# 1927 Chicago Cubs season

The 1927 Chicago Cubs season was the 56th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 52nd in the National League and the 12th at Wrigley Field (the first in which the park was officially named Wrigley Field). The Cubs finished fourth in the National League with a record of 85–68.

## Regular season

* May 30, 1927: Jimmy Cooney of the Cubs executed an unassisted triple play. He caught a line drive, touched second base and tagged the runner coming from first base.

### 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 | Gabby Hartnett | 127 | 449 | 132 | .294 | 10 | 80 |
| 1B | Charlie Grimm | 147 | 543 | 169 | .311 | 2 | 74 |
| 2B | Clyde Beck | 117 | 391 | 101 | .258 | 2 | 44 |
| SS | Woody English | 87 | 334 | 97 | .290 | 1 | 28 |
| 3B | Sparky Adams | 146 | 647 | 189 | .292 | 0 | 49 |
| OF | Riggs Stephenson | 152 | 579 | 199 | .344 | 7 | 82 |
| OF | Hack Wilson | 146 | 551 | 175 | .318 | 30 | 129 |
| OF | Earl Webb | 102 | 332 | 100 | .301 | 14 | 52 |

#### 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 |
| Cliff Heathcote | 83 | 228 | 67 | .294 | 2 | 25 |
| Eddie Pick | 54 | 181 | 31 | .171 | 2 | 15 |
| Pete Scott | 71 | 156 | 49 | .314 | 0 | 21 |
| Jimmy Cooney | 33 | 132 | 32 | .242 | 0 | 6 |
| Mike González | 39 | 108 | 26 | .241 | 1 | 15 |
| Howard Freigau | 30 | 86 | 20 | .233 | 0 | 10 |
| Chick Tolson | 39 | 54 | 16 | .296 | 2 | 17 |
| Elmer Yoter | 13 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 0 | 5 |
| Harry Wilke | 3 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Haney | 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Sewell | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| John Churry | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 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 |
| Charlie Root | 48 | 309.0 | 26 | 15 | 3.76 | 145 |
| Sheriff Blake | 32 | 224.0 | 13 | 14 | 3.29 | 64 |
| Hal Carlson | 27 | 184.1 | 12 | 8 | 3.17 | 27 |

#### 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 |
| Guy Bush | 36 | 193.1 | 10 | 10 | 3.03 | 62 |
| Jim Brillheart | 32 | 128.2 | 4 | 2 | 4.13 | 36 |
| Percy Jones | 30 | 112.2 | 7 | 8 | 4.07 | 37 |
| Bob Osborn | 24 | 107.2 | 5 | 5 | 4.18 | 45 |
| Tony Kaufmann | 9 | 53.1 | 3 | 3 | 6.41 | 21 |
| Art Nehf | 8 | 26.1 | 1 | 1 | 1.37 | 12 |
| Lefty Weinert | 5 | 19.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.58 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Luther Roy | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.29 | 5 |
| Hank Grampp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 |
| Wayland Dean | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
| Johnny Welch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Reading Keystones | International League | Fred Merkle, Fritz Maisel and Harry Hinchman |
| AA | Los Angeles Angels | Pacific Coast League | Marty Krug |