1927 Washington Senators season

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1927  Washington Senators
Washington Senators.svg
League American League
Ballpark Griffith Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
Owners Clark Griffith and William Richardson
Managers Bucky Harris
  1926 Seasons 1928  

The 1927 Washington Senators won 85 games, lost 69, and finished in third place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 110440.71457–1953–25
Philadelphia Athletics 91630.5911950–2741–36
Washington Senators 85690.5522551–2834–41
Detroit Tigers 82710.53627½44–3238–39
Chicago White Sox 70830.45839½38–3732–46
Cleveland Indians 66870.43143½35–4231–45
St. Louis Browns 59940.38650½38–3821–56
Boston Red Sox 511030.3315929–4922–54

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 11–1115–75–174–186–166–164–18
Chicago 11–118–1413–85–178–1415–710–12
Cleveland 7–1514–87–1510–1210–1210–118–14
Detroit 17–58–1315–78–149–1314–8–111–11–2
New York 18–417–512–1014–814–8–121–114–8
Philadelphia 16–614–812–1013–98–14–116–612–10
St. Louis 16–67–1511–108–14–11–216–1610–12–1
Washington 18–412–1014–811–11–28–1410–1212–10–1

Roster

1927 Washington Senators
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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 Muddy Ruel 131428132.308152
1B Joe Judge 137522161.308271
2B Bucky Harris 128475127.267155
SS Bobby Reeves 11238097.255139
3B Ossie Bluege 146503138.274166
OF Tris Speaker 141523171.327273
OF Goose Goslin 148581194.33413120
OF Sam Rice 142603179.297265

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Earl McNeely 7318551.276016
Topper Rigney 4513236.273013
Bennie Tate 6113141.313124
Stuffy Stewart 5612931.24004
Sam West 386716.23906
Buddy Myer 155111.21607
Babe Ganzel 134821.438113
Grant Gillis 10368.22202
Jackie Hayes 10297.24102
Ollie Tucker 20245.20808
Nick Cullop 15235.21701
Eddie Onslow 9184.22201
Johnny Berger 9154.26701
Red Barnes 3114.36400
Mickey O'Neil 560.00000
Buddy Dear 210.00000
Lefty Atkinson 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Hod Lisenbee 39242.01893.57105
Sloppy Thurston 29205.113134.4738
Bump Hadley 30198.21462.8560
Walter Johnson 18107.2565.1048
Tom Zachary 15102.2473.9413

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Firpo Marberry 56155.11074.6474
Bobby Burke 36100.0323.9620
General Crowder 1567.1474.5422
George Murray 718.0117.005
Dick Coffman 516.0013.385
Stan Coveleski 514.1213.143
Paul Hopkins 29.0105.005

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Garland Braxton 58109132.9596
Dick Jones 200021.601
Clay Van Alstyne 20003.000
Ralph Judd 10016.752

Notes

  1. Sloppy Thurston page at Baseball-Reference
  2. Tris Speaker page at Baseball Reference

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