The New York Yankees' 1927 season was their 25th season. The team finished with a record of 110-44, winning their fifth pennant and finishing 19 games ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they swept the Pittsburgh Pirates. This Yankee team is known for their feared lineup nicknamed "Murderer's Row".

Regular season

The Yankees 110 victories broke the previous American League mark of 105 (set by the 1912 Boston Red Sox) and would stand as the American League single-season record until it was broken by the Cleveland Indians in 1954.

This was the first year the Yankees' acknowledged their team nickname on their uniforms, albeit their road uniforms. Their home uniforms remained free of any kind of logo except for the "NY" on their caps.

Babe Ruth

With the race long since decided, the nation's attention turned to Ruth's pursuit of his own home run mark of 59. Early in the season, Ruth expressed doubts about his chances: "I don't suppose I'll ever break that 1921 record. To do that, you've got to start early, and the pitchers have got to pitch to you. I don't start early, and the pitchers haven't really pitched to me in four seasons. I get more bad balls to hit than any other five men...and fewer good ones." Ruth was also being challenged for his slugger's crown by teammate Lou Gehrig, who nudged ahead of Ruth's total in midseason, prompting the New York World-Telegram to anoint Gehrig the favorite. But Ruth caught Gehrig (who would finish with 47), and then had a remarkable last leg of the season, hitting 17 home runs in September. His 60th came on September 30, in the Yankees' next-to-last game. Ruth was exultant, shouting after the game, "Sixty, count 'em, sixty! Let's see some son-of-a-bitch match that!" In later years, he would give Gehrig some credit: "Pitchers began pitching to me because if they passed me they still had Lou to contend with." In addition to his career-high 60 home runs, Ruth batted .356, drove in 164 runs and slugged .772.

Season standings

Roster

Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders Outfielders		Manager

Game log

1927 Game Log
April # Date Score Opponent Stadium Record 1 April 12 W 8-3 Philadelphia 1-0 2 April 13 W 10-4 Philadelphia 2-0 3 April 14 T 9-9 Philadelphia 4 April 15 W 6-3 Philadelphia 3-0 5 April 16 W 5-2 Boston 4-0 6 April 17 W 14-2 Boston 5-0 7 April 18 W 3-0 Boston 6-0 8 April 19 L 3-6 Boston 6-1 9 April 20 L 5-8 at Philadelphia 6-2 10 April 21 W 13-6 at Philadelphia 7-2 11 April 23 L 3-4 at Philadelphia 7-3 12 April 24 W 6-2 at Washington 8-3 13 April 25 L 4-5 Washington 8-4 14 April 29 W 9-0 at Boston 9-4 15 April 30 L 2-3 at Boston 9-5
May # Date Score Opponent Stadium Record 16 May 1 W 7-3 Philadelphia 10-5 17 May 2 W 9-6 at Washington 11-5 18 May 3 W 6-4 at Washington 12-5 19 May 4 L 4-7 at Washington 12-6 20 May 5 L 1-6 at Washington 12-7 21 May 7 W 8-0 at Chicago 13-7 22 May 8 W 9-0 at Chicago 14-7 23 May 9 L 1-2(10) at Chicago 14-8 24 May 10 W 8-7 at St. Louis 15-8 25 May 11 W 4-2 at St. Louis 16-8 26 May 12 W 4-3 at St. Louis 17-8 27 May 13 W 3-1 at St. Louis 18-8 28 May 16 W 6-2 at Detroit 19-8 29 May 17 W 9-2 at Detroit 20-8 30 May 19 W 4-3 at Cleveland 21-8 31 May 20 L 1-2 at Cleveland 21-9 32 May 21 L 4-5(12) at Cleveland 21-10 33 May 22 W 7-2 at Cleveland 22-10 34 May 23 L 2-3 at Washington 22-11 35 May 27 L 2-7 Washington 22-12 36 May 27 W 5-0 Washington 23-12 37 May 28 W 8-2 Washington 24-12 38 May 28 L 2-3 Washington 24-13 39 May 29 W 15-7 Boston 25-13 40 May 30 L 8-9 at Philadelphia 25-14 41 May 30 W 6-5(11) at Philadelphia 26-14 42 May 31 W 10-3 at Philadelphia 27-14 43 May 31 W 18-5 at Philadelphia 28-14
June # Date Score Opponent Stadium Record 44 June 1 W 2-1 at Philadelphia 29-14 45 June 2 W 2-0 Detroit 30-14 46 June 3 L 1-3 Detroit 30-15 47 June 5 W 5-3 Detroit 31-15 48 June 7 W 4-1 Chicago 32-15 49 June 8 W 12-11(11) Chicago 33-15 50 June 9 W 8-3 Chicago 34-15 51 June 10 L 2-4 Chicago 34-16 52 June 11 W 6-4 Cleveland 35-16 53 June 12 L 7-8 Cleveland 35-17 54 June 13 W 14-6 Cleveland 36-17 55 June 16 W 8-1 St. Louis 37-17 56 June 17 W 3-2 St. Louis 38-17 57 June 18 W 8-4 St. Louis 39-17 58 June 21 W 7-3 at Boston 40-17 59 June 21 W 7-1 at Boston 41-17 60 June 22 W 7-4 at Boston 42-17 61 June 22 W 3-2 at Boston 43-17 62 June 23 W 11-4 at Boston 44-17 63 June 25 L 6-7 Philadelphia 44-18 64 June 25 L 2-4 Philadelphia 44-19 65 June 26 L 2-4 Philadelphia 44-20 66 June 26 W 7-3 Philadelphia 45-20 67 June 27 W 6-2 Philadelphia 46-20 68 June 28 W 9-8 Philadelphia 47-20 69 June 29 W 8-2 Boston 48-20 70 June 30 W 13-6 Boston 49-20
July # Date Score Opponent Stadium Record 71 July 1 W 7-4 Boston 50-20 72 July 2 W 3-2 Boston 51-20 73 July 3 L 5-6 at Washington 51-21 74 July 4 W 12-1 Washington 52-21 75 July 4 W 21-1 Washington 53-21 76 July 5 W 7-6 Washington 54-21 77 July 8 L 8-11 at Detroit 54-22 78 July 8 W 10-8 at Detroit 55-22 79 July 9 W 19-7 at Detroit 56-22 80 July 9 L 4-14(7) at Detroit 56-23 81 July 10 L 3-6 at Detroit 56-24 82 July 11 W 8-5 at Detroit 57-24 83 July 12 W 7-0 at Cleveland 58-24 84 July 13 W 5-3 at Cleveland 59-24 85 July 14 L 1-4 at Cleveland 59-25 86 July 15 W 10-9 at Cleveland 60-25 87 July 16 W 5-2 at St. Louis 61-25 88 July 17 W 5-4 at St. Louis 62-25 89 July 18 W 10-6 at St. Louis 63-25 90 July 19 W 6-1 at St. Louis 64-25 91 July 21 W 4-1 at Chicago 65-25 92 July 22 L 5-7 at Chicago 65-26 93 July 23 W 5-2 at Chicago 66-26 94 July 24 W 3-2 at Chicago 67-26 95 July 26 W 15-1 St. Louis 68-26 96 July 26 W 12-3 St. Louis 69-26 97 July 27 W 4-1 St. Louis 70-26 98 July 28 W 9-4 St. Louis 71-26 99 July 29 L 4-6 Cleveland 71-27 100 July 30 W 7-3 Cleveland 72-27 101 July 30 W 5-0 Cleveland 73-27
August # Date Score Opponent Stadium Record 102 August 1 L 1-2(6) Cleveland 73-28 103 August 3 L 5-6 Detroit 73-29 104 August 3 W 8-6 Detroit 74-29 105 August 4 L 2-6 Detroit 74-30 106 August 5 W 5-2 Detroit 75-30 107 August 6 L 3-6 Chicago 75-31 108 August 7 W 4-3 Chicago 76-31 109 August 9 L 1-8 at Philadelphia 76-32 110 August 10 W 4-3 at Washington 77-32 111 August 11 L 2-3(11) at Washington 77-33 112 August 13 W 6-3 at Washington 78-33 113 August 14 W 6-2 at Washington 79-33 114 August 16 W 8-1 at Chicago 80-33 115 August 17 W 3-2(11) at Chicago 81-33 116 August 18 W 5-4(12) at Chicago 82-33 117 August 19 L 2-3 at Chicago 82-34 118 August 20 L 8-14 at Cleveland 82-35 119 August 21 L 4-7 at Cleveland 82-36 120 August 22 L 4-9 at Cleveland 82-37 121 August 24 W 9-5 at Detroit 83-37 122 August 25 W 8-2 at Detroit 84-37 123 August 26 W 8-6 at Detroit 85-37 124 August 27 W 14-4 at St. Louis 86-37 125 August 28 W 10-6 at St. Louis 87-37 126 August 29 W 8-3 at St. Louis 88-37 127 August 31 W 10-3 Boston 89-37
September # Date Score Opponent Stadium Record 128 September 2 W 12-2 at Philadelphia 90-37 129 September 3 L 0-1 at Philadelphia 90-38 130 September 5 L 11-12(18) at Boston 90-39 131 September 5 W 5-0(5) at Boston 91-39 132 September 6 W 14-2 at Boston 92-39 133 September 6 L 2-5 at Boston 92-40 134 September 7 W 12-10 at Boston 93-40 135 September 8 W 2-1 St. Louis 94-40 136 September 9 W 9-3 St. Louis 95-40 137 September 10 W 1-0 St. Louis 96-40 138 September 11 L 2-6 St. Louis 96-41 139 September 13 W 5-3 Cleveland 97-41 140 September 13 W 5-3 Cleveland 98-41 141 September 14 W 4-1 Cleveland 99-41 142 September 15 L 2-3 Cleveland 99-42 143 September 16 W 7-2 Chicago 100-42 144 September 17 W 3-2 Chicago 101-42 145 September 17 W 8-1 Chicago 102-42 146 September 18 W 2-1 Chicago 103-42 147 September 18 W 5-1 Chicago 104-42 148 September 21 L 1-6 Detroit 104-43 149 September 22 W 8-7 Detroit 105-43 150 September 24 W 6-0 Detroit 106-43 151 September 25 L 1-6 Detroit 106-44 152 September 27 W 7-4 Philadelphia 107-44 153 September 29 W 15-4 Washington 108-44 154 September 30 W 4-2 Washington 109-44
October # Date Score Opponent Stadium Record 155 October 1 W 4-3 Washington 110-44

Player stats

Batting

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
Pat Collins	92	251	69	.275	7	36
Earle Combs	152	648	231	.356	6	64
Joe Dugan	112	387	104	.269	2	43
Lou Gehrig	155	584	218	.373	47	175
Mark Koenig	123	526	150	.285	3	62
Tony Lazzeri	153	570	176	.309	18	102
Bob Meusel	135	516	174	.337	8	103
Babe Ruth	151	540	192	.356	60	164

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Benny Bengough	31	85	21	.247	0	10
Cedric Durst	65	129	32	.248	0	25
Mike Gazella	54	115	32	.278	0	9
Johnny Grabowski	70	195	54	.277	0	25
Ray Morehart	73	195	50	.256	1	20
Ben Paschal	50	82	26	.317	2	16
Julie Wera	38	42	10	.238	1	8

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
Waite Hoyt	36	256.3	22	7	2.63	86
Herb Pennock	34	209.7	19	8	3.00	51
George Pipgras	29	166.3	10	3	4.11	81
Dutch Ruether	27	184	13	6	3.38	45
Urban Shocker	31	200	18	6	2.84	35

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Walter Beall	1	1	0	0	9.00	0

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Joe Giard	16	0	0	0	8.00	10
Wilcy Moore	50	19	7	13	2.28	75
Bob Shawkey	19	2	3	4	2.89	23
Myles Thomas	21	7	4	0	4.87	25

World Series

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (NYY-PIT)	Attendance
1	October 5	New York Yankees	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	1-0	41,467
2	October 6	New York Yankees	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	2	2-0	41,634
3	October 7	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	New York Yankees	8	3-0	60,695
4	October 8	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	New York Yankees	4	4-0	57,909
New York Yankees win 4-0

Babe Ruth’s 60 Home Runs

Home Run	Date	Pitcher
1	04-15-1927	Howard Ehmke
2	04-23-1927	Rube Walberg
3	04-24-1927	Sloppy Thurston
4	04-29-1927	Slim Harriss
5	05-01-1927	Jack Quinn
6	05-01-1927	Rube Walberg
7	05-10-1927	Milt Gaston
8	05-11-1927	Ernie Nevers
9	05-17-1927	Rip Collins
10	05-22-1927	Benn Karr
11	05-23-1927	Sloppy Thurston
12	05-28-1927	Sloppy Thurston
13	05-29-1927	Danny MacFayden
14	05-30-1927	Rube Walberg
15	05-31-1927	Jack Quinn
16	05-31-1927	Howard Ehmke
17	06-05-1927	Earl Whitehill
18	06-07-1927	Tommy Thomas
19	06-11-1927	Garland Buckeye
20	06-11-1927	Garland Buckeye
21	06-12-1927	George Uhle
22	06-16-1927	Tom Zachary
23	06-22-1927	Hal Wiltse
24	06-22-1927	Hal Wiltse
25	06-30-1927	Slim Harriss
26	07-03-1927	Hod Lisenbee
27	07-08-1927	Don Hankins
28	07-09-1927	Ken Holloway
29	07-09-1927	Ken Holloway
30	07-12-1927	Joe Shaute
31	07-24-1927	Tommy Thomas
32	07-26-1927	Milt Gaston
33	07-27-1927	Milt Gaston
34	07-28-1927	Lefty Stewart
35	08-05-1927	George Smith
36	08-10-1927	Tom Zachary
37	08-16-1927	Tommy Thomas
38	08-17-1927	Sarge Connally
39	08-20-1927	Jake Miller
40	08-22-1927	Joe Shaute
41	08-27-1927	Ernie Nevers
42	08-28-1927	Ernie Wingard
43	08-31-1927	Tony Welzer
44	09-02-1927	Rube Walberg
45	09-06-1927	Tony Welzer
46	09-06-1927	Tony Welzer
47	09-06-1927	Jack Russell
48	09-07-1927	Danny MacFayden
49	09-07-1927	Slim Harriss
50	09-11-1927	Milt Gaston
51	09-13-1927	Willis Hudlin
52	09-13-1927	Joe Shaute
53	09-16-1927	Ted Blankenship
54	09-18-1927	Ted Lyons
55	09-21-1927	Sam Gibson
56	09-22-1927	Ken Holloway
57	09-27-1927	Lefty Grove
58	09-29-1927	Hod Lisenbee
59	09-29-1927	Paul Hopkins
60	09-30-1927	Tom Zachary

Awards and Records

• Babe Ruth, Major League Baseball Home Run Champion (60)
• Earle Combs, American League Leader, Triples (23)
• Earle Combs, Yankees Single Season Record, Triples in a Season (23)
• Lou Gehrig, American League RBI Champion, (175)
• Lou Gehrig, AL MVP Award

Since a voter could only select one player per team, two good candidates from the same team could find their votes split and both of their chances of winning hurt. In addition, the clause prohibiting repeat winners led to unusual results like Babe Ruth's 1927 (one of the greatest offensive seasons of all time) not being eligible for the award. As the New York Times wrote in 1925, "[T]he purpose, of course, is to pass the honor around, but the effect is to pass an empty honor around."

References

• 1927 New York Yankees
• 1927 World Series
• 1927 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com