1927 St. Louis Cardinals season

1927 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record92–61 (.601)
League place2nd
OwnersSam Breadon
General managersBranch Rickey
ManagersBob O'Farrell
RadioKMOX
(Garnett Marks)
KFVE
(Thomas Patrick)
WIL
(William Elsworth)
← 1926 Seasons 1928 →

The 1927 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 46th season in St. Louis, Missouri, and its 36th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 92–61 during the season and finished second in the National League.

Offseason

In a deal that shocked the baseball world, the Cardinals traded long-time star Rogers Hornsby on December 20, 1926, to the New York Giants for Frankie Frisch and Jimmy Ring. The deal was held up because Hornsby, as part of his contract as the manager of the Cardinals (he was a player-manager at the time), owned several shares of stock in the Cardinals. Cardinals owner Sam Breadon offered Hornsby a sum for the stock considerably lower than what Hornsby demanded for it, and neither would budge. Eventually, the other owners of the National League made up the difference, and the trade went through.[citation needed]

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 94 60 .610 — 48‍–‍31 46‍–‍29
St. Louis Cardinals 92 61 .601 1½ 55‍–‍25 37‍–‍36
New York Giants 92 62 .597 2 49‍–‍25 43‍–‍37
Chicago Cubs 85 68 .556 8½ 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

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 —


Roster

1927 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
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
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
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
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
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
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

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Syracuse Stars International League Burt Shotton
A Houston Buffaloes Texas League Joe Mathes
B Danville Veterans Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Everitt Booe
C Topeka Jayhawks Western Association Joe Schultz, Sr.

[3]

References

  1. ^ Rogers Hornsby page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ a b Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 93, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  3. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007


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