1927 Indianapolis Indians Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 70-98
Finished 6th in the AA
Manager: Bruno Betzel (70-98)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: West Washington Street Park
Attendance: 101,984, Avg. 1,214

1927 Indianapolis Indians Roster

The Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ended the 1927 season with a record of 70 wins and 98 losses, finishing sixth in the AA.

Bruno Betzel served as manager.

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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
Gorham Leverett	15	12	.556	3.98	38						278.0	268	162	123		92
Bill Burwell	14	20	.412	5.10	37						254.0	296	170	144		50
Lou Koupal	13	14	.481	4.58	40						232.0	276	144	118		92
Ferdie Schupp	8	17	.320	3.93	31						215.0	208	127	94		99
Fred Schemanske	5	7	.417	6.59	36						101.0	136	84	74		49
Danny Boone	5	10	.333	5.21	29						140.0	178	100	81		58
Steve Swetonic	3	8	.273	4.69	33						140.0	167	92	73		52
Elmer Ambrose	0	0		0.00	2						2.0	3				0
Wally Hurt	0	1	.000	0.00	1						9.0	11	6			5
Paul Gants	0	1	.000	0.00	1						3.0	9	6			0
Herman Meyers	0	2	.000	0.00	2						14.0	13	8			5
Totals	63	92	.406	4.58	250	0	0	0	0	0	1388.0	1565	899	707	0	502	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
Walter Holke	167	640	640		198	20	13	8						.309	.309	.419	.728	268
Wid Matthews	161	601	601		173	26	11	2						.288	.288	.378	.666	227
Reb Russell	128	431	431		166	34	4	10						.385	.385	.552	.937	238
Herman Layne	123	440	440		143	25	10	10						.325	.325	.495	.820	218
Elmer Yoter	114	452	452		140	22	10	6						.310	.310	.442	.752	200
Ralph Miller	119	415	415		118	10	5	1						.284	.284	.340	.624	141
Bruno Betzel	119	407	407		115	18	7	2						.283	.283	.376	.658	153
Paul Florence	97	297	297		88	11	0	14						.296	.296	.475	.771	141
Fred Haney	50	190	190		63	7	3	2						.332	.332	.432	.763	82
John Anderson	55	187	187		54	8	3	2						.289	.289	.396	.684	74
Bill Burwell	54	121	121		31	4	1	0						.256	.256	.306	.562	37
Lou Koupal	43	92	92		27	1	2	0						.293	.293	.348	.641	32
Fred Brickell	28	93	93		26	1	1	4						.280	.280	.441	.720	41
Gorham Leverett	38	103	103		25	4	0	2						.243	.243	.340	.583	35
Joe Wyatt	25	70	70		23	3	3	1						.329	.329	.500	.829	35
Danny Boone	32	55	55		16	2	0	2						.291	.291	.436	.727	24
Rabbit Warstler	23	67	67		14	3	0	1						.209	.209	.299	.507	20
Jimmy Walsh	16	38	38		11	1	0	1						.289	.289	.395	.684	15
Ferdie Schupp	32	70	70		11	2	1	0						.157	.157	.214	.371	15
Steve Swetonic	40	44	44		9	0	1	0						.205	.205	.250	.455	11
Fred Schemanske	37	37	37		4	0	0	0						.108	.108	.108	.216	4
Ray Carl	5	10	10		2	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	2
James Houston	2	6	6		1	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Herman Meyers	2	6	6		1	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Wally Hurt	1	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Wilson	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Paul Gants	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1642	5267	5267	0	1552	211	80	71	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.295	.406	.700	2136	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Walter Holke	1B	167	1641	90	13		.993	1.365
Bruno Betzel	2B	113	302	358	22		.968	5.841
Elmer Yoter	3B	114	117	278	29		.932	3.465
Fred Haney	3B	50	52	109	8		.953	3.220
Paul Florence	C	88	285	63	13		.964	3.955
Wid Matthews	OF	159	403	18	13		.970	2.648
Reb Russell	OF	118	200	8	13		.941	1.763
Herman Layne	OF	114	221	7	16		.934	2.000
John Anderson	OF	49	94	6	6		.943	2.041
Fred Brickell	OF	27	64	3	2		.971	2.481
Joe Wyatt	OF	19	34	2	3		.923	1.895
Ralph Miller	SS	62	133	216	20		.946	5.629
Rabbit Warstler	SS	18	27	63	7		.928	5.000
Totals		1193	3881	1328	182	0	.966	4.366

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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