1927 Philadelphia Athletics season

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1927 Philadelphia Athletics
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Owner(s) Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s) Connie Mack
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The 1927 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 2nd in the American League with a record of 91 wins and 63 losses.

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Offseason [edit]

  • 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 [edit]

Season standings [edit]

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 110 44 .714 --
Philadelphia Athletics 91 63 .591 19
Washington Senators 85 69 .552 25
Detroit Tigers 82 71 .536 27½
Chicago White Sox 70 83 .458 39½
Cleveland Indians 66 87 .431 43½
St. Louis Browns 59 94 .386 50½
Boston Red Sox 51 103 .331 59

Roster [edit]

1927 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats [edit]

Batting [edit]

Starters by position [edit]

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 Cochrane, MickeyMickey Cochrane 126 432 146 .338 12 80
OF Cobb, TyTy Cobb 134 490 175 .357 5 93
OF Simmons, AlAl Simmons 106 406 159 .392 15 108
OF French, WalterWalter French 109 326 99 .304 0 41

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Other batters [edit]

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
Collins, EddieEddie Collins 95 226 76 .336 1 15
Foxx, JimmieJimmie Foxx 61 130 42 .323 3 20
Poole, JimJim Poole 38 99 22 .222 0 10
Bates, CharlieCharlie Bates 9 38 9 .237 0 2

Pitching [edit]

Starting pitchers [edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ehmke, HowardHoward Ehmke 30 189.2 12 10 4.22 68
Cantrell, GuyGuy Cantrell 2 18 0 2 5.00 7

Other pitchers [edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Grove, LeftyLefty Grove 51 262.1 20 13 3.19 174
Gray, SamSam Gray 37 133.1 9 6 4.59 49

Relief pitchers [edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Baker, NealNeal Baker 5 0 0 0 5.71 3

Awards and honors [edit]

League leaders [edit]

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

Farm system [edit]

See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Buffalo Bisons International League Bill Clymer

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Buffalo[5]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Eddie Collins page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Ty Cobb page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHA/1927.shtml
  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, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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