1927 New York Yankees season

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1927 New York Yankees
Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs
American League Champions
World Series Champions
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Owner(s) Jacob Ruppert
General manager(s) Ed Barrow
Manager(s) Miller Huggins
Local television none
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The 1927 New York Yankees season was their 25th season. 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 World Series, they swept the Pittsburgh Pirates. This Yankee team is known for their feared lineup, which was nicknamed "Murderers' Row". This team is widely considered to be the best baseball team in the history of MLB.[2][3][4]

Regular season

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

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 son-of-a-b**** match that!" 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

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

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 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

1927 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 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

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

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
Waite Hoyt 36 256.3 22 7 2.63 86
Urban Shocker 31 200 18 6 2.84 35
Herb Pennock 34 209.7 19 8 3.00 51
Dutch Ruether 27 184 13 6 3.38 45
George Pipgras 29 166.3 10 3 4.11 81

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
Wilcy Moore 50 213 19 7 2.28 75
Myles Thomas 21 88.7 7 4 4.87 25

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
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

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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

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."[5]

League leaders

Franchise records

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

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1927-schedule-scores.shtml
  2. ↑ "Tom Verducci's Top 10 Teams of All Time". SportsIllustrated.com http://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. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ "Review-The Week In Sports-Outlook". (September 28, 1925). The New York Times, Sports, p. 17.
  6. ↑ 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

References

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