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The 1927 season of the American League was the twenty-seventh season of the league.
[edit] Season summary
[edit] Standings
- Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion
| Rank | Team | G | W | L | T | WPCT | GB | RS (RS/G) | RA (RA/G) | AVG | OBP | SLG | ERA | FPCT
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| 1 | New York Yankees | 155 | 110 | 44 | 1 | .710 | -.- | 975 (6.29) | 599 (3.86) | 0.307 | 0.381 | 0.489 | 3.20 | 0.969
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| 2 | Philadelphia Athletics | 155 | 91 | 63 | 1 | .587 | 19.0 | 841 (5.43) | 726 (4.68) | 0.303 | 0.369 | 0.414 | 3.97 | 0.969
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| 3 | Washington Senators | 157 | 85 | 69 | 3 | .541 | 25.0 | 782 (4.98) | 730 (4.65) | 0.287 | 0.348 | 0.386 | 3.97 | 0.969
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| 4 | Detroit Tigers | 156 | 82 | 71 | 3 | .526 | 27.5 | 845 (5.42) | 805 (5.16) | 0.289 | 0.360 | 0.409 | 4.14 | 0.967
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| 5 | Chicago White Sox | 153 | 70 | 83 | 0 | .458 | 39.5 | 662 (4.33) | 708 (4.63) | 0.278 | 0.341 | 0.378 | 3.91 | 0.971
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| 6 | Cleveland Indians | 153 | 66 | 87 | 0 | .431 | 43.5 | 668 (4.37) | 766 (5.01) | 0.283 | 0.332 | 0.379 | 4.27 | 0.968
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| 7 | St. Louis Browns | 155 | 59 | 94 | 2 | .381 | 50.5 | 724 (4.67) | 904 (5.83) | 0.276 | 0.333 | 0.380 | 4.95 | 0.960
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| 8 | Boston Red Sox | 154 | 51 | 103 | 0 | .331 | 59.0 | 597 (3.88) | 856 (5.56) | 0.259 | 0.315 | 0.357 | 4.72 | 0.964
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[edit] League leaders
- Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record
[edit] Batting
[edit] Pitching
[edit] Postseason
In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees defeated the National League's Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 games to 0.
[edit] Award winners
The winner of the league's League Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Lou Gehrig, a first baseman with the New York Yankees. In the award's voting, he had 56 out of a possible 64 points and 7 first place votes.
[edit] Notable events
