1927 Cleveland Indians | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Dunn Field | |
City | Cleveland, Ohio | |
Owners | Alva Bradley | |
General managers | Billy Evans | |
Managers | Jack McCallister | |
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The 1927 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 66–87, 43½ games behind the New York Yankees.
Offseason
- January 31, 1927: Tris Speaker was released by the Indians.[1]
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 110 | 44 | 0.714 | — | 57–19 | 53–25 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 91 | 63 | 0.591 | 19 | 50–27 | 41–36 |
Washington Senators | 85 | 69 | 0.552 | 25 | 51–28 | 34–41 |
Detroit Tigers | 82 | 71 | 0.536 | 27½ | 44–32 | 38–39 |
Chicago White Sox | 70 | 83 | 0.458 | 39½ | 38–37 | 32–46 |
Cleveland Indians | 66 | 87 | 0.431 | 43½ | 35–42 | 31–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 59 | 94 | 0.386 | 50½ | 38–38 | 21–56 |
Boston Red Sox | 51 | 103 | 0.331 | 59 | 29–49 | 22–54 |
Record vs. opponents
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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 | — |
Notable transactions
- June 15, 1927: Bernie Neis was purchased from the Indians by the Chicago White Sox.[2]
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager
Coaches |
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
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 |
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C | Luke Sewell | 128 | 470 | 138 | .294 | 0 | 53 |
1B | George Burns | 140 | 549 | 175 | .319 | 3 | 78 |
2B | Lew Fonseca | 112 | 428 | 133 | .311 | 2 | 40 |
SS | Joe Sewell | 153 | 569 | 180 | .316 | 1 | 92 |
3B | Rube Lutzke | 100 | 311 | 78 | .251 | 0 | 41 |
OF | Homer Summa | 145 | 574 | 164 | .286 | 4 | 74 |
OF | Charlie Jamieson | 127 | 489 | 151 | .309 | 0 | 36 |
OF | Ike Eichrodt | 85 | 267 | 59 | .221 | 0 | 25 |
Other batters
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 |
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Johnny Hodapp | 79 | 240 | 73 | .304 | 5 | 40 |
Freddy Spurgeon | 57 | 179 | 45 | .251 | 1 | 19 |
Baby Doll Jacobson | 32 | 103 | 26 | .252 | 0 | 13 |
Bernie Neis | 32 | 96 | 29 | .302 | 4 | 18 |
Glenn Myatt | 55 | 94 | 23 | .245 | 2 | 8 |
Nick Cullop | 32 | 68 | 16 | .235 | 1 | 8 |
Sam Langford | 20 | 67 | 18 | .269 | 1 | 7 |
Johnny Gill | 21 | 60 | 13 | .217 | 1 | 4 |
Chick Autry | 16 | 43 | 11 | .256 | 0 | 7 |
Pat McNulty | 19 | 41 | 13 | .317 | 0 | 4 |
Carl Lind | 12 | 37 | 5 | .135 | 0 | 1 |
Dutch Ussat | 4 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 0 | 2 |
George Gerken | 6 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 2 |
Johnny Burnett | 17 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ernie Padgett | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
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 |
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Willis Hudlin | 43 | 264.2 | 18 | 12 | 4.01 | 65 |
Joe Shaute | 45 | 230.1 | 9 | 16 | 4.22 | 63 |
Garland Buckeye | 35 | 204.2 | 10 | 17 | 3.96 | 38 |
Jake Miller | 34 | 185.1 | 10 | 8 | 3.21 | 53 |
George Uhle | 25 | 153.1 | 8 | 9 | 4.34 | 69 |
Other 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 |
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Dutch Levsen | 25 | 80.1 | 3 | 7 | 5.49 | 15 |
Benn Karr | 22 | 76.2 | 3 | 3 | 5.05 | 17 |
Sherry Smith | 11 | 38.0 | 1 | 4 | 5.45 | 8 |
Hal McKain | 2 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.09 | 5 |
Willie Underhill | 4 | 8.1 | 0 | 2 | 9.72 | 4 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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George Grant | 25 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4.46 | 19 |
Jumbo Brown | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.27 | 8 |
Hap Collard | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 2 |
Nick Cullop | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Wes Ferrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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B | Terre Haute Tots | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Bob Wells |
Notes
- ↑ Tris Speaker at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Bernie Neis at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
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