1927 Cleveland Indians season

The 1927 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 66–87, 43½ games behind the New York Yankees.

1927 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Ballpark	Dunn Field
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners	Alva Bradley
General managers	Billy Evans
Managers	Jack McCallister
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Offseason

• January 31, 1927: Tris Speaker was released by the Indians.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	110	44	0.714	—	57–19	53–25
Philadelphia Athletics	91	63	0.591	19	50–27	41–36
Washington Senators	85	69	0.552	25	51–28	34–41
Detroit Tigers	82	71	0.536	27½	44–32	38–39
Chicago White Sox	70	83	0.458	39½	38–37	32–46
Cleveland Indians	66	87	0.431	43½	35–42	31–45
St. Louis Browns	59	94	0.386	50½	38–38	21–56
Boston Red Sox	51	103	0.331	59	29–49	22–54

Record vs. opponents

1927 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	11–11	15–7	5–17	4–18	6–16	6–16	4–18
Chicago	11–11	—	8–14	13–8	5–17	8–14	15–7	10–12
Cleveland	7–15	14–8	—	7–15	10–12	10–12	10–11	8–14
Detroit	17–5	8–13	15–7	—	8–14	9–13	14–8–1	11–11–2
New York	18–4	17–5	12–10	14–8	—	14–8–1	21–1	14–8
Philadelphia	16–6	14–8	12–10	13–9	8–14–1	—	16–6	12–10
St. Louis	16–6	7–15	11–10	8–14–1	1–21	6–16	—	10–12–1
Washington	18–4	12–10	14–8	11–11–2	8–14	10–12	12–10–1	—

Notable transactions

• June 15, 1927: Bernie Neis was purchased from the Indians by the Chicago White Sox.^[2]

Roster

1927 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Jumbo Brown Garland Buckeye Hap Collard Wes Ferrell George Grant Willis Hudlin Benn Karr Dutch Levsen Hal McKain Jake Miller Joe Shaute Sherry Smith George Uhle Willie Underhill		Catchers Chick Autry Glenn Myatt Luke Sewell Infielders Johnny Burnett George Burns Lew Fonseca Johnny Hodapp Carl Lind Rube Lutzke Ernie Padgett Joe Sewell Freddy Spurgeon Dutch Ussat		Outfielders Nick Cullop Ike Eichrodt George Gerken Johnny Gill Baby Doll Jacobson Charlie Jamieson Sam Langford Pat McNulty Bernie Neis Homer Summa		Manager Jack McCallister Coaches Harry Mathews

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	Luke Sewell	128	470	138	.294	0	53
1B	George Burns	140	549	175	.319	3	78
2B	Lew Fonseca	112	428	133	.311	2	40
SS	Joe Sewell	153	569	180	.316	1	92
3B	Rube Lutzke	100	311	78	.251	0	41
OF	Homer Summa	145	574	164	.286	4	74
OF	Charlie Jamieson	127	489	151	.309	0	36
OF	Ike Eichrodt	85	267	59	.221	0	25

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
Johnny Hodapp	79	240	73	.304	5	40
Freddy Spurgeon	57	179	45	.251	1	19
Baby Doll Jacobson	32	103	26	.252	0	13
Bernie Neis	32	96	29	.302	4	18
Glenn Myatt	55	94	23	.245	2	8
Nick Cullop	32	68	16	.235	1	8
Sam Langford	20	67	18	.269	1	7
Johnny Gill	21	60	13	.217	1	4
Chick Autry	16	43	11	.256	0	7
Pat McNulty	19	41	13	.317	0	4
Carl Lind	12	37	5	.135	0	1
Dutch Ussat	4	16	3	.188	0	2
George Gerken	6	14	3	.214	0	2
Johnny Burnett	17	8	0	.000	0	0
Ernie Padgett	7	7	2	.286	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
Willis Hudlin	43	264.2	18	12	4.01	65
Joe Shaute	45	230.1	9	16	4.22	63
Garland Buckeye	35	204.2	10	17	3.96	38
Jake Miller	34	185.1	10	8	3.21	53
George Uhle	25	153.1	8	9	4.34	69

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
Dutch Levsen	25	80.1	3	7	5.49	15
Benn Karr	22	76.2	3	3	5.05	17
Sherry Smith	11	38.0	1	4	5.45	8
Hal McKain	2	11.0	0	1	4.09	5
Willie Underhill	4	8.1	0	2	9.72	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
George Grant	25	4	6	1	4.46	19
Jumbo Brown	8	0	2	0	6.27	8
Hap Collard	4	0	0	0	5.06	2
Nick Cullop	1	0	0	0	9.00	0
Wes Ferrell	1	0	0	0	27.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
B	Terre Haute Tots	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Bob Wells

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Notes

1. Tris Speaker at Baseball Reference
2. Bernie Neis at Baseball Reference
3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

• 1927 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference