1927 Washington Senators season
1927 Washington Senators | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Clark Griffith and William Richardson | |
Managers | Bucky Harris | |
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The 1927 Washington Senators won 85 games, lost 69, and finished in third place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.
Offseason
[edit]- January 15, 1927: Roger Peckinpaugh was traded by the Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Sloppy Thurston and Leo Mangum.[1]
- January 31, 1927: Tris Speaker was signed as a free agent by the Senators.[2]
Regular season
[edit]- September 30, 1927: Senators' pitcher Tom Zachary gave up Babe Ruth's 60th home run of the season, breaking Ruth's own record for homers in one season of 59 set in 1921.
Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 110 | 44 | .714 | — | 57–19 | 53–25 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 91 | 63 | .591 | 19 | 50–27 | 41–36 |
Washington Senators | 85 | 69 | .552 | 25 | 51–28 | 34–41 |
Detroit Tigers | 82 | 71 | .536 | 27½ | 44–32 | 38–39 |
Chicago White Sox | 70 | 83 | .458 | 39½ | 38–37 | 32–46 |
Cleveland Indians | 66 | 87 | .431 | 43½ | 35–42 | 31–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 59 | 94 | .386 | 50½ | 38–38 | 21–56 |
Boston Red Sox | 51 | 103 | .331 | 59 | 29–49 | 22–54 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | 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
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Pitchers | Catchers
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Outfielders
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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 |
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C | Muddy Ruel | 131 | 428 | 132 | .308 | 1 | 52 |
1B | Joe Judge | 137 | 522 | 161 | .308 | 2 | 71 |
2B | Bucky Harris | 128 | 475 | 127 | .267 | 1 | 55 |
SS | Bobby Reeves | 112 | 380 | 97 | .255 | 1 | 39 |
3B | Ossie Bluege | 146 | 503 | 138 | .274 | 1 | 66 |
OF | Tris Speaker | 141 | 523 | 171 | .327 | 2 | 73 |
OF | Goose Goslin | 148 | 581 | 194 | .334 | 13 | 120 |
OF | Sam Rice | 142 | 603 | 179 | .297 | 2 | 65 |
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 |
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Earl McNeely | 73 | 185 | 51 | .276 | 0 | 16 |
Topper Rigney | 45 | 132 | 36 | .273 | 0 | 13 |
Bennie Tate | 61 | 131 | 41 | .313 | 1 | 24 |
Stuffy Stewart | 56 | 129 | 31 | .240 | 0 | 4 |
Sam West | 38 | 67 | 16 | .239 | 0 | 6 |
Buddy Myer | 15 | 51 | 11 | .216 | 0 | 7 |
Babe Ganzel | 13 | 48 | 21 | .438 | 1 | 13 |
Grant Gillis | 10 | 36 | 8 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
Jackie Hayes | 10 | 29 | 7 | .241 | 0 | 2 |
Ollie Tucker | 20 | 24 | 5 | .208 | 0 | 8 |
Nick Cullop | 15 | 23 | 5 | .217 | 0 | 1 |
Eddie Onslow | 9 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
Johnny Berger | 9 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 1 |
Red Barnes | 3 | 11 | 4 | .364 | 0 | 0 |
Mickey O'Neil | 5 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Buddy Dear | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Lefty Atkinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Hod Lisenbee | 39 | 242.0 | 18 | 9 | 3.57 | 105 |
Sloppy Thurston | 29 | 205.1 | 13 | 13 | 4.47 | 38 |
Bump Hadley | 30 | 198.2 | 14 | 6 | 2.85 | 60 |
Walter Johnson | 18 | 107.2 | 5 | 6 | 5.10 | 48 |
Tom Zachary | 15 | 102.2 | 4 | 7 | 3.94 | 13 |
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 |
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Firpo Marberry | 56 | 155.1 | 10 | 7 | 4.64 | 74 |
Bobby Burke | 36 | 100.0 | 3 | 2 | 3.96 | 20 |
General Crowder | 15 | 67.1 | 4 | 7 | 4.54 | 22 |
George Murray | 7 | 18.0 | 1 | 1 | 7.00 | 5 |
Dick Coffman | 5 | 16.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 5 |
Stan Coveleski | 5 | 14.1 | 2 | 1 | 3.14 | 3 |
Paul Hopkins | 2 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 5.00 | 5 |
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 |
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Garland Braxton | 58 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 2.95 | 96 |
Dick Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.60 | 1 |
Clay Van Alstyne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 |
Ralph Judd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 2 |