1927 NL

The 1927 season of the National League was the fifty-second season of the league.

[edit] Season summary

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
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	156	94	60	2	.603	-.-	817 (5.24)	659 (4.22)	0.305	0.357	0.412	3.66	0.969
2	St. Louis Cardinals	153	92	61	0	.601	1.5	754 (4.93)	665 (4.35)	0.278	0.340	0.408	3.57	0.966
3	New York Giants	155	92	62	1	.594	2.0	817 (5.27)	720 (4.65)	0.297	0.352	0.427	3.97	0.969
4	Chicago Cubs	153	85	68	0	.556	8.5	750 (4.90)	661 (4.32)	0.284	0.343	0.400	3.65	0.971
5	Cincinnati Reds	153	75	78	0	.490	18.5	643 (4.20)	653 (4.27)	0.278	0.330	0.367	3.54	0.973
6	Brooklyn Robins	154	65	88	1	.422	28.5	541 (3.51)	619 (4.02)	0.253	0.302	0.342	3.36	0.963
7	Boston Braves	155	60	94	1	.387	34.0	651 (4.20)	771 (4.97)	0.279	0.323	0.363	4.22	0.963
8	Philadelphia Phillies	155	51	103	1	.329	43.0	678 (4.37)	903 (5.83)	0.280	0.334	0.370	5.36	0.972

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Eddie Brown Rogers Hornsby Paul Waner	Boston Braves New York Giants Pittsburgh Pirates	155
At Bats	Sparky Adams	Chicago Cubs	647
Runs Scored	Rogers Hornsby Lloyd Waner	New York Giants Pittsburgh Pirates	133
Hits	Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	237
Doubles	Riggs Stephenson	Chicago Cubs	46
Triples	Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	18
Home Runs	Cy Williams Hack Wilson	Philadelphia Phillies Chicago Cubs	30
Total Bases	Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	342
Runs Batted In	Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	131
Stolen Bases	Frankie Frisch	St. Louis Cardinals	48
Walks	Rogers Hornsby	New York Giants	86
Hit by Pitch	Cy Williams	Philadelphia Phillies	9
Strikeouts	Hack Wilson	Chicago Cubs	70
Sacrifice Hits	Pie Traynor	Pittsburgh Pirates	35
Batting Average	Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.380
On-Base Percentage	Rogers Hornsby	New York Giants	0.448
Slugging Percentage	Chick Hafey	St. Louis Cardinals	0.590
On-Base plus Slugging	Rogers Hornsby	New York Giants	1.034
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Rogers Hornsby	New York Giants	175

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Charley Root	Chicago Cubs	26
Losses	Jack Scott	Philadelphia Phillies	21
Win-Loss Percentage	Larry Benton	Boston Braves/New York Giants	0.708
Appearances	Charley Root Jack Scott	Chicago Cubs Philadelphia Phillies	48
Games Started	Lee Meadows	Pittsburgh Pirates	38
Complete Games	Jesse Haines Lee Meadows Dazzy Vance	St. Louis Cardinals Pittsburgh Pirates Brooklyn Robins	25
Shutouts	Jesse Haines	St. Louis Cardinals	6
Games Finished	Rube Ehrhardt	Brooklyn Robins	26
Saves	Bill Sherdel	St. Louis Cardinals	6
Innings Pitched	Charley Root	Chicago Cubs	309.0
Batters Faced	Charley Root	Chicago Cubs	1316
Hits Allowed	Lee Meadows	Pittsburgh Pirates	315
Home Runs Allowed	Bill Sherdel	St. Louis Cardinals	17
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Charley Root	Chicago Cubs	117
Hit Batsmen	Jakie May	Cincinnati Reds	14
Strikeouts	Dazzy Vance	Brooklyn Robins	184
Wild Pitches	Jakie May	Cincinnati Reds	8
Balks	Jumbo Elliott	Brooklyn Robins	2
Runs Allowed	Jack Scott	Philadelphia Phillies	154
Earned Runs Allowed	Jack Scott	Philadelphia Phillies	132
Earned Run Average	Ray Kremer	Pittsburgh Pirates	2.47
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Pete Alexander	St. Louis Cardinals	1.116

In the World Series, the National League champion Pittsburgh Pirates were defeated by the American League's New York Yankees, 4 games to 0.

The winner of the league's League Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Paul Waner, an outfielder with the Pittsburgh Pirates. In the award's voting, he had 72 out of a possible 80 points.