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1927 MLB Season

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Babe RuthBAT22.3
  2. 2Lou GehrigBAT22.1
  3. 3Rogers HornsbyBAT19.4
  4. 4Hack WilsonBAT18.2
  5. 5Harry HeilmannBAT17.9
  6. 6Paul WanerBAT16.3
  7. 7Bill TerryBAT16.2
  8. 8Lefty GrovePITCH16
  9. 9Jim BottomleyBAT15.9
  10. 10Wilcy MoorePITCH15.7
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Satchel PaigeP133.8
  2. 2Dick BartellSS118
  3. 3Sam WestOF111
  4. 4Lloyd WanerCF106.6
  5. 5Wes FerrellP98.4
  6. 6Red KressSS90.9
  7. 7Carl ReynoldsRF87.9
  8. 8Fred FrankhouseP86.4

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Walter JohnsonP289.8
  2. 2Zack WheatLF209.7
  3. 3Bob ShawkeyP137.6
  4. 4Jack Fournier1B137.6
  5. 5Stuffy McInnis1B136.3
  6. 6Jack TobinOF118.8
  7. 7Roger PeckinpaughSS118.3
  8. 8Baby Doll JacobsonOF115.9

Teams · 31

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
New York Yankees110-44267.5Babe RuthPlayoffs
Pittsburgh Pirates94-60232.8Paul WanerPlayoffs
St. Louis Cardinals92-61214.4Jim Bottomley
San Francisco Giants92-62199Rogers Hornsby
Chicago American Giants59-2973.6Bill Foster
Athletics91-63254.1Lefty Grove
St. Louis Stars61-3888.2Willie Wells
Kansas City Monarchs55-3358Wade Johnston
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants53-3589.8Dick Lundy
Chicago Cubs85-68192.5Hack Wilson
Minnesota Twins85-69202Goose Goslin
Detroit Tigers82-71217.2Harry Heilmann
Birmingham Black Barons52-4385.6Roy Parnell
Detroit Stars49-4382.7Turkey Stearnes
Harrisburg Giants39-3362Oscar Charleston
Baltimore Black Sox35-3231.8Pete Washington
Cuban Stars East28-2828.4Alejandro Oms
Cincinnati Reds75-78185Jakie May
New York Lincoln Giants12-204.4George Scales
Hilldale Daisies38-4837.1George Carr
Chicago White Sox70-83178.6Tommy Thomas
Brooklyn Royal Giants13-2717.2Charlie Smith
Cleveland Indians66-87164George Burns
Cleveland Hornets8-309.1Bill Riggins
Los Angeles Dodgers65-88207Dazzy Vance
Cuban Stars West18-4330.4Valentin Dreke
Atlanta Braves60-94163.7Bob Smith
Baltimore Orioles59-94145.9Ken Williams
Memphis Red Sox21-6412.9Saul Davis
Boston Red Sox51-103139.5Ira Flagstead
Philadelphia Phillies51-103134.4Cy Williams

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.