1927 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 91-63
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 605,529, Avg. 15,256
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (91-63)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1927 Philadelphia Athletics RosterTeam Record: 91-63
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 605,529, Avg. 15,256
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (91-63)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1927 Philadelphia Athletics Results
The Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ended the 1927 season with a record of 91 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the AL.
The Athletics scored 841 runs and yielded 726 runs. Al Simmons led Philadelphia with 15 home runs and drove in 108 runs. Ty Cobb topped all regular hitters with a .357 average. Lefty Grove paced the squad with 20 wins, while Jack Quinn and Rube Walberg also added 15 or more victories also Lefty Grove recorded a 3.19 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Connie Mack 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lefty Grove | 20 | 13 | .606 | 3.19 | 51 | 28 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 262.3 | 251 | 116 | 93 | 6 | 79 | 0 | 174 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1106 |
| Rube Walberg | 16 | 12 | .571 | 3.93 | 46 | 34 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 249.3 | 257 | 139 | 109 | 18 | 91 | 0 | 136 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1079 |
| Jack Quinn | 15 | 10 | .600 | 3.26 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 201.3 | 211 | 82 | 73 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 825 |
| Howard Ehmke | 12 | 10 | .545 | 4.22 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 189.7 | 200 | 103 | 89 | 13 | 60 | 0 | 68 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 816 |
| Eddie Rommel | 11 | 3 | .786 | 4.36 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 146.7 | 166 | 83 | 71 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 642 |
| Sam Gray | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.59 | 37 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 133.3 | 153 | 78 | 68 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 586 |
| Jing Johnson | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.48 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51.7 | 42 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 205 |
| Lefty Willis | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.67 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 32 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 122 |
| Ike Powers | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 |
| Carroll Yerkes | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jimmy Dykes | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Neal Baker | 0 | 0 | 5.71 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |
| Buzz Wetzel | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Guy Cantrell | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 82 |
| Joe Pate | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.20 | 32 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 53.7 | 67 | 36 | 31 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 249 |
| Totals | 91 | 63 | .591 | 3.97 | 315 | 155 | 89 | 66 | 8 | 25 | 1384.0 | 1467 | 725 | 610 | 65 | 442 | 0 | 553 | 36 | 2 | 18 | 5943 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Cobb | 134 | 574 | 490 | 104 | 175 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 93 | 22 | 16 | 67 | 12 | .357 | .440 | .482 | .921 | 236 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Simmons | 106 | 458 | 406 | 86 | 159 | 36 | 11 | 15 | 108 | 10 | 2 | 31 | 30 | .392 | .436 | .645 | 1.081 | 262 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Hale | 131 | 564 | 501 | 77 | 157 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 81 | 11 | 3 | 32 | 32 | .313 | .358 | .423 | .781 | 212 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Cochrane | 126 | 507 | 432 | 80 | 146 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 80 | 9 | 6 | 50 | 7 | .338 | .409 | .495 | .904 | 214 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Dykes | 121 | 480 | 417 | 61 | 135 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 60 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 23 | .324 | .394 | .453 | .847 | 189 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Boley | 118 | 415 | 370 | 49 | 115 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 52 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 14 | .311 | .361 | .411 | .772 | 152 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Bishop | 117 | 489 | 372 | 80 | 103 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 105 | 28 | .277 | .442 | .323 | .764 | 120 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt French | 109 | 356 | 326 | 48 | 99 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 14 | .304 | .338 | .365 | .703 | 119 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Lamar | 84 | 355 | 324 | 48 | 97 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 10 | .299 | .334 | .426 | .760 | 138 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Wheat | 88 | 276 | 247 | 34 | 80 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 5 | .324 | .379 | .393 | .772 | 97 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Collins | 95 | 290 | 226 | 50 | 76 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 56 | 9 | .336 | .468 | .412 | .880 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Chick Galloway | 77 | 205 | 181 | 25 | 48 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | .265 | .332 | .365 | .696 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmie Foxx | 61 | 146 | 130 | 23 | 42 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | .323 | .393 | .515 | .908 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cy Perkins | 59 | 154 | 137 | 11 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | .255 | .315 | .358 | .673 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dud Branom | 30 | 102 | 94 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .234 | .250 | .245 | .495 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Poole | 38 | 112 | 99 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | .222 | .287 | .242 | .529 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Rube Walberg | 47 | 102 | 87 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 16 | .207 | .310 | .310 | .620 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard Ehmke | 30 | 71 | 68 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .206 | .206 | .279 | .485 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lefty Grove | 51 | 97 | 80 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 30 | .125 | .205 | .213 | .417 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Bates | 9 | 41 | 38 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .237 | .293 | .395 | .687 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baby Doll Jacobson | 17 | 38 | 35 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .229 | .229 | .400 | .629 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Gray | 37 | 48 | 42 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .190 | .244 | .190 | .435 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Rommel | 30 | 58 | 51 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .157 | .204 | .176 | .380 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 34 | 75 | 66 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .091 | .118 | .106 | .224 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Pate | 32 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .300 | .364 | .400 | .764 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Powers | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .600 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Mellana | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jing Johnson | 17 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .250 | .417 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rusty Saunders | 5 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .133 | .278 | .200 | .478 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buzz Wetzel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neal Baker | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Cantrell | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lefty Willis | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carroll Yerkes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1843 | 6089 | 5287 | 841 | 1606 | 281 | 70 | 56 | 767 | 101 | 63 | 553 | 325 | .304 | .373 | .415 | .788 | 2195 | 0 | 30 | 219 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Poole | 1B | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 264 | 17 | 2 | 14 | .993 | 9.065 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cy Perkins | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmie Foxx | 1B | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 258 | 15 | 7 | 10 | .975 | 8.531 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Dykes | 1B | 82 | 0 | 0.0 | 814 | 49 | 10 | 59 | .989 | 1.524 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dud Branom | 1B | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 231 | 17 | 7 | 18 | .973 | 9.538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Dykes | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Collins | 2B | 56 | 0 | 0.0 | 124 | 150 | 10 | 31 | .965 | 4.893 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Max Bishop | 2B | 106 | 0 | 0.0 | 211 | 342 | 19 | 48 | .967 | 5.217 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Mellana | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sammy Hale | 3B | 128 | 0 | 0.0 | 152 | 247 | 16 | 46 | .961 | 3.117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chick Galloway | 3B | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Dykes | 3B | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 52 | 4 | 4 | .951 | 3.080 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cy Perkins | C | 54 | 0 | 0.0 | 162 | 29 | 4 | 2 | .979 | 3.537 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmie Foxx | C | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Cochrane | C | 123 | 0 | 0.0 | 559 | 85 | 9 | 11 | .986 | 5.236 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zack Wheat | OF | 62 | 0 | 0.0 | 105 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .983 | 1.823 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Simmons | OF | 105 | 0 | 0.0 | 247 | 10 | 4 | 2 | .985 | 2.448 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rusty Saunders | OF | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Lamar | OF | 79 | 0 | 0.0 | 148 | 9 | 8 | 1 | .952 | 1.987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Baby Doll Jacobson | OF | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .643 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt French | OF | 94 | 0 | 0.0 | 190 | 6 | 9 | 2 | .956 | 2.085 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Dykes | OF | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ty Cobb | OF | 127 | 0 | 0.0 | 243 | 9 | 8 | 2 | .969 | 1.984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Bates | OF | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .857 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carroll Yerkes | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lefty Willis | P | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .867 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buzz Wetzel | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rube Walberg | P | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 62 | 6 | 0 | .914 | 1.391 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Rommel | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 44 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Quinn | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ike Powers | P | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Pate | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .531 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jing Johnson | P | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 1.118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lefty Grove | P | 51 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 55 | 9 | 2 | .875 | 1.235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Gray | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 32 | 3 | 2 | .930 | 1.081 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howard Ehmke | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 57 | 4 | 1 | .946 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Dykes | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Guy Cantrell | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Neal Baker | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chick Galloway | SS | 61 | 0 | 0.0 | 114 | 150 | 15 | 20 | .946 | 4.328 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Dykes | SS | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Collins | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Boley | SS | 114 | 0 | 0.0 | 182 | 318 | 26 | 49 | .951 | 4.386 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1676 | 0 | 0.0 | 4160 | 1904 | 194 | 338 | .969 | 3.618 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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