1927 Detroit Tigers season
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Owner(s) | Frank Navin |
Manager(s) | George Moriarty |
Local television | none |
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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
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | 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
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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 |
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C | Woodall, LarryLarry Woodall | 88 | 246 | 69 | .280 | 0 | 39 |
1B | Blue, LuLu Blue | 112 | 365 | 95 | .260 | 1 | 42 |
2B | Gehringer, CharlieCharlie Gehringer | 133 | 508 | 161 | .317 | 4 | 61 |
SS | Tavener, JackieJackie Tavener | 116 | 419 | 115 | .274 | 5 | 59 |
3B | Warner, JackJack Warner | 139 | 559 | 149 | .267 | 1 | 45 |
OF | Manush, HeinieHeinie Manush | 151 | 593 | 177 | .298 | 6 | 90 |
OF | Heilmann, HarryHarry Heilmann | 141 | 505 | 201 | .398 | 14 | 120 |
OF | Fothergill, BobBob 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 |
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McManus, MartyMarty McManus | 108 | 369 | 99 | .268 | 9 | 69 |
Neun, JohnnyJohnny Neun | 79 | 204 | 66 | .324 | 0 | 27 |
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 |
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Collins, RipRip Collins | 30 | 172.2 | 13 | 7 | 4.69 | 37 |
Billings, JoshJosh Billings | 10 | 67 | 5 | 4 | 4.84 | 18 |
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 |
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Carroll, OwnieOwnie Carroll | 31 | 172 | 10 | 6 | 3.98 | 41 |
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 |
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Doyle, JessJess Doyle | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.03 | 5 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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A | Fort Worth Panthers | Texas League | Jake Atz |
C | Wheeling Stogies | Middle Atlantic League | Bobby Prysock |
Notes
- ↑ "1927 American League Batting Leaders". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
- ↑ Bobby LaMotte page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Ty Cobb page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats8.shtml
- ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007