1927 Detroit Tigers season explained

Detroit Tigers
Season:	1927
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Navin Field
City:	Detroit, Michigan
Owners:	Frank Navin
Managers:	George Moriarty
Radio:	WWJ (AM) (Ty Tyson)

The 1927 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the American League, and they finished in fourth place.

Outfielder Harry Heilmann won his fourth American League batting title with a .398 batting average.^[1]

Offseason

• January 15, 1927: Otto Miller, Billy Mullen, Frank O'Rourke and Lefty Stewart were traded by the Tigers to the St. Louis Browns for Pinky Hargrave, Marty McManus and Bobby LaMotte.^[2]
• January 27, 1927: Ty Cobb was released by the Tigers.^[3]

Regular season

• May 31, 1927: Johnny Neun of the Tigers executed an unassisted triple play. Neun caught a line drive, tagged the runner off first base and tagged second base before the other runner returned.^[4]

Roster

1927 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		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		88	246	69	.280	0	39
1B		112	365	95	.260	1	42
2B		133	508	161	.317	4	61
SS		116	419	115	.274	5	59
3B		139	559	149	.267	1	45
OF		151	593	177	.298	6	90
OF		141	505	201	.398	14	120
OF		143	527	189	.359	9	114

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
	108	369	99	.268	9	69
	79	204	66	.324	0	27
	81	200	57	.285	0	24
	75	137	32	.234	0	20
	56	91	15	.165	0	11
	34	85	15	.176	0	9
	24	22	5	.227	0	2
	1	0	0	----	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
	41	236.0	16	14	3.36	95
	33	184.2	11	12	3.80	76
	30	172.2	13	7	4.69	37
	10	67.0	5	4	4.84	18
	1	8.0	0	0	3.38	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
	38	215.0	10	13	3.98	63
	36	183.1	11	12	4.07	36
	31	172.0	10	6	3.98	41
	8	20.0	0	1	6.75	5

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
	29	4	1	0	3.91	32
	20	2	1	2	6.33	10
	7	0	0	0	8.03	5
	2	0	0	0	5.40	0
	1	0	0	0	9.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

^[5]

External links

• 1927 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1927-batting-leaders.shtml "1927 American League Batting Leaders"
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lamotbo01.shtml Bobby LaMotte page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cobbty01.shtml Ty Cobb page at Baseball Reference
4. Web site: Unassisted Triple Plays | Baseball Almanac.
5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007