1927 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates season was a season in American baseball. That year, the Pirates won the National League pennant, which was their second in three years and their last until 1960. The team included five future Hall of Famers: Paul Waner, Lloyd Waner, Pie Traynor, Kiki Cuyler, and 20-year-old rookie Joe Cronin (who played just 12 games).

1927 Pittsburgh Pirates
1927 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)Donie Bush
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In the World Series, however, Pittsburgh was no match for the New York Yankees. They were swept in four games.

Regular season

Paul Waner had one of his best seasons en route to being voted NL MVP. His .380 batting average and 131 RBI paced the entire circuit. Younger brother Lloyd and Traynor finished third and fifth in the batting race, respectively. Pitcher Ray Kremer won the ERA title on his way to a 19–8 record.

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9460 0.610 — 48–31 46–29
St. Louis Cardinals 9261 0.601 1½ 55–25 37–36
New York Giants 9262 0.597 2 49–25 43–37
Chicago Cubs 8568 0.556 8½ 50–28 35–40
Cincinnati Reds 7578 0.490 18½ 45–35 30–43
Brooklyn Robins 6588 0.425 28½ 34–39 31–49
Boston Braves 6094 0.390 34 32–41 28–53
Philadelphia Phillies 51103 0.331 43 34–43 17–60

Record vs. opponents
1927 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —12–107–154–187–1514–89–13–17–15
Brooklyn 10–12—7–1511–1010–12–111–118–148–14
Chicago 15–715–7—14–810–1213–99–139–12
Cincinnati 18–410–118–14—7–1516–68–148–14
New York 15–712–10–112–1015–7—15–711–1112–10
Philadelphia 8–1411–119–136–167–15—7–15–13–19
Pittsburgh 13–9–114–813–914–811–1115–7–1—14–8
St. Louis 15–714–812–914–810–1219–38–14—

Game log
1927 Game Log: 94–60 (Home: 48–31; Away: 46–29)
April: 8–6 (Home: 2–3; Away: 6–3)
May: 18–6 (Home: 6–3; Away: 12–3)
June: 13–12 (Home: 10–8; Away: 3–4)
July: 18–14 (Home: 9–4; Away: 9–10)
August: 14–12 (Home: 4–5; Away: 10–7)
September: 22–9 (Home: 17–8; Away: 5–1)
October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Detailed records

Notable transactions
  • May 9, 1927: Don Songer was purchased from the Pirates by the New York Giants.[2]

Roster
1927 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
CJohnny Gooch10129175.258248
1BJoe Harris129411134.326573
2BGeorge Grantham151531162.305866
SSGlenn Wright143570160.2819105
3BPie Traynor149573196.3425106
OFLloyd Waner150629223.355227
OFPaul Waner155623237.3809131
OFClyde Barnhart108360115.319354

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
Kiki Cuyler8528588.309331
Earl Smith6618951.270525
Hal Rhyne6216846.274017
Roy Spencer389226.283013
Adam Comorosky186114.23004
Heinie Groh143510.28603
Joe Cronin12225.22703
Fred Brickell32216.28614
Ed Sicking671.14303
Herman Layne1160.00000
Dick Bartell120.00000

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
Lee Meadows40299.119103.4084
Carmen Hill43277.222113.2495
Vic Aldridge35239.115104.2586
Ray Kremer352261982.4763

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
Joe Dawson2080.2374.4617
Johnny Miljus1975.2831.9024
Mike Cvengros2353.1213.3521
Emil Yde927.2139.719
Joe Bush56.21213.501
Roy Mahaffey29.1107.714

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
Johnny Morrison233234.1921
Chet Nichols80305.869
Don Songer200011.571
Red Peery10000.000

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Carmen Hill

  • #3 in NL in wins (22)

Ray Kremer

  • NL leader in ERA (2.47)

Lee Meadows

  • NL leader in complete games (25)

Pie Traynor

  • #5 in NL in batting average (.342)

Lloyd Waner

  • NL leader in runs scored (133)
  • #3 in NL in batting average (.355)

Paul Waner

  • NL leader in batting average (.380)
  • NL leader in RBI (131)
  • NL leader in triples (18)
  • #2 in NL in on-base percentage (.437)
  • #2 in NL in doubles (42)
  • #4 in NL in runs scored (114)
  • #4 in NL in slugging percentage (.549)

1927 World Series
Main article: 1927 World Series

Game 1

October 5, 1927, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 103 010 000 561
Pittsburgh (N) 101 010 010 492
W: Waite Hoyt (1–0)  L: Ray Kremer (0–1),   S: Wilcy Moore (1)

Game 2

October 6, 1927, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 003 000 030 6110
Pittsburgh (N) 100 000 010 272
W: George Pipgras (1–0)  L: Vic Aldridge (0–1)

Game 3

October 7, 1927, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh (N) 000 000 010 131
New York (A) 200 000 60x 890
W: Herb Pennock (1–0)   L: Lee Meadows (0–1)
HR: NYY – Babe Ruth (1)

Game 4

October 8, 1927, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh (N) 100 000 200 3101
New York (A) 100 020 001 4122
W: Wilcy Moore (1–0)   L: John Miljus (0–1)
HR: NYY – Babe Ruth (2)

References
  1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
  2. Don Songer page at Baseball Reference
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