1927 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1927 Philadelphia Athletics Cap (1902 - 1954).svg American League Shibe Park Philadelphia 91 63 y 2nd Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe Connie Mack The 1927 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the As finishing second in the American League with a record of 91 wins and 63 losses. Offseason December 23, 1926: Eddie Collins was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/collied01.shtml Eddie Collins Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com April 19, 2018 February 8, 1927: Ty Cobb was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cobbty01.shtml Ty Cobb Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com April 19, 2018 Regular season Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA Roster 1927 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Neal Baker Guy Cantrell Howard Ehmke Sam Gray Lefty Grove Jing Johnson Joe Pate Ike Powers Jack Quinn Eddie Rommel Rube Walberg Buzz Wetzel Lefty Willis Carroll Yerkes Catchers Mickey Cochrane Cy Perkins Infielders Max Bishop Joe Boley Dud Branom Eddie Collins Jimmy Dykes Jimmie Foxx Chick Galloway Sammy Hale Joe Mellana Jim Poole Outfielders Charlie Bates Ty Cobb Walter French Baby Doll Jacobson Bill Lamar Rusty Saunders Al Simmons Zack Wheat Manager Connie Mack 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 Mickey Cochrane 126 432 146 .338 12 80 1B Jimmy Dykes 121 417 135 .324 3 60 2B Max Bishop 117 372 103 .277 0 22 SS Joe Boley 118 370 115 .311 1 52 3B Sammy Hale 131 501 157 .313 5 81 OF Ty Cobb 134 490 175 .357 5 93 OF Al Simmons 106 406 159 .392 15 108 OF Walter French Walter French (baseball) 109 326 99 .304 0 41https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHA/1927.shtml 1927 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com April 19, 2018 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 Bill Lamar 84 324 97 .299 4 47 Zach Wheat 88 247 80 .324 1 38 Eddie Collins 95 226 76 .336 1 15 Chick Galloway 77 181 48 .265 0 22 Cy Perkins 59 137 35 .255 1 15 Jimmie Foxx 61 130 42 .323 3 20 Jim Poole Jim Poole (first baseman) 38 99 22 .222 0 10 Dud Branom 30 94 22 .234 0 13 Charlie Bates Charlie Bates (baseball) 9 38 9 .237 0 2 Baby Doll Jacobson 17 35 8 .229 1 5 Rusty Saunders 5 15 2 .133 0 2 Joe Mellana 4 7 2 .286 0 2 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 Lefty Grove 51 262.1 20 13 3.19 174 Rube Walberg 46 249.1 16 12 3.93 136 Jack Quinn Jack Quinn (baseball) 34 201.1 15 10 3.26 43 Howard Ehmke 30 189.2 12 10 4.22 68 Guy Cantrell 2 18.0 0 2 5.00 7 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 Eddie Rommel 30 146.2 11 3 4.36 33 Sam Gray Sam Gray (baseball) 37 133.1 9 6 4.59 49 Neal Baker 5 17.1 0 0 5.71 3 Buzz Wetzel 2 4.2 0 0 7.71 0 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 Joe Pate 32 0 3 6 5.20 14 Jing Johnson 17 4 2 0 3.48 16 Lefty Willis 15 3 1 0 5.67 7 Ike Powers 11 1 1 0 4.50 3 Jimmy Dykes 2 0 0 1 4.50 0 Carroll Yerkes 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Awards and honors League leaders Lefty Grove American League leader, StrikeoutsBaseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.51, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, 978-1-55365-507-7 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Buffalo Bisons International League Bill ClymerLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: BuffaloJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1927 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1927 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Oakland Category:1927 in Philadelphia