1927 Boston Braves season








































1927 Boston Braves
Major League affiliations

  • National League (since 1876)

Location

  • Braves Field (since 1915)

  • Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871)

Results
Record 60–94 (.390)
League place 7th
Other information
Owner(s) Emil Fuchs
Manager(s) Dave Bancroft
Local television none
Local radio
WNAC
(Fred Hoey)
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The 1927 Boston Braves season was the 57th season of the franchise. The Braves finished seventh in the National League with a record of 60 wins and 94 losses.




Contents






  • 1 Regular season


    • 1.1 Season standings


    • 1.2 Record vs. opponents


    • 1.3 Roster




  • 2 Player stats


    • 2.1 Batting


      • 2.1.1 Starters by position


      • 2.1.2 Other batters




    • 2.2 Pitching


      • 2.2.1 Starting pitchers


      • 2.2.2 Other pitchers


      • 2.2.3 Relief pitchers






  • 3 References





Regular season



Season standings






















































































  • v

  • t

  • e


National League
W
L
Pct.
GB
Home
Road

Pittsburgh Pirates
 94 60
 0.610
 —
 48–31
 46–29

St. Louis Cardinals
 92 61
 0.601
 1½
 55–25
 37–36

New York Giants
 92 62
 0.597
 2
 49–25
 43–37

Chicago Cubs
 85 68
 0.556
 8½
 50–28
 35–40

Cincinnati Reds
 75 78
 0.490
 18½
 45–35
 30–43

Brooklyn Robins
 65 88
 0.425
 28½
 34–39
 31–49

Boston Braves
 60 94
 0.390
 34
 32–41
 28–53

Philadelphia Phillies
 51 103
 0.331
 43
 34–43
 17–60




Record vs. opponents








































































































1927 National League Records

  • v

  • t

  • e




Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team
 BOS
 BR
 CHC
 CIN
 NYG
 PHI
 PIT
 STL

Boston
 — 12–10 7–15 4–18 7–15 14–8 9–13–1 7–15

Brooklyn
 10–12 — 7–15 11–10 10–12–1 11–11 8–14 8–14

Chicago
 15–7 15–7 — 14–8 10–12 13–9 9–13 9–12

Cincinnati
 18–4 10–11 8–14 — 7–15 16–6 8–14 8–14

New York
 15–7 12–10–1 12–10 15–7 — 15–7 11–11 12–10

Philadelphia
 8–14 11–11 9–13 6–16 7–15 — 7–15–1 3–19

Pittsburgh
 13–9–1 14–8 13–9 14–8 11–11 15–7–1 — 14–8

St. Louis
 15–7 14–8 12–9 14–8 10–12 19–3 8–14 —




Roster














1927 Boston Braves

Roster

Pitchers




  • Larry Benton




  • Foster Edwards




  • Joe Genewich




  • Hal Goldsmith




  • Kent Greenfield




  • Bunny Hearn




  • Jack Knight




  • Hugh McQuillan




  • Art Mills




  • George Mogridge




  • Guy Morrison




  • Charlie Robertson




  • Dick Rudolph




  • Bob Smith




  • Johnny Werts

Catchers




  • Frank Gibson




  • Shanty Hogan




  • Zack Taylor




  • Luke Urban


Infielders






  • Dave Bancroft




  • Dick Burrus




  • Doc Farrell




  • Jack Fournier




  • Doc Gautreau




  • Andy High




  • Eddie Moore




  • Herb Thomas

Outfielders




  • Eddie Brown




  • Earl Clark




  • Sid Graves




  • Les Mann




  • Dinny McNamara




  • Lance Richbourg




  • Jack Smith




  • Jimmy Welsh


Other batters






  • Johnny Cooney

Manager




  • Dave Bancroft


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 Shanty Hogan 71 229 66 .288 3 32
1B Jack Fournier 122 374 106 .283 10 53
2B Doc Gautreau 87 236 58 .246 0 20
SS Dave Bancroft 111 375 91 .243 1 31
3B Andy High 113 384 116 .302 4 46
OF Eddie Brown 155 558 171 .306 2 75
OF Lance Richbourg 115 450 139 .309 2 34
OF Jimmy Welsh 131 497 143 .288 9 54


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
Jack Smith 84 183 58 .317 1 24
Frank Gibson 60 167 37 .222 0 19


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
Bob Smith 40 260.2 10 18 3.76 81
Larry Benton 11 60.1 4 2 4.48 25


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
Foster Edwards 29 92 2 8 4.99 37


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
Bunny Hearn 8 0 2 0 4.26 5


References


  • 1927 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference















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