1927 Brooklyn Robins season

March 2026 November 2013 Brooklyn Robins 1927 National League Ebbets Field Brooklyn, New York 65 88 y 6th Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company Wilbert Robinson Wilbert Robinson The 1927 Brooklyn Robins had another bad year. They tied a National League record on May 21 by using five pitchers in the eighth inning. Offseason January 9, 1927: Burleigh Grimes was traded by the Robins to the New York Giants as part of a three-team trade. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Butch Henline to the Robins and George Harper to the Giants. The Giants sent Jack Scott and Fresco Thompson to the Phillies.Burleigh Grimes page at Baseball Reference March 29, 1927: Mickey O'Neil was purchased from the Robins by the Washington Senators.Mickey O'Neill page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Brooklyn Robins Record vs. opponents BRO Notable transactions May 3, 1927: Bob McGraw was traded by the Robins to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jake Flowers.Bob McGraw page at Baseball Reference Roster 1927 Brooklyn Robins Roster Pitchers Jesse Barnes Guy Cantrell Watty Clark Bill Doak Rube Ehrhardt Jumbo Elliott Bob McGraw Doug McWeeny Ray Moss Jesse Petty Norman Plitt Dazzy Vance Catchers Hank DeBerry Charlie Hargreaves Butch Henline Infielders Bob Barrett Johnny Butler Chuck Corgan Jake Flowers Babe Herman William Marriott Jay Partridge Outfielders Max Carey Gus Felix Harvey Hendrick Merwin Jacobson Irish Meusel Oscar Roettger Jigger Statz Overton Tremper Other batters Chick Fewster Manager Wilbert Robinson Coaches Otto Miller 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 C Hank DeBerry 68 201 47 .234 1 21 1B Babe Herman 130 412 112 .272 14 73 2B Jay Partridge 146 572 149 .260 7 40 3B Bob Barrett Bob Barrett (baseball) 99 355 92 .259 5 38 SS Johnny Butler 149 521 124 .238 2 57 OF Max Carey 144 538 143 .266 1 54 OF Jigger Statz 130 507 139 .274 1 21 OF Gus Felix 130 445 118 .265 0 57 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 Harvey Hendrick 128 458 142 .310 4 50 Jake Flowers 67 231 54 .234 2 20 Butch Henline 67 177 47 .266 1 18 Charlie Hargreaves 46 133 38 .286 0 11 Irish Meusel 42 74 18 .243 1 7 Overton Tremper 26 60 14 .233 0 4 Chuck Corgan 19 57 15 .263 0 1 William Marriott William Marriott (baseball) 6 9 1 .111 0 1 Merwin Jacobson 11 6 0 .000 0 1 Oscar Roettger 5 4 0 .000 0 0 Chick Fewster 4 1 0 .000 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 Dazzy Vance 34 273.1 16 15 2.70 184 Jesse Petty 42 271.2 13 18 2.98 101 Jumbo Elliott Jumbo Elliott (baseball) 30 188.1 6 13 3.30 99 Bill Doak 27 145.0 11 8 3.48 32 Ray Moss 1 8.1 1 0 3.24 1 Bob McGraw 1 4.0 0 1 9.00 2 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 Doug McWeeny 34 164.1 4 8 3.56 73 Jesse Barnes 18 78.2 2 10 5.72 14 Norman Plitt 19 62.1 2 6 4.91 9 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 Rube Ehrhardt 46 3 7 2 3.57 22 Watty Clark 27 7 2 2 2.32 32 Guy Cantrell 6 0 0 0 2.70 5 Notes 2 References Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page Retrosheet External links 1927 Brooklyn Robins uniform Brooklyn Dodgers reference site https://web.archive.org/web/20091025002014/http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/bdodgers/brooklyn.html October 25, 2009 Acme Dodgers page https://web.archive.org/web/20070913213938/http://www.acmewebpages.com/dodgers/ September 13, 2007 Category:Brooklyn Dodgers seasons Brooklyn Robins season Brooklyn Category:1920s in Brooklyn Category:Flatbush, Brooklyn