71	3
Buzz Wetzel	2	4.2	0	0	7.71	0

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 Pate	32	0	3	6	5.20	14
Jing Johnson	17	4	2	0	3.48	16
Lefty Willis	15	3	1	0	5.67	7
Ike Powers	11	1	1	0	4.50	3
Jimmy Dykes	2	0	0	1	4.50	0
Carroll Yerkes	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

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

External links

• 1927 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1927 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com