The 1927 major league baseball season began on April 12, 1927. The regular season ended on October 2, with the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 24th World Series on October 5 and ended with Game 4 on October 8. The Yankees swept the Pirates in four games, capturing their second championship in franchise history, since their previous in 1923. Going into the season, the defending World Series champions were the St. Louis Cardinals from the 1926 season.
The 1927 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the 1904 season (except for 1919) and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League.
Opening Day took place on April 12 with all but all but the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Browns playing. The final day of the regular season was on October 2. The World Series took place between October 5 and October 8.
One-year bans for players and managers found to have fixed games or to have bet on games in which the player or manager was not directly involved were implemented.[3]
A lifetime ban for anyone who bet on a game in which he was directly involved was implemented.[3]
Teams
An asterisk (*) denotes the ballpark a team played the minority of their home games at
8 tie games 5 in AL, 3 in NL), which are not factored into winning percentage or games behind (and were often replayed again) occurred throughout the season.
Set a new major-league and American League record for home runs in a season by hitting his 60th home run on September 30 against the Washington Senators. Ruth broke the previous record of 59 home runs set by himself in 1921.
During a Philadelphia Phillies home game against the St. Louis Cardinals at the Baker Bowl on May 14, parts of two sections of the lower deck extension along the right-field line collapsed due to rotted shoring timbers, triggered by an oversize gathering of people, who were seeking shelter from rain. While no one died during the collapse, one individual died of heart failure in the subsequent stampede that injured 50. The game was cut short in the 7th inning following the collapse. In a similar situation to a partial collapse in 1903, the Phillies rented from the Philadelphia Athletics at Shibe Park while repairs were being made to the old structure. The Phillies played 12 home games at Shibe Park, from May 16 to May 28, before eventually returning to the Baker Bowl on June 24 after spending nearly a month on the road.[27][28]
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