1927 Philadelphia Athletics season explained

Philadelphia Athletics
Season:	1927
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Shibe Park
City:	Philadelphia
Owners:	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Managers:	Connie Mack

The 1927 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the As finishing second in the American League with a record of 91 wins and 63 losses.

Offseason

• December 23, 1926: Eddie Collins was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[1]
• February 8, 1927: Ty Cobb was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[2]

Regular season

Roster

1927 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		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
C		126	432	146	.338	12	80
1B		121	417	135	.324	3	60
2B		117	372	103	.277	0	22
SS		118	370	115	.311	1	52
3B		131	501	157	.313	5	81
OF		134	490	175	.357	5	93
OF		106	406	159	.392	15	108
OF		109	326	99	.304	0	41

^[3]

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
	84	324	97	.299	4	47
	88	247	80	.324	1	38
	95	226	76	.336	1	15
	77	181	48	.265	0	22
	59	137	35	.255	1	15
	61	130	42	.323	3	20
	38	99	22	.222	0	10
	30	94	22	.234	0	13
	9	38	9	.237	0	2
	17	35	8	.229	1	5
	5	15	2	.133	0	2
	4	7	2	.286	0	2

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
	51	262.1	20	13	3.19	174
	46	249.1	16	12	3.93	136
	34	201.1	15	10	3.26	43
	30	189.2	12	10	4.22	68
	2	18.0	0	2	5.00	7

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
	30	146.2	11	3	4.36	33
	37	133.1	9	6	4.59	49
	5	17.1	0	0	5.71	3
	2	4.2	0	0	7.71	0

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
	32	0	3	6	5.20	14
	17	4	2	0	3.48	16
	15	3	1	0	5.67	7
	11	1	1	0	4.50	3
	2	0	0	1	4.50	0
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

League leaders

• Lefty Grove
  • American League leader, Strikeouts^[4]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Buffalo^[5]

External links

• 1927 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1927 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eddie Collins Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com. April 19, 2018.
2. Web site: Ty Cobb Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com. April 19, 2018.
3. Web site: 1927 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com. April 19, 2018.
4. Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.51, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC,
5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007