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1927 Brooklyn Robins season

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1927 Brooklyn Robins
LeagueNational League
BallparkEbbets Field
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersStephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company
PresidentWilbert Robinson
ManagersWilbert Robinson
← 1926
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The 1927 Brooklyn Robins had another bad year. They tied a National League record on May 21 by using five pitchers in the eighth inning.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 94 60 .610 48‍–‍31 46‍–‍29
St. Louis Cardinals 92 61 .601 55‍–‍25 37‍–‍36
New York Giants 92 62 .597 2 49‍–‍25 43‍–‍37
Chicago Cubs 85 68 .556 50‍–‍28 35‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds 75 78 .490 18½ 45‍–‍35 30‍–‍43
Brooklyn Robins 65 88 .425 28½ 34‍–‍39 31‍–‍49
Boston Braves 60 94 .390 34 32‍–‍41 28‍–‍53
Philadelphia Phillies 51 103 .331 43 34‍–‍43 17‍–‍60

Record vs. opponents

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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


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1927 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Hank DeBerry 68 201 47 .234 1 21
1B Babe Herman 130 412 112 .272 14 73
2B Jay Partridge 146 572 149 .260 7 40
3B Bob Barrett 99 355 92 .259 5 38
SS Johnny Butler 149 521 124 .238 2 57
OF Max Carey 144 538 143 .266 1 54
OF Jigger Statz 130 507 139 .274 1 21
OF Gus Felix 130 445 118 .265 0 57

Other batters

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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
Harvey Hendrick 128 458 142 .310 4 50
Jake Flowers 67 231 54 .234 2 20
Butch Henline 67 177 47 .266 1 18
Charlie Hargreaves 46 133 38 .286 0 11
Irish Meusel 42 74 18 .243 1 7
Overton Tremper 26 60 14 .233 0 4
Chuck Corgan 19 57 15 .263 0 1
William Marriott 6 9 1 .111 0 1
Merwin Jacobson 11 6 0 .000 0 1
Oscar Roettger 5 4 0 .000 0 0
Chick Fewster 4 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dazzy Vance 34 273.1 16 15 2.70 184
Jesse Petty 42 271.2 13 18 2.98 101
Jumbo Elliott 30 188.1 6 13 3.30 99
Bill Doak 27 145.0 11 8 3.48 32
Ray Moss 1 8.1 1 0 3.24 1
Bob McGraw 1 4.0 0 1 9.00 2

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Doug McWeeny 34 164.1 4 8 3.56 73
Jesse Barnes 18 78.2 2 10 5.72 14
Norman Plitt 19 62.1 2 6 4.91 9

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Rube Ehrhardt 46 3 7 2 3.57 22
Watty Clark 27 7 2 2 2.32 32
Guy Cantrell 6 0 0 0 2.70 5

Notes

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References

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