1927 New York Yankees

1927 New York Yankees
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
1927 Uniform
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Location
Yankee Stadium (Since 1923) New York City, New York (Since 1903)
1927 Information
Owner(s)	Jacob Ruppert
Manager(s)	Miller Huggins
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Baseball-Reference	1927 New York Yankees

1927 New York Yankees / Franchise: New York Yankees / BR Team Page

Record: 110-44-1 Finished 1st in American League (1927 AL)

Clinched Pennant: September 13, 1927, vs. Cleveland Indians

World Series Champs

Managed by Miller Huggins

Coaches: Art Fletcher and Charley O'Leary

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium

History, Comments, Contributions

The 1927 New York Yankees have often been considered the greatest team of all time. It was their 25th season and the team finished with a record of 110-44, winning their fifth pennant, finishing 19.0 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 popularly nowadays for their feared lineup nicknamed "Murderers Row".

While the team is now mainly remembered for its fearsome hitting, led by Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Tony Lazzeri, among others, it also had excellent pitching, leading the American League in ERA, WHIP and fewest walks allowed and was third in strikeouts.

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

Although the illustration accompanying this article does not show it, 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.

Awards and Honors

• AL MVP: Lou Gehrig

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	110	44	.714	--
Philadelphia Athletics	91	63	.591	19
Washington Senators	85	69	.552	25
Detroit Tigers	82	71	.536	27½
Chicago White Sox	70	83	.458	39½
Cleveland Indians	66	87	.431	43½
St. Louis Browns	59	94	.386	50½
Boston Red Sox	51	103	.331	59

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

External links

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

Further Reading

• G.H. Fleming: Murderers' Row, William Morrow & Co., New York, NY, 1985. ISBN 5550380749
• Fred Glueckstein: The '27 Yankees, Xlibris Books, Philadelphia, PA, 2005.
• Donald Honig: Baseball's 10 Greatest Teams, Macmillan, New York, NY, 1982.
• Douglas Jordan: "The .700 Club: Blessedly Good Baseball", The Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Volume 45, Number 2 (Fall 2016), pp. 26-33.
• Andrew Mearns: "This Day in Yankees History: "Murderer's Row" Clinches the AL Pennant- September 13, 1927", pinstripealley.com, September 13, 2012
• John G. Robertson: The Babe Chases 60: That Fabulous 1927 Season, Home Run by Home Run, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 1999. ISBN 978-0-7864-9367-8
• Gary Sarnoff: The First Yankees Dynasty: Babe Ruth, Miller Huggins and the Bronx Bombers of the 1920s, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2014. ISBN 978-0-7864-4966-8