1927 Washington Senators season

March 2026 November 2013 Washington Senators 1927 Washington Senators Primary Logo (1905 to 1935).svg American League Griffith Stadium Washington, D.C. 85 69 y 3rd Clark Griffith and William Richardson Bucky Harris List of Minnesota Twins seasons 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. Offseason January 15, 1927: Roger Peckinpaugh was traded by the Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Sloppy Thurston and Leo Mangum.Sloppy Thurston page at Baseball-Reference January 31, 1927: Tris Speaker was signed as a free agent by the Senators.Tris Speaker page at Baseball Reference Regular season 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 Washington Senators Record vs. opponents WSH Roster 1927 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers Garland Braxton Bobby Burke Dick Coffman Stan Coveleski Alvin Crowder Bump Hadley Paul Hopkins Walter Johnson Dick Jones Ralph Judd Hod Lisenbee Firpo Marberry George Murray Sloppy Thurston Clay Van Alstyne Tom Zachary Catchers Johnny Berger Mickey O'Neil Muddy Ruel Bennie Tate Infielders Ossie Bluege Buddy Dear Grant Gillis Bucky Harris Jackie Hayes Joe Judge Buddy Myer Eddie Onslow Bobby Reeves Topper Rigney Stuffy Stewart Outfielders Red Barnes Nick Cullop Babe Ganzel Goose Goslin Earl McNeely Sam Rice Tris Speaker Ollie Tucker Sam West Other batters Lefty Atkinson Manager Bucky Harris 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 Muddy Ruel 131 428 132 .308 1 52 1B Joe Judge Joe Judge (baseball) 137 522 161 .308 2 71 2B Bucky Harris 128 475 127 .267 1 55 SS Bobby Reeves Bobby Reeves (baseball) 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 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 Jackie Hayes (second baseman) 10 29 7 .241 0 2 Ollie Tucker 20 24 5 .208 0 8 Nick Cullop Nick Cullop (outfielder) 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 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 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 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 George Murray (baseball) 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 Paul Hopkins (baseball) 2 9.0 1 0 5.00 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 Garland Braxton 58 10 9 13 2.95 96 Dick Jones Dick Jones (baseball) 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 2 References 1927 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference 1927 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Washington Senators (1901–1960) seasons Washington Senators season Washing