1927 Detroit Tigers season

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.

1927 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Frank Navin
Manager(s)George Moriarty
Local televisionnone
Local radioWWJ (AM)
(Ty Tyson)
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Outfielder Harry Heilmann won his fourth American League batting title with a .398 batting average.[1]

Offseason

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]

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 11044 0.714 — 57–19 53–25
Philadelphia Athletics 9163 0.591 19 50–27 41–36
Washington Senators 8569 0.552 25 51–28 34–41
Detroit Tigers 8271 0.536 27½ 44–32 38–39
Chicago White Sox 7083 0.458 39½ 38–37 32–46
Cleveland Indians 6687 0.431 43½ 35–42 31–45
St. Louis Browns 5994 0.386 50½ 38–38 21–56
Boston Red Sox 51103 0.331 59 29–49 22–54

Record vs. opponents
1927 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —11–1115–75–174–186–166–164–18
Chicago 11–11—8–1413–85–178–1415–710–12
Cleveland 7–1514–8—7–1510–1210–1210–118–14
Detroit 17–58–1315–7—8–149–1314–8–111–11–2
New York 18–417–512–1014–8—14–8–121–114–8
Philadelphia 16–614–812–1013–98–14–1—16–612–10
St. Louis 16–67–1511–108–14–11–216–16—10–12–1
Washington 18–412–1014–811–11–28–1410–1212–10–1—

Roster
1927 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CLarry Woodall8824669.280039
1BLu Blue11236595.260142
2BCharlie Gehringer133508161.317461
SSJackie Tavener116419115.274559
3BJack Warner139559149.267145
OFHeinie Manush151593177.298690
OFHarry Heilmann141505201.39814120
OFBob Fothergill143527189.3599114

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
Marty McManus10836999.268969
Johnny Neun7920466.324027
Johnny Bassler8120057.285024
Al Wingo7513732.234020
Art Ruble569115.165011
Merv Shea348515.17609
Bernie DeViveiros24225.22702
Clyde Manion100.00000

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
Earl Whitehill4123616143.3695
Sam Gibson33184.211123.8076
Rip Collins30172.21374.6937
Josh Billings1067544.8418
Rufus Smith18003.382

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
Lil Stoner3821510133.9863
Ken Holloway36183.111124.0736
Ownie Carroll311721063.9841
Ed Wells820016.755

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
George Smith294103.9132
Don Hankins202126.3310
Jess Doyle70008.035
Jim Walkup20005.400
Augie Johns10009.001

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Fort Worth Panthers Texas League Jake Atz
C Wheeling Stogies Middle Atlantic League Bobby Prysock

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Notes
  1. "1927 American League Batting Leaders". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
  2. Bobby LaMotte page at Baseball Reference
  3. Ty Cobb page at Baseball Reference
  4. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats8.shtml
  5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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