1927 New York Yankees season

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1927 New York Yankees Babe Ruth hits 60 Home Runs American League Champions World Series Champions
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Yankee Stadium (Since 1923) New York City, New York (Since 1903)
1927 Information
Owner(s)	Jacob Ruppert
Manager(s)	Miller Huggins
Local television	none
Local radio	none

The New York Yankees' 1927 season was their 25th season. The team finished with a record of 110-44, winning their fifth pennant, finishing 19 games ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they swept the Pittsburgh Pirates. This Yankee team is known popularly nowadays for their feared lineup nicknamed "Murderer's Row".

1 Regular Season
2 Game Log
3 Player stats
4 World Series
5 Babe Ruth’s 60 Home Runs
6 Awards and Records
7 References

[edit] Regular Season

The Yankees 110 victories broke the previous American League mark of 105, set by the 1912 Boston Red Sox. The Yankees' 110 wins would stand as the American League single-season record until it was broken by the Cleveland Indians in 1954.

Although the illustration accompanying this article does not show it, 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.

[edit] Babe Ruth

With the race long since decided, the nation's attention turned to Ruth's pursuit of his own home run mark of 59. 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. Ruth was exultant, shouting after the game, "Sixty, count 'em, sixty! Let's see some son-of-a-bitch match that!" 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.

[edit] Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	110	44	.714	--
Philadelphia Athletics	91	63	.591	19
Washington Senators	85	69	.552	25
Detroit Tigers	82	71	.536	27½
Chicago White Sox	70	83	.458	39½
Cleveland Indians	66	87	.431	43½
St. Louis Browns	59	94	.386	50½
Boston Red Sox	51	103	.331	59

[edit] Roster

1927 New York Yankees roster

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Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

4 Lou Gehrig

Outfielders

3 Babe Ruth

Manager

X Miller Huggins

[edit] Game Log

1927 Game Log

April

#	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	April 12	W 8-3	Philadelphia	1-0
2	April 13	W 10-4	Philadelphia	2-0
3	April 14	T 9-9	Philadelphia
4	April 15	W 6-3	Philadelphia	3-0
5	April 16	W 5-2	Boston	4-0
6	April 17	W 14-2	Boston	5-0
7	April 18	W 3-0	Boston	6-0
8	April 19	L 3-6	Boston	6-1
9	April 20	L 5-8	at Philadelphia	6-2
10	April 21	W 13-6	at Philadelphia	7-2
11	April 23	L 3-4	at Philadelphia	7-3
12	April 24	W 6-2	at Washington	8-3
13	April 25	L 4-5	Washington	8-4
14	April 29	W 9-0	at Boston	9-4
15	April 30	L 2-3	at Boston	9-5

May

#	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
16	May 1	W 7-3	Philadelphia	10-5
17	May 2	W 9-6	at Washington	11-5
18	May 3	W 6-4	at Washington	12-5
19	May 4	L 4-7	at Washington	12-6
20	May 5	L 1-6	at Washington	12-7
21	May 7	W 8-0	at Chicago	13-7
22	May 8	W 9-0	at Chicago	14-7
23	May 9	L 1-2(10)	at Chicago	14-8
24	May 10	W 8-7	at St. Louis	15-8
25	May 11	W 4-2	at St. Louis	16-8
26	May 12	W 4-3	at St. Louis	17-8
27	May 13	W 3-1	at St. Louis	18-8
28	May 16	W 6-2	at Detroit	19-8
29	May 17	W 9-2	at Detroit	20-8
30	May 19	W 4-3	at Cleveland	21-8
31	May 20	L 1-2	at Cleveland	21-9
32	May 21	L 4-5(12)	at Cleveland	21-10
33	May 22	W 7-2	at Cleveland	22-10
34	May 23	L 2-3	at Washington	22-11
35	May 27	L 2-7	Washington	22-12
36	May 27	W 5-0	Washington	23-12
37	May 28	W 8-2	Washington	24-12
38	May 28	L 2-3	Washington	24-13
39	May 29	W 15-7	Boston	25-13
40	May 30	L 8-9	at Philadelphia	25-14
41	May 30	W 6-5(11)	at Philadelphia	26-14
42	May 31	W 10-3	at Philadelphia	27-14
43	May 31	W 18-5	at Philadelphia	28-14

June

#	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
44	June 1	W 2-1	at Philadelphia	29-14
45	June 2	W 2-0	Detroit	30-14
46	June 3	L 1-3	Detroit	30-15
47	June 5	W 5-3	Detroit	31-15
48	June 7	W 4-1	Chicago	32-15
49	June 8	W 12-11(11)	Chicago	33-15
50	June 9	W 8-3	Chicago	34-15
51	June 10	L 2-4	Chicago	34-16
52	June 11	W 6-4	Cleveland	35-16
53	June 12	L 7-8	Cleveland	35-17
54	June 13	W 14-6	Cleveland	36-17
55	June 16	W 8-1	St. Louis	37-17
56	June 17	W 3-2	St. Louis	38-17
57	June 18	W 8-4	St. Louis	39-17
58	June 21	W 7-3	at Boston	40-17
59	June 21	W 7-1	at Boston	41-17
60	June 22	W 7-4	at Boston	42-17
61	June 22	W 3-2	at Boston	43-17
62	June 23	W 11-4	at Boston	44-17
63	June 25	L 6-7	Philadelphia	44-18
64	June 25	L 2-4	Philadelphia	44-19
65	June 26	L 2-4	Philadelphia	44-20
66	June 26	W 7-3	Philadelphia	45-20
67	June 27	W 6-2	Philadelphia	46-20
68	June 28	W 9-8	Philadelphia	47-20
69	June 29	W 8-2	Boston	48-20
70	June 30	W 13-6	Boston	49-20

July

#	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
71	July 1	W 7-4	Boston	50-20
72	July 2	W 3-2	Boston	51-20
73	July 3	L 5-6	at Washington	51-21
74	July 4	W 12-1	Washington	52-21
75	July 4	W 21-1	Washington	53-21
76	July 5	W 7-6	Washington	54-21
77	July 8	L 8-11	at Detroit	54-22
78	July 8	W 10-8	at Detroit	55-22
79	July 9	W 19-7	at Detroit	56-22
80	July 9	L 4-14(7)	at Detroit	56-23
81	July 10	L 3-6	at Detroit	56-24
82	July 11	W 8-5	at Detroit	57-24
83	July 12	W 7-0	at Cleveland	58-24
84	July 13	W 5-3	at Cleveland	59-24
85	July 14	L 1-4	at Cleveland	59-25
86	July 15	W 10-9	at Cleveland	60-25
87	July 16	W 5-2	at St. Louis	61-25
88	July 17	W 5-4	at St. Louis	62-25
89	July 18	W 10-6	at St. Louis	63-25
90	July 19	W 6-1	at St. Louis	64-25
91	July 21	W 4-1	at Chicago	65-25
92	July 22	L 5-7	at Chicago	65-26
93	July 23	W 5-2	at Chicago	66-26
94	July 24	W 3-2	at Chicago	67-26
95	July 26	W 15-1	St. Louis	68-26
96	July 26	W 12-3	St. Louis	69-26
97	July 27	W 4-1	St. Louis	70-26
98	July 28	W 9-4	St. Louis	71-26
99	July 29	L 4-6	Cleveland	71-27
100	July 30	W 7-3	Cleveland	72-27
101	July 30	W 5-0	Cleveland	73-27

August

#	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
102	August 1	L 1-2(6)	Cleveland	73-28
103	August 3	L 5-6	Detroit	73-29
104	August 3	W 8-6	Detroit	74-29
105	August 4	L 2-6	Detroit	74-30
106	August 5	W 5-2	Detroit	75-30
107	August 6	L 3-6	Chicago	75-31
108	August 7	W 4-3	Chicago	76-31
109	August 9	L 1-8	at Philadelphia	76-32
110	August 10	W 4-3	at Washington	77-32
111	August 11	L 2-3(11)	at Washington	77-33
112	August 13	W 6-3	at Washington	78-33
113	August 14	W 6-2	at Washington	79-33
114	August 16	W 8-1	at Chicago	80-33
115	August 17	W 3-2(11)	at Chicago	81-33
116	August 18	W 5-4(12)	at Chicago	82-33
117	August 19	L 2-3	at Chicago	82-34
118	August 20	L 8-14	at Cleveland	82-35
119	August 21	L 4-7	at Cleveland	82-36
120	August 22	L 4-9	at Cleveland	82-37
121	August 24	W 9-5	at Detroit	83-37
122	August 25	W 8-2	at Detroit	84-37
123	August 26	W 8-6	at Detroit	85-37
124	August 27	W 14-4	at St. Louis	86-37
125	August 28	W 10-6	at St. Louis	87-37
126	August 29	W 8-3	at St. Louis	88-37
127	August 31	W 10-3	Boston	89-37

September

#	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
128	September 2	W 12-2	at Philadelphia	90-37
129	September 3	L 0-1	at Philadelphia	90-38
130	September 5	L 11-12(18)	at Boston	90-39
131	September 5	W 5-0(5)	at Boston	91-39
132	September 6	W 14-2	at Boston	92-39
133	September 6	L 2-5	at Boston	92-40
134	September 7	W 12-10	at Boston	93-40
135	September 8	W 2-1	St. Louis	94-40
136	September 9	W 9-3	St. Louis	95-40
137	September 10	W 1-0	St. Louis	96-40
138	September 11	L 2-6	St. Louis	96-41
139	September 13	W 5-3	Cleveland	97-41
140	September 13	W 5-3	Cleveland	98-41
141	September 14	W 4-1	Cleveland	99-41
142	September 15	L 2-3	Cleveland	99-42
143	September 16	W 7-2	Chicago	100-42
144	September 17	W 3-2	Chicago	101-42
145	September 17	W 8-1	Chicago	102-42
146	September 18	W 2-1	Chicago	103-42
147	September 18	W 5-1	Chicago	104-42
148	September 21	L 1-6	Detroit	104-43
149	September 22	W 8-7	Detroit	105-43
150	September 24	W 6-0	Detroit	106-43
151	September 25	L 1-6	Detroit	106-44
152	September 27	W 7-4	Philadelphia	107-44
153	September 29	W 15-4	Washington	108-44
154	September 30	W 4-2	Washington	109-44

October

#	Date	Score	Opponent	Stadium	Record
155	October 1	W 4-3	Washington		110-44

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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
Pat Collins	92	251	69	.275	7	36
Earle Combs	152	648	231	.356	6	64
Joe Dugan	112	387	104	.269	2	43
Lou Gehrig	155	584	218	.373	47	175
Mark Koenig	123	526	150	.285	3	62
Tony Lazzeri	153	570	176	.309	18	102
Bob Meusel	135	516	174	.337	8	103
Babe Ruth	151	540	192	.356	60	164

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Benny Bengough	31	85	21	.247	0	10
Cedric Durst	65	129	32	.248	0	25
Mike Gazella	54	115	32	.278	0	9
Johnny Grabowski	70	195	54	.277	0	25
Ray Morehart	73	195	50	.256	1	20
Ben Paschal	50	82	26	.317	2	16
Julie Wera	38	42	10	.238	1	8

[edit] 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 Hoyt	36	256.3	22	7	2.63	86
Herb Pennock	34	209.7	19	8	3.00	51
George Pipgras	29	166.3	10	3	4.11	81
Dutch Ruether	27	184	13	6	3.38	45
Urban Shocker	31	200	18	6	2.84	35

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Walter Beall	1	1	0	0	9.00	0

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Joe Giard	16	0	0	0	8.00	10
Wilcy Moore	50	19	7	13	2.28	75
Bob Shawkey	19	2	3	4	2.89	23
Myles Thomas	21	7	4	0	4.87	25

[edit] 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

[edit] Babe Ruth’s 60 Home Runs

Home Run	Date	Pitcher
1	04-15-1927	Howard Ehmke
2	04-23-1927	Rube Walberg
3	04-24-1927	Sloppy Thurston
4	04-29-1927	Slim Harriss
5	05-01-1927	Jack Quinn
6	05-01-1927	Rube Walberg
7	05-10-1927	Milt Gaston
8	05-11-1927	Ernie Nevers
9	05-17-1927	Rip Collins
10	05-22-1927	Benn Karr
11	05-23-1927	Sloppy Thurston
12	05-28-1927	Sloppy Thurston
13	05-29-1927	Danny MacFayden
14	05-30-1927	Rube Walberg
15	05-31-1927	Jack Quinn
16	05-31-1927	Howard Ehmke
17	06-05-1927	Earl Whitehill
18	06-07-1927	Tommy Thomas
19	06-11-1927	Garland Buckeye
20	06-11-1927	Garland Buckeye
21	06-12-1927	George Uhle
22	06-16-1927	Tom Zachary
23	06-22-1927	Hal Wiltse
24	06-22-1927	Hal Wiltse
25	06-30-1927	Slim Harriss
26	07-03-1927	Hod Lisenbee
27	07-08-1927	Don Hankins
28	07-09-1927	Ken Holloway
29	07-09-1927	Ken Holloway
30	07-12-1927	Joe Shaute
31	07-24-1927	Tommy Thomas
32	07-26-1927	Milt Gaston
33	07-27-1927	Milt Gaston
34	07-28-1927	Lefty Stewart
35	08-05-1927	George Smith
36	08-10-1927	Tom Zachary
37	08-16-1927	Tommy Thomas
38	08-17-1927	Sarge Connally
39	08-20-1927	Jake Miller
40	08-22-1927	Joe Shaute
41	08-27-1927	Ernie Nevers
42	08-28-1927	Ernie Wingard
43	08-31-1927	Tony Welzer
44	09-02-1927	Rube Walberg
45	09-06-1927	Tony Welzer
46	09-06-1927	Tony Welzer
47	09-06-1927	Jack Russell
48	09-07-1927	Danny MacFayden
49	09-07-1927	Slim Harriss
50	09-11-1927	Milt Gaston
51	09-13-1927	Willis Hudlin
52	09-13-1927	Joe Shaute
53	09-16-1927	Ted Blankenship
54	09-18-1927	Ted Lyons
55	09-21-1927	Sam Gibson
56	09-22-1927	Ken Holloway
57	09-27-1927	Lefty Grove
58	09-29-1927	Hod Lisenbee
59	09-29-1927	Paul Hopkins
60	09-30-1927	Tom Zachary

[edit] Awards and Records

Babe Ruth, Major League Baseball Home Run Champion (60)
Earle Combs, Yankees Single Season Record, Triples in a Season (23)
Lou Gehrig, American League RBI Champion, (175)
Lou Gehrig, AL MVP Award

Since a voter could only select 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." ^[1]

[edit] References

^ "Review-The Week In Sports-Outlook". (September 28, 1925). The New York Times, Sports, p. 17.

v • d • e 1927 MLB season by team

American League	Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis • Washington

National League	Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

1927 World Series

v • d • e New York Yankees 1927 World Series roster

Walter Beall \| Benny Bengough \| Pat Collins \| Earle Combs \| Joe Dugan \| Cedric Durst \| Mike Gazella \| Lou Gehrig \| Joe Giard \| Johnny Grabowski \| Waite Hoyt \| Mark Koenig \| Tony Lazzeri \| Wilcy Moore \| Ray Morehart \| Bob Meusel \| Ben Paschal \| Herb Pennock \| George Pipgras \| Dutch Ruether \| Babe Ruth \| Bob Shawkey \| Urban Shocker \| Myles Thomas \| Julie Wera Manager: Miller Huggins

v • d • e New York Yankees

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Important Figures	Jack Chesbro • Jacob Ruppert • Miller Huggins • Babe Ruth • Lou Gehrig • Waite Hoyt • Herb Pennock • Earle Combs • Tony Lazzeri • Bill Dickey • Red Ruffing • Lefty Gomez • Joe McCarthy • Joe DiMaggio • Phil Rizzuto • Vic Raschi • Allie Reynolds • Yogi Berra • Don Larsen • Casey Stengel • Whitey Ford • Mickey Mantle • Bobby Richardson • Moose Skowron • Elston Howard • Roger Maris • Joe Pepitone • Roy White • Bobby Murcer • Thurman Munson • Catfish Hunter • Graig Nettles • Billy Martin • Ron Guidry • Willie Randolph • Reggie Jackson • Rich Gossage • Dave Righetti • Dave Winfield • Don Mattingly • Bernie Williams • Paul O'Neill • Andy Pettitte • David Cone • Joe Torre • Derek Jeter • Mariano Rivera • Tino Martinez • Jorge Posada • David Wells • Scott Brosius • Roger Clemens • Alex Rodriguez •

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Key Personnel	Owners: George Steinbrenner • Hal Steinbrenner • Hank Steinbrenner • General Manager: Brian Cashman • Manager: Joe Girardi

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New York Yankees managers

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New York Yankees (1913-present)
Chance • Peckinpaugh • Donovan • Huggins • Fletcher • Shawkey • McCarthy • Neun • Dickey • Harris • Stengel • Houk • Berra • Keane • Houk • Virdon • Martin • Lemon • Martin • Howser • Michael • Lemon • Michael • King • Martin • Berra • Martin • Piniella • Martin • Piniella • Green • Dent • Merrill • Showalter • Torre • Girardi

Preceded by New York Yankees 1926	American League Champions New York Yankees 1927	Succeeded by New York Yankees 1928
Preceded by St. Louis Cardinals 1926	World Series Champions New York Yankees 1927	Succeeded by New York Yankees 1928