1927 Cleveland Indians season

Summary

The 1927 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 66–87, 43½ games behind the New York Yankees.

1927 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkDunn Field
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersAlva Bradley
General managersBilly Evans
ManagersJack McCallister
← 1926 Seasons 1928 →

Offseason edit

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

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 edit


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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


Notable transactions edit

Roster edit

1927 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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 Luke Sewell 128 470 138 .294 0 53
1B George Burns 140 549 175 .319 3 78
2B Lew Fonseca 112 428 133 .311 2 40
SS Joe Sewell 153 569 180 .316 1 92
3B Rube Lutzke 100 311 78 .251 0 41
OF Homer Summa 145 574 164 .286 4 74
OF Charlie Jamieson 127 489 151 .309 0 36
OF Ike Eichrodt 85 267 59 .221 0 25

Other batters edit

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 Hodapp 79 240 73 .304 5 40
Freddy Spurgeon 57 179 45 .251 1 19
Baby Doll Jacobson 32 103 26 .252 0 13
Bernie Neis 32 96 29 .302 4 18
Glenn Myatt 55 94 23 .245 2 8
Nick Cullop 32 68 16 .235 1 8
Sam Langford 20 67 18 .269 1 7
Johnny Gill 21 60 13 .217 1 4
Chick Autry 16 43 11 .256 0 7
Pat McNulty 19 41 13 .317 0 4
Carl Lind 12 37 5 .135 0 1
Dutch Ussat 4 16 3 .188 0 2
George Gerken 6 14 3 .214 0 2
Johnny Burnett 17 8 0 .000 0 0
Ernie Padgett 7 7 2 .286 0 0

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Willis Hudlin 43 264.2 18 12 4.01 65
Joe Shaute 45 230.1 9 16 4.22 63
Garland Buckeye 35 204.2 10 17 3.96 38
Jake Miller 34 185.1 10 8 3.21 53
George Uhle 25 153.1 8 9 4.34 69

Other pitchers edit

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dutch Levsen 25 80.1 3 7 5.49 15
Benn Karr 22 76.2 3 3 5.05 17
Sherry Smith 11 38.0 1 4 5.45 8
Hal McKain 2 11.0 0 1 4.09 5
Willie Underhill 4 8.1 0 2 9.72 4

Relief pitchers edit

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
George Grant 25 4 6 1 4.46 19
Jumbo Brown 8 0 2 0 6.27 8
Hap Collard 4 0 0 0 5.06 2
Nick Cullop 1 0 0 0 9.00 0
Wes Ferrell 1 0 0 0 27.00 0

Farm system edit

Level Team League Manager
B Terre Haute Tots Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Bob Wells

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Notes edit

  1. ^ Tris Speaker at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Bernie Neis at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References edit

  • 1927 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference