1927 St. Louis Cardinals season explained

St. Louis Cardinals
Season:	1927
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Sportsman's Park
City:	St. Louis, Missouri
Record:	92–61 (.601)
League Place:	2nd
Owners:	Sam Breadon
General Managers:	Branch Rickey
Managers:	Bob O'Farrell
Radio:	KMOX (Garnett Marks) KFVE (Thomas Patrick) WIL (William Elsworth)

The 1927 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 46th season in St. Louis, Missouri, and its 36th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 92–61 during the season and finished second in the National League.

Offseason

• December 20, 1926: Rogers Hornsby was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Giants for Frankie Frisch and Jimmy Ring.^[1]

In a deal that shocked the baseball world, the Cardinals traded long-time star Rogers Hornsby on December 20, 1926, to the New York Giants for Frankie Frisch and Jimmy Ring. The deal was held up because Hornsby, as part of his contract as the manager of the Cardinals (he was a player-manager at the time), owned several shares of stock in the Cardinals. Cardinals owner Sam Breadon offered Hornsby a sum for the stock considerably lower than what Hornsby demanded for it, and neither would budge. Eventually, the other owners of the National League made up the difference, and the trade went through.

Regular season

Roster

1927 St. Louis Cardinals
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		63	194	50	.258	1	30
1B		152	574	174	.303	19	124
2B		153	617	208	.337	10	78
SS		65	218	56	.257	4	28
3B		115	390	101	.259	9	65
OF		103	346	114	.329	18	63
OF		130	488	128	.262	5	50
OF		110	419	120	.286	3	66

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
	92	306	92	.301	2	39
	86	290	72	.248	0	19
	59	191	37	.194	0	4
	61	180	57	.317	2	29
	61	178	47	.264	0	18
	64	156	45	.288	9	32
	27	92	29	.315	0	12
	58	72	17	.236	0	13
	9	29	7	.241	0	0
	3	5	1	.200	0	0
	2	2	0	.000	0	0
	5	1	0	.000	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
	38	300.2	24	10	2.72	89
	37	268.0	21	10	2.52	48
	39	232.1	17	12	3.53	59
	27	169.1	10	12	4.41	51
	18	94.0	4	5	5.07	37
	6	50.0	5	1	2.70	20

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
	21	81.2	5	2	4.19	15
	13	33.0	0	4	6.55	13

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	1	3	0	3.92	31
	21	2	1	0	4.81	12
	14	3	1	0	4.50	16
	2	0	0	0	6.00	2
	1	0	0	0	18.00	1
	1	0	0	0	81.00	0

Awards and honors

Records

• Frankie Frisch, National League record, Most chances accepted by a second baseman, (1037).^[2]
• Frankie Frisch, National League record, Most assists by a second baseman, (641).^[2]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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External links

• 1927 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
• 1927 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hornsro01.shtml Rogers Hornsby page at Baseball Reference
2. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 93, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007