1927_Boston_Braves_season
1927 Boston Braves season
Major League Baseball team season
The 1927 Boston Braves season was the 57th season of the franchise. The Braves finished seventh in the National League with a record of 60 wins and 94 losses.
1927 Boston Braves | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Braves Field |
City | Boston, Massachusetts |
Record | 60–94 (.390) |
League place | 7th |
Owners | Emil Fuchs |
Managers | Dave Bancroft |
Radio | WNAC (Fred Hoey) |
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Pittsburgh Pirates | 94 | 60 | 0.610 | — | 48–31 | 46–29 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 92 | 61 | 0.601 | 1½ | 55–25 | 37–36 |
New York Giants | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | 2 | 49–25 | 43–37 |
Chicago Cubs | 85 | 68 | 0.556 | 8½ | 50–28 | 35–40 |
Cincinnati Reds | 75 | 78 | 0.490 | 18½ | 45–35 | 30–43 |
Brooklyn Robins | 65 | 88 | 0.425 | 28½ | 34–39 | 31–49 |
Boston Braves | 60 | 94 | 0.390 | 34 | 32–41 | 28–53 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 51 | 103 | 0.331 | 43 | 34–43 | 17–60 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 12–10 | 7–15 | 4–18 | 7–15 | 14–8 | 9–13–1 | 7–15 | |||||
Brooklyn | 10–12 | — | 7–15 | 11–10 | 10–12–1 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 8–14 | |||||
Chicago | 15–7 | 15–7 | — | 14–8 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 9–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 18–4 | 10–11 | 8–14 | — | 7–15 | 16–6 | 8–14 | 8–14 | |||||
New York | 15–7 | 12–10–1 | 12–10 | 15–7 | — | 15–7 | 11–11 | 12–10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 6–16 | 7–15 | — | 7–15–1 | 3–19 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 13–9–1 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 15–7–1 | — | 14–8 | |||||
St. Louis | 15–7 | 14–8 | 12–9 | 14–8 | 10–12 | 19–3 | 8–14 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager |
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 | Shanty Hogan | 71 | 229 | 66 | .288 | 3 | 32 |
1B | Jack Fournier | 122 | 374 | 106 | .283 | 10 | 53 |
2B | Doc Gautreau | 87 | 236 | 58 | .246 | 0 | 20 |
SS | Dave Bancroft | 111 | 375 | 91 | .243 | 1 | 31 |
3B | Andy High | 113 | 384 | 116 | .302 | 4 | 46 |
OF | Eddie Brown | 155 | 558 | 171 | .306 | 2 | 75 |
OF | Lance Richbourg | 115 | 450 | 139 | .309 | 2 | 34 |
OF | Jimmy Welsh | 131 | 497 | 143 | .288 | 9 | 54 |
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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Doc Farrell | 110 | 424 | 124 | .292 | 1 | 58 |
Eddie Moore | 112 | 411 | 124 | .302 | 1 | 32 |
Dick Burrus | 72 | 220 | 70 | .318 | 0 | 32 |
Jack Smith | 84 | 183 | 58 | .317 | 1 | 24 |
Frank Gibson | 60 | 167 | 37 | .222 | 0 | 19 |
Luke Urban | 35 | 111 | 32 | .288 | 0 | 10 |
Zach Taylor | 30 | 96 | 23 | .240 | 1 | 14 |
Herb Thomas | 24 | 74 | 17 | .230 | 0 | 6 |
Leslie Mann | 29 | 66 | 17 | .258 | 0 | 6 |
Earl Clark | 13 | 44 | 12 | .273 | 0 | 3 |
Sid Graves | 7 | 20 | 5 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
Dinny McNamara | 11 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Cooney | 10 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
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Bob Smith | 40 | 260.2 | 10 | 18 | 3.76 | 81 |
Kent Greenfield | 27 | 190.0 | 11 | 14 | 3.84 | 59 |
Charlie Robertson | 28 | 154.1 | 7 | 17 | 4.72 | 49 |
Hugh McQuillan | 13 | 78.0 | 3 | 5 | 5.54 | 17 |
Larry Benton | 11 | 60.1 | 4 | 2 | 4.48 | 25 |
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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Joe Genewich | 40 | 181.0 | 11 | 8 | 3.83 | 38 |
Johnny Werts | 42 | 164.1 | 4 | 10 | 4.55 | 39 |
Foster Edwards | 29 | 92.0 | 2 | 8 | 4.99 | 37 |
Hal Goldsmith | 22 | 71.2 | 1 | 3 | 3.52 | 13 |
Guy Morrison | 11 | 34.1 | 1 | 2 | 4.46 | 6 |
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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George Mogridge | 20 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3.70 | 26 |
Art Mills | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.82 | 7 |
Bunny Hearn | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.26 | 5 |
Jack Knight | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 0 |
Dick Rudolph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
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