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1927 Pittsburgh Pirates
1927 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since 1887)
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Donie Bush
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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 on his way to a 19–8 record.

Notable transactions

• May 9, 1927: Don Songer was purchased from the Pirates by the New York Giants.

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	Gooch, JohnnyJohnny Gooch	101	291	75	.258	2	48
1B	Harris, JoeJoe Harris	129	411	134	.326	5	73
2B	Grantham, GeorgeGeorge Grantham	151	531	162	.305	8	66
SS	Wright, GlennGlenn Wright	143	570	160	.281	9	105
3B	Traynor, PiePie Traynor	149	573	196	.342	5	106
OF	Waner, LloydLloyd Waner	150	629	223	.355	2	27
OF	Waner, PaulPaul Waner	155	623	237	.380	9	131
OF	Barnhart, ClydeClyde Barnhart	108	360	115	.319	3	154

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
Cuyler, KikiKiki Cuyler	85	285	88	.309	3	31
Smith, EarlEarl Smith	66	189	51	.270	5	25
Rhyne, HalHal Rhyne	62	168	46	.274	0	17
Spencer, RoyRoy Spencer	38	92	26	.283	0	13
Comorosky, AdamAdam Comorosky	18	61	14	.230	0	4
Groh, HeinieHeinie Groh	14	35	10	.286	0	3
Cronin, JoeJoe Cronin	12	22	5	.227	0	3
Brickell, FredFred Brickell	32	21	6	.286	1	4
Cuyler, KikiKiki Cuyler	6	7	1	.143	0	3
Layne, HermanHerman Layne	11	6	0	.000	0	0
Bartell, DickDick 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
Meadows, LeeLee Meadows	40	299.1	19	10	3.40	84
Hill, CarmenCarmen Hill	43	277.2	22	11	3.24	95
Aldridge, VicVic Aldridge	35	239.1	15	10	4.25	86
Kremer, RayRay Kremer	35	226	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
Dawson, JoeJoe Dawson	20	80.2	3	7	4.46	17
Miljus, JohnnyJohnny Miljus	19	75.2	8	3	1.90	24
Cvengros, MikeMike Cvengros	23	53.1	2	1	3.35	21
Yde, EmilEmil Yde	9	27.2	1	3	9.71	9
Bush, JoeJoe Bush	5	6.2	1	2	13.50	1
Mahaffey, RoyRoy Mahaffey	2	9.1	1	0	7.71	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
Morrison, JohnnyJohnny Morrison	23	3	2	3	4.19	21
Nichols, ChetChet Nichols	8	0	3	0	5.86	9
Songer, DonDon Songer	2	0	0	0	11.57	1
Peery, RedRed 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, New York

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, New York

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)

External links

• 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac