1927 Kansas City Blues

1927 > Class AA > 1927 American Association
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Dutch Zwilling
Represented: Kansas City, MO
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1926 / 1928

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BA	SLG	TB
1	Belve Bean	22	2	2	1	0	0	1	.500	2.000	4
2	Buster Chatham	25	28	41	15	1	0	0	.366	.390	16
3	Dixie Davis	36	22	46	9	0	1	0	.196	.239	11
4	Howard Freigau	24	97	394	120	17	6	3	.305	.401	158
5	Denver Grigsby*	26	136	447	146	25	11	2	.327	.445	199
6	William Hargrove*	25	8	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
7	Joe Hauser*	28	169	617	218	49	22	20	.353	.601	371
8	Joe Kuhel*	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
9	Beauty McGowan*	25	102	357	117	19	6	3	.328	.440	157
10	Bud Messenger	29	8	11	1	0	0	0	.091	.091	1
11	Ralph Michaels	25	108	322	89	13	4	1	.276	.351	113
12	Jimmy Moore	24	114	439	146	20	11	4	.333	.456	200
13	George Murray	28	28	49	13	2	0	0	.265	.306	15
14	Lynn Nelson*	22	6	7	3	0	1	0	.429	.714	5
15	Fred Nicholson	32	167	635	203	34	17	5	.320	.450	286
16	Red Oldham#	33	21	30	9	2	0	0	.300	.367	11
17	John Peters	33	95	285	94	16	5	0	.330	.421	120
18	Eddie Pick#	28	39	142	51	6	4	2	.359	.500	71
19	Luther Roy	24	23	47	12	0	1	1	.255	.362	17
20	Edward Schaack?	--	37	55	15	4	0	0	.273	.345	19
21	Tom Sheehan	33	43	126	38	7	0	0	.302	.357	45
22	Ginger Shinault	34	107	308	82	16	11	4	.266	.429	132
23	Ernie Smith	27	157	568	156	24	6	1	.275	.343	195
24	Bill Wambsganss	33	155	567	174	30	14	0	.307	.409	232
25	Cy Warmoth*	34	32	24	3	1	1	0	.125	.250	6
26	Kettle Wirts	29	9	14	4	0	0	0	.286	.286	4
27	Whitey Witt*	31	19	53	20	3	1	0	.377	.472	25
28	Jimmy Zinn*	32	81	152	47	11	5	4	.309	.526	80
	28 Players	28.7

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	Belve Bean	22	0	0			2		4.0	8			2	2.500	18.0	4.5
2	Dixie Davis	36	12	7	.632	3.60	22		140.0	124	60	56	59	1.307	8.0	3.8
3	William Hargrove	25	0	2	.000		8		14.0	24	14		6	2.143	15.4	3.9
4	Carl Hubbell*	24	0	0		54.00	2	0	0.1	4	2	2	0	12.000	108.0	0.0
5	Bud Messenger	29	0	1	.000		8		23.0	32	21		7	1.696	12.5	2.7
6	George Murray	28	6	5	.545	4.59	28		143.0	168	80	73	39	1.448	10.6	2.5
7	Lynn Nelson	22	1	0	1.000		6		18.0	14	3		9	1.278	7.0	4.5
8	Red Oldham*	33	3	4	.429	7.56	20		81.0	125	77	68	28	1.889	13.9	3.1
9	Ole Olsen	32	2	3	.400	4.86	20		50.0	62	30	27	25	1.740	11.2	4.5
10	Luther Roy	24	7	7	.500	5.12	23		137.0	155	111	78	73	1.664	10.2	4.8
11	Edward Schaack?	--	12	10	.545	4.16	33		160.0	189	83	74	35	1.400	10.6	2.0
12	Tom Sheehan	33	26	13	.667	3.62	43		331.0	346	148	133	98	1.341	9.4	2.7
13	Cy Warmoth*	34	6	5	.545	5.22	26		81.0	90	60	47	41	1.617	10.0	4.6
14	Jimmy Zinn	32	24	12	.667	3.08	45		330.0	250	143	113	55	0.924	6.8	1.5
	14 Players	30.9

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
Ginger Shinault	100		317	55	15		.961	3.72
John Peters	85		297	57	6		.983	4.16

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Joe Hauser	169		1612	110	19		.989	10.19

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Bill Wambsganss	155		355	464	43		.950	5.28

3B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Howard Freigau	97	104	213	25	.927	3.27
Ralph Michaels	38	36	75	3	.974	2.92
Eddie Pick	37	45	97	10	.934	3.84

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Ernie Smith	147		293	446	49		.938	5.03

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Fred Nicholson	167	376	24	14	.966	2.40
Denver Grigsby	122	274	13	6	.980	2.35
Jimmy Moore	110	259	6	4	.985	2.41
Beauty McGowan	102	284	6	6	.980	2.84
Whitey Witt	15	17	0	1	.944	1.13

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jimmy Zinn	45							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Belve Bean	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	197	Apr 25, 1905	Mullin, TX, US
Buster Chatham	25	R	R	5' 5.0"	150	Dec 25, 1901	West, TX, US
Dixie Davis	36	R	R	5' 11.0"	155	Oct 12, 1890	Wilsons Mills, NC, US
Howard Freigau	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Aug 1, 1902	Dayton, OH, US
Denver Grigsby	26	L	R	5' 9.0"	155	Mar 25, 1901	Jackson, KY, US
William Hargrove	25	L	R	6' 0.0"	182	1902
Joe Hauser	28	L	L	5' 10.0"	175	Jan 12, 1899	Milwaukee, WI, US
Carl Hubbell	24	R	L	6' 0.0"	170	Jun 22, 1903	Carthage, MO, US
Joe Kuhel	21	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	Jun 25, 1906	Cleveland, OH, US
Beauty McGowan	25	L	R	5' 11.0"	190	Nov 8, 1901	Branford, CT, US
Bud Messenger	29	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Feb 1, 1898	Grand Blanc, MI, US
Ralph Michaels	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	178	May 3, 1902	Etna, PA, US
Jimmy Moore	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	187	Apr 24, 1903	Paris, TN, US
George Murray	28	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Sep 23, 1898	Charlotte, NC, US
Lynn Nelson	22	L	R	5' 10.0"	170	Feb 24, 1905	Sheldon, ND, US
Fred Nicholson	32	R	R	5' 10.0"	173	Sep 1, 1894	Honey Grove, TX, US
Red Oldham	33	S	L	6' 0.0"	176	Jul 15, 1893	Zion, MD, US
Ole Olsen	32	R	R	5' 10.0"	163	Sep 12, 1894	South Norwalk, CT, US
John Peters	33	R	R	6' 0.0"	192	Jul 14, 1893	Kansas City, KS, US
Eddie Pick	28	S	R	6' 0.0"	185	May 7, 1899	Attleboro, MA, US
Luther Roy	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	161	Jul 29, 1902	Ooltewah, TN, US
Edward Schaack	--					Unknown
Tom Sheehan	33	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Mar 31, 1894	Grand Ridge, IL, US
Ginger Shinault	34	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Sep 7, 1892	Benton, AR, US
Ernie Smith	27	R	R	5' 8.0"	155	Oct 11, 1899	Totowa, NJ, US
Bill Wambsganss	33	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Mar 19, 1894	Cleveland, OH, US
Cy Warmoth	34	L	L	5' 11.0"	158	Feb 2, 1893	Bone Gap, IL, US
Kettle Wirts	29	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Oct 30, 1897	Cosumnes, CA, US
Whitey Witt	31	L	R	5' 7.0"	150	Sep 28, 1895	Orange, MA, US
Jimmy Zinn	32	L	R	6' 0.0"	195	Jan 21, 1895	Benton, AR, US

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