1927 Detroit Tigers Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 82-71
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 773,716, Avg. 14,850
Ballpark: Navin Field
Manager: George Moriarty (82-71)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1927 Detroit Tigers RosterTeam Record: 82-71
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 773,716, Avg. 14,850
Ballpark: Navin Field
Manager: George Moriarty (82-71)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1927 Detroit Tigers Results
The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1927 season with a record of 82 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The Tigers scored 845 runs and yielded 805 runs. Harry Heilmann paced Detroit with 14 home runs and accounted for 120 RBI, while leading all regular batters by hitting .398. Earl Whitehill topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 3.36 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
George Moriarty coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Whitehill | 16 | 14 | .533 | 3.36 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 236.0 | 238 | 110 | 88 | 4 | 105 | 0 | 95 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1037 |
| Rip Collins | 13 | 7 | .650 | 4.69 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 172.7 | 207 | 116 | 90 | 5 | 59 | 0 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 768 |
| Sam Gibson | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.80 | 33 | 26 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 184.7 | 201 | 113 | 78 | 9 | 86 | 0 | 76 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 832 |
| Ken Holloway | 11 | 12 | .478 | 4.07 | 36 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 183.3 | 210 | 103 | 83 | 10 | 61 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 804 |
| Ownie Carroll | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.98 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 172.0 | 186 | 99 | 76 | 5 | 73 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 762 |
| Lil Stoner | 10 | 13 | .435 | 3.98 | 38 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 215.0 | 251 | 118 | 95 | 9 | 77 | 0 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 946 |
| Josh Billings | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.84 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 64 | 36 | 36 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 302 |
| George Smith | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.91 | 29 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.3 | 62 | 38 | 31 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 318 |
| Don Hankins | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.33 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42.7 | 67 | 39 | 30 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 198 |
| Rufus Smith | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 37 | |
| Jim Walkup | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Jess Doyle | 0 | 0 | 8.03 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | |
| Augie Johns | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Ed Wells | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 28 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 91 |
| Totals | 82 | 71 | .536 | 4.14 | 287 | 156 | 81 | 75 | 5 | 17 | 1387.7 | 1542 | 805 | 638 | 52 | 577 | 0 | 421 | 47 | 7 | 25 | 6165 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Heilmann | 141 | 596 | 505 | 106 | 201 | 50 | 9 | 14 | 120 | 11 | 5 | 72 | 16 | .398 | .475 | .616 | 1.091 | 311 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Fothergill | 143 | 593 | 527 | 93 | 189 | 38 | 9 | 9 | 114 | 9 | 15 | 47 | 31 | .359 | .413 | .516 | .929 | 272 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Heinie Manush | 151 | 659 | 593 | 102 | 177 | 31 | 18 | 6 | 90 | 12 | 8 | 47 | 29 | .298 | .354 | .442 | .796 | 262 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Gehringer | 133 | 571 | 508 | 110 | 161 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 61 | 17 | 8 | 52 | 31 | .317 | .383 | .441 | .824 | 224 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Warner | 139 | 629 | 559 | 78 | 149 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 47 | 45 | .267 | .330 | .343 | .674 | 192 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackie Tavener | 116 | 474 | 419 | 60 | 115 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 59 | 19 | 8 | 36 | 38 | .274 | .333 | .406 | .739 | 170 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty McManus | 108 | 422 | 369 | 60 | 99 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 69 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 38 | .268 | .332 | .431 | .763 | 159 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Lu Blue | 112 | 454 | 365 | 71 | 95 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 42 | 13 | 7 | 71 | 28 | .260 | .384 | .364 | .748 | 133 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Woodall | 88 | 292 | 246 | 28 | 69 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 37 | 9 | .280 | .375 | .362 | .736 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Neun | 79 | 249 | 204 | 38 | 66 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 22 | 7 | 35 | 13 | .324 | .427 | .407 | .834 | 83 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Bassler | 81 | 254 | 200 | 19 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 9 | .285 | .416 | .320 | .736 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Wingo | 75 | 167 | 137 | 15 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 14 | .234 | .352 | .321 | .673 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Whitehill | 41 | 90 | 78 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .205 | .262 | .256 | .518 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Merv Shea | 34 | 94 | 85 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .176 | .239 | .318 | .557 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Ruble | 56 | 114 | 91 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 15 | .165 | .283 | .253 | .536 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Gibson | 33 | 69 | 66 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .212 | .212 | .273 | .485 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ownie Carroll | 37 | 72 | 69 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .174 | .197 | .232 | .429 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rip Collins | 30 | 67 | 54 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | .204 | .283 | .259 | .543 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Holloway | 36 | 69 | 62 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .129 | .143 | .129 | .272 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Lil Stoner | 38 | 82 | 74 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .108 | .154 | .108 | .262 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| George Smith | 29 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .368 | .368 | .684 | 1.053 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Billings | 10 | 28 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .259 | .286 | .296 | .582 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernie DeViveiros | 24 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .227 | .292 | .273 | .564 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Wells | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jess Doyle | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Hankins | 20 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Walkup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rufus Smith | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Augie Johns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Clyde Manion | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1774 | 6113 | 5300 | 845 | 1532 | 281 | 101 | 51 | 765 | 139 | 73 | 590 | 420 | .289 | .363 | .409 | .772 | 2168 | 0 | 25 | 198 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Neun | 1B | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 548 | 30 | 12 | 45 | .980 | 1.906 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty McManus | 1B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lu Blue | 1B | 104 | 0 | 0.0 | 1040 | 68 | 18 | 99 | .984 | 1.654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty McManus | 2B | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 102 | 106 | 6 | 29 | .972 | 5.943 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Gehringer | 2B | 121 | 0 | 0.0 | 304 | 438 | 27 | 84 | .965 | 6.132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Warner | 3B | 138 | 0 | 0.0 | 156 | 277 | 24 | 34 | .947 | 3.138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty McManus | 3B | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 40 | 3 | 2 | .953 | 2.773 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernie DeViveiros | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Woodall | C | 86 | 0 | 0.0 | 265 | 72 | 1 | 6 | .997 | 3.919 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Merv Shea | C | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 94 | 17 | 6 | 1 | .949 | 3.581 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Bassler | C | 67 | 0 | 0.0 | 206 | 56 | 7 | 8 | .974 | 3.910 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Wingo | OF | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .891 | 1.441 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Ruble | OF | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 62 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .970 | 1.512 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Heinie Manush | OF | 149 | 0 | 0.0 | 361 | 9 | 11 | 3 | .971 | 2.483 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Heilmann | OF | 135 | 0 | 0.0 | 218 | 11 | 8 | 5 | .966 | 1.696 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Fothergill | OF | 137 | 0 | 0.0 | 315 | 3 | 13 | 1 | .961 | 2.321 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Whitehill | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 47 | 7 | 3 | .881 | 1.268 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Wells | P | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Walkup | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lil Stoner | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 47 | 3 | 2 | .945 | 1.368 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rufus Smith | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Smith | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .864 | .655 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Augie Johns | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Holloway | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 55 | 3 | 1 | .955 | 1.778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Hankins | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Gibson | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 38 | 3 | 0 | .938 | 1.364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jess Doyle | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rip Collins | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 64 | 1 | 6 | .987 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ownie Carroll | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 49 | 1 | 4 | .983 | 1.903 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Josh Billings | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Tavener | SS | 114 | 0 | 0.0 | 246 | 356 | 33 | 79 | .948 | 5.281 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty McManus | SS | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 82 | 112 | 8 | 21 | .960 | 4.974 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernie DeViveiros | SS | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 4 | .913 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1616 | 0 | 0.0 | 4167 | 1977 | 209 | 445 | .967 | 3.802 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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