# 1927 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1927 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the As finishing second in the American League with a record of 91 wins and 63 losses.

## Offseason

* December 23, 1926: Eddie Collins was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
* February 8, 1927: Ty Cobb was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.

## Regular season
### 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 | Mickey Cochrane | 126 | 432 | 146 | .338 | 12 | 80 |
| 1B | Jimmy Dykes | 121 | 417 | 135 | .324 | 3 | 60 |
| 2B | Max Bishop | 117 | 372 | 103 | .277 | 0 | 22 |
| SS | Joe Boley | 118 | 370 | 115 | .311 | 1 | 52 |
| 3B | Sammy Hale | 131 | 501 | 157 | .313 | 5 | 81 |
| OF | Ty Cobb | 134 | 490 | 175 | .357 | 5 | 93 |
| OF | Al Simmons | 106 | 406 | 159 | .392 | 15 | 108 |
| OF | Walter French | 109 | 326 | 99 | .304 | 0 | 41 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Lamar | 84 | 324 | 97 | .299 | 4 | 47 |
| Zach Wheat | 88 | 247 | 80 | .324 | 1 | 38 |
| Eddie Collins | 95 | 226 | 76 | .336 | 1 | 15 |
| Chick Galloway | 77 | 181 | 48 | .265 | 0 | 22 |
| Cy Perkins | 59 | 137 | 35 | .255 | 1 | 15 |
| Jimmie Foxx | 61 | 130 | 42 | .323 | 3 | 20 |
| Jim Poole | 38 | 99 | 22 | .222 | 0 | 10 |
| Dud Branom | 30 | 94 | 22 | .234 | 0 | 13 |
| Charlie Bates | 9 | 38 | 9 | .237 | 0 | 2 |
| Baby Doll Jacobson | 17 | 35 | 8 | .229 | 1 | 5 |
| Rusty Saunders | 5 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 2 |
| Joe Mellana | 4 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 |
| Lefty Grove | 51 | 262.1 | 20 | 13 | 3.19 | 174 |
| Rube Walberg | 46 | 249.1 | 16 | 12 | 3.93 | 136 |
| Jack Quinn | 34 | 201.1 | 15 | 10 | 3.26 | 43 |
| Howard Ehmke | 30 | 189.2 | 12 | 10 | 4.22 | 68 |
| Guy Cantrell | 2 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.00 | 7 |

#### 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 |
| Eddie Rommel | 30 | 146.2 | 11 | 3 | 4.36 | 33 |
| Sam Gray | 37 | 133.1 | 9 | 6 | 4.59 | 49 |
| Neal Baker | 5 | 17.1 | 0 | 0 | 5.71 | 3 |
| Buzz Wetzel | 2 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Pate | 32 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5.20 | 14 |
| Jing Johnson | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.48 | 16 |
| Lefty Willis | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.67 | 7 |
| Ike Powers | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 |
| Jimmy Dykes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 0 |
| Carroll Yerkes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Awards and honors
### League leaders

* Lefty Grove
** American League leader, Strikeouts

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Buffalo Bisons | International League | Bill Clymer |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Buffalo