1927 Philadelphia Athletics season

1927 Philadelphia Athletics
1927 Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Record	91–63 (.591)
League place	2nd
Owners	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Managers	Connie Mack
	← 1926 1928 →

The 1927 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the As finishing second in the American League with a record of 91 wins and 63 losses.

Offseason

December 23, 1926: Eddie Collins was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[1]
February 8, 1927: Ty Cobb was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[2]

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	—

1927 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

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	Mickey Cochrane	126	432	146	.338	12	80
1B	Jimmy Dykes	121	417	135	.324	3	60
2B	Max Bishop	117	372	103	.277	0	22
SS	Joe Boley	118	370	115	.311	1	52
3B	Sammy Hale	131	501	157	.313	5	81
OF	Ty Cobb	134	490	175	.357	5	93
OF	Al Simmons	106	406	159	.392	15	108
OF	Walter French	109	326	99	.304	0	41

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
Bill Lamar	84	324	97	.299	4	47
Zach Wheat	88	247	80	.324	1	38
Eddie Collins	95	226	76	.336	1	15
Chick Galloway	77	181	48	.265	0	22
Cy Perkins	59	137	35	.255	1	15
Jimmie Foxx	61	130	42	.323	3	20
Jim Poole	38	99	22	.222	0	10
Dud Branom	30	94	22	.234	0	13
Charlie Bates	9	38	9	.237	0	2
Baby Doll Jacobson	17	35	8	.229	1	5
Rusty Saunders	5	15	2	.133	0	2
Joe Mellana	4	7	2	.286	0	2

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Lefty Grove	51	262.1	20	13	3.19	174
Rube Walberg	46	249.1	16	12	3.93	136
Jack Quinn	34	201.1	15	10	3.26	43
Howard Ehmke	30	189.2	12	10	4.22	68
Guy Cantrell	2	18.0	0	2	5.00	7

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Eddie Rommel	30	146.2	11	3	4.36	33
Sam Gray	37	133.1	9	6	4.59	49
Neal Baker	5	17.1	0	0	5.71	3
Buzz Wetzel	2	4.2	0	0	7.71	0

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Joe Pate	32	0	3	6	5.20	14
Jing Johnson	17	4	2	0	3.48	16
Lefty Willis	15	3	1	0	5.67	7
Ike Powers	11	1	1	0	4.50	3
Jimmy Dykes	2	0	0	1	4.50	0
Carroll Yerkes	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	Bill Clymer

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Buffalo^[5]

↑ "Eddie Collins Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
↑ "Ty Cobb Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
↑ "1927 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
↑ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.51, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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