1927 Cleveland Indians season

March 2026 November 2013 Cleveland Indians 1927 American League Dunn Field Cleveland, Ohio Alva Bradley Billy Evans Jack McCallister The 1927 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 66–87, 43½ games behind the New York Yankees. Offseason January 31, 1927: Tris Speaker was released by the Indians.Tris Speaker at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Cleveland Indians Record vs. opponents CLE Notable transactions June 15, 1927: Bernie Neis was purchased from the Indians by the Chicago White Sox.Bernie Neis at Baseball Reference Roster 1927 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers Jumbo Brown Garland Buckeye Hap Collard Wes Ferrell George Grant Willis Hudlin Benn Karr Dutch Levsen Hal McKain Jake Miller Joe Shaute Sherry Smith George Uhle Willie Underhill Catchers Chick Autry Glenn Myatt Luke Sewell Infielders Johnny Burnett George Burns Lew Fonseca Johnny Hodapp Carl Lind Rube Lutzke Ernie Padgett Joe Sewell Freddy Spurgeon Dutch Ussat Outfielders Nick Cullop Ike Eichrodt George Gerken Johnny Gill Baby Doll Jacobson Charlie Jamieson Sam Langford Pat McNulty Bernie Neis Homer Summa Manager Jack McCallister Coaches Harry Mathews 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 Luke Sewell 128 470 138 .294 0 53 1B George Burns George Burns (first baseman) 140 549 175 .319 3 78 2B Lew Fonseca 112 428 133 .311 2 40 SS Joe Sewell 153 569 180 .316 1 92 3B Rube Lutzke 100 311 78 .251 0 41 OF Homer Summa 145 574 164 .286 4 74 OF Charlie Jamieson 127 489 151 .309 0 36 OF Ike Eichrodt 85 267 59 .221 0 25 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 Johnny Hodapp 79 240 73 .304 5 40 Freddy Spurgeon 57 179 45 .251 1 19 Baby Doll Jacobson 32 103 26 .252 0 13 Bernie Neis 32 96 29 .302 4 18 Glenn Myatt 55 94 23 .245 2 8 Nick Cullop 32 68 16 .235 1 8 Sam Langford 20 67 18 .269 1 7 Johnny Gill 21 60 13 .217 1 4 Chick Autry 16 43 11 .256 0 7 Pat McNulty 19 41 13 .317 0 4 Carl Lind 12 37 5 .135 0 1 Dutch Ussat 4 16 3 .188 0 2 George Gerken 6 14 3 .214 0 2 Johnny Burnett 17 8 0 .000 0 0 Ernie Padgett 7 7 2 .286 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 Willis Hudlin 43 264.2 18 12 4.01 65 Joe Shaute 45 230.1 9 16 4.22 63 Garland Buckeye 35 204.2 10 17 3.96 38 Jake Miller 34 185.1 10 8 3.21 53 George Uhle 25 153.1 8 9 4.34 69 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 Dutch Levsen 25 80.1 3 7 5.49 15 Benn Karr 22 76.2 3 3 5.05 17 Sherry Smith 11 38.0 1 4 5.45 8 Hal McKain 2 11.0 0 1 4.09 5 Willie Underhill 4 8.1 0 2 9.72 4 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 Grant 25 4 6 1 4.46 19 Jumbo Brown 8 0 2 0 6.27 8 Hap Collard 4 0 0 0 5.06 2 Nick Cullop 1 0 0 0 9.00 0 Wes Ferrell 1 0 0 0 27.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball B Terre Haute Tots Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Bob WellsJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 Notes 2 References 1927 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference Category:Cleveland Guardians seasons Cleveland Indians season Cleveland Indians