1927 St. Louis Cardinals season

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.

1927 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record92–61 (.601)
League place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Sam Breadon
General manager(s)Branch Rickey
Manager(s)Bob O'Farrell
Local radioKMOX
(Garnett Marks)
KFVE
(Thomas Patrick)
WIL
(William Elsworth)
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Offseason

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

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—

Roster
1927 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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
CFrank Snyder6319450.258130
1BJim Bottomley152574174.30319124
2BFrankie Frisch153617208.3371078
SSHeinie Schuble6521856.257428
3BLes Bell115390101.259965
OFChick Hafey103346114.3291863
OFTaylor Douthit130488128.262550
OFWattie Holm110419120.286366

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
Billy Southworth9230692.301239
Specs Toporcer8629072.248019
Tommy Thevenow5919137.19404
Ray Blades6118057.317229
Bob O'Farrell6117847.264018
Johnny Schulte6415645.288932
Ernie Orsatti279229.315012
Danny Clark587217.236013
Rabbit Maranville9297.24100
Bobby Schang351.20000
Homer Peel220.00000
Wally Roettger510.00000

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
Jesse Haines38300.224102.7289
Pete Alexander3726821102.5248
Bill Sherdel39232.117123.5359
Flint Rhem27169.110124.4151
Bob McGraw1894455.0737
Fred Frankhouse650512.7020

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
Art Reinhart2181.2524.1915
Jimmy Ring1333046.5513

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
Hi Bell251303.9231
Vic Keen212104.8112
Carlisle Littlejohn143104.5016
Syl Johnson20006.002
Eddie Dyer100018.001
Tony Kaufmann100081.000

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
Level Team League Manager
AA Syracuse Stars International League Burt Shotton
A Houston Buffaloes Texas League Joe Mathes
B Danville Veterans Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Everitt Booe
C Topeka Jayhawks Western Association Joe Schultz, Sr.

[3]

References
  1. 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, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  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


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