1927 Boston Braves season
Appearance
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1927 Boston Braves | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Braves Field |
City | Boston, Massachusetts |
Record | 60–94 (.390) |
League place | 7th |
Owners | Emil Fuchs |
Managers | Dave Bancroft |
Radio | WNAC (Fred Hoey) |
The 1927 Boston Braves season was the 57th season of the franchise. The Braves finished seventh in the National League with a record of 60 wins and 94 losses.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Pittsburgh Pirates | 94 | 60 | .610 | — | 48–31 | 46–29 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 92 | 61 | .601 | 1½ | 55–25 | 37–36 |
New York Giants | 92 | 62 | .597 | 2 | 49–25 | 43–37 |
Chicago Cubs | 85 | 68 | .556 | 8½ | 50–28 | 35–40 |
Cincinnati Reds | 75 | 78 | .490 | 18½ | 45–35 | 30–43 |
Brooklyn Robins | 65 | 88 | .425 | 28½ | 34–39 | 31–49 |
Boston Braves | 60 | 94 | .390 | 34 | 32–41 | 28–53 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 51 | 103 | .331 | 43 | 34–43 | 17–60 |
Record vs. opponents
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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 | — |
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 | Shanty Hogan | 71 | 229 | 66 | .288 | 3 | 32 |
1B | Jack Fournier | 122 | 374 | 106 | .283 | 10 | 53 |
2B | Doc Gautreau | 87 | 236 | 58 | .246 | 0 | 20 |
SS | Dave Bancroft | 111 | 375 | 91 | .243 | 1 | 31 |
3B | Andy High | 113 | 384 | 116 | .302 | 4 | 46 |
OF | Eddie Brown | 155 | 558 | 171 | .306 | 2 | 75 |
OF | Lance Richbourg | 115 | 450 | 139 | .309 | 2 | 34 |
OF | Jimmy Welsh | 131 | 497 | 143 | .288 | 9 | 54 |
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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Doc Farrell | 110 | 424 | 124 | .292 | 1 | 58 |
Eddie Moore | 112 | 411 | 124 | .302 | 1 | 32 |
Dick Burrus | 72 | 220 | 70 | .318 | 0 | 32 |
Jack Smith | 84 | 183 | 58 | .317 | 1 | 24 |
Frank Gibson | 60 | 167 | 37 | .222 | 0 | 19 |
Luke Urban | 35 | 111 | 32 | .288 | 0 | 10 |
Zach Taylor | 30 | 96 | 23 | .240 | 1 | 14 |
Herb Thomas | 24 | 74 | 17 | .230 | 0 | 6 |
Leslie Mann | 29 | 66 | 17 | .258 | 0 | 6 |
Earl Clark | 13 | 44 | 12 | .273 | 0 | 3 |
Sid Graves | 7 | 20 | 5 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
Dinny McNamara | 11 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Cooney | 10 | 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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Bob Smith | 40 | 260.2 | 10 | 18 | 3.76 | 81 |
Kent Greenfield | 27 | 190.0 | 11 | 14 | 3.84 | 59 |
Charlie Robertson | 28 | 154.1 | 7 | 17 | 4.72 | 49 |
Hugh McQuillan | 13 | 78.0 | 3 | 5 | 5.54 | 17 |
Larry Benton | 11 | 60.1 | 4 | 2 | 4.48 | 25 |
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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Joe Genewich | 40 | 181.0 | 11 | 8 | 3.83 | 38 |
Johnny Werts | 42 | 164.1 | 4 | 10 | 4.55 | 39 |
Foster Edwards | 29 | 92.0 | 2 | 8 | 4.99 | 37 |
Hal Goldsmith | 22 | 71.2 | 1 | 3 | 3.52 | 13 |
Guy Morrison | 11 | 34.1 | 1 | 2 | 4.46 | 6 |
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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George Mogridge | 20 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3.70 | 26 |
Art Mills | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.82 | 7 |
Bunny Hearn | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.26 | 5 |
Jack Knight | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 0 |
Dick Rudolph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
References
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