1927 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1927 American League Navin Field Detroit, Michigan 82 71 y 4th Frank Navin George Moriarty WWJ (AM)(Ty Tyson) The 1927 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball, which involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win. However, they finished fourth place in the American League. Outfielder Harry Heilmann won his fourth American League batting title with a .398 batting average."1927 American League Batting Leaders". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved November 30, 2010. Offseason January 15, 1927: Otto Miller, Billy Mullen, Frank O'Rourke and Lefty Stewart were traded by the Tigers to the St. Louis Browns for Pinky Hargrave, Marty McManus and Bobby LaMotte.Bobby LaMotte page at Baseball Reference January 27, 1927: Ty Cobb was released by the Tigers.Ty Cobb page at Baseball Reference Regular season May 31, 1927: Johnny Neun of the Tigers executed an unassisted triple play. Neun caught a line drive, tagged the runner off first base and tagged second base before the other runner returned.http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats8.shtml Unassisted Triple Plays | Baseball Almanac Season standings Detroit Tigers Record vs. opponents DET Roster 1927 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers Josh Billings Ownie Carroll Rip Collins Jess Doyle Sam Gibson Don Hankins Ken Holloway Augie Johns George Smith Rufus Smith Lil Stoner Jim Walkup Ed Wells Earl Whitehill Catchers Johnny Bassler Merv Shea Larry Woodall Infielders Lu Blue Bernie DeViveiros Charlie Gehringer Marty McManus Johnny Neun Jackie Tavener Jack Warner Outfielders Bob Fothergill Harry Heilmann Heinie Manush Art Ruble Al Wingo Other batters Clyde Manion Manager George Moriarty Coaches Lefty Leifield 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 Larry Woodall 88 246 69 .280 0 39 1B Lu Blue 112 365 95 .260 1 42 2B Charlie Gehringer 133 508 161 .317 4 61 SS Jackie Tavener 116 419 115 .274 5 59 3B Jack Warner Jack Warner (third baseman) 139 559 149 .267 1 45 OF Heinie Manush 151 593 177 .298 6 90 OF Harry Heilmann 141 505 201 .398 14 120 OF Bob Fothergill 143 527 189 .359 9 114 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 Marty McManus 108 369 99 .268 9 69 Johnny Neun 79 204 66 .324 0 27 Johnny Bassler 81 200 57 .285 0 24 Al Wingo 75 137 32 .234 0 20 Art Ruble 56 91 15 .165 0 11 Merv Shea 34 85 15 .176 0 9 Bernie DeViveiros 24 22 5 .227 0 2 Clyde Manion 1 0 0 ---- 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 Earl Whitehill 41 236.0 16 14 3.36 95 Sam Gibson Sam Gibson (baseball) 33 184.2 11 12 3.80 76 Rip Collins Rip Collins (pitcher) 30 172.2 13 7 4.69 37 Josh Billings Josh Billings (pitcher) 10 67.0 5 4 4.84 18 Rufus Smith Rufus Smith (baseball) 1 8.0 0 0 3.38 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 Lil Stoner 38 215.0 10 13 3.98 63 Ken Holloway 36 183.1 11 12 4.07 36 Ownie Carroll 31 172.0 10 6 3.98 41 Ed Wells Ed Wells (baseball) 8 20.0 0 1 6.75 5 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 George Smith George Smith (American League pitcher) 29 4 1 0 3.91 32 Don Hankins 20 2 1 2 6.33 10 Jess Doyle 7 0 0 0 8.03 5 Jim Walkup Jim Walkup (left-handed pitcher) 2 0 0 0 5.40 0 Augie Johns 1 0 0 0 9.00 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball A Fort Worth Panthers Texas League Jake Atz C Wheeling Stogies Middle Atlantic League Bobby PrysockJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 Notes 2 External links Baseball 1927 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tigers Category:1927 in Detroit