The 1927 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 66–87, 43½ games behind the New York Yankees.
Offseason January 31, 1927: Tris Speaker was released by the Indians.Tris Speaker at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions June 15, 1927: Bernie Neis was purchased from the Indians by the Chicago White Sox.Bernie Neis at Baseball Reference
Roster 1927 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders 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 128 470 138 .294 0 53 1B 140 549 175 .319 3 78 2B 112 428 133 .311 2 40 SS 153 569 180 .316 1 92 3B 100 311 78 .251 0 41 OF 145 574 164 .286 4 74 OF 127 489 151 .309 0 36 OF 85 267 59 .221 0 25
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 Johnny Hodapp 79 240 73 .304 5 40 Freddy Spurgeon 57 179 45 .251 1 19 Baby Doll Jacobson 32 103 26 .252 0 13 32 96 29 .302 4 18 Glenn Myatt 55 94 23 .245 2 8 Nick Cullop 32 68 16 .235 1 8 Sam Langford 20 67 18 .269 1 7 Johnny Gill 21 60 13 .217 1 4 Chick Autry 16 43 11 .256 0 7 Pat McNulty 19 41 13 .317 0 4 Carl Lind 12 37 5 .135 0 1 Dutch Ussat 4 16 3 .188 0 2 George Gerken 6 14 3 .214 0 2 Johnny Burnett 17 8 0 .000 0 0 Ernie Padgett 7 7 2 .286 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 Willis Hudlin 43 264.2 18 12 4.01 65 Joe Shaute 45 230.1 9 16 4.22 63 Garland Buckeye 35 204.2 10 17 3.96 38 Jake Miller 34 185.1 10 8 3.21 53 George Uhle 25 153.1 8 9 4.34 69
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 Dutch Levsen 25 80.1 3 7 5.49 15 Benn Karr 22 76.2 3 3 5.05 17 Sherry Smith 11 38.0 1 4 5.45 8 Hal McKain 2 11.0 0 1 4.09 5 Willie Underhill 4 8.1 0 2 9.72 4
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 George Grant 25 4 6 1 4.46 19 8 0 2 0 6.27 8 Hap Collard 4 0 0 0 5.06 2 Nick Cullop 1 0 0 0 9.00 0 Wes Ferrell 1 0 0 0 27.00 0
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
Notes
References 1927 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference