1927 St. Louis Browns season

1927  St. Louis Browns
League	American League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	59–94 (.386)
League place	7th
Owners	Phil Ball
Managers	Dan Howley
Radio	KMOX (Garnett Marks)
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The 1927 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 59 wins and 94 losses.

Offseason

• January 15, 1927: Pinky Hargrave, Marty McManus and Bobby LaMotte were traded by the Browns to the Detroit Tigers for Otto Miller, Billy Mullen, Frank O'Rourke and Lefty Stewart. ^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	110	44	0.714	—	57–19	53–25
Philadelphia Athletics	91	63	0.591	19	50–27	41–36
Washington Senators	85	69	0.552	25	51–28	34–41
Detroit Tigers	82	71	0.536	27½	44–32	38–39
Chicago White Sox	70	83	0.458	39½	38–37	32–46
Cleveland Indians	66	87	0.431	43½	35–42	31–45
St. Louis Browns	59	94	0.386	50½	38–38	21–56
Boston Red Sox	51	103	0.331	59	29–49	22–54

Record vs. opponents

1927 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	11–11	15–7	5–17	4–18	6–16	6–16	4–18
Chicago	11–11	—	8–14	13–8	5–17	8–14	15–7	10–12
Cleveland	7–15	14–8	—	7–15	10–12	10–12	10–11	8–14
Detroit	17–5	8–13	15–7	—	8–14	9–13	14–8–1	11–11–2
New York	18–4	17–5	12–10	14–8	—	14–8–1	21–1	14–8
Philadelphia	16–6	14–8	12–10	13–9	8–14–1	—	16–6	12–10
St. Louis	16–6	7–15	11–10	8–14–1	1–21	6–16	—	10–12–1
Washington	18–4	12–10	14–8	11–11–2	8–14	10–12	12–10–1	—

Roster

1927 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Win Ballou Boom-Boom Beck George Blaeholder Stew Bolen Alvin Crowder Chet Falk Milt Gaston Sam Jones Ernie Nevers Lefty Stewart Elam Vangilder Ernie Wingard Jim Wright Tom Zachary		Catchers Leo Dixon Steve O'Neill Wally Schang Infielders Spencer Adams Wally Gerber Red Kress Ski Melillo Otto Miller Frank O'Rourke George Sisler Guy Sturdy		Outfielders Herschel Bennett Bing Miller Harry Rice Fred Schulte Ken Williams		Manager Dan Howley

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	Wally Schang	97	264	84	.318	5	42
1B	George Sisler	149	614	201	.327	5	97
2B	Ski Melillo	107	356	80	.225	0	26
SS	Wally Gerber	142	438	98	.224	0	45
3B	Frank O'Rourke	140	538	144	.268	1	39
OF	Harry Rice	137	520	149	.287	7	68
OF	Bing Miller	143	492	160	.325	5	75
OF	Ken Williams	131	423	136	.322	17	74

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
Spencer Adams	88	259	69	.266	0	29
Herschel Bennett	93	256	68	.266	3	30
Steve O'Neill	74	191	44	.230	1	22
Fred Schulte	60	189	60	.317	3	34
Leo Dixon	36	103	20	.194	0	12
Otto Miller	51	76	17	.224	0	8
Red Kress	7	23	7	.304	1	3
Guy Sturdy	5	21	9	.429	0	5

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
Milt Gaston	37	254.0	13	17	5.00	77
Sad Sam Jones	30	189.2	8	14	4.32	72
Lefty Stewart	27	155.2	8	11	4.28	43
Tom Zachary	13	78.1	4	6	4.37	13
George Blaeholder	1	9.0	0	1	5.00	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
Elam Vangilder	44	203.0	10	12	4.79	62
Ernie Wingard	38	156.1	2	13	6.56	28
Ernie Nevers	27	94.2	3	8	4.94	22
Win Ballou	21	90.1	5	6	4.78	17
General Crowder	21	73.2	3	5	5.01	30
Jim Wright	2	12.0	1	0	4.50	4
Boom-Boom Beck	3	11.1	1	0	5.56	6
Stew Bolen	3	9.2	0	1	8.38	7

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
Chet Falk	9	1	0	0	5.74	2

Notes

1. Bobby LaMotte page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1927 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1927 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com