The 1927 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 59 wins and 94 losses.
Offseason
November 1926: team owner Phil Ball announces that Dan Howley will be the team's new manager, succeeding George Sisler January 15, 1927: Pinky Hargrave, Marty McManus and Bobby LaMotte were traded by the Browns to the Detroit Tigers for Otto Miller, Billy Mullen, Frank O'Rourke and Lefty Stewart.Bobby LaMotte page at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1927 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
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 97 264 84 .318 5 42 1B 149 614 201 .327 5 97 2B 107 356 80 .225 0 26 SS 142 438 98 .224 0 45 3B 140 538 144 .268 1 39 OF 137 520 149 .287 7 68 OF 143 492 160 .325 5 75 OF 131 423 136 .322 17 74
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 Spencer Adams 88 259 69 .266 0 29 Herschel Bennett 93 256 68 .266 3 30 Steve O'Neill 74 191 44 .230 1 22 Fred Schulte 60 189 60 .317 3 34 Leo Dixon 36 103 20 .194 0 12 51 76 17 .224 0 8 Red Kress 7 23 7 .304 1 3 Guy Sturdy 5 21 9 .429 0 5
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 Milt Gaston 37 254.0 13 17 5.00 77 Sad Sam Jones 30 189.2 8 14 4.32 72 Lefty Stewart 27 155.2 8 11 4.28 43 Tom Zachary 13 78.1 4 6 4.37 13 George Blaeholder 1 9.0 0 1 5.00 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 Elam Vangilder 44 203.0 10 12 4.79 62 Ernie Wingard 38 156.1 2 13 6.56 28 Ernie Nevers 27 94.2 3 8 4.94 22 Win Ballou 21 90.1 5 6 4.78 17 General Crowder 21 73.2 3 5 5.01 30 Jim Wright 2 12.0 1 0 4.50 4 Boom-Boom Beck 3 11.1 1 0 5.56 6 Stew Bolen 3 9.2 0 1 8.38 7
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 Chet Falk 9 1 0 0 5.74 2
Notes
References 1927 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference 1927 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com