1927 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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1927  Pittsburgh Pirates
National League champions
League National League
Ballpark Forbes Field
City Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1]
Owners Barney Dreyfuss
Managers Donie Bush
  1926 Seasons 1928  

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).

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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 with a 2.47 ERA on his way to a 19–8 record.

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9460.61048314629
St. Louis Cardinals 9261.60155253736
New York Giants 9262.597249254337
Chicago Cubs 8568.55650283540
Cincinnati Reds 7578.49018½45353043
Brooklyn Robins 6588.42528½34393149
Boston Braves 6094.3903432412853
Philadelphia Phillies 51103.3314334431760

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSBRCHCCINNYGPHIPITSTL
Boston 12–107–154–187–1514–89–13–17–15
Brooklyn 10–127–1511–1010–12–111–118–148–14
Chicago 15–715–714–810–1213–99–139–12
Cincinnati 18–410–118–147–1516–68–148–14
New York 15–712–10–112–1015–715–711–1112–10
Philadelphia 8–1411–119–136–167–157–15–13–19
Pittsburgh 13–9–114–813–914–811–1115–7–114–8
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)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 12@ Reds 2–1Kremer (1–0)Donohue37,7581–0
2April 14@ Reds 6–2Meadows (1–0)Mays4,0002–0
3April 15@ Reds 10–6Mahaffey (1–0)RixeyMorrison (1)3–0
4April 16@ Cubs 2–5BushHill (0–1)13,0003–1
5April 17@ Cubs 8–3Kremer (2–0)RootMorrison (2)45,0004–1
6April 18@ Cubs 9–1Meadows (2–0)Kaufmann5–1
7April 21 Reds 3–2Kremer (3–0)Rixey33,4396–1
8April 22 Reds 3–1Meadows (3–0)Luque4,0007–1
9April 23 Reds 4–6DonohueHill (0–2)15,0007–2
10April 24@ Cardinals 1–2AlexanderAldridge (0–1)7–3
11April 25@ Cardinals 0–1HainesKremer (3–1)7–4
12April 26@ Cardinals 9–5Meadows (4–0)Sherdel8–4
13April 28 Cubs 4–16RootBush (0–1)8–5
14April 30 Cubs 4–5RoyMorrison (0–1)8–6
May: 18–6 (Home: 6–3; Away: 12–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
15May 1@ Cubs 7–6Kremer (4–1)RootMorrison (3)37,0009–6
16May 3 Cardinals 11–10Kremer (5–1)Bell3,00010–6
17May 4 Cardinals 3–8HainesCvengros (0–1)5,50010–7
18May 5 Cardinals 2–4AlexanderAldridge (0–2)5,00010–8
19May 7@ Phillies 5–6PruettKremer (5–2)18,00010–9
20May 11@ Braves 4–4 (8)10–9
21May 12@ Braves 8–7Morrison (1–1)Mogridge11–9
22May 14@ Robins 6–1Kremer (6–2)Elliott12–9
23May 15@ Robins 9–6Morrison (2–1)Ehrhardt22,00013–9
24May 16@ Robins 5–9PettyYde (0–1)13–10
25May 17@ Robins 1–2VanceHill (0–3)13–11
26May 18@ Giants 13–6Aldridge (1–2)Henry14–11
27May 20@ Giants 8–3 (12)Meadows (5–0)Greenfield15,00015–11
28May 21@ Giants 6–3Hill (1–3)McQuillan25,00016–11
29May 22@ Giants 9–4Aldridge (2–2)Grimes40,00017–11
30May 23@ Reds 8–5Morrison (3–1)May18–11
31May 24@ Reds 11–1Meadows (6–0)Donohue2,50019–11
32May 25@ Reds 2–0Hill (2–3)Mays20–11
33May 26 Cardinals 2–1Aldridge (3–2)Haines5,00021–11
34May 27 Cardinals 8–7 (10)Bush (1–1)McGraw6,00022–11
35May 28 Cardinals 6–4Meadows (7–0)Ring18,00023–11
36May 29@ Cubs 8–5Hill (3–3)Osborn30,00024–11
37May 30 Cubs 6–7 (10)KaufmannNichols (0–1)25,00024–12
38May 30 Cubs 6–5 (10)Aldridge (4–2)Blake40,00025–12
39May 31 Cubs 10–9Hill (4–3)Osborn26–12
June: 13–12 (Home: 10–8; Away: 3–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
40June 1 Phillies 4–7PruettMeadows (7–1)Carlson26–13
41June 2 Phillies 7–3Hill (5–3)Ferguson27–13
42June 3 Phillies 11–1Aldridge (5–2)Ulrich28–13
43June 6 Phillies 7–5Hill (6–3)Scott29–13
44June 7 Giants 9–6Meadows (8–1)Grimes15,00030–13
45June 8 Giants 7–8GreenfieldAldridge (5–3)Clarkson15,00030–14
46June 9 Giants 1–12FitzsimmonsBush (1–2)30–15
47June 10 Giants 13–4Hill (7–3)Clarkson31–15
48June 11 Robins 10–11PettyNichols (0–2)Vance31–16
49June 12@ Robins 10–11PlittNichols (0–3)20,00031–17
50June 13 Robins 4–3Kremer (7–2)BarnesHill (1)32–17
51June 15 Braves 7–4Hill (8–3)Robertson33–17
52June 16 Braves 6–0Meadows (9–1)Greenfield5,00034–17
53June 17 Braves 7–8MogridgeDawson (0–1)Smith34–18
54June 18 Braves 7–4Kremer (8–2)Smith35–18
55June 19@ Cubs 7–14RootHill (8–4)35–19
56June 20@ Cubs 4–0Meadows (10–1)Carlson25,00036–19
57June 21 Reds 6–7 (10)MaysMorrison (3–2)36–20
58June 22 Reds 11–9Hill (9–4)LucasAldridge (1)37–20
59June 24 Cubs 2–4RootMeadows (10–2)37–21
60June 25 Cubs 4–6CarlsonAldridge (5–4)30,00037–22
61June 26@ Cardinals 9–3Hill (10–4)Haines38–22
62June 27@ Cardinals 5–7RhemDawson (0–2)3,50038–23
63June 28@ Cardinals 9–8Cvengros (1–1)KeenHill (2)9,00039–23
64June 29@ Cardinals 9–10HainesKremer (8–3)Reinhart5,00039–24
July: 18–14 (Home: 9–4; Away: 9–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
65July 1 Reds 5–1Hill (11–4)Luque40–24
66July 2 Reds 7–6Cvengros (2–1)Nehf8,00041–24
67July 3@ Reds 4–5LucasDawson (0–3)41–25
68July 4 Cardinals 7–2Meadows (11–2)Alexander42–25
69July 4 Cardinals 6–4Hill (12–4)Ring43–25
70July 5 Cardinals 14–2Aldridge (6–4)Reinhart44–25
71July 7 Cubs 1–2 (8)CarlsonDawson (0–4)44–26
72July 8 Cubs 0–1RootMeadows (11–3)44–27
73July 9 Cubs 4–0Aldridge (7–4)Brillheart23,00045–27
74July 12@ Robins 2–1Hill (13–4)Vance46–27
75July 13@ Robins 1–2 (11)ClarkMeadows (11–4)6,00046–28
76July 14@ Robins 6–5Aldridge (8–4)Barnes47–28
77July 15@ Robins 5–2Dawson (1–4)Elliott5,00048–28
78July 16@ Phillies 10–11DecaturYde (0–2)48–29
79July 16@ Phillies 9–11ScottKremer (8–4)48–30
80July 18@ Phillies 9–7Yde (1–2)Kaufmann49–30
81July 18@ Phillies 6–5Meadows (12–4)FergusonHill (3)50–30
82July 20@ Phillies 3–4MitchellDawson (1–5)50–31
83July 20@ Phillies 6–5Hill (14–4)Sweetland51–31
84July 21@ Braves 1–2GreenfieldKremer (8–5)51–32
85July 21@ Braves 2–5SmithMiljus (0–1)51–33
86July 22@ Braves 5–2Meadows (13–4)Edwards52–33
87July 23@ Braves 2–6GreenfieldYde (1–3)52–34
88July 23@ Braves 4–3 (6)Aldridge (9–4)Wertz53–34
89July 24@ Giants 11–6Hill (15–4)Barnes54–34
90July 24@ Giants 3–9GrimesDawson (1–6)50,00054–35
91July 25@ Giants 0–1BentonKremer (8–6)54–36
92July 26 Robins 6–5Meadows (14–4)Elliott55–36
93July 27 Robins 2–1Aldridge (10–4)Vance56–36
94July 28 Robins 5–7DoakHill (15–5)Clark56–37
95July 29 Robins 4–3Dawson (2–6)Plitt57–37
96July 30 Braves 2–3 (10)GenewichMeadows (14–5)57–38
August: 14–12 (Home: 4–5; Away: 10–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
97August 1 Braves 1–4 (11)GenewichAldridge (10–5)57–39
98August 2 Braves 2–5GreenfieldHill (15–6)57–40
99August 3 Phillies 9–6Dawson (3–6)Mitchell6,50058–40
100August 4 Phillies 8–5Miljus (1–1)Pruett59–40
101August 4 Phillies 7–3Kremer (9–6)Ulrich60–40
102August 5 Phillies 7–9FergusonAldridge (10–6)Ulrich3,50060–41
103August 6 Giants 2–9FitzsimmonsHill (15–7)60–42
104August 9 Giants 7–6Hill (16–7)Fitzsimmons61–42
105August 10 Giants 3–8BentonDawson (3–7)Henry10,00061–43
106August 11@ Cardinals 1–2AlexanderAldridge (10–7)61–44
107August 12@ Cardinals 1–2 (11)HainesHill (16–8)23,94561–45
108August 13@ Cardinals 6–2Meadows (15–5)Rhem62–45
109August 14@ Cardinals 5–1Kremer (10–6)Sherdel20,00063–45
110August 16@ Giants 4–8HenryAldridge (10–8)25,00063–46
111August 17@ Giants 4–1Hill (17–8)Fitzsimmons64–46
112August 19@ Giants 9–3Meadows (16–5)Benton65–46
113August 19@ Giants 2–5GrimesKremer (10–7)30,00065–47
114August 20@ Robins 10–7Miljus (2–1)Clark7,00066–47
115August 21@ Robins 2–1Hill (18–8)Doak20,00067–47
116August 25@ Braves 1–5GreenfieldMeadows (16–6)67–48
117August 25@ Braves 8–1Kremer (11–7)Smith68–48
118August 26@ Braves 4–6RobertsonMiljus (2–2)68–49
119August 29@ Phillies 2–2 (6)68–49
120August 30@ Phillies 2–3 (10)PruettKremer (11–8)68–50
121August 30@ Phillies 12–6Miljus (3–2)Decatur69–50
122August 31@ Phillies 3–2 (13)Hill (19–8)Ulrich70–50
123August 31@ Phillies 7–2Miljus (4–2)ScottCvengros (1)71–50
September: 22–9 (Home: 17–8; Away: 5–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
124September 1 Cubs 4–3Meadows (17–6)Carlson18,00072–50
125September 2 Cardinals 5–3Kremer (12–8)Alexander73–50
126September 3 Cardinals 14–0Hill (20–8)Haines74–50
127September 4@ Reds 8–4Aldridge (11–8)Luque75–50
128September 5 Reds 6–8RixeyMiljus (4–3)75–51
129September 5 Reds 3–4DonohueMeadows (17–7)75–52
130September 6 Reds 5–0Kremer (13–8)May76–52
131September 7 Reds 5–6LucasHill (20–9)76–53
132September 9 Phillies 3–2Aldridge (12–8)Pruett77–53
133September 10 Phillies 4–0Kremer (14–8)Ulrich78–53
134September 12 Phillies 3–2Hill (21–9)Scott79–53
135September 13 Braves 6–1Meadows (18–7)Greenfield80–53
136September 13 Braves 5–4Aldridge (13–8)GenewichKremer (1)30,00081–53
137September 14 Braves 6–2Kremer (15–8)Greenfield82–53
138September 14 Braves 3–0Miljus (5–3)Robertson83–53
139September 15 Braves 2–1Hill (22–9)Smith84–53
140September 16 Braves 4–3Meadows (19–7)Wertz85–53
141September 17 Robins 2–1Aldridge (14–8)Petty86–53
142September 17 Robins 6–0Kremer (16–8)Elliott27,00087–53
143September 19 Robins 0–3VanceHill (22–10)87–54
144September 20 Robins 0–3DoakMeadows (19–8)87–55
145September 21 Robins 4–2Miljus (6–3)McWeeny6,00088–55
146September 22 Giants 5–2Kremer (17–8)Benton89–55
147September 22 Giants 1–7FitzsimmonsAldridge (14–9)40,00089–56
148September 23 Giants 5–6PlittHill (22–11)Benton18,00089–57
149September 24 Giants 1–3FitzsimmonsMeadows (19–9)40,00089–58
150September 25@ Cubs 2–1Aldridge (15–9)Bush90–58
151September 25@ Cubs 6–1Kremer (18–8)Root91–58
152September 26@ Cubs 1–0 (6)Miljus (7–3)Nehf5,00092–58
153September 27@ Cubs 2–1Kremer (19–8)Carlson3,00093–58
154September 30@ Reds 1–2LucasAldridge (15–10)2,01193–59
October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
155October 1@ Reds 9–6Miljus (8–3)Donohue94–59
156October 2@ Reds 0–1AppletonMeadows (19–10)94–60
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Detailed records

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

1927 Pittsburgh Pirates
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PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Johnny Gooch 10129175.258248
1B Joe Harris 129411134.326573
2B George Grantham 151531162.305866
SS Glenn Wright 143570160.2819105
3B Pie Traynor 149573196.3425106
OF Lloyd Waner 150629223.355227
OF Paul Waner 155623237.3809131
OF Clyde Barnhart 108360115.319354

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Kiki Cuyler 8528588.309331
Earl Smith 6618951.270525
Hal Rhyne 6216846.274017
Roy Spencer 389226.283013
Adam Comorosky 186114.23004
Heinie Groh 143510.28603
Joe Cronin 12225.22703
Fred Brickell 32216.28614
Ed Sicking 671.14303
Herman Layne 1160.00000
Dick Bartell 120.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Lee Meadows 40299.119103.4084
Carmen Hill 43277.222113.2495
Vic Aldridge 35239.115104.2586
Ray Kremer 35226.01982.4763

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Joe Dawson 2080.2374.4617
Johnny Miljus 1975.2831.9024
Mike Cvengros 2353.1213.3521
Emil Yde 927.2139.719
Roy Mahaffey 29.1107.714
Joe Bush 56.21213.501

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Johnny Morrison 233234.1921
Chet Nichols 80305.869
Don Songer 200011.571
Red Peery 10000.000

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Carmen Hill

Ray Kremer

Lee Meadows

Pie Traynor

Lloyd Waner

Paul Waner

1927 World Series

Game 1

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

Team123456789RHE
New York (A)103010000561
Pittsburgh (N)101010010492
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

Team123456789RHE
New York (A)0030000306110
Pittsburgh (N)100000010272
W: George Pipgras (1–0)  L: Vic Aldridge (0–1)

Game 3

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

Team123456789RHE
Pittsburgh (N)000000010131
New York (A)20000060x890
W: Herb Pennock (1–0)   L: Lee Meadows (0–1)
HR: NYYBabe Ruth (1)

Game 4

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

Team123456789RHE
Pittsburgh (N)1000002003101
New York (A)1000200014122
W: Wilcy Moore (1–0)   L: John Miljus (0–1)
HR: NYYBabe Ruth (2)

References

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