1927 New York Yankees season

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1927 New York Yankees
1927 World Series Champions
1927 American League Champions
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Owner(s)Jacob Ruppert
General manager(s)Ed Barrow
Manager(s)Miller Huggins
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The 1927 New York Yankees season was the 25th season of the New York Yankees of the American League. The team finished with a record of 110–44, winning their fifth pennant and finishing 19 games ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics and were tied for first or better for the whole season.[1] New York was managed by Miller Huggins. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the 1927 World Series, they won, sweeping the Pittsburgh Pirates. This Yankees team was known for their feared lineup, which was nicknamed "Murderers' Row", and is widely considered to be the greatest baseball team in MLB history.[2][3][4]

Regular season[edit]

Yankee Stadium in 1927.

The Yankees' 110 victories broke the previous American League mark of 105 (set by the 1912 Boston Red Sox) and would stand as the American League single-season record until it was broken by the Cleveland Indians in 1954.

This was the first year the Yankees acknowledged their team nickname on their uniforms, albeit their road uniforms. Their home uniforms remained free of any kind of logo except for the "NY" on their caps.

The roster included seven future Hall of Famers: Pitchers Herb Pennock and Waite Hoyt, Infielders Lou Gehrig and Tony Lazzeri, outfielders Babe Ruth and Earle Combs, and Manager Miller Huggins.

Babe Ruth[edit]

With the race long since decided, the nation's attention turned to Babe Ruth's pursuit of his own home run mark of 59, set in 1921. Early in the season, Ruth expressed doubts about his chances: "I don't suppose I'll ever break that 1921 record. To do that, you've got to start early, and the pitchers have got to pitch to you. I don't start early, and the pitchers haven't really pitched to me in four seasons. I get more bad balls to hit than any other five men...and fewer good ones." Ruth was also being challenged for his slugger's crown by teammate Lou Gehrig, who nudged ahead of Ruth's total in midseason, prompting the New York World-Telegram to anoint Gehrig the favorite. But Ruth caught Gehrig (who would finish with 47), and then had a remarkable last leg of the season, hitting 17 home runs in September. His 60th came on September 30, in the Yankees' next-to-last game. Ruth was exultant, shouting after the game, "Sixty, count 'em, sixty! Let's see some other son of a bitch match that!"[5] In later years, he would give Gehrig some credit: "Pitchers began pitching to me because if they passed me they still had Lou to contend with." In addition to his career-high 60 home runs, Ruth batted .356, drove in 164 runs and slugged .772.

Babe Ruth's 60 home runs[edit]

HR Date Pitcher Team
1 April 15, 1927 Howard Ehmke Philadelphia Athletics
2 April 23, 1927 Rube Walberg Philadelphia Athletics
3 April 24, 1927 Sloppy Thurston Washington Senators
4 April 29, 1927 Slim Harriss Boston Red Sox
5 May 1, 1927 Jack Quinn Philadelphia Athletics
6 May 1, 1927 Rube Walberg Philadelphia Athletics
7 May 10, 1927 Milt Gaston St. Louis Browns
8 May 11, 1927 Ernie Nevers St. Louis Browns
9 May 17, 1927 Rip Collins Detroit Tigers
10 May 22, 1927 Benn Karr Cleveland Indians
11 May 23, 1927 Sloppy Thurston Washington Senators
12 May 28, 1927 Sloppy Thurston Washington Senators
13 May 29, 1927 Danny MacFayden Boston Red Sox
14 May 30, 1927 Rube Walberg Philadelphia Athletics
15 May 31, 1927 Jack Quinn Philadelphia Athletics
16 May 31, 1927 Howard Ehmke Philadelphia Athletics
17 June 5, 1927 Earl Whitehill Detroit Tigers
18 June 7, 1927 Tommy Thomas Chicago White Sox
19 June 11, 1927 Garland Buckeye Cleveland Indians
20 June 11, 1927 Garland Buckeye Cleveland Indians
21 June 12, 1927 George Uhle Cleveland Indians
22 June 16, 1927 Tom Zachary St. Louis Browns
23 June 22, 1927 Hal Wiltse Boston Red Sox
24 June 22, 1927 Hal Wiltse Boston Red Sox
25 June 30, 1927 Slim Harriss Boston Red Sox
26 July 3, 1927 Hod Lisenbee Washington Senators
27 July 8, 1927 Don Hankins Detroit Tigers
28 July 9, 1927 Ken Holloway Detroit Tigers
29 July 9, 1927 Ken Holloway Detroit Tigers
30 July 12, 1927 Joe Shaute Cleveland Indians
31 July 24, 1927 Tommy Thomas Chicago White Sox
32 July 26, 1927 Milt Gaston St. Louis Browns
33 July 27, 1927 Milt Gaston St. Louis Browns
34 July 28, 1927 Lefty Stewart St. Louis Browns
35 August 5, 1927 George Smith Detroit Tigers
36 August 10, 1927 Tom Zachary Washington Senators
37 August 16, 1927 Tommy Thomas Chicago White Sox
38 August 17, 1927 Sarge Connally Chicago White Sox
39 August 20, 1927 Jake Miller Cleveland Indians
40 August 22, 1927 Joe Shaute Cleveland Indians
41 August 27, 1927 Ernie Nevers St. Louis Browns
42 August 28, 1927 Ernie Wingard St. Louis Browns
43 August 31, 1927 Tony Welzer Boston Red Sox
44 September 2, 1927 Rube Walberg Philadelphia Athletics
45 September 6, 1927 Tony Welzer Boston Red Sox
46 September 6, 1927 Tony Welzer Boston Red Sox
47 September 6, 1927 Jack Russell Boston Red Sox
48 September 7, 1927 Danny MacFayden Boston Red Sox
49 September 7, 1927 Slim Harriss Boston Red Sox
50 September 11, 1927 Milt Gaston St. Louis Browns
51 September 13, 1927 Willis Hudlin Cleveland Indians
52 September 13, 1927 Joe Shaute Cleveland Indians
53 September 16, 1927 Ted Blankenship Chicago White Sox
54 September 18, 1927 Ted Lyons Chicago White Sox
55 September 21, 1927 Sam Gibson Detroit Tigers
56 September 22, 1927 Ken Holloway Detroit Tigers
57 September 27, 1927 Lefty Grove Philadelphia Athletics
58 September 29, 1927 Hod Lisenbee Washington Senators
59 September 29, 1927 Paul Hopkins Washington Senators
60 September 30, 1927 Tom Zachary Washington Senators

Season standings[edit]

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[edit]

1927 American League Records

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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[edit]

1927 New York Yankees
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Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Pat Collins 92 251 69 .275 7 36
1B Lou Gehrig 155 584 218 .373 47 175
2B Tony Lazzeri 153 570 176 .309 18 102
3B Joe Dugan 112 387 104 .269 2 43
SS Mark Koenig 123 526 150 .285 3 62
OF Earle Combs 152 648 231 .356 6 64
OF Babe Ruth 151 540 192 .356 60 164
OF Bob Meusel 135 516 174 .337 8 103

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
Johnny Grabowski 70 195 54 .277 0 25
Ray Morehart 73 195 50 .256 1 20
Cedric Durst 65 129 32 .248 0 25
Mike Gazella 54 115 32 .278 0 9
Benny Bengough 31 85 21 .247 0 10
Ben Paschal 50 82 26 .317 2 16
Julie Wera 38 42 10 .238 1 8

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
Waite Hoyt 36 256.1 22 7 2.63 86
Urban Shocker 31 200 18 6 2.84 35
Herb Pennock 34 209.2 19 8 3.00 51
Dutch Ruether 27 184 13 6 3.38 45
George Pipgras 29 166.1 10 3 4.11 81

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
Wilcy Moore 50 213 19 7 2.28 75
Myles Thomas 21 88.2 7 4 4.87 25

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
Bob Shawkey 19 2 3 4 2.89 23
Joe Giard 16 0 0 0 8.00 10
Walter Beall 1 0 0 0 9.00 0

1927 World Series[edit]

Main article: 1927 World Series
Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(NYY-PIT)

Attendance
1 October 5 New York Yankees 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 4 1–0 41,467
2 October 6 New York Yankees 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 2 2–0 41,634
3 October 7 Pittsburgh Pirates 1 New York Yankees 8 3–0 60,695
4 October 8 Pittsburgh Pirates 3 New York Yankees 4 4–0 57,909
New York Yankees win 4–0

Awards and honors[edit]

Since a voter could select only one player per team, two good candidates from the same team could find their votes split and both of their chances of winning hurt. In addition, the clause prohibiting repeat winners led to unusual results like Babe Ruth's 1927 (one of the greatest offensive seasons of all time) not being eligible for the award. As The New York Times wrote in 1925, "[T]he purpose, of course, is to pass the honor around, but the effect is to pass an empty honor around."[6]

League leaders[edit]

Franchise records[edit]

  • Earle Combs, Yankees single season record, triples in a season (23)

In popular culture[edit]

In 2016, ESPN announced 1927: The Diary of Myles Thomas, part a new genre of storytelling known as "real-time historical fiction."[8] The core of the project is a historical novel in the form of a diary of Myles Thomas, written by Douglas Alden, complemented by a wealth of fact-based content from the season, all published along the same timeline as the events unfolded almost 90 years ago. Through Myles Thomas's diary entries, additional essays and real-time social-media components (including Twitter[9]) "re-living" that famous Yankees season, the goal is to explore the rarefied nexus of baseball, jazz and Prohibition — defining elements of the remarkable world that existed in 1927. The diary runs the length of the full 1927 season, from April 13 through October 10, 1927.[10]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1927-schedule-scores.shtml
  2. ^ "Tom Verducci's Top 10 Teams of All Time". SportsIllustrated.com https://www.si.com/mlb/photos/2010/03/30tom-verduccis-top-10-teams-of-all-time/1
  3. ^ "The Best Major League Baseball Team Ever from 1902–2005". BaseballAlmanac.com. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/articles/best_major_league_teams_ever.shtml
  4. ^ Bryson, Bill (2013), One Summer: America 1927, Doubleday, ISBN 978-0767919401, OCLC 841198242
  5. ^ Creamer, Robert W. (1974). Babe: The Legend Comes to Life. Holtzman Press. p. 400. ISBN 978-0671760700. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  6. ^ "Review-The Week In Sports-Outlook". (September 28, 1925). The New York Times, Sports, p. 17.
  7. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.98, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  8. ^ 1927: The Diary of Myles Thomas
  9. ^ 1927: The Diary of Myles Thomas on Twitter
  10. ^ About the Diary of Myles Thomas

References[edit]

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