1927 St. Louis Cardinals season
St. Louis, Missouri | ||
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Record | 92–61 (.601) | |
League place | 2nd | |
Owners | Sam Breadon | |
General managers | Branch Rickey | |
Managers | Bob O'Farrell | |
Radio | KMOX (Garnett Marks) KFVE (Thomas Patrick) WIL (William Elsworth) | |
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The 1927
Offseason
- December 20, 1926:
In a deal that shocked the baseball world, the Cardinals traded long-time star
Regular season
Season standings
National League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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
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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 |
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C | Frank Snyder |
63 | 194 | 50 | .258 | 1 | 30 |
1B | Jim Bottomley | 152 | 574 | 174 | .303 | 19 | 124 |
2B | Frankie Frisch | 153 | 617 | 208 | .337 | 10 | 78 |
SS | Heinie Schuble | 65 | 218 | 56 | .257 | 4 | 28 |
3B | Les Bell | 115 | 390 | 101 | .259 | 9 | 65 |
OF | Chick Hafey | 103 | 346 | 114 | .329 | 18 | 63 |
OF | Taylor Douthit | 130 | 488 | 128 | .262 | 5 | 50 |
OF | Wattie Holm | 110 | 419 | 120 | .286 | 3 | 66 |
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 |
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Billy Southworth | 92 | 306 | 92 | .301 | 2 | 39 |
Specs Toporcer | 86 | 290 | 72 | .248 | 0 | 19 |
Tommy Thevenow | 59 | 191 | 37 | .194 | 0 | 4 |
Ray Blades | 61 | 180 | 57 | .317 | 2 | 29 |
Bob O'Farrell | 61 | 178 | 47 | .264 | 0 | 18 |
Johnny Schulte | 64 | 156 | 45 | .288 | 9 | 32 |
Ernie Orsatti | 27 | 92 | 29 | .315 | 0 | 12 |
Danny Clark | 58 | 72 | 17 | .236 | 0 | 13 |
Rabbit Maranville | 9 | 29 | 7 | .241 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Schang | 3 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Homer Peel | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Wally Roettger | 5 | 1 | 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 |
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Jesse Haines | 38 | 300.2 | 24 | 10 | 2.72 | 89 |
Pete Alexander | 37 | 268.0 | 21 | 10 | 2.52 | 48 |
Bill Sherdel | 39 | 232.1 | 17 | 12 | 3.53 | 59 |
Flint Rhem | 27 | 169.1 | 10 | 12 | 4.41 | 51 |
Bob McGraw | 18 | 94.0 | 4 | 5 | 5.07 | 37 |
Fred Frankhouse | 6 | 50.0 | 5 | 1 | 2.70 | 20 |
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 |
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Art Reinhart | 21 | 81.2 | 5 | 2 | 4.19 | 15 |
Jimmy Ring | 13 | 33.0 | 0 | 4 | 6.55 | 13 |
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 |
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Hi Bell | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.92 | 31 |
Vic Keen | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.81 | 12 |
Carlisle Littlejohn | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 16 |
Syl Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 |
Eddie Dyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
Tony Kaufmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 0 |
Awards and honors
Records
- Frankie Frisch, National League record, Most chances accepted by a second baseman, (1037).[2]
- Frankie Frisch, National League record, Most assists by a second baseman, (641).[2]
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Syracuse Stars
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International League | Burt Shotton |
A | Houston Buffaloes | Texas League | Joe Mathes |
B | Danville Veterans
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Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Everitt Booe
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C | Topeka Jayhawks
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Western Association | Joe Schultz, Sr. |
References
- ^ Rogers Hornsby page at Baseball Reference
- ^ ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
External links
- 1927 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
- 1927 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com