1927 Washington Senators season

1927 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Griffith Stadium (since 1911)
Washington, D.C. (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson
Manager(s)	Bucky Harris
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The 1927 Washington Senators won 85 games, lost 69, and finished in third place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Offseason

• January 15, 1927: Roger Peckinpaugh was traded by the Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Sloppy Thurston and Leo Mangum.^[1]
• January 31, 1927: Tris Speaker was signed as a free agent by the Senators.^[2]

Regular season

• September 30, 1927: Senators' pitcher Tom Zachary gave up Babe Ruth's 60th home run of the season, breaking Ruth's own record for homers in one season of 59 set in 1921.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	110	44	0.714	—	57–19	53–25
Philadelphia Athletics	91	63	0.591	19	50–27	41–36
Washington Senators	85	69	0.552	25	51–28	34–41
Detroit Tigers	82	71	0.536	27½	44–32	38–39
Chicago White Sox	70	83	0.458	39½	38–37	32–46
Cleveland Indians	66	87	0.431	43½	35–42	31–45
St. Louis Browns	59	94	0.386	50½	38–38	21–56
Boston Red Sox	51	103	0.331	59	29–49	22–54

Record vs. opponents

1927 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	11–11	15–7	5–17	4–18	6–16	6–16	4–18
Chicago	11–11	—	8–14	13–8	5–17	8–14	15–7	10–12
Cleveland	7–15	14–8	—	7–15	10–12	10–12	10–11	8–14
Detroit	17–5	8–13	15–7	—	8–14	9–13	14–8–1	11–11–2
New York	18–4	17–5	12–10	14–8	—	14–8–1	21–1	14–8
Philadelphia	16–6	14–8	12–10	13–9	8–14–1	—	16–6	12–10
St. Louis	16–6	7–15	11–10	8–14–1	1–21	6–16	—	10–12–1
Washington	18–4	12–10	14–8	11–11–2	8–14	10–12	12–10–1	—

Roster

1927 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Garland Braxton Bobby Burke Dick Coffman Stan Coveleski Alvin Crowder Bump Hadley Paul Hopkins Walter Johnson Dick Jones Ralph Judd Hod Lisenbee Firpo Marberry George Murray Sloppy Thurston Clay Van Alstyne Tom Zachary		Catchers Johnny Berger Mickey O'Neil Muddy Ruel Bennie Tate Infielders Ossie Bluege Buddy Dear Grant Gillis Bucky Harris Jackie Hayes Joe Judge Buddy Myer Eddie Onslow Bobby Reeves Topper Rigney Stuffy Stewart		Outfielders Red Barnes Nick Cullop Babe Ganzel Goose Goslin Earl McNeely Sam Rice Tris Speaker Ollie Tucker Sam West Other batters Lefty Atkinson		Manager Bucky Harris

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
2B	Harris, BuckyBucky Harris	128	475	127	.267	1	55

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

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
Thurston, SloppySloppy Thurston	29	205.1	13	13	4.47	38

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

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
Braxton, GarlandGarland Braxton	58	10	9	13	2.95	96

Notes

1. Sloppy Thurston page at Baseball-Reference
2. Tris Speaker page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1927 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1927 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com