1927 Boston Red Sox season

1927 Boston Red Sox
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Owners	J.A. Robert Quinn
Managers	Bill Carrigan
Radio	WNAC (Fred Hoey, Gerry Harrison)
Seasons

The 1927 Boston Red Sox season was the 27th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the eight-team American League (AL) with a record of 51 wins and 103 losses.

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

Opening Day lineup

Pee-Wee Wanninger	SS
Fred Haney	3B
Jack Tobin	RF
Ira Flagstead	CF
Phil Todt	1B
Wally Shaner	LF
Bill Regan	2B
Fred Hofmann	C
Slim Harriss	P

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	Grover Hartley	103	244	67	.275	1	31
1B	Phil Todt	140	516	122	.236	6	52
2B	Bill Regan	129	468	128	.274	2	66
SS	Buddy Myer	133	469	135	.288	2	47
3B	Billy Rogell	82	207	55	.266	2	28
OF	Jack Tobin	111	374	116	.310	2	40
OF	Wally Shaner	122	406	111	.273	3	49
OF	Ira Flagstead	131	466	133	.285	4	69

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
Fred Haney	47	116	32	.276	3	12
Pee-Wee Wanninger	18	60	12	.200	0	1

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

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
John Wilson	5	25.1	0	2	3.55	8
Herb Bradley	6	23	1	1	3.13	6
Frank Bennett	4	12.1	0	1	2.92	1

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

References

• 1927 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1927 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com