1927 Boston Braves season

1927  Boston Braves
League	National League
Ballpark	Braves Field
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	60–94 (.390)
League place	7th
Owners	Emil Fuchs
Managers	Dave Bancroft
Radio	WNAC (Fred Hoey)
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The 1927 Boston Braves season was the 57th season of the franchise. The Braves finished seventh in the National League with a record of 60 wins and 94 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	94	60	0.610	—	48–31	46–29
St. Louis Cardinals	92	61	0.601	1½	55–25	37–36
New York Giants	92	62	0.597	2	49–25	43–37
Chicago Cubs	85	68	0.556	8½	50–28	35–40
Cincinnati Reds	75	78	0.490	18½	45–35	30–43
Brooklyn Robins	65	88	0.425	28½	34–39	31–49
Boston Braves	60	94	0.390	34	32–41	28–53
Philadelphia Phillies	51	103	0.331	43	34–43	17–60

Record vs. opponents

1927 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	12–10	7–15	4–18	7–15	14–8	9–13–1	7–15
Brooklyn	10–12	—	7–15	11–10	10–12–1	11–11	8–14	8–14
Chicago	15–7	15–7	—	14–8	10–12	13–9	9–13	9–12
Cincinnati	18–4	10–11	8–14	—	7–15	16–6	8–14	8–14
New York	15–7	12–10–1	12–10	15–7	—	15–7	11–11	12–10
Philadelphia	8–14	11–11	9–13	6–16	7–15	—	7–15–1	3–19
Pittsburgh	13–9–1	14–8	13–9	14–8	11–11	15–7–1	—	14–8
St. Louis	15–7	14–8	12–9	14–8	10–12	19–3	8–14	—

Roster

1927 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Larry Benton Foster Edwards Joe Genewich Hal Goldsmith Kent Greenfield Bunny Hearn Jack Knight Hugh McQuillan Art Mills George Mogridge Guy Morrison Charlie Robertson Dick Rudolph Bob Smith Johnny Werts		Catchers Frank Gibson Shanty Hogan Zack Taylor Luke Urban Infielders Dave Bancroft Dick Burrus Doc Farrell Jack Fournier Doc Gautreau Andy High Eddie Moore Herb Thomas		Outfielders Eddie Brown Earl Clark Sid Graves Les Mann Dinny McNamara Lance Richbourg Jack Smith Jimmy Welsh Other batters Johnny Cooney		Manager Dave Bancroft

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	Shanty Hogan	71	229	66	.288	3	32
1B	Jack Fournier	122	374	106	.283	10	53
2B	Doc Gautreau	87	236	58	.246	0	20
SS	Dave Bancroft	111	375	91	.243	1	31
3B	Andy High	113	384	116	.302	4	46
OF	Eddie Brown	155	558	171	.306	2	75
OF	Lance Richbourg	115	450	139	.309	2	34
OF	Jimmy Welsh	131	497	143	.288	9	54

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
Doc Farrell	110	424	124	.292	1	58
Eddie Moore	112	411	124	.302	1	32
Dick Burrus	72	220	70	.318	0	32
Jack Smith	84	183	58	.317	1	24
Frank Gibson	60	167	37	.222	0	19
Luke Urban	35	111	32	.288	0	10
Zach Taylor	30	96	23	.240	1	14
Herb Thomas	24	74	17	.230	0	6
Leslie Mann	29	66	17	.258	0	6
Earl Clark	13	44	12	.273	0	3
Sid Graves	7	20	5	.250	0	2
Dinny McNamara	11	9	0	.000	0	0
Johnny Cooney	10	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
Bob Smith	40	260.2	10	18	3.76	81
Kent Greenfield	27	190.0	11	14	3.84	59
Charlie Robertson	28	154.1	7	17	4.72	49
Hugh McQuillan	13	78.0	3	5	5.54	17
Larry Benton	11	60.1	4	2	4.48	25

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 Genewich	40	181.0	11	8	3.83	38
Johnny Werts	42	164.1	4	10	4.55	39
Foster Edwards	29	92.0	2	8	4.99	37
Hal Goldsmith	22	71.2	1	3	3.52	13
Guy Morrison	11	34.1	1	2	4.46	6

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 Mogridge	20	6	4	5	3.70	26
Art Mills	15	0	1	0	3.82	7
Bunny Hearn	8	0	2	0	4.26	5
Jack Knight	3	0	0	0	15.00	0
Dick Rudolph	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1927 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference