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
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup
Source: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 | 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 |