# 1927 Chicago White Sox season

The 1927 Chicago White Sox season was a season in Major League Baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 70–83, 39 games behind the pennant-winning New York Yankees.

## Offseason

* November 1926: Eddie Collins was released by the White Sox.
* January 15, 1927: Sloppy Thurston and Leo Mangum were traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Roger Peckinpaugh.

## 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 15, 1927: Bernie Neis was purchased by the White Sox from the Cleveland Indians.

### 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 | Harry McCurdy | 86 | 262 | 75 | .286 | 1 | 27 |
| 1B | Bud Clancy | 130 | 464 | 139 | .300 | 3 | 53 |
| 2B | Aaron Ward | 145 | 463 | 125 | .270 | 5 | 56 |
| SS | Bill Hunnefield | 112 | 365 | 104 | .285 | 2 | 36 |
| 3B | Willie Kamm | 148 | 540 | 146 | .270 | 0 | 59 |
| OF | Bill Barrett | 147 | 556 | 159 | .286 | 4 | 83 |
| OF | Alex Metzler | 134 | 543 | 173 | .319 | 3 | 61 |
| OF | Bibb Falk | 145 | 535 | 175 | .327 | 9 | 83 |

#### 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 |
| Buck Crouse | 85 | 222 | 53 | .239 | 0 | 20 |
| Roger Peckinpaugh | 68 | 217 | 64 | .295 | 0 | 23 |
| Earl Sheely | 45 | 129 | 27 | .209 | 2 | 16 |
| Roy Flaskamper | 26 | 95 | 21 | .221 | 0 | 6 |
| Bernie Neis | 45 | 76 | 22 | .289 | 0 | 11 |
| Moe Berg | 35 | 69 | 17 | .246 | 0 | 4 |
| Ike Boone | 29 | 53 | 12 | .226 | 1 | 11 |
| Carl Reynolds | 14 | 42 | 9 | .214 | 1 | 7 |
| Ray Schalk | 16 | 26 | 6 | .231 | 0 | 2 |
| Johnny Mostil | 13 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
| Randy Moore | 6 | 15 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Kid Willson | 7 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Battle | 6 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Way | 5 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Lena Blackburne | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Tommy Thomas | 40 | 307.2 | 19 | 16 | 2.98 | 107 |
| Ted Lyons | 39 | 307.2 | 22 | 14 | 2.84 | 71 |
| Ted Blankenship | 37 | 236.2 | 12 | 17 | 5.06 | 51 |
| Red Faber | 18 | 110.2 | 4 | 7 | 4.55 | 39 |
| Frank Stewart | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 0 |
| Joe Brown | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Sarge Connally | 43 | 198.1 | 10 | 15 | 4.08 | 58 |
| Elmer Jacobs | 25 | 74.1 | 2 | 4 | 4.60 | 22 |
| Charlie Barnabe | 17 | 61.0 | 0 | 5 | 5.31 | 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 |
| Bert Cole | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.73 | 12 |