1927 New York Giants

92-62 • .597 Win% • 3rd in NL

The 1927 New York Giants went 92-62 (.597) finishing 3rd in the NL. The club scored 817 runs, allowed 720, and played home games at Polo Grounds IV. Team leaders included Rogers Hornsby (26 HR, 125 RBI) and Burleigh Grimes (19-8, 3.54 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

92 Wins
62 Losses
.597 Win %
3rd Rank
817 R 720 RA
Diff +97

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817 Runs Scored
720 Runs Allowed
+97 Run Diff
1,234K Attendance

📈 vs. 1927 NL Average

Batting Avg .296 5% above the 1927 league average (.281)
OBP .355 5% above the 1927 league average (.338)
SLG .427 11% above the 1927 league average (.386)
Team ERA 3.97 1% worse than the 1927 league average (3.92)
Runs Scored 817 16% above the 1927 league average (706 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumPolo Grounds IV
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Home Games 74
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Total Attendance 1,234,500
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Avg per Game 16,682

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1927

Batting Avg

1 Doc Farrell 0.387 2 Jack Cummings 0.362 3 Rogers Hornsby 0.361 4 George Harper 0.331 5 Les Mann 0.328

Home Runs

1 Rogers Hornsby 26 2 Bill Terry 20 3 George Harper 16 4 Travis Jackson 14 5 Freddie Lindstrom 7

RBI

1 Rogers Hornsby 125 2 Bill Terry 121 3 Travis Jackson 98 4 George Harper 87 5 Freddie Lindstrom 58
1927 New York Giants — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bill Terry 150 580 101 189 32 13 20 121 46 53 1 0.326
Edd Roush 140 570 83 173 27 4 7 58 26 15 18 0.304
Rogers Hornsby 155 568 133 205 32 9 26 125 86 38 9 0.361
Freddie Lindstrom 138 562 107 172 36 8 7 58 40 40 10 0.306
George Harper 145 483 85 160 19 6 16 87 84 27 7 0.331
Travis Jackson 127 469 67 149 29 4 14 98 32 30 8 0.318
Andy Reese 97 355 43 94 14 2 4 21 13 52 5 0.265
Zack Taylor 83 258 18 60 7 3 0 21 17 20 2 0.233
Heinie Mueller 84 190 33 55 6 1 3 19 25 12 2 0.289
Mel Ott 82 163 23 46 7 3 1 19 13 9 2 0.282
Ty Tyson 43 159 24 42 7 2 1 17 10 19 5 0.264
Doc Farrell 42 142 13 55 10 1 3 34 12 11 0 0.387
Al DeVormer 68 141 14 35 3 1 2 21 11 11 1 0.248
Burleigh Grimes 39 96 10 18 4 0 0 6 5 16 0 0.188
Freddie Fitzsimmons 42 87 6 18 2 1 0 8 1 9 0 0.207
Virgil Barnes 35 83 5 9 0 0 0 4 0 29 0 0.108
Jack Cummings 43 80 8 29 6 1 2 14 5 10 0 0.362
Les Mann 29 67 13 22 4 1 2 10 8 7 2 0.328
Dutch Henry 45 55 8 13 3 0 0 7 2 4 0 0.236
Jim Hamby 21 52 6 10 0 1 0 5 7 7 1 0.192
Larry Benton 31 50 4 8 0 0 0 3 1 14 0 0.160
Mickey O'Neil 16 38 2 5 0 0 0 3 5 2 0 0.132
Bill Clarkson 28 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 0.050
Tex Jeanes 11 20 5 6 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.300
Hugh McQuillan 11 19 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.211
Herb Thomas 13 17 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0.176
Don Songer 22 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.300
Jack Bentley 8 9 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0.222
Ben Cantwell 5 8 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.250
Buck Jordan 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.200
Joe Klinger 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.400
Bullet Joe Bush 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Jim Faulkner 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.500
Kent Greenfield 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Fay Thomas 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Norman Plitt 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hank Boney 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Virgil Cheeves 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mul Holland 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Art Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ned Porter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Red Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Walker 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1927

ERA

1 Don Songer 2.86 2 Burleigh Grimes 3.54 3 Freddie Fitzsimmons 3.72 4 Larry Benton 3.95 5 Virgil Barnes 3.98

Wins

1 Burleigh Grimes 19 2 Freddie Fitzsimmons 17 3 Virgil Barnes 14 4 Larry Benton 13 5 Dutch Henry 11

Strikeouts

1 Burleigh Grimes 102 2 Freddie Fitzsimmons 78 3 Virgil Barnes 66 4 Larry Benton 65 5 Dutch Henry 40
1927 New York Giants — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Burleigh Grimes 19 8 3.54 39 34 2 259.2 274 102 87 102
Freddie Fitzsimmons 17 10 3.72 42 31 3 244.2 260 101 67 78
Virgil Barnes 14 11 3.98 35 29 2 228.2 251 101 51 66
Larry Benton 13 5 3.95 29 23 2 173.0 183 76 54 65
Dutch Henry 11 6 4.23 45 15 4 163.2 184 77 31 40
Bill Clarkson 3 9 4.36 26 7 2 86.2 92 42 52 28
Hugh McQuillan 5 4 4.50 11 9 0 58.0 73 29 22 17
Don Songer 3 5 2.86 22 1 1 50.1 48 16 31 9
Kent Greenfield 2 2 9.45 12 1 0 20.0 39 21 13 4
Ben Cantwell 1 1 4.12 5 2 0 19.2 26 9 2 6
Fay Thomas 0 0 3.31 9 0 0 16.1 19 6 4 11
Bullet Joe Bush 1 1 7.50 3 2 0 12.0 18 10 5 6
Jack Bentley 0 0 2.79 4 0 0 9.2 7 3 10 3
Jim Faulkner 1 0 3.72 3 1 0 9.2 13 4 5 2
Norman Plitt 1 0 3.68 3 0 0 7.1 9 3 1 0
Virgil Cheeves 0 0 4.26 3 0 0 6.1 8 3 4 1
Hank Boney 0 0 2.25 3 0 0 4.0 4 1 2 0
Bill Walker 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 4.0 6 4 5 4
Art Johnson 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 3.0 1 0 1 0
Mul Holland 1 0 0.00 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 3 0
Ned Porter 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 3 0 1 0
Tex Jeanes 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 2 0

👥 Roster (43)

Virgil Barnes Jack Bentley Larry Benton Hank Boney Bullet Joe Bush Ben Cantwell Virgil Cheeves Bill Clarkson Jack Cummings Al DeVormer Doc Farrell Jim Faulkner +31 more

43 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1927 New York Giants

What was the 1927 New York Giants record?
The 1927 New York Giants finished 92-62 (.597 win pct).
Who led the 1927 New York Giants in home runs?
Rogers Hornsby led the 1927 New York Giants with 26 home runs.
What was the 1927 New York Giants team ERA?
The 1927 New York Giants posted a team ERA of 3.97.
Did the 1927 New York Giants win the World Series?
No. The 1927 New York Giants did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1927 New York Giants play?
The 1927 New York Giants played home games at Polo Grounds IV.
Who led the 1927 New York Giants in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Rogers Hornsby (26 HR, 125 RBI) and Burleigh Grimes (19-8, 3.54 ERA).
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