1927 Brooklyn Robins season

1927  Brooklyn Robins
League	National League
Ballpark	Ebbets Field
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company
President	Wilbert Robinson
Managers	Wilbert Robinson
←  1926 1928  →

The 1927 Brooklyn Robins had another bad year. They tied a National League record on May 21 by using five pitchers in the eighth inning.

Offseason

• January 9, 1927: Burleigh Grimes was traded by the Robins to the New York Giants as part of a three-team trade. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Butch Henline to the Robins and George Harper to the Giants. The Giants sent Jack Scott and Fresco Thompson to the Phillies. ^[1]
• March 29, 1927: Mickey O'Neil was purchased from the Robins by the Washington Senators. ^[2]

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	—

Notable transactions

• May 3, 1927: Bob McGraw was traded by the Robins to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jake Flowers. ^[3]

Roster

1927 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers Jesse Barnes Guy Cantrell Watty Clark Bill Doak Rube Ehrhardt Jumbo Elliott Bob McGraw Doug McWeeny Ray Moss Jesse Petty Norman Plitt Dazzy Vance		Catchers Hank DeBerry Charlie Hargreaves Butch Henline Infielders Bob Barrett Johnny Butler Chuck Corgan Jake Flowers Babe Herman William Marriott Jay Partridge		Outfielders Max Carey Gus Felix Harvey Hendrick Merwin Jacobson Irish Meusel Oscar Roettger Jigger Statz Overton Tremper Other batters Chick Fewster		Manager Wilbert Robinson Coaches Otto Miller

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	Hank DeBerry	68	201	47	.234	1	21
1B	Babe Herman	130	412	112	.272	14	73
2B	Jay Partridge	146	572	149	.260	7	40
3B	Bob Barrett	99	355	92	.259	5	38
SS	Johnny Butler	149	521	124	.238	2	57
OF	Max Carey	144	538	143	.266	1	54
OF	Jigger Statz	130	507	139	.274	1	21
OF	Gus Felix	130	445	118	.265	0	57

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
Harvey Hendrick	128	458	142	.310	4	50
Jake Flowers	67	231	54	.234	2	20
Butch Henline	67	177	47	.266	1	18
Charlie Hargreaves	46	133	38	.286	0	11
Irish Meusel	42	74	18	.243	1	7
Overton Tremper	26	60	14	.233	0	4
Chuck Corgan	19	57	15	.263	0	1
William Marriott	6	9	1	.111	0	1
Merwin Jacobson	11	6	0	.000	0	1
Oscar Roettger	5	4	0	.000	0	0
Chick Fewster	4	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
Dazzy Vance	34	273.1	16	15	2.70	184
Jesse Petty	42	271.2	13	18	2.98	101
Jumbo Elliott	30	188.1	6	13	3.30	99
Bill Doak	27	145.0	11	8	3.48	32
Ray Moss	1	8.1	1	0	3.24	1
Bob McGraw	1	4.0	0	1	9.00	2

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
Doug McWeeny	34	164.1	4	8	3.56	73
Jesse Barnes	18	78.2	2	10	5.72	14
Norman Plitt	19	62.1	2	6	4.91	9

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
Rube Ehrhardt	46	3	7	2	3.57	22
Watty Clark	27	7	2	2	2.32	32
Guy Cantrell	6	0	0	0	2.70	5

Notes

1. Burleigh Grimes page at Baseball Reference
2. Mickey O'Neill page at Baseball Reference
3. Bob McGraw page at Baseball Reference

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page
• Retrosheet

External links

• 1927 Brooklyn Robins uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine