1927 New York Yankees season

The 1927 New York Yankees season was the 25th season of the New York Yankees of the American League. The team finished with a record of 110–44–1, winning their fifth pennant and finishing 19 games ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics and were tied for first or better for the whole season.[1] New York was managed by Miller Huggins. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the 1927 World Series, they won, sweeping the Pittsburgh Pirates. This Yankees team was known for its feared lineup, which was nicknamed "Murderers' Row", and is widely considered to be the greatest baseball team in MLB history.[2][3][4]

1927 New York Yankees
1927 World Series Champions
1927 American League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record110–44 (.714)
League place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Colonel Jacob Ruppert
General manager(s)Ed Barrow
Manager(s)Miller Huggins
Local televisionnone
Local radionone
< Previous season     Next season >

Regular season
Yankee Stadium in 1927.

The Yankees' 110 victories broke the previous American League mark of 105 (set by the 1912 Boston Red Sox) and would stand as the American League single-season record until it was broken by the Cleveland Indians in 1954. But counting their World Series sweep, the 1927 Yankees had a total record of 114–44 --- which is still the all-time highest single-season winning percentage (.721) in American League history. The 1998 Yankees, who also won their World Series in a sweep, are second with a full-season mark of 125-50 (.714).

This was the first year the Yankees acknowledged their team nickname on their uniforms, albeit their road uniforms. Their home uniforms remained free of any kind of logo except for the "NY" on their caps.

The roster included nine future Hall of Famers: Pitchers Herb Pennock and Waite Hoyt, Infielders Lou Gehrig and Tony Lazzeri, outfielders Babe Ruth and Earle Combs, Manager Miller Huggins, Team President Ed Barrow and Owner Colonel Jacob Ruppert.

Babe Ruth

With the race long since decided, the nation's attention turned to Babe Ruth's pursuit of his own home run mark of 59, set in 1921. Early in the season, Ruth expressed doubts about his chances: "I don't suppose I'll ever break that 1921 record. To do that, you've got to start early, and the pitchers have got to pitch to you. I don't start early, and the pitchers haven't really pitched to me in four seasons. I get more bad balls to hit than any other five men...and fewer good ones." Ruth was also being challenged for his slugger's crown by teammate Lou Gehrig, who nudged ahead of Ruth's total in midseason, prompting the New York World-Telegram to anoint Gehrig the favorite. But Ruth caught Gehrig (who would finish with 47), and then had a remarkable last leg of the season, hitting 17 home runs in September. His 60th came on September 30, in the Yankees' next-to-last game against the Washington Senators at Yankee Stadium, where he hit a 2-run home run in the 8th inning off of Tom Zachary, where they won the game 4-2. Ruth was exultant, shouting after the game, "Sixty, count 'em, sixty! Let's see some other son of a bitch match that!"[5] In later years, he would give Gehrig some credit: "Pitchers began pitching to me because if they passed me they still had Lou to contend with." In addition to his career-high 60 home runs, Ruth batted .356, drove in 164 runs and slugged .772.

Babe Ruth's 60 home runs
HR Date Pitcher Threw Team Location Result Score Inning Type of HR
1April 15, 1927Howard Ehmke Right Philadelphia Athletics Yankee Stadium Won 6-3 Bottom of the 1st Solo
2April 23, 1927Rube Walberg Left Philadelphia Athletics Shibe Park Lost 3-4 Top of the 1st Solo
3April 24, 1927Sloppy Thurston Right Washington Senators Griffith Stadium Won 6-2 Top of the 6th Solo
4April 29, 1927Slim Harriss Right Boston Red Sox Fenway Park Won 9-0 Top of the 5th Solo
5May 1, 1927Jack Quinn Right Philadelphia Athletics Yankee Stadium Won 7-3 Bottom of the 1st 2-Run HR
6May 1, 1927Rube Walberg Left Philadelphia Athletics Yankee Stadium Won 7-3 (2nd HR) Bottom of the 8th Solo
7May 10, 1927Milt Gaston Right St. Louis Browns Sportsman's Park Won 8-7 Top of the 1st 3-Run HR
8May 11, 1927Ernie Nevers Right St. Louis Browns Sportsman's Park Won 4-2 Top of the 1st 2-Run HR
9May 17, 1927Rip Collins Right Detroit Tigers Navin Field Won 9-2 Top of the 8th Solo
10May 22, 1927Benn Karr Right Cleveland Indians Dunn Field Won 9-2 Top of the 6th 2-Run HR
11May 23, 1927Sloppy Thurston Right Washington Senators Griffith Stadium Lost 2-3 Top of the 1st Solo
12May 28, 1927Sloppy Thurston Right Washington Senators Yankee Stadium Won 1st Game 9-2 Bottom of the 7th 3-Run HR
13May 29, 1927Danny MacFayden Right Boston Red Sox Yankee Stadium Won 15-7 Bottom of the 8th Solo
14May 30, 1927Rube Walberg Left Philadelphia Athletics Shibe Park Won 2nd Game 6-5 in extra innings Top of the 11th Solo
15May 31, 1927Jack Quinn Right Philadelphia Athletics Shibe Park Won 1st Game 10-3 Top of the 1st 2-Run HR
16May 31, 1927Howard Ehmke Right Philadelphia Athletics Shibe Park Won 2nd Game 18-5 Top of the 5h 2-Run HR
17June 5, 1927Earl Whitehill Left Detroit Tigers Yankee Stadium Won 5-3 Bottom of the 6th Solo
18June 7, 1927Tommy Thomas Right Chicago White Sox Yankee Stadium Won 4-1 Bottom of the 4th Solo
19June 11, 1927Garland Buckeye Left Cleveland Indians Yankee Stadium Won 6-4 Bottom of the 3rd 2-Run HR
20June 11, 1927Garland Buckeye Left Cleveland Indians Yankee Stadium Won 6-4 (2nd HR) Bottom of the 5th Solo
21June 12, 1927George Uhle Right Cleveland Indians Yankee Stadium Lost 7-8 Bottom of the 7th Solo
22June 16, 1927Tom Zachary Left St. Louis Browns Yankee Stadium Won 8-1 Bottom of the 1st 2-Run HR
23June 22, 1927Hal Wiltse Left Boston Red Sox Fenway Park Won 1st Game 7-4 Top of the 5th Solo
24June 22, 1927Hal Wiltse Left Boston Red Sox Fenway Park Won 1st Game 7-4 (2nd HR) Top of the 7th 2-Run HR
25June 30, 1927Slim Harriss Right Boston Red Sox Yankee Stadium Won 13-6 Bottom of the 4th 2-Run HR
26July 3, 1927Hod Lisenbee Right Washington Senators Griffith Stadium Lost 5-6 Top of the 1st Solo
27July 8, 1927Don Hankins Right Detroit Tigers Navin Field Won 2nd Game 10-8 Top of the 2nd 3-Run HR (Inside The Park)
28July 9, 1927Ken Holloway Right Detroit Tigers Navin Field Won 1st Game 19-7 Top of the 1st 2-Run HR
29July 9, 1927Ken Holloway Right Detroit Tigers Navin Field Won 1st Game 19-7 (2nd HR) Top of the 4th 3-Run HR
30July 12, 1927Joe Shaute Left Cleveland Indians Dunn Field Won 7-0 Top of the 9th 2-Run HR
31July 24, 1927Tommy Thomas Right Chicago White Sox Comiskey Park Won 3-2 Top of the 3rd Solo
32July 26, 1927Milt Gaston Right St. Louis Browns Yankee Stadium Won 1st Game 15-1 Bottom of the 1st 2-Run HR
33July 26, 1927Milt Gaston Right St. Louis Browns Yankee Stadium Won 1st Game 15-1 (2nd HR) Bottom of the 6th Solo
34July 28, 1927Lefty Stewart Left St. Louis Browns Yankee Stadium Won 9-4 Bottom of the 8th 2-Run HR
35August 5, 1927George Smith Right Detroit Tigers Yankee Stadium Won 5-2 Bottom of the 8th Solo
36August 10, 1927Tom Zachary Left Washington Senators Griffith Stadium Won 4-3 Top of the 3rd 3-Run HR
37August 16, 1927Tommy Thomas Right Chicago White Sox Comiskey Park Won 8-1 Top of the 5th Solo
38August 17, 1927Sarge Connally Right Chicago White Sox Comiskey Park Won 3-2 in extra innings Top of the 11th Solo
39August 20, 1927Jake Miller Left Cleveland Indians Dunn Field Lost 8-14 Top of the 1st 2-Run HR
40August 22, 1927Joe Shaute Left Cleveland Indians Dunn Field Lost 4-9 Top of the 1st Solo
41August 27, 1927Ernie Nevers Right St. Louis Browns Sportsman's Park Won 14-4 Top of the 8th 2-Run HR
42August 28, 1927Ernie Wingard Left St. Louis Browns Sportsman's Park Won 10-6 Top of the 1st 2-Run HR
43August 31, 1927Tony Welzer Right Boston Red Sox Yankee Stadium Won 10-3 Bottom of the 8th Solo
44September 2, 1927Rube Walberg Left Philadelphia Athletics Shibe Park Won 12-2 Top of the 1st Solo
45September 6, 1927Tony Welzer Right Boston Red Sox Fenway Park Won 1st Game 14-2 Top of the 6th 3-Run HR
46September 6, 1927Tony Welzer Right Boston Red Sox Fenway Park Won 1st Game 14-2 (2nd HR) Top of the 7th 2-Run HR
47September 6, 1927Jack Russell Right Boston Red Sox Fenway Park Lost 2nd Game 2-5 Top of the 9th Solo
48September 7, 1927Danny MacFayden Right Boston Red Sox Fenway Park Won 12-10 Top of the 1st Solo
49September 7, 1927Slim Harriss Right Boston Red Sox Fenway Park Won 12-10 (2nd HR) Top of the 8th 2-Run HR
50September 11, 1927Milt Gaston Right St. Louis Browns Yankee Stadium Lost 2-6 Bottom of the 4th Solo
51September 13, 1927Willis Hudlin Right Cleveland Indians Yankee Stadium Won 1st Game 5-3 Bottom of the 7th 2-Run HR
52September 13, 1927Joe Shaute Left Cleveland Indians Yankee Stadium Won 2nd Game 5-3 Bottom of the 4th Solo
53September 16, 1927Ted Blankenship Right Chicago White Sox Yankee Stadium Won 7-2 Bottom of the 3rd Solo
54September 18, 1927Ted Lyons Right Chicago White Sox Yankee Stadium Won 2nd Game 5-4 Bottom of the 5th 2-Run HR
55September 21, 1927Sam Gibson Right Detroit Tigers Yankee Stadium Lost 1-6 Bottom of the 9th Solo
56September 22, 1927Ken Holloway Right Detroit Tigers Yankee Stadium Won 8-7 Bottom of the 9th 2-Run HR
57September 27, 1927Lefty Grove Left Philadelphia Athletics Yankee Stadium Won 7-4 Bottom of the 6th Grand Slam
58September 29, 1927Hod Lisenbee Right Washington Senators Yankee Stadium Won 15-4 Bottom of the 1st Solo
59September 29, 1927Paul Hopkins Right Washington Senators Yankee Stadium Won 15-4 (2nd HR) Bottom of the 5th Grand Slam
60September 30, 1927Tom Zachary Left Washington Senators Yankee Stadium Won 4-2 Bottom of the 8th 2-Run HR

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 11044 0.714 — 57–19 53–25
Philadelphia Athletics 9163 0.591 19 50–27 41–36
Washington Senators 8569 0.552 25 51–28 34–41
Detroit Tigers 8271 0.536 27½ 44–32 38–39
Chicago White Sox 7083 0.458 39½ 38–37 32–46
Cleveland Indians 6687 0.431 43½ 35–42 31–45
St. Louis Browns 5994 0.386 50½ 38–38 21–56
Boston Red Sox 51103 0.331 59 29–49 22–54

Record vs. opponents
1927 American League Records

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

Roster
1927 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers
  • Benny Bengough
  • Pat Collins
  • Johnny Grabowski

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CPat Collins9225169.275736
1BLou Gehrig155584218.37347175
2BTony Lazzeri153570176.30918102
3BJoe Dugan112387104.269243
SSMark Koenig123526150.285362
OFEarle Combs152648231.356664
OFBabe Ruth151540192.35660164
OFBob Meusel135516174.3378103

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
Johnny Grabowski7019554.277025
Ray Morehart7319550.256120
Cedric Durst6512932.248025
Mike Gazella5411532.27809
Benny Bengough318521.247010
Ben Paschal508226.317216
Julie Wera384210.23818

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
Waite Hoyt36256.12272.6386
Herb Pennock34209.21983.0051
Urban Shocker31200.01862.8435
Dutch Ruether27184.01363.3845
George Pipgras29166.11034.1181

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
Wilcy Moore50213.01972.2875
Myles Thomas2188.2744.8725

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
Bob Shawkey192342.8923
Joe Giard160008.0010
Walter Beall10009.000

1927 World Series
Main article: 1927 World Series
Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(NYY-PIT)

 Attendance
1 October 5 New York Yankees 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 4 1–0 41,467
2 October 6 New York Yankees 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 2 2–0 41,634
3 October 7 Pittsburgh Pirates 1 New York Yankees 8 3–0 60,695
4 October 8 Pittsburgh Pirates 3 New York Yankees 4 4–0 57,909
New York Yankees win 4–0

Awards and honors

Since a voter could select only one player per team, two good candidates from the same team could find their votes split and both of their chances of winning hurt. In addition, the clause prohibiting repeat winners led to unusual results like Babe Ruth's 1927 (one of the greatest offensive seasons of all time) not being eligible for the award. As The New York Times wrote in 1925, "[T]he purpose, of course, is to pass the honor around, but the effect is to pass an empty honor around."[6]

League leaders

Franchise records
  • Earle Combs, Yankees single season record, triples in a season (23)

In 2016, ESPN announced 1927: The Diary of Myles Thomas, part of a new genre of storytelling known as "real-time historical fiction."[8] The core of the project is a historical novel in the form of a diary of Myles Thomas, written by Douglas Alden, complemented by a wealth of fact-based content from the season, all published along the same timeline as the events unfolded almost 90 years ago. Through Myles Thomas's diary entries, additional essays and real-time social-media components (including Twitter[9]) "re-living" that famous Yankees season, the goal is to explore the rarefied nexus of baseball, jazz and Prohibition — defining elements of the remarkable world that existed in 1927. The diary runs the length of the full 1927 season, from April 13 through October 10, 1927.[10]

Notes
  1. "1927 New York Yankees Schedule".
  2. "Tom Verducci's Top 10 Teams of All Time". SportsIllustrated.com https://www.si.com/mlb/photos/2010/03/30tom-verduccis-top-10-teams-of-all-time/1
  3. "The Best Major League Baseball Team Ever from 1902–2005". BaseballAlmanac.com. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/articles/best_major_league_teams_ever.shtml
  4. Bryson, Bill (2013), One Summer: America 1927, Doubleday, ISBN 978-0767919401, OCLC 841198242
  5. Creamer, Robert W. (1974). Babe: The Legend Comes to Life. Holtzman Press. p. 400. ISBN 978-0671760700. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  6. "Review-The Week In Sports-Outlook". (September 28, 1925). The New York Times, Sports, p. 17.
  7. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.98, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  8. 1927: The Diary of Myles Thomas
  9. 1927: The Diary of Myles Thomas on Twitter
  10. About the Diary of Myles Thomas

References
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.