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.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1927 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
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 88 246 69 .280 0 39 1B 112 365 95 .260 1 42 2B 133 508 161 .317 4 61 SS 116 419 115 .274 5 59 3B 139 559 149 .267 1 45 OF 151 593 177 .298 6 90 OF 141 505 201 .398 14 120 OF 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 108 369 99 .268 9 69 79 204 66 .324 0 27 81 200 57 .285 0 24 75 137 32 .234 0 20 56 91 15 .165 0 11 34 85 15 .176 0 9 24 22 5 .227 0 2 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 41 236.0 16 14 3.36 95 33 184.2 11 12 3.80 76 30 172.2 13 7 4.69 37 10 67.0 5 4 4.84 18 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 38 215.0 10 13 3.98 63 36 183.1 11 12 4.07 36 31 172.0 10 6 3.98 41 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 29 4 1 0 3.91 32 20 2 1 2 6.33 10 7 0 0 0 8.03 5 2 0 0 0 5.40 0 1 0 0 0 9.00 1
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
Notes
External links
1927 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference