# 1927 Detroit Tigers season

The 1927 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the American League, and they finished in fourth place.
Outfielder Harry Heilmann won his fourth American League batting title with a .398 batting average.

## Offseason

* January 15, 1927: Otto Miller, Billy Mullen, Frank O'Rourke and Lefty Stewart were traded by the Tigers to the St. Louis Browns for Pinky Hargrave, Marty McManus and Bobby LaMotte.
* January 27, 1927: Ty Cobb was released by the Tigers.

## Regular season

* May 31, 1927: Johnny Neun of the Tigers executed an unassisted triple play. Neun caught a line drive, tagged the runner off first base and tagged second base before the other runner returned.

### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 110 | 44 | .714 | — | 57‍–‍19 | 53‍–‍25 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 91 | 63 | .591 | 19 | 50‍–‍27 | 41‍–‍36 |
| Washington Senators | 85 | 69 | .552 | 25 | 51‍–‍28 | 34‍–‍41 |
| Detroit Tigers | 82 | 71 | .536 | 27½ | 44‍–‍32 | 38‍–‍39 |
| Chicago White Sox | 70 | 83 | .458 | 39½ | 38‍–‍37 | 32‍–‍46 |
| Cleveland Indians | 66 | 87 | .431 | 43½ | 35‍–‍42 | 31‍–‍45 |
| St. Louis Browns | 59 | 94 | .386 | 50½ | 38‍–‍38 | 21‍–‍56 |
| Boston Red Sox | 51 | 103 | .331 | 59 | 29‍–‍49 | 22‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1927 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### 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 | Larry Woodall | 88 | 246 | 69 | .280 | 0 | 39 |
| 1B | Lu Blue | 112 | 365 | 95 | .260 | 1 | 42 |
| 2B | Charlie Gehringer | 133 | 508 | 161 | .317 | 4 | 61 |
| SS | Jackie Tavener | 116 | 419 | 115 | .274 | 5 | 59 |
| 3B | Jack Warner | 139 | 559 | 149 | .267 | 1 | 45 |
| OF | Heinie Manush | 151 | 593 | 177 | .298 | 6 | 90 |
| OF | Harry Heilmann | 141 | 505 | 201 | .398 | 14 | 120 |
| OF | Bob Fothergill | 143 | 527 | 189 | .359 | 9 | 114 |

#### 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 |
| Marty McManus | 108 | 369 | 99 | .268 | 9 | 69 |
| Johnny Neun | 79 | 204 | 66 | .324 | 0 | 27 |
| Johnny Bassler | 81 | 200 | 57 | .285 | 0 | 24 |
| Al Wingo | 75 | 137 | 32 | .234 | 0 | 20 |
| Art Ruble | 56 | 91 | 15 | .165 | 0 | 11 |
| Merv Shea | 34 | 85 | 15 | .176 | 0 | 9 |
| Bernie DeViveiros | 24 | 22 | 5 | .227 | 0 | 2 |
| Clyde Manion | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Earl Whitehill | 41 | 236.0 | 16 | 14 | 3.36 | 95 |
| Sam Gibson | 33 | 184.2 | 11 | 12 | 3.80 | 76 |
| Rip Collins | 30 | 172.2 | 13 | 7 | 4.69 | 37 |
| Josh Billings | 10 | 67.0 | 5 | 4 | 4.84 | 18 |
| Rufus Smith | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Lil Stoner | 38 | 215.0 | 10 | 13 | 3.98 | 63 |
| Ken Holloway | 36 | 183.1 | 11 | 12 | 4.07 | 36 |
| Ownie Carroll | 31 | 172.0 | 10 | 6 | 3.98 | 41 |
| Ed Wells | 8 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 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 |
| George Smith | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.91 | 32 |
| Don Hankins | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6.33 | 10 |
| Jess Doyle | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.03 | 5 |
| Jim Walkup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 0 |
| Augie Johns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Fort Worth Panthers | Texas League | Jake Atz |
| C | Wheeling Stogies | Middle Atlantic League | Bobby Prysock |