1927_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season

1927 Pittsburgh Pirates
1927 Pittsburgh Pirates
National League Champions
League	National League
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers	Donie Bush

1927 Pittsburgh Pirates season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates season was a season in American baseball. That year, the Pirates won the National League pennant, which was their second in three years and their last until 1960. The team included five future Hall of Famers: Paul Waner, Lloyd Waner, Pie Traynor, Kiki Cuyler, and 20-year-old rookie Joe Cronin (who played just 12 games).

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In the World Series, however, Pittsburgh was no match for the New York Yankees. They were swept in four games.

Regular season

Paul Waner had one of his best seasons en route to being voted NL MVP. His .380 batting average and 131 RBI paced the entire circuit. Younger brother Lloyd and Traynor finished third and fifth in the batting race, respectively. Pitcher Ray Kremer won the ERA title with a 2.47 ERA on his way to a 19–8 record.

Game log

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1927 Game Log: 94–60 (Home: 48–31; Away: 46–29)

April: 8–6 (Home: 2–3; Away: 6–3)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 12	@ Reds	2–1	Kremer (1–0)	Donohue	—	37,758	1–0
2	April 14	@ Reds	6–2	Meadows (1–0)	Mays	—	4,000	2–0
3	April 15	@ Reds	10–6	Mahaffey (1–0)	Rixey	Morrison (1)	—	3–0
4	April 16	@ Cubs	2–5	Bush	Hill (0–1)	—	13,000	3–1
5	April 17	@ Cubs	8–3	Kremer (2–0)	Root	Morrison (2)	45,000	4–1
6	April 18	@ Cubs	9–1	Meadows (2–0)	Kaufmann	—	—	5–1
7	April 21	Reds	3–2	Kremer (3–0)	Rixey	—	33,439	6–1
8	April 22	Reds	3–1	Meadows (3–0)	Luque	—	4,000	7–1
9	April 23	Reds	4–6	Donohue	Hill (0–2)	—	15,000	7–2
10	April 24	@ Cardinals	1–2	Alexander	Aldridge (0–1)	—	—	7–3
11	April 25	@ Cardinals	0–1	Haines	Kremer (3–1)	—	—	7–4
12	April 26	@ Cardinals	9–5	Meadows (4–0)	Sherdel	—	—	8–4
13	April 28	Cubs	4–16	Root	Bush (0–1)	—	—	8–5
14	April 30	Cubs	4–5	Roy	Morrison (0–1)	—	—	8–6

May: 18–6 (Home: 6–3; Away: 12–3)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
15	May 1	@ Cubs	7–6	Kremer (4–1)	Root	Morrison (3)	37,000	9–6
16	May 3	Cardinals	11–10	Kremer (5–1)	Bell	—	3,000	10–6
17	May 4	Cardinals	3–8	Haines	Cvengros (0–1)	—	5,500	10–7
18	May 5	Cardinals	2–4	Alexander	Aldridge (0–2)	—	5,000	10–8
19	May 7	@ Phillies	5–6	Pruett	Kremer (5–2)	—	18,000	10–9
20	May 11	@ Braves	4–4 (8)			—	—	10–9
21	May 12	@ Braves	8–7	Morrison (1–1)	Mogridge	—	—	11–9
22	May 14	@ Robins	6–1	Kremer (6–2)	Elliott	—	—	12–9
23	May 15	@ Robins	9–6	Morrison (2–1)	Ehrhardt	—	22,000	13–9
24	May 16	@ Robins	5–9	Petty	Yde (0–1)	—	—	13–10
25	May 17	@ Robins	1–2	Vance	Hill (0–3)	—	—	13–11
26	May 18	@ Giants	13–6	Aldridge (1–2)	Henry	—	—	14–11
27	May 20	@ Giants	8–3 (12)	Meadows (5–0)	Greenfield	—	15,000	15–11
28	May 21	@ Giants	6–3	Hill (1–3)	McQuillan	—	25,000	16–11
29	May 22	@ Giants	9–4	Aldridge (2–2)	Grimes	—	40,000	17–11
30	May 23	@ Reds	8–5	Morrison (3–1)	May	—	—	18–11
31	May 24	@ Reds	11–1	Meadows (6–0)	Donohue	—	2,500	19–11
32	May 25	@ Reds	2–0	Hill (2–3)	Mays	—	—	20–11
33	May 26	Cardinals	2–1	Aldridge (3–2)	Haines	—	5,000	21–11
34	May 27	Cardinals	8–7 (10)	Bush (1–1)	McGraw	—	6,000	22–11
35	May 28	Cardinals	6–4	Meadows (7–0)	Ring	—	18,000	23–11
36	May 29	@ Cubs	8–5	Hill (3–3)	Osborn	—	30,000	24–11
37	May 30	Cubs	6–7 (10)	Kaufmann	Nichols (0–1)	—	25,000	24–12
38	May 30	Cubs	6–5 (10)	Aldridge (4–2)	Blake	—	40,000	25–12
39	May 31	Cubs	10–9	Hill (4–3)	Osborn	—	—	26–12

June: 13–12 (Home: 10–8; Away: 3–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
40	June 1	Phillies	4–7	Pruett	Meadows (7–1)	Carlson	—	26–13
41	June 2	Phillies	7–3	Hill (5–3)	Ferguson	—	—	27–13
42	June 3	Phillies	11–1	Aldridge (5–2)	Ulrich	—	—	28–13
43	June 6	Phillies	7–5	Hill (6–3)	Scott	—	—	29–13
44	June 7	Giants	9–6	Meadows (8–1)	Grimes	—	15,000	30–13
45	June 8	Giants	7–8	Greenfield	Aldridge (5–3)	Clarkson	15,000	30–14
46	June 9	Giants	1–12	Fitzsimmons	Bush (1–2)	—	—	30–15
47	June 10	Giants	13–4	Hill (7–3)	Clarkson	—	—	31–15
48	June 11	Robins	10–11	Petty	Nichols (0–2)	Vance	—	31–16
49	June 12	@ Robins	10–11	Plitt	Nichols (0–3)	—	20,000	31–17
50	June 13	Robins	4–3	Kremer (7–2)	Barnes	Hill (1)	—	32–17
51	June 15	Braves	7–4	Hill (8–3)	Robertson	—	—	33–17
52	June 16	Braves	6–0	Meadows (9–1)	Greenfield	—	5,000	34–17
53	June 17	Braves	7–8	Mogridge	Dawson (0–1)	Smith	—	34–18
54	June 18	Braves	7–4	Kremer (8–2)	Smith	—	—	35–18
55	June 19	@ Cubs	7–14	Root	Hill (8–4)	—	—	35–19
56	June 20	@ Cubs	4–0	Meadows (10–1)	Carlson	—	25,000	36–19
57	June 21	Reds	6–7 (10)	Mays	Morrison (3–2)	—	—	36–20
58	June 22	Reds	11–9	Hill (9–4)	Lucas	Aldridge (1)	—	37–20
59	June 24	Cubs	2–4	Root	Meadows (10–2)	—	—	37–21
60	June 25	Cubs	4–6	Carlson	Aldridge (5–4)	—	30,000	37–22
61	June 26	@ Cardinals	9–3	Hill (10–4)	Haines	—	—	38–22
62	June 27	@ Cardinals	5–7	Rhem	Dawson (0–2)	—	3,500	38–23
63	June 28	@ Cardinals	9–8	Cvengros (1–1)	Keen	Hill (2)	9,000	39–23
64	June 29	@ Cardinals	9–10	Haines	Kremer (8–3)	Reinhart	5,000	39–24

July: 18–14 (Home: 9–4; Away: 9–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
65	July 1	Reds	5–1	Hill (11–4)	Luque	—	—	40–24
66	July 2	Reds	7–6	Cvengros (2–1)	Nehf	—	8,000	41–24
67	July 3	@ Reds	4–5	Lucas	Dawson (0–3)	—	—	41–25
68	July 4	Cardinals	7–2	Meadows (11–2)	Alexander	—	—	42–25
69	July 4	Cardinals	6–4	Hill (12–4)	Ring	—	—	43–25
70	July 5	Cardinals	14–2	Aldridge (6–4)	Reinhart	—	—	44–25
71	July 7	Cubs	1–2 (8)	Carlson	Dawson (0–4)	—	—	44–26
72	July 8	Cubs	0–1	Root	Meadows (11–3)	—	—	44–27
73	July 9	Cubs	4–0	Aldridge (7–4)	Brillheart	—	23,000	45–27
74	July 12	@ Robins	2–1	Hill (13–4)	Vance	—	—	46–27
75	July 13	@ Robins	1–2 (11)	Clark	Meadows (11–4)	—	6,000	46–28
76	July 14	@ Robins	6–5	Aldridge (8–4)	Barnes	—	—	47–28
77	July 15	@ Robins	5–2	Dawson (1–4)	Elliott	—	5,000	48–28
78	July 16	@ Phillies	10–11	Decatur	Yde (0–2)	—	—	48–29
79	July 16	@ Phillies	9–11	Scott	Kremer (8–4)	—	—	48–30
80	July 18	@ Phillies	9–7	Yde (1–2)	Kaufmann	—	—	49–30
81	July 18	@ Phillies	6–5	Meadows (12–4)	Ferguson	Hill (3)	—	50–30
82	July 20	@ Phillies	3–4	Mitchell	Dawson (1–5)	—	—	50–31
83	July 20	@ Phillies	6–5	Hill (14–4)	Sweetland	—	—	51–31
84	July 21	@ Braves	1–2	Greenfield	Kremer (8–5)	—	—	51–32
85	July 21	@ Braves	2–5	Smith	Miljus (0–1)	—	—	51–33
86	July 22	@ Braves	5–2	Meadows (13–4)	Edwards	—	—	52–33
87	July 23	@ Braves	2–6	Greenfield	Yde (1–3)	—	—	52–34
88	July 23	@ Braves	4–3 (6)	Aldridge (9–4)	Wertz	—	—	53–34
89	July 24	@ Giants	11–6	Hill (15–4)	Barnes	—	—	54–34
90	July 24	@ Giants	3–9	Grimes	Dawson (1–6)	—	50,000	54–35
91	July 25	@ Giants	0–1	Benton	Kremer (8–6)	—	—	54–36
92	July 26	Robins	6–5	Meadows (14–4)	Elliott	—	—	55–36
93	July 27	Robins	2–1	Aldridge (10–4)	Vance	—	—	56–36
94	July 28	Robins	5–7	Doak	Hill (15–5)	Clark	—	56–37
95	July 29	Robins	4–3	Dawson (2–6)	Plitt	—	—	57–37
96	July 30	Braves	2–3 (10)	Genewich	Meadows (14–5)	—	—	57–38

August: 14–12 (Home: 4–5; Away: 10–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
97	August 1	Braves	1–4 (11)	Genewich	Aldridge (10–5)	—	—	57–39
98	August 2	Braves	2–5	Greenfield	Hill (15–6)	—	—	57–40
99	August 3	Phillies	9–6	Dawson (3–6)	Mitchell	—	6,500	58–40
100	August 4	Phillies	8–5	Miljus (1–1)	Pruett	—	—	59–40
101	August 4	Phillies	7–3	Kremer (9–6)	Ulrich	—	—	60–40
102	August 5	Phillies	7–9	Ferguson	Aldridge (10–6)	Ulrich	3,500	60–41
103	August 6	Giants	2–9	Fitzsimmons	Hill (15–7)	—	—	60–42
104	August 9	Giants	7–6	Hill (16–7)	Fitzsimmons	—	—	61–42
105	August 10	Giants	3–8	Benton	Dawson (3–7)	Henry	10,000	61–43
106	August 11	@ Cardinals	1–2	Alexander	Aldridge (10–7)	—	—	61–44
107	August 12	@ Cardinals	1–2 (11)	Haines	Hill (16–8)	—	23,945	61–45
108	August 13	@ Cardinals	6–2	Meadows (15–5)	Rhem	—	—	62–45
109	August 14	@ Cardinals	5–1	Kremer (10–6)	Sherdel	—	20,000	63–45
110	August 16	@ Giants	4–8	Henry	Aldridge (10–8)	—	25,000	63–46
111	August 17	@ Giants	4–1	Hill (17–8)	Fitzsimmons	—	—	64–46
112	August 19	@ Giants	9–3	Meadows (16–5)	Benton	—	—	65–46
113	August 19	@ Giants	2–5	Grimes	Kremer (10–7)	—	30,000	65–47
114	August 20	@ Robins	10–7	Miljus (2–1)	Clark	—	7,000	66–47
115	August 21	@ Robins	2–1	Hill (18–8)	Doak	—	20,000	67–47
116	August 25	@ Braves	1–5	Greenfield	Meadows (16–6)	—	—	67–48
117	August 25	@ Braves	8–1	Kremer (11–7)	Smith	—	—	68–48
118	August 26	@ Braves	4–6	Robertson	Miljus (2–2)	—	—	68–49
119	August 29	@ Phillies	2–2 (6)			—	—	68–49
120	August 30	@ Phillies	2–3 (10)	Pruett	Kremer (11–8)	—	—	68–50
121	August 30	@ Phillies	12–6	Miljus (3–2)	Decatur	—	—	69–50
122	August 31	@ Phillies	3–2 (13)	Hill (19–8)	Ulrich	—	—	70–50
123	August 31	@ Phillies	7–2	Miljus (4–2)	Scott	Cvengros (1)	—	71–50

September: 22–9 (Home: 17–8; Away: 5–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
124	September 1	Cubs	4–3	Meadows (17–6)	Carlson	—	18,000	72–50
125	September 2	Cardinals	5–3	Kremer (12–8)	Alexander	—	—	73–50
126	September 3	Cardinals	14–0	Hill (20–8)	Haines	—	—	74–50
127	September 4	@ Reds	8–4	Aldridge (11–8)	Luque	—	—	75–50
128	September 5	Reds	6–8	Rixey	Miljus (4–3)	—	—	75–51
129	September 5	Reds	3–4	Donohue	Meadows (17–7)	—	—	75–52
130	September 6	Reds	5–0	Kremer (13–8)	May	—	—	76–52
131	September 7	Reds	5–6	Lucas	Hill (20–9)	—	—	76–53
132	September 9	Phillies	3–2	Aldridge (12–8)	Pruett	—	—	77–53
133	September 10	Phillies	4–0	Kremer (14–8)	Ulrich	—	—	78–53
134	September 12	Phillies	3–2	Hill (21–9)	Scott	—	—	79–53
135	September 13	Braves	6–1	Meadows (18–7)	Greenfield	—	—	80–53
136	September 13	Braves	5–4	Aldridge (13–8)	Genewich	Kremer (1)	30,000	81–53
137	September 14	Braves	6–2	Kremer (15–8)	Greenfield	—	—	82–53
138	September 14	Braves	3–0	Miljus (5–3)	Robertson	—	—	83–53
139	September 15	Braves	2–1	Hill (22–9)	Smith	—	—	84–53
140	September 16	Braves	4–3	Meadows (19–7)	Wertz	—	—	85–53
141	September 17	Robins	2–1	Aldridge (14–8)	Petty	—	—	86–53
142	September 17	Robins	6–0	Kremer (16–8)	Elliott	—	27,000	87–53
143	September 19	Robins	0–3	Vance	Hill (22–10)	—	—	87–54
144	September 20	Robins	0–3	Doak	Meadows (19–8)	—	—	87–55
145	September 21	Robins	4–2	Miljus (6–3)	McWeeny	—	6,000	88–55
146	September 22	Giants	5–2	Kremer (17–8)	Benton	—	—	89–55
147	September 22	Giants	1–7	Fitzsimmons	Aldridge (14–9)	—	40,000	89–56
148	September 23	Giants	5–6	Plitt	Hill (22–11)	Benton	18,000	89–57
149	September 24	Giants	1–3	Fitzsimmons	Meadows (19–9)	—	40,000	89–58
150	September 25	@ Cubs	2–1	Aldridge (15–9)	Bush	—	—	90–58
151	September 25	@ Cubs	6–1	Kremer (18–8)	Root	—	—	91–58
152	September 26	@ Cubs	1–0 (6)	Miljus (7–3)	Nehf	—	5,000	92–58
153	September 27	@ Cubs	2–1	Kremer (19–8)	Carlson	—	3,000	93–58
154	September 30	@ Reds	1–2	Lucas	Aldridge (15–10)	—	2,011	93–59

October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
155	October 1	@ Reds	9–6	Miljus (8–3)	Donohue	—	—	94–59
156	October 2	@ Reds	0–1	Appleton	Meadows (19–10)	—	—	94–60

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

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From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.

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v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1927 National League record v t e Sources:
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	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Johnny Gooch	101	291	75	.258	2	48
1B	Joe Harris	129	411	134	.326	5	73
2B	George Grantham	151	531	162	.305	8	66
SS	Glenn Wright	143	570	160	.281	9	105
3B	Pie Traynor	149	573	196	.342	5	106
OF	Lloyd Waner	150	629	223	.355	2	27
OF	Paul Waner	155	623	237	.380	9	131
OF	Clyde Barnhart	108	360	115	.319	3	54

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Joe Dawson	20	80.2	3	7	4.46	17
Johnny Miljus	19	75.2	8	3	1.90	24
Mike Cvengros	23	53.1	2	1	3.35	21
Emil Yde	9	27.2	1	3	9.71	9
Roy Mahaffey	2	9.1	1	0	7.71	4
Joe Bush	5	6.2	1	2	13.50	1

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Johnny Morrison	23	3	2	3	4.19	21
Chet Nichols	8	0	3	0	5.86	9
Don Songer	2	0	0	0	11.57	1
Red Peery	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

1927_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season

1927 Pittsburgh Pirates season

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Detailed records

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

1927 World Series

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

References

External links

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Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Kiki Cuyler	85	285	88	.309	3	31
Earl Smith	66	189	51	.270	5	25
Hal Rhyne	62	168	46	.274	0	17
Roy Spencer	38	92	26	.283	0	13
Adam Comorosky	18	61	14	.230	0	4
Heinie Groh	14	35	10	.286	0	3
Joe Cronin	12	22	5	.227	0	3
Fred Brickell	32	21	6	.286	1	4
Ed Sicking	6	7	1	.143	0	3
Herman Layne	11	6	0	.000	0	0
Dick Bartell	1	2	0	.000	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Lee Meadows	40	299.1	19	10	3.40	84
Carmen Hill	43	277.2	22	11	3.24	95
Vic Aldridge	35	239.1	15	10	4.25	86
Ray Kremer	35	226.0	19	8	2.47	63

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	6	1
Pittsburgh (N)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	9	2
W: Waite Hoyt (1–0) L: Ray Kremer (0–1), S: Wilcy Moore (1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	11	0
Pittsburgh (N)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	2
W: George Pipgras (1–0) L: Vic Aldridge (0–1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1
New York (A)	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	x	8	9	0
W: Herb Pennock (1–0) L: Lee Meadows (0–1)
HR: NYY – Babe Ruth (1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (N)	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	10	1
New York (A)	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	4	12	2
W: Wilcy Moore (1–0) L: John Miljus (0–1)
HR: NYY – Babe Ruth (2)