1927 Chicago White Sox season

1927 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago
Owners	Charles Comiskey
Managers	Ray Schalk
Radio	WGN WMAQ (Hal Totten)
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The 1927 Chicago White Sox season was a season in Major League Baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 70–83, 39 games behind the pennant-winning New York Yankees.

• November 1926: Eddie Collins was released by the White Sox.^[1]
• January 15, 1927: Sloppy Thurston and Leo Mangum were traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Roger Peckinpaugh.^[2]

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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	—

• June 15, 1927: Bernie Neis was purchased by the White Sox from the Cleveland Indians.^[3]

1927 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Charlie Barnabe Ted Blankenship Joe Brown Bert Cole Sarge Connally Red Faber Elmer Jacobs Ted Lyons Frank Stewart Tommy Thomas		Catchers Buck Crouse Harry McCurdy Ray Schalk Infielders Jim Battle Moe Berg Bud Clancy Roy Flaskamper Bill Hunnefield Willie Kamm Roger Peckinpaugh Earl Sheely Aaron Ward Bob Way		Outfielders Bill Barrett Ike Boone Bibb Falk Alex Metzler Randy Moore Johnny Mostil Bernie Neis Carl Reynolds Kid Willson Other batters Lena Blackburne		Manager Ray Schalk Coaches Lena Blackburne Frank Roth

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	Harry McCurdy	86	262	75	.286	1	27
1B	Bud Clancy	130	464	139	.300	3	53
2B	Aaron Ward	145	463	125	.270	5	56
SS	Bill Hunnefield	112	365	104	.285	2	36
3B	Willie Kamm	148	540	146	.270	0	59
OF	Bill Barrett	147	556	159	.286	4	83
OF	Alex Metzler	134	543	173	.319	3	61
OF	Bibb Falk	145	535	175	.327	9	83

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
Buck Crouse	85	222	53	.239	0	20
Roger Peckinpaugh	68	217	64	.295	0	23
Earl Sheely	45	129	27	.209	2	16
Roy Flaskamper	26	95	21	.221	0	6
Bernie Neis	45	76	22	.289	0	11
Moe Berg	35	69	17	.246	0	4
Ike Boone	29	53	12	.226	1	11
Carl Reynolds	14	42	9	.214	1	7
Ray Schalk	16	26	6	.231	0	2
Johnny Mostil	13	16	2	.125	0	1
Randy Moore	6	15	0	.000	0	0
Kid Willson	7	10	1	.100	0	1
Jim Battle	6	8	3	.375	0	0
Bob Way	5	3	1	.333	0	1
Lena Blackburne	1	1	1	1.000	0	1

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tommy Thomas	40	307.2	19	16	2.98	107
Ted Lyons	39	307.2	22	14	2.84	71
Ted Blankenship	37	236.2	12	17	5.06	51
Red Faber	18	110.2	4	7	4.55	39
Frank Stewart	1	4.0	0	1	9.00	0
Joe Brown	1	0.0	0	0	inf	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
Sarge Connally	43	198.1	10	15	4.08	58
Elmer Jacobs	25	74.1	2	4	4.60	22
Charlie Barnabe	17	61.0	0	5	5.31	5

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bert Cole	27	1	4	0	4.73	12

• 1927 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference