The Washington times., 1932-07-27
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CLEVELAND. Ohio. July q
Among some letters which reached
me the other day was a query
which apparently was the out
growth of a discussion among
number of baseball fans as to th'
strongest team of the past l!
years. The debaterS agreed to lie
me answer the question for them
which faith in my judgment wa
a bit flattering to me. This wa
the note:
Several baseball fans of our
town got into a discussion re-
Gently as to the best ball team
of any season in the past Is
years. One thought one team
was best, another picked a diff
ferent team. We decided to
leave it to you. We have listed
below the teams which we're
mentioned by different persons
in the discussion and would
like to have you pick one OF
them, and in your reply give us
O few reasons for the choice.
Here are the teams:
Chicago White SOx Of 1917.
] New York Giants of 1921.
| New York Yankees Of 1923.
Washington Senators of 1924.
/ PittAburgh Pirates OF 1928.
New York Yankees of 1927.
| Chicago Cubs of 1929.
Philadelphia Athletics OF 1880.
st. Louis Cardinals of 1881.
"OnIy four of these clubs
clubs wee picked, but it
was 'ecided send the query
this way, to see if your choice
agreed with any of ours. You
will note that all except one
the Cubs of 1929-were world
series winners as well as pen
nant winners. One member of
the group really picked the
Cubs and insisted that the
strongest team of the year
sometimes loses a world series.
Do you think SO? We hope for
an early reply.
(Signed) &C. T. S.
"And Other Fans"
My selection as the best team
Of that group is the Yankee team
of 1927. l make this choice
through no prejudice in favor Of
q team on which I was a member
but merely on the great accom-
pliShments of that group of play
erS.
Set Home Run Record
It was my good fortune to be
setting a home run record that
year and to have Lou Gehrig
pounding out Al homers to my so
The remainder o. the club added
48 more, and the total still stands
as an American League record.
But it wasn't on LomerS alone
that this club distinguished itself
Various other records were SCI
and some of the writer's were re
ferring to us as the record break
ers" before the close of the sea
son. We won 10 games, which
still is tops for the American
League, this figure having beer
surpassed but once in major
league history.
1 know Miller Higgins re
garded that as his greatest club
We did not lose a series O.
games all season at the Stadium
and lost only two series on th'
road. In April the AS beat u!
in the ninth inning to win thu
odd game of a three-game series
and in August we lost three
straight in Cleveland. We wert
shut out once that year, but no
until near the first of Septem
ber.
Moore Sparkled
That was the year Wiley
Moore proved himself the mar
velous relief pitcher to back uI
q staff which included Pennock
Hoyt, Pipgras. Ruether. Shockel
and ShaWkey. We were nevel
out of first place for a day from
the time the season opened unit
it closed, and we finished Is
full games ahead of the Ath
letics, in second place. Ther
we met the Pittsburgh Pirate:
and won the world series in foul
games.
AS recall it we went through
that season without a change
being made in the batting
order. And I guess there were
many other distinctions which
do not recall at the moment
other championship teams have
set records of one kind or an
other. but l doubt that any evel
stood out so strongly in so many
different ways. That is why my
choice is the 1927 Yankee team
AS for the better team ever
losing a world series. suppose
that is possible, and sometimes
happens. But if it isn't gooC
enough during world series time
to win its most important sci
of games of the year, I do moi
think it should be rated as better
than the winner of the series
After all that is the big test.
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