1927 Boston Red Sox season

1927 Boston Red Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	51–103 (.331)
League place	8th
Owners	J. A. Robert Quinn
Managers	Bill Carrigan
Radio	WNAC (Fred Hoey, Gerry Harrison)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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The 1927 Boston Red Sox season was the 27th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the eight-team American League (AL) with a record of 51 wins and 103 losses, 59 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1927 World Series.

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	110	44	.714	—	57‍–‍19	53‍–‍25
Philadelphia Athletics	91	63	.591	19	50‍–‍27	41‍–‍36
Washington Senators	85	69	.552	25	51‍–‍28	34‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers	82	71	.536	27½	44‍–‍32	38‍–‍39
Chicago White Sox	70	83	.458	39½	38‍–‍37	32‍–‍46
Cleveland Indians	66	87	.431	43½	35‍–‍42	31‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns	59	94	.386	50½	38‍–‍38	21‍–‍56
Boston Red Sox	51	103	.331	59	29‍–‍49	22‍–‍54

1927 American League record v t e 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	—

Pee-Wee Wanninger	SS
Fred Haney	3B
Jack Tobin	RF
Ira Flagstead	CF
Phil Todt	1B
Wally Shaner	LF
Bill Regan	2B
Fred Hofmann	C
Slim Harriss	P

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1927 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Frank Bennett Herb Bradley Frank Bushey Bob Cremins Slim Harriss Del Lundgren Danny MacFayden Red Ruffing Jack Russell Rudy Sommers Tony Welzer John Wilson Hal Wiltse Ted Wingfield		Catchers Grover Hartley Fred Hofmann Bill Moore Infielders Elmer Eggert Fred Haney Marty Karow Buddy Myer Bill Regan Topper Rigney Billy Rogell Red Rollings Jack Rothrock Phil Todt Pee-Wee Wanninger		Outfielders Cleo Carlyle Ira Flagstead John Freeman Baby Doll Jacobson Wally Shaner Arlie Tarbert Jack Tobin Frank Welch Other batters Fred Bratschi		Manager Bill Carrigan Coaches Jack Ryan (Pitching) Heinie Wagner

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	Grover Hartley	103	244	67	.275	1	31
1B	Phil Todt	140	516	122	.236	6	52
2B	Bill Regan	129	468	128	.274	2	66
SS	Buddy Myer	133	469	135	.288	2	47
3B	Billy Rogell	82	207	55	.266	2	28
OF	Jack Tobin	111	374	116	.310	2	40
OF	Wally Shaner	122	406	111	.273	3	49
OF	Ira Flagstead	131	466	133	.285	4	69

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
Jack Rothrock	117	428	111	.259	1	36
Cleo Carlyle	95	278	65	.234	1	28
Fred Hofmann	87	217	59	.272	0	24
Red Rollings	82	184	49	.266	0	9
Baby Doll Jacobson	45	155	38	.245	0	24
Fred Haney	47	116	32	.276	3	12
Bill Moore	44	69	15	.217	0	4
Arlie Tarbert	33	69	13	.188	0	5
Pee-Wee Wanninger	18	60	12	.200	0	1
Frank Welch	15	28	5	.179	0	4
Topper Rigney	8	18	2	.111	0	0
Marty Karow	6	10	2	.200	0	0
Elmer Eggert	5	3	0	.000	0	0
John Freeman	4	2	0	.000	0	0
Fred Bratschi	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Hal Wiltse	36	219.0	10	18	5.10	47
Red Ruffing	26	158.1	5	13	4.66	77

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Slim Harriss	44	217.2	14	21	4.18	77
Tony Welzer	37	171.2	6	11	4.72	56
Danny MacFayden	34	160.1	5	8	4.27	42
Jack Russell	34	147.0	4	9	4.10	25
Del Lundgren	30	136.1	5	12	6.27	39
Ted Wingfield	20	74.2	1	7	5.06	1
John Wilson	5	25.1	0	2	3.55	8
Herb Bradley	6	23.0	1	1	3.13	6
Frank Bennett	4	12.1	0	1	2.92	1

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Rudy Sommers	7	0	0	0	8.36	2
Bob Cremins	4	0	0	0	5.06	0
Frank Bushey	1	0	0	0	6.75	0

• 1927 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1927 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com