1927 Chicago White Sox season

The 1927 Chicago White Sox season was a season in Major League Baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 70–83, 39 games behind the pennant-winning New York Yankees.

Offseason

November 1926: Eddie Collins was released by the White Sox.
January 15, 1927: Sloppy Thurston and Leo Mangum were traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Roger Peckinpaugh.

Regular season

Notable transactions

June 15, 1927: Bernie Neis was purchased by the White Sox from the Cleveland Indians.

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	Harry McCurdy	86	262	75	.286	1	27
1B	Bud Clancy	130	464	139	.300	3	53
2B	Aaron Ward	145	463	125	.270	5	56
SS	Bill Hunnefield	112	365	104	.285	2	36
3B	Willie Kamm	148	540	146	.270	0	59
OF	Bill Barrett	147	556	159	.286	4	83
OF	Alex Metzler	134	543	173	.319	3	61
OF	Bibb Falk	145	535	175	.327	9	83

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
Buck Crouse	85	222	53	.239	0	20
	68	217	64	.295	0	23
Earl Sheely	45	129	27	.209	2	16
	26	95	21	.221	0	6
	45	76	22	.289	0	11
Moe Berg	35	69	17	.246	0	4
Ike Boone	29	53	12	.226	1	11
Carl Reynolds	14	42	9	.214	1	7
	16	26	6	.231	0	2
Johnny Mostil	13	16	2	.125	0	1
Randy Moore	6	15	0	.000	0	0
	7	10	1	.100	0	1
Jim Battle	6	8	3	.375	0	0
Bob Way	5	3	1	.333	0	1
Lena Blackburne	1	1	1	1.000	0	1

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
Tommy Thomas	40	307.2	19	16	2.98	107
Ted Lyons	39	307.2	22	14	2.84	71
	37	236.2	12	17	5.06	51
Red Faber	18	110.2	4	7	4.55	39
Frank Stewart	1	4.0	0	1	9.00	0
	1	0.0	0	0	inf	0

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
Sarge Connally	43	198.1	10	15	4.08	58
Elmer Jacobs	25	74.1	2	4	4.60	22
	17	61.0	0	5	5.31	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
Bert Cole	27	1	4	0	4.73	12