1927 Cleveland Indians season explained

Cleveland Indians
Season:	1927
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Dunn Field
City:	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners:	Alva Bradley
General Managers:	Billy Evans
Managers:	Jack McCallister

The 1927 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 66–87, 43½ games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

• January 31, 1927: Tris Speaker was released by the Indians.^[1]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• June 15, 1927: Bernie Neis was purchased from the Indians by the Chicago White Sox.^[2]

Roster

1927 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		128	470	138	.294	0	53
1B		140	549	175	.319	3	78
2B		112	428	133	.311	2	40
SS		153	569	180	.316	1	92
3B		100	311	78	.251	0	41
OF		145	574	164	.286	4	74
OF		127	489	151	.309	0	36
OF		85	267	59	.221	0	25

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
	79	240	73	.304	5	40
	57	179	45	.251	1	19
	32	103	26	.252	0	13
	32	96	29	.302	4	18
	55	94	23	.245	2	8
	32	68	16	.235	1	8
	20	67	18	.269	1	7
	21	60	13	.217	1	4
	16	43	11	.256	0	7
	19	41	13	.317	0	4
	12	37	5	.135	0	1
	4	16	3	.188	0	2
	6	14	3	.214	0	2
	17	8	0	.000	0	0
	7	7	2	.286	0	0

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
	43	264.2	18	12	4.01	65
	45	230.1	9	16	4.22	63
	35	204.2	10	17	3.96	38
	34	185.1	10	8	3.21	53
	25	153.1	8	9	4.34	69

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
	25	80.1	3	7	5.49	15
	22	76.2	3	3	5.05	17
	11	38.0	1	4	5.45	8
	2	11.0	0	1	4.09	5
	4	8.1	0	2	9.72	4

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
	25	4	6	1	4.46	19
	8	0	2	0	6.27	8
	4	0	0	0	5.06	2
	1	0	0	0	9.00	0
	1	0	0	0	27.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

• 1927 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/speaktr01.shtml Tris Speaker
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/neisbe01.shtml Bernie Neis
3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007