1927 Boston Red Sox season
The 1927 Boston Red Sox season was the 27th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the eight-team American League with a record of 51 wins and 103 losses, 59 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1927 World Series.
Regular season
Opening Day lineup
Source: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 | 103 | 244 | 67 | .275 | 1 | 31 | |
| 1B | 140 | 516 | 122 | .236 | 6 | 52 | |
| 2B | 129 | 468 | 128 | .274 | 2 | 66 | |
| SS | 133 | 469 | 135 | .288 | 2 | 47 | |
| 3B | 82 | 207 | 55 | .266 | 2 | 28 | |
| OF | 111 | 374 | 116 | .310 | 2 | 40 | |
| OF | 122 | 406 | 111 | .273 | 3 | 49 | |
| OF | 131 | 466 | 133 | .285 | 4 | 69 |
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 |
| Jack Rothrock | 117 | 428 | 111 | .259 | 1 | 36 |
| Cleo Carlyle | 95 | 278 | 65 | .234 | 1 | 28 |
| Fred Hofmann | 87 | 217 | 59 | .272 | 0 | 24 |
| Red Rollings | 82 | 184 | 49 | .266 | 0 | 9 |
| Baby Doll Jacobson | 45 | 155 | 38 | .245 | 0 | 24 |
| 47 | 116 | 32 | .276 | 3 | 12 | |
| Bill Moore | 44 | 69 | 15 | .217 | 0 | 4 |
| Arlie Tarbert | 33 | 69 | 13 | .188 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | 60 | 12 | .200 | 0 | 1 | |
| Frank Welch | 15 | 28 | 5 | .179 | 0 | 4 |
| Topper Rigney | 8 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty Karow | 6 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Eggert | 5 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| John Freeman | 4 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Bratschi | 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 |
| Hal Wiltse | 36 | 219.0 | 10 | 18 | 5.10 | 47 |
| Red Ruffing | 26 | 158.1 | 5 | 13 | 4.66 | 77 |
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 |
| Slim Harriss | 44 | 217.2 | 14 | 21 | 4.18 | 77 |
| Tony Welzer | 37 | 171.2 | 6 | 11 | 4.72 | 56 |
| Danny MacFayden | 34 | 160.1 | 5 | 8 | 4.27 | 42 |
| Jack Russell | 34 | 147.0 | 4 | 9 | 4.10 | 25 |
| Del Lundgren | 30 | 136.1 | 5 | 12 | 6.27 | 39 |
| Ted Wingfield | 20 | 74.2 | 1 | 7 | 5.06 | 1 |
| 5 | 25.1 | 0 | 2 | 3.55 | 8 | |
| 6 | 23.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.13 | 6 | |
| 4 | 12.1 | 0 | 1 | 2.92 | 1 |
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 |
| Rudy Sommers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.36 | 2 |
| Bob Cremins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 0 |
| Frank Bushey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 |