1927 Detroit Tigers season

1927  Detroit Tigers
League	American League
Ballpark	Navin Field
City	Detroit, Michigan
Owners	Frank Navin
Managers	George Moriarty
Radio	WWJ (AM) (Ty Tyson)
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The 1927 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the American League, and they finished in fourth place.

Outfielder Harry Heilmann won his fourth American League batting title with a .398 batting average. ^[1]

Offseason

• January 15, 1927: Otto Miller, Billy Mullen, Frank O'Rourke and Lefty Stewart were traded by the Tigers to the St. Louis Browns for Pinky Hargrave, Marty McManus and Bobby LaMotte. ^[2]
• January 27, 1927: Ty Cobb was released by the Tigers. ^[3]

Regular season

• May 31, 1927: Johnny Neun of the Tigers executed an unassisted triple play. Neun caught a line drive, tagged the runner off first base and tagged second base before the other runner returned. ^[4]

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 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Josh Billings Ownie Carroll Rip Collins Jess Doyle Sam Gibson Don Hankins Ken Holloway Augie Johns George Smith Rufus Smith Lil Stoner Jim Walkup Ed Wells Earl Whitehill		Catchers Johnny Bassler Merv Shea Larry Woodall Infielders Lu Blue Bernie DeViveiros Charlie Gehringer Marty McManus Johnny Neun Jackie Tavener Jack Warner		Outfielders Bob Fothergill Harry Heilmann Heinie Manush Art Ruble Al Wingo Other batters Clyde Manion		Manager George Moriarty Coaches Lefty Leifield

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	Larry Woodall	88	246	69	.280	0	39
1B	Lu Blue	112	365	95	.260	1	42
2B	Charlie Gehringer	133	508	161	.317	4	61
SS	Jackie Tavener	116	419	115	.274	5	59
3B	Jack Warner	139	559	149	.267	1	45
OF	Heinie Manush	151	593	177	.298	6	90
OF	Harry Heilmann	141	505	201	.398	14	120
OF	Bob Fothergill	143	527	189	.359	9	114

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
Marty McManus	108	369	99	.268	9	69
Johnny Neun	79	204	66	.324	0	27
Johnny Bassler	81	200	57	.285	0	24
Al Wingo	75	137	32	.234	0	20
Art Ruble	56	91	15	.165	0	11
Merv Shea	34	85	15	.176	0	9
Bernie DeViveiros	24	22	5	.227	0	2
Clyde Manion	1	0	0	----	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
Earl Whitehill	41	236.0	16	14	3.36	95
Sam Gibson	33	184.2	11	12	3.80	76
Rip Collins	30	172.2	13	7	4.69	37
Josh Billings	10	67.0	5	4	4.84	18
Rufus Smith	1	8.0	0	0	3.38	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
Lil Stoner	38	215.0	10	13	3.98	63
Ken Holloway	36	183.1	11	12	4.07	36
Ownie Carroll	31	172.0	10	6	3.98	41
Ed Wells	8	20.0	0	1	6.75	5

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
George Smith	29	4	1	0	3.91	32
Don Hankins	20	2	1	2	6.33	10
Jess Doyle	7	0	0	0	8.03	5
Jim Walkup	2	0	0	0	5.40	0
Augie Johns	1	0	0	0	9.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Fort Worth Panthers	Texas League	Jake Atz
C	Wheeling Stogies	Middle Atlantic League	Bobby Prysock

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Notes

1. "1927 American League Batting Leaders". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
2. Bobby LaMotte page at Baseball Reference
3. Ty Cobb page at Baseball Reference
4. "Unassisted Triple Plays | Baseball Almanac".
5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• Baseball portal

• 1927 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference