1927 St. Louis Browns | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 59–94 (.386) | |
League place | 7th | |
Owners | Phil Ball | |
Managers | Dan Howley | |
Radio | KMOX (Garnett Marks) | |
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The 1927 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 59 wins and 94 losses.
Offseason
- January 15, 1927: Pinky Hargrave, Marty McManus and Bobby LaMotte were traded by the Browns to the Detroit Tigers for Otto Miller, Billy Mullen, Frank O'Rourke and Lefty Stewart.[1]
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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 | Manager | ||||||
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 |
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C | Wally Schang | 97 | 264 | 84 | .318 | 5 | 42 |
1B | George Sisler | 149 | 614 | 201 | .327 | 5 | 97 |
2B | Ski Melillo | 107 | 356 | 80 | .225 | 0 | 26 |
SS | Wally Gerber | 142 | 438 | 98 | .224 | 0 | 45 |
3B | Frank O'Rourke | 140 | 538 | 144 | .268 | 1 | 39 |
OF | Harry Rice | 137 | 520 | 149 | .287 | 7 | 68 |
OF | Bing Miller | 143 | 492 | 160 | .325 | 5 | 75 |
OF | Ken Williams | 131 | 423 | 136 | .322 | 17 | 74 |
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 |
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Spencer Adams | 88 | 259 | 69 | .266 | 0 | 29 |
Herschel Bennett | 93 | 256 | 68 | .266 | 3 | 30 |
Steve O'Neill | 74 | 191 | 44 | .230 | 1 | 22 |
Fred Schulte | 60 | 189 | 60 | .317 | 3 | 34 |
Leo Dixon | 36 | 103 | 20 | .194 | 0 | 12 |
Otto Miller | 51 | 76 | 17 | .224 | 0 | 8 |
Red Kress | 7 | 23 | 7 | .304 | 1 | 3 |
Guy Sturdy | 5 | 21 | 9 | .429 | 0 | 5 |
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 |
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Milt Gaston | 37 | 254.0 | 13 | 17 | 5.00 | 77 |
Sad Sam Jones | 30 | 189.2 | 8 | 14 | 4.32 | 72 |
Lefty Stewart | 27 | 155.2 | 8 | 11 | 4.28 | 43 |
Tom Zachary | 13 | 78.1 | 4 | 6 | 4.37 | 13 |
George Blaeholder | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.00 | 2 |
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 |
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Elam Vangilder | 44 | 203.0 | 10 | 12 | 4.79 | 62 |
Ernie Wingard | 38 | 156.1 | 2 | 13 | 6.56 | 28 |
Ernie Nevers | 27 | 94.2 | 3 | 8 | 4.94 | 22 |
Win Ballou | 21 | 90.1 | 5 | 6 | 4.78 | 17 |
General Crowder | 21 | 73.2 | 3 | 5 | 5.01 | 30 |
Jim Wright | 2 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 |
Boom-Boom Beck | 3 | 11.1 | 1 | 0 | 5.56 | 6 |
Stew Bolen | 3 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 8.38 | 7 |
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 |
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Chet Falk | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.74 | 2 |
Notes
References
- 1927 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
- 1927 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com
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