1927 St. Louis Browns season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Browns 1927 American League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 59–94 (.386) 7th Phil Ball Dan Howley KMOX(Garnett Marks) The 1927 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 59 wins and 94 losses. Offseason thumb|Dan Howley; photographed in November 1926, after the announcement that he would be the team's new manager November 1926: team owner Phil Ball announces that Dan Howley will be the team's new manager, succeeding George SislerLeads Browns https://www.newspapers.com/image/932409087 Newspapers.com subscription The Spokane Press July 28, 2026 13 November 27, 1926 January 15, 1927: Pinky Hargrave, Marty McManus and Bobby LaMotte were traded by the Browns to the Detroit Tigers for Otto Miller, Billy Mullen, Frank O'Rourke and Lefty Stewart.Bobby LaMotte page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings St. Louis Browns Record vs. opponents STL Roster 1927 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers Win Ballou Boom-Boom Beck George Blaeholder Stew Bolen Alvin Crowder Chet Falk Milt Gaston Sam Jones Ernie Nevers Lefty Stewart Elam Vangilder Ernie Wingard Jim Wright Tom Zachary Catchers Leo Dixon Steve O'Neill Wally Schang Infielders Spencer Adams Wally Gerber Red Kress Ski Melillo Otto Miller Frank O'Rourke George Sisler Guy Sturdy Outfielders Herschel Bennett Bing Miller Harry Rice Fred Schulte Ken Williams Manager Dan Howley 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 Wally Schang 97 264 84 .318 5 42 1B George Sisler 149 614 201 .327 5 97 2B Ski Melillo 107 356 80 .225 0 26 SS Wally Gerber 142 438 98 .224 0 45 3B Frank O'Rourke Frank O'Rourke (baseball) 140 538 144 .268 1 39 OF Harry Rice 137 520 149 .287 7 68 OF Bing Miller 143 492 160 .325 5 75 OF Ken Williams Ken Williams (baseball) 131 423 136 .322 17 74 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 Spencer Adams 88 259 69 .266 0 29 Herschel Bennett 93 256 68 .266 3 30 Steve O'Neill 74 191 44 .230 1 22 Fred Schulte 60 189 60 .317 3 34 Leo Dixon 36 103 20 .194 0 12 Otto Miller Otto Miller (third baseman) 51 76 17 .224 0 8 Red Kress 7 23 7 .304 1 3 Guy Sturdy 5 21 9 .429 0 5 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 Milt Gaston 37 254.0 13 17 5.00 77 Sad Sam Jones 30 189.2 8 14 4.32 72 Lefty Stewart 27 155.2 8 11 4.28 43 Tom Zachary 13 78.1 4 6 4.37 13 George Blaeholder 1 9.0 0 1 5.00 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 Elam Vangilder 44 203.0 10 12 4.79 62 Ernie Wingard 38 156.1 2 13 6.56 28 Ernie Nevers 27 94.2 3 8 4.94 22 Win Ballou 21 90.1 5 6 4.78 17 General Crowder 21 73.2 3 5 5.01 30 Jim Wright 2 12.0 1 0 4.50 4 Boom-Boom Beck 3 11.1 1 0 5.56 6 Stew Bolen 3 9.2 0 1 8.38 7 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 Chet Falk 9 1 0 0 5.74 2 Notes 2 References 1927 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference 1927 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Browns seasons Saint Louis Browns season St Louis Category:1920s in St. Louis