# 1927 Boston Braves season

The 1927 Boston Braves season was the 57th season of the franchise. The Braves finished seventh in the National League with a record of 60 wins and 94 losses.

## 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 | Shanty Hogan | 71 | 229 | 66 | .288 | 3 | 32 |
| 1B | Jack Fournier | 122 | 374 | 106 | .283 | 10 | 53 |
| 2B | Doc Gautreau | 87 | 236 | 58 | .246 | 0 | 20 |
| SS | Dave Bancroft | 111 | 375 | 91 | .243 | 1 | 31 |
| 3B | Andy High | 113 | 384 | 116 | .302 | 4 | 46 |
| OF | Eddie Brown | 155 | 558 | 171 | .306 | 2 | 75 |
| OF | Lance Richbourg | 115 | 450 | 139 | .309 | 2 | 34 |
| OF | Jimmy Welsh | 131 | 497 | 143 | .288 | 9 | 54 |

#### 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 |
| Doc Farrell | 110 | 424 | 124 | .292 | 1 | 58 |
| Eddie Moore | 112 | 411 | 124 | .302 | 1 | 32 |
| Dick Burrus | 72 | 220 | 70 | .318 | 0 | 32 |
| Jack Smith | 84 | 183 | 58 | .317 | 1 | 24 |
| Frank Gibson | 60 | 167 | 37 | .222 | 0 | 19 |
| Luke Urban | 35 | 111 | 32 | .288 | 0 | 10 |
| Zach Taylor | 30 | 96 | 23 | .240 | 1 | 14 |
| Herb Thomas | 24 | 74 | 17 | .230 | 0 | 6 |
| Leslie Mann | 29 | 66 | 17 | .258 | 0 | 6 |
| Earl Clark | 13 | 44 | 12 | .273 | 0 | 3 |
| Sid Graves | 7 | 20 | 5 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
| Dinny McNamara | 11 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Cooney | 10 | 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 |
| Bob Smith | 40 | 260.2 | 10 | 18 | 3.76 | 81 |
| Kent Greenfield | 27 | 190.0 | 11 | 14 | 3.84 | 59 |
| Charlie Robertson | 28 | 154.1 | 7 | 17 | 4.72 | 49 |
| Hugh McQuillan | 13 | 78.0 | 3 | 5 | 5.54 | 17 |
| Larry Benton | 11 | 60.1 | 4 | 2 | 4.48 | 25 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Genewich | 40 | 181.0 | 11 | 8 | 3.83 | 38 |
| Johnny Werts | 42 | 164.1 | 4 | 10 | 4.55 | 39 |
| Foster Edwards | 29 | 92.0 | 2 | 8 | 4.99 | 37 |
| Hal Goldsmith | 22 | 71.2 | 1 | 3 | 3.52 | 13 |
| Guy Morrison | 11 | 34.1 | 1 | 2 | 4.46 | 6 |

#### 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 Mogridge | 20 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3.70 | 26 |
| Art Mills | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.82 | 7 |
| Bunny Hearn | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.26 | 5 |
| Jack Knight | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 0 |
| Dick Rudolph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |