1927 Washington Senators season

The 1927 Washington Senators won 85 games, lost 69, and finished in third place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Offseason

• January 15, 1927: Roger Peckinpaugh was traded by the Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Sloppy Thurston and Leo Mangum.
• January 31, 1927: Tris Speaker was signed as a free agent by the Senators.

Regular season

• September 30, 1927: Senators' pitcher Tom Zachary gave up Babe Ruth's 60th home run of the season, breaking Ruth's own record for homers in one season of 59 set in 1921.

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		131	428	132	.308	1	52
1B		137	522	161	.308	2	71
2B		128	475	127	.267	1	55
SS		112	380	97	.255	1	39
3B		146	503	138	.274	1	66
OF		141	523	171	.327	2	73
OF		148	581	194	.334	13	120
OF		142	603	179	.297	2	65

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
	73	185	51	.276	0	16
	45	132	36	.273	0	13
	61	131	41	.313	1	24
	56	129	31	.240	0	4
	38	67	16	.239	0	6
	15	51	11	.216	0	7
	13	48	21	.438	1	13
	10	36	8	.222	0	2
	10	29	7	.241	0	2
	20	24	5	.208	0	8
	15	23	5	.217	0	1
	9	18	4	.222	0	1
	9	15	4	.267	0	1
	3	11	4	.364	0	0
	5	6	0	.000	0	0
	2	1	0	.000	0	0
	1	1	0	.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
	39	242.0	18	9	3.57	105
	29	205.1	13	13	4.47	38
	30	198.2	14	6	2.85	60
	18	107.2	5	6	5.10	48
	15	102.2	4	7	3.94	13

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
	56	155.1	10	7	4.64	74
	36	100.0	3	2	3.96	20
	15	67.1	4	7	4.54	22
	7	18.0	1	1	7.00	5
	5	16.0	0	1	3.38	5
	5	14.1	2	1	3.14	3
	2	9.0	1	0	5.00	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
	58	10	9	13	2.95	96
	2	0	0	0	21.60	1
	2	0	0	0	3.00	0
	1	0	0	1	6.75	2

References

• 1927 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1927 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com