1927 Washington Senators season

The 1927 Washington Senators won 85 games, lost 69, and finished in third place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

1927 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkGriffith Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersClark Griffith and William Richardson
ManagersBucky Harris
← 1926 Seasons 1928 →

Offseason

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Regular season

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  • September 30, 1927: Senators' pitcher Tom Zachary gave up Babe Ruth's 60th home run of the season, breaking Ruth's own record for homers in one season of 59 set in 1921.

Season standings

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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

Record vs. opponents

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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


Roster

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1927 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Muddy Ruel 131 428 132 .308 1 52
1B Joe Judge 137 522 161 .308 2 71
2B Bucky Harris 128 475 127 .267 1 55
SS Bobby Reeves 112 380 97 .255 1 39
3B Ossie Bluege 146 503 138 .274 1 66
OF Tris Speaker 141 523 171 .327 2 73
OF Goose Goslin 148 581 194 .334 13 120
OF Sam Rice 142 603 179 .297 2 65

Other batters

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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
Earl McNeely 73 185 51 .276 0 16
Topper Rigney 45 132 36 .273 0 13
Bennie Tate 61 131 41 .313 1 24
Stuffy Stewart 56 129 31 .240 0 4
Sam West 38 67 16 .239 0 6
Buddy Myer 15 51 11 .216 0 7
Babe Ganzel 13 48 21 .438 1 13
Grant Gillis 10 36 8 .222 0 2
Jackie Hayes 10 29 7 .241 0 2
Ollie Tucker 20 24 5 .208 0 8
Nick Cullop 15 23 5 .217 0 1
Eddie Onslow 9 18 4 .222 0 1
Johnny Berger 9 15 4 .267 0 1
Red Barnes 3 11 4 .364 0 0
Mickey O'Neil 5 6 0 .000 0 0
Buddy Dear 2 1 0 .000 0 0
Lefty Atkinson 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Hod Lisenbee 39 242.0 18 9 3.57 105
Sloppy Thurston 29 205.1 13 13 4.47 38
Bump Hadley 30 198.2 14 6 2.85 60
Walter Johnson 18 107.2 5 6 5.10 48
Tom Zachary 15 102.2 4 7 3.94 13

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Firpo Marberry 56 155.1 10 7 4.64 74
Bobby Burke 36 100.0 3 2 3.96 20
General Crowder 15 67.1 4 7 4.54 22
George Murray 7 18.0 1 1 7.00 5
Dick Coffman 5 16.0 0 1 3.38 5
Stan Coveleski 5 14.1 2 1 3.14 3
Paul Hopkins 2 9.0 1 0 5.00 5

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Garland Braxton 58 10 9 13 2.95 96
Dick Jones 2 0 0 0 21.60 1
Clay Van Alstyne 2 0 0 0 3.00 0
Ralph Judd 1 0 0 1 6.75 2

Notes

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References

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