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1927 Pittsburgh Pirates
National League Champions
League National League
Ballpark Forbes Field
City Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1]
Owners Barney Dreyfuss
Managers Donie Bush
←  1926 Seasons 1928 →

The 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates season was a season in American baseball. That year, the Pirates won the National League pennant, which was their second in three years and their last until 1960. The team included five future Hall of Famers: Paul Waner, Lloyd Waner, Pie Traynor, Kiki Cuyler, and 20-year-old rookie Joe Cronin (who played just 12 games).

In the World Series, however, Pittsburgh was no match for the New York Yankees. They were swept in four games.

Regular season

Paul Waner had one of his best seasons en route to being voted NL MVP. His .380 batting average and 131 RBI paced the entire circuit. Younger brother Lloyd and Traynor finished third and fifth in the batting race, respectively. Pitcher Ray Kremer won the ERA title with a 2.47 ERA on his way to a 19–8 record.

Season standings

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 record

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 —


Game log

1927 Game Log: 94–60 (Home: 48–31; Away: 46–29)
April: 8–6 (Home: 2–3; Away: 6–3)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 12 @ Reds 2–1 Kremer (1–0) Donohue — 37,758 1–0
2 April 14 @ Reds 6–2 Meadows (1–0) Mays — 4,000 2–0
3 April 15 @ Reds 10–6 Mahaffey (1–0) Rixey Morrison (1) — 3–0
4 April 16 @ Cubs 2–5 Bush Hill (0–1) — 13,000 3–1
5 April 17 @ Cubs 8–3 Kremer (2–0) Root Morrison (2) 45,000 4–1
6 April 18 @ Cubs 9–1 Meadows (2–0) Kaufmann — — 5–1
7 April 21 Reds 3–2 Kremer (3–0) Rixey — 33,439 6–1
8 April 22 Reds 3–1 Meadows (3–0) Luque — 4,000 7–1
9 April 23 Reds 4–6 Donohue Hill (0–2) — 15,000 7–2
10 April 24 @ Cardinals 1–2 Alexander Aldridge (0–1) — — 7–3
11 April 25 @ Cardinals 0–1 Haines Kremer (3–1) — — 7–4
12 April 26 @ Cardinals 9–5 Meadows (4–0) Sherdel — — 8–4
13 April 28 Cubs 4–16 Root Bush (0–1) — — 8–5
14 April 30 Cubs 4–5 Roy Morrison (0–1) — — 8–6
May: 18–6 (Home: 6–3; Away: 12–3)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
15 May 1 @ Cubs 7–6 Kremer (4–1) Root Morrison (3) 37,000 9–6
16 May 3 Cardinals 11–10 Kremer (5–1) Bell — 3,000 10–6
17 May 4 Cardinals 3–8 Haines Cvengros (0–1) — 5,500 10–7
18 May 5 Cardinals 2–4 Alexander Aldridge (0–2) — 5,000 10–8
19 May 7 @ Phillies 5–6 Pruett Kremer (5–2) — 18,000 10–9
20 May 11 @ Braves 4–4 (8) — — 10–9
21 May 12 @ Braves 8–7 Morrison (1–1) Mogridge — — 11–9
22 May 14 @ Robins 6–1 Kremer (6–2) Elliott — — 12–9
23 May 15 @ Robins 9–6 Morrison (2–1) Ehrhardt — 22,000 13–9
24 May 16 @ Robins 5–9 Petty Yde (0–1) — — 13–10
25 May 17 @ Robins 1–2 Vance Hill (0–3) — — 13–11
26 May 18 @ Giants 13–6 Aldridge (1–2) Henry — — 14–11
27 May 20 @ Giants 8–3 (12) Meadows (5–0) Greenfield — 15,000 15–11
28 May 21 @ Giants 6–3 Hill (1–3) McQuillan — 25,000 16–11
29 May 22 @ Giants 9–4 Aldridge (2–2) Grimes — 40,000 17–11
30 May 23 @ Reds 8–5 Morrison (3–1) May — — 18–11
31 May 24 @ Reds 11–1 Meadows (6–0) Donohue — 2,500 19–11
32 May 25 @ Reds 2–0 Hill (2–3) Mays — — 20–11
33 May 26 Cardinals 2–1 Aldridge (3–2) Haines — 5,000 21–11
34 May 27 Cardinals 8–7 (10) Bush (1–1) McGraw — 6,000 22–11
35 May 28 Cardinals 6–4 Meadows (7–0) Ring — 18,000 23–11
36 May 29 @ Cubs 8–5 Hill (3–3) Osborn — 30,000 24–11
37 May 30 Cubs 6–7 (10) Kaufmann Nichols (0–1) — 25,000 24–12
38 May 30 Cubs 6–5 (10) Aldridge (4–2) Blake — 40,000 25–12
39 May 31 Cubs 10–9 Hill (4–3) Osborn — — 26–12
June: 13–12 (Home: 10–8; Away: 3–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
40 June 1 Phillies 4–7 Pruett Meadows (7–1) Carlson — 26–13
41 June 2 Phillies 7–3 Hill (5–3) Ferguson — — 27–13
42 June 3 Phillies 11–1 Aldridge (5–2) Ulrich — — 28–13
43 June 6 Phillies 7–5 Hill (6–3) Scott — — 29–13
44 June 7 Giants 9–6 Meadows (8–1) Grimes — 15,000 30–13
45 June 8 Giants 7–8 Greenfield Aldridge (5–3) Clarkson 15,000 30–14
46 June 9 Giants 1–12 Fitzsimmons Bush (1–2) — — 30–15
47 June 10 Giants 13–4 Hill (7–3) Clarkson — — 31–15
48 June 11 Robins 10–11 Petty Nichols (0–2) Vance — 31–16
49 June 12 @ Robins 10–11 Plitt Nichols (0–3) — 20,000 31–17
50 June 13 Robins 4–3 Kremer (7–2) Barnes Hill (1) — 32–17
51 June 15 Braves 7–4 Hill (8–3) Robertson — — 33–17
52 June 16 Braves 6–0 Meadows (9–1) Greenfield — 5,000 34–17
53 June 17 Braves 7–8 Mogridge Dawson (0–1) Smith — 34–18
54 June 18 Braves 7–4 Kremer (8–2) Smith — — 35–18
55 June 19 @ Cubs 7–14 Root Hill (8–4) — — 35–19
56 June 20 @ Cubs 4–0 Meadows (10–1) Carlson — 25,000 36–19
57 June 21 Reds 6–7 (10) Mays Morrison (3–2) — — 36–20
58 June 22 Reds 11–9 Hill (9–4) Lucas Aldridge (1) — 37–20
59 June 24 Cubs 2–4 Root Meadows (10–2) — — 37–21
60 June 25 Cubs 4–6 Carlson Aldridge (5–4) — 30,000 37–22
61 June 26 @ Cardinals 9–3 Hill (10–4) Haines — — 38–22
62 June 27 @ Cardinals 5–7 Rhem Dawson (0–2) — 3,500 38–23
63 June 28 @ Cardinals 9–8 Cvengros (1–1) Keen Hill (2) 9,000 39–23
64 June 29 @ Cardinals 9–10 Haines Kremer (8–3) Reinhart 5,000 39–24
July: 18–14 (Home: 9–4; Away: 9–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
65 July 1 Reds 5–1 Hill (11–4) Luque — — 40–24
66 July 2 Reds 7–6 Cvengros (2–1) Nehf — 8,000 41–24
67 July 3 @ Reds 4–5 Lucas Dawson (0–3) — — 41–25
68 July 4 Cardinals 7–2 Meadows (11–2) Alexander — — 42–25
69 July 4 Cardinals 6–4 Hill (12–4) Ring — — 43–25
70 July 5 Cardinals 14–2 Aldridge (6–4) Reinhart — — 44–25
71 July 7 Cubs 1–2 (8) Carlson Dawson (0–4) — — 44–26
72 July 8 Cubs 0–1 Root Meadows (11–3) — — 44–27
73 July 9 Cubs 4–0 Aldridge (7–4) Brillheart — 23,000 45–27
74 July 12 @ Robins 2–1 Hill (13–4) Vance — — 46–27
75 July 13 @ Robins 1–2 (11) Clark Meadows (11–4) — 6,000 46–28
76 July 14 @ Robins 6–5 Aldridge (8–4) Barnes — — 47–28
77 July 15 @ Robins 5–2 Dawson (1–4) Elliott — 5,000 48–28
78 July 16 @ Phillies 10–11 Decatur Yde (0–2) — — 48–29
79 July 16 @ Phillies 9–11 Scott Kremer (8–4) — — 48–30
80 July 18 @ Phillies 9–7 Yde (1–2) Kaufmann — — 49–30
81 July 18 @ Phillies 6–5 Meadows (12–4) Ferguson Hill (3) — 50–30
82 July 20 @ Phillies 3–4 Mitchell Dawson (1–5) — — 50–31
83 July 20 @ Phillies 6–5 Hill (14–4) Sweetland — — 51–31
84 July 21 @ Braves 1–2 Greenfield Kremer (8–5) — — 51–32
85 July 21 @ Braves 2–5 Smith Miljus (0–1) — — 51–33
86 July 22 @ Braves 5–2 Meadows (13–4) Edwards — — 52–33
87 July 23 @ Braves 2–6 Greenfield Yde (1–3) — — 52–34
88 July 23 @ Braves 4–3 (6) Aldridge (9–4) Wertz — — 53–34
89 July 24 @ Giants 11–6 Hill (15–4) Barnes — — 54–34
90 July 24 @ Giants 3–9 Grimes Dawson (1–6) — 50,000 54–35
91 July 25 @ Giants 0–1 Benton Kremer (8–6) — — 54–36
92 July 26 Robins 6–5 Meadows (14–4) Elliott — — 55–36
93 July 27 Robins 2–1 Aldridge (10–4) Vance — — 56–36
94 July 28 Robins 5–7 Doak Hill (15–5) Clark — 56–37
95 July 29 Robins 4–3 Dawson (2–6) Plitt — — 57–37
96 July 30 Braves 2–3 (10) Genewich Meadows (14–5) — — 57–38
August: 14–12 (Home: 4–5; Away: 10–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
97 August 1 Braves 1–4 (11) Genewich Aldridge (10–5) — — 57–39
98 August 2 Braves 2–5 Greenfield Hill (15–6) — — 57–40
99 August 3 Phillies 9–6 Dawson (3–6) Mitchell — 6,500 58–40
100 August 4 Phillies 8–5 Miljus (1–1) Pruett — — 59–40
101 August 4 Phillies 7–3 Kremer (9–6) Ulrich — — 60–40
102 August 5 Phillies 7–9 Ferguson Aldridge (10–6) Ulrich 3,500 60–41
103 August 6 Giants 2–9 Fitzsimmons Hill (15–7) — — 60–42
104 August 9 Giants 7–6 Hill (16–7) Fitzsimmons — — 61–42
105 August 10 Giants 3–8 Benton Dawson (3–7) Henry 10,000 61–43
106 August 11 @ Cardinals 1–2 Alexander Aldridge (10–7) — — 61–44
107 August 12 @ Cardinals 1–2 (11) Haines Hill (16–8) — 23,945 61–45
108 August 13 @ Cardinals 6–2 Meadows (15–5) Rhem — — 62–45
109 August 14 @ Cardinals 5–1 Kremer (10–6) Sherdel — 20,000 63–45
110 August 16 @ Giants 4–8 Henry Aldridge (10–8) — 25,000 63–46
111 August 17 @ Giants 4–1 Hill (17–8) Fitzsimmons — — 64–46
112 August 19 @ Giants 9–3 Meadows (16–5) Benton — — 65–46
113 August 19 @ Giants 2–5 Grimes Kremer (10–7) — 30,000 65–47
114 August 20 @ Robins 10–7 Miljus (2–1) Clark — 7,000 66–47
115 August 21 @ Robins 2–1 Hill (18–8) Doak — 20,000 67–47
116 August 25 @ Braves 1–5 Greenfield Meadows (16–6) — — 67–48
117 August 25 @ Braves 8–1 Kremer (11–7) Smith — — 68–48
118 August 26 @ Braves 4–6 Robertson Miljus (2–2) — — 68–49
119 August 29 @ Phillies 2–2 (6) — — 68–49
120 August 30 @ Phillies 2–3 (10) Pruett Kremer (11–8) — — 68–50
121 August 30 @ Phillies 12–6 Miljus (3–2) Decatur — — 69–50
122 August 31 @ Phillies 3–2 (13) Hill (19–8) Ulrich — — 70–50
123 August 31 @ Phillies 7–2 Miljus (4–2) Scott Cvengros (1) — 71–50
September: 22–9 (Home: 17–8; Away: 5–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
124 September 1 Cubs 4–3 Meadows (17–6) Carlson — 18,000 72–50
125 September 2 Cardinals 5–3 Kremer (12–8) Alexander — — 73–50
126 September 3 Cardinals 14–0 Hill (20–8) Haines — — 74–50
127 September 4 @ Reds 8–4 Aldridge (11–8) Luque — — 75–50
128 September 5 Reds 6–8 Rixey Miljus (4–3) — — 75–51
129 September 5 Reds 3–4 Donohue Meadows (17–7) — — 75–52
130 September 6 Reds 5–0 Kremer (13–8) May — — 76–52
131 September 7 Reds 5–6 Lucas Hill (20–9) — — 76–53
132 September 9 Phillies 3–2 Aldridge (12–8) Pruett — — 77–53
133 September 10 Phillies 4–0 Kremer (14–8) Ulrich — — 78–53
134 September 12 Phillies 3–2 Hill (21–9) Scott — — 79–53
135 September 13 Braves 6–1 Meadows (18–7) Greenfield — — 80–53
136 September 13 Braves 5–4 Aldridge (13–8) Genewich Kremer (1) 30,000 81–53
137 September 14 Braves 6–2 Kremer (15–8) Greenfield — — 82–53
138 September 14 Braves 3–0 Miljus (5–3) Robertson — — 83–53
139 September 15 Braves 2–1 Hill (22–9) Smith — — 84–53
140 September 16 Braves 4–3 Meadows (19–7) Wertz — — 85–53
141 September 17 Robins 2–1 Aldridge (14–8) Petty — — 86–53
142 September 17 Robins 6–0 Kremer (16–8) Elliott — 27,000 87–53
143 September 19 Robins 0–3 Vance Hill (22–10) — — 87–54
144 September 20 Robins 0–3 Doak Meadows (19–8) — — 87–55
145 September 21 Robins 4–2 Miljus (6–3) McWeeny — 6,000 88–55
146 September 22 Giants 5–2 Kremer (17–8) Benton — — 89–55
147 September 22 Giants 1–7 Fitzsimmons Aldridge (14–9) — 40,000 89–56
148 September 23 Giants 5–6 Plitt Hill (22–11) Benton 18,000 89–57
149 September 24 Giants 1–3 Fitzsimmons Meadows (19–9) — 40,000 89–58
150 September 25 @ Cubs 2–1 Aldridge (15–9) Bush — — 90–58
151 September 25 @ Cubs 6–1 Kremer (18–8) Root — — 91–58
152 September 26 @ Cubs 1–0 (6) Miljus (7–3) Nehf — 5,000 92–58
153 September 27 @ Cubs 2–1 Kremer (19–8) Carlson — 3,000 93–58
154 September 30 @ Reds 1–2 Lucas Aldridge (15–10) — 2,011 93–59
October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
155 October 1 @ Reds 9–6 Miljus (8–3) Donohue — — 94–59
156 October 2 @ Reds 0–1 Appleton Meadows (19–10) — — 94–60
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Detailed records

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

1927 Pittsburgh Pirates
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 Johnny Gooch 101 291 75 .258 2 48
1B Joe Harris 129 411 134 .326 5 73
2B George Grantham 151 531 162 .305 8 66
SS Glenn Wright 143 570 160 .281 9 105
3B Pie Traynor 149 573 196 .342 5 106
OF Lloyd Waner 150 629 223 .355 2 27
OF Paul Waner 155 623 237 .380 9 131
OF Clyde Barnhart 108 360 115 .319 3 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
Kiki Cuyler 85 285 88 .309 3 31
Earl Smith 66 189 51 .270 5 25
Hal Rhyne 62 168 46 .274 0 17
Roy Spencer 38 92 26 .283 0 13
Adam Comorosky 18 61 14 .230 0 4
Heinie Groh 14 35 10 .286 0 3
Joe Cronin 12 22 5 .227 0 3
Fred Brickell 32 21 6 .286 1 4
Ed Sicking 6 7 1 .143 0 3
Herman Layne 11 6 0 .000 0 0
Dick Bartell 1 2 0 .000 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
Lee Meadows 40 299.1 19 10 3.40 84
Carmen Hill 43 277.2 22 11 3.24 95
Vic Aldridge 35 239.1 15 10 4.25 86
Ray Kremer 35 226.0 19 8 2.47 63

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
Joe Dawson 20 80.2 3 7 4.46 17
Johnny Miljus 19 75.2 8 3 1.90 24
Mike Cvengros 23 53.1 2 1 3.35 21
Emil Yde 9 27.2 1 3 9.71 9
Roy Mahaffey 2 9.1 1 0 7.71 4
Joe Bush 5 6.2 1 2 13.50 1

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
Johnny Morrison 23 3 2 3 4.19 21
Chet Nichols 8 0 3 0 5.86 9
Don Songer 2 0 0 0 11.57 1
Red Peery 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Carmen Hill

  • #3 in NL in wins (22)

Ray Kremer

  • NL leader in ERA (2.47)

Lee Meadows

  • NL leader in complete games (25)

Pie Traynor

  • #5 in NL in batting average (.342)

Lloyd Waner

  • NL leader in runs scored (133)
  • #3 in NL in batting average (.355)

Paul Waner

  • NL leader in batting average (.380)
  • NL leader in RBI (131)
  • NL leader in triples (18)
  • #2 in NL in on-base percentage (.437)
  • #2 in NL in doubles (42)
  • #4 in NL in runs scored (114)
  • #4 in NL in slugging percentage (.549)

1927 World Series

Main article: 1927 World Series

Game 1

October 5, 1927, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 6 1
Pittsburgh (N) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 9 2
W: Waite Hoyt (1–0)  L: Ray Kremer (0–1),   S: Wilcy Moore (1)

Game 2

October 6, 1927, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 11 0
Pittsburgh (N) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 2
W: George Pipgras (1–0)  L: Vic Aldridge (0–1)

Game 3

October 7, 1927, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh (N) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1
New York (A) 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 x 8 9 0
W: Herb Pennock (1–0)   L: Lee Meadows (0–1)
HR: NYY – Babe Ruth (1)

Game 4

October 8, 1927, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh (N) 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 10 1
New York (A) 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 12 2
W: Wilcy Moore (1–0)   L: John Miljus (0–1)
HR: NYY – Babe Ruth (2)

References

  1. ^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. ^ Don Songer page at Baseball Reference

External links

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