# 1927 St. Louis Cardinals season

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

* December 20, 1926: Rogers Hornsby was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Giants for Frankie Frisch and Jimmy Ring.
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.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational 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 recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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).
* Frankie Frisch, National League record, Most assists by a second baseman, (641).

## Farm system

| 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. |