1927 Portland Beavers

1927 > Class AA > 1927 Pacific Coast League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Ernie Johnson
Represented: Portland, OR
Ballpark: Lucky Beavers Stadium (Portland, OR)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1926 / 1928

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BA	SLG	TB
1	Bill Bagwell*	32	71	216	32	63	15	2	9	46	.292	.505	109
2	Carson Bigbee*	32	98	255		75	17	1	0		.294	.369	94	Stats for 2 teams
3	Dud Branom*	29	102	377		141	22	3	13		.374	.552	208
4	Bill Cissell	23	183	696		225	32	6	5		.323	.408	284
5	Clark?	--	1	2		1	0	0	1		.500	2.000	4
6	Johnny Couch*	36	63	96		28	4	0	1		.292	.365	35
7	William Fischer*	36	60	147		33	4	0	0		.224	.252	37
8	Larry French	19	45	64		7	0	1	0		.109	.141	9
9	Bill Hughes	30	54	93		18	3	0	0		.194	.226	21
10	Ernie Johnson*	39	116	318		95	9	1	2		.299	.352	112
11	Walt Kinney*	33	36	55		15	4	0	2		.273	.455	25
12	Ray Lingrel?	32	7	26		6					.231
13	Al McCurdy?	26	117	382		107	18	1	10		.280	.411	157
14	Lenny Metz	27	100	297		73	17	1	1		.246	.320	95	Stats for 2 teams
15	Parry O'Brien	24	58	178		49	8	3	1		.275	.371	66
16	Art Parker?	21	8	10		3	0	0	0		.300	.300	3
17	Elmer Ponder	34	41	68		9	1	0	0		.132	.147	10
18	Doc Prothro	33	172	616		203	32	2	10		.330	.437	269
19	Phil Rosenberg?	18	1	1		1	0	0	0		1.000	1.000	1
20	Nate Shandling?	--	21	41		8	1	0	0		.195	.220	9
21	Frank Sigafoos	23	147	559		187	31	2	10		.335	.451	252
22	Elmer Smith*	34	182	653		240	52	7	40		.368	.652	426
23	Lin Storti#	20	27	35		8	0	0	1		.229	.314	11
24	Paul Strand	33	176	622		221	39	4	18		.355	.518	322
25	Ed Tomlin?	28	83	181		55	11	0	3		.304	.414	75
26	Champ Vaughan?	21	1	1		0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
27	Lew Wendell	35	54	132		26	3	0	1		.197	.242	32
28	Ike Wolfer?	34	20	76		24	2	0	0		.316	.342	26
29	Archie Yelle	35	111	289		75	9	0	0		.260	.291	84
30	Carroll Yerkes	24	33	53		8	0	0	0		.151	.151	8
	30 Players	30.0

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	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	Johnny Couch	36	18	15	.545	4.03	47	232.0	277	130	104	62	1.461	10.7	2.4
2	Larry Duff	30	0	0			4	8.0
3	Larry French*	19	11	12	.478	4.77	44	181.0	191	114	96	98	1.597	9.5	4.9
4	Bill Hughes	30	15	15	.500	4.26	52	262.0	308	157	124	85	1.500	10.6	2.9
5	Walt Kinney*	33	9	9	.500	4.50	35	172.0	189	112	86	72	1.517	9.9	3.8
6	Bill Libke?	25	0	0			2	5.0
7	Ray Lingrel?	32	3	4	.429		7	40.0
8	Gil Manning?	--	0	0			1	0.1
9	Lefty Ortman*	20	3	4	.429	2.83	13	54.0	43	26	17	21	1.185	7.2	3.5
10	Elmer Ponder	34	10	15	.400	3.79	41	223.0	246	113	94	55	1.350	9.9	2.2
11	Red Shea	28	3	4	.429	4.29	14	84.0	114	49	40	29	1.702	12.2	3.1	Stats for 2 teams
12	Joe Storti	22	1	0	1.000		12	34.0
13	Paul Strand*	33	0	0			1	1.0
14	Ed Tomlin?	28	16	9	.640	4.34	45	220.0	217	124	106	88	1.386	8.9	3.6
15	Carroll Yerkes*	24	7	10	.412	3.61	33	157.0	149	75	63	41	1.210	8.5	2.4
	15 Players	28.7

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Archie Yelle	111	300	79	10	.974	3.41
William Fischer	60	149	23	10	.945	2.87
Lew Wendell	54	148	35	7	.963	3.39
Nate Shandling	21	34	5	2	.951	1.86

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Dud Branom	102		1003	53	12		.989	10.35
Al McCurdy	95		810	59	11		.988	9.15

2B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Frank Sigafoos	101	239	285	12	.978	5.19
Ernie Johnson	75	118	152	8	.971	3.60
Lenny Metz	51	107	120	5	.978	4.45	Stats for 2 teams

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Doc Prothro	172		196	350	22		.961	3.17

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Bill Cissell	182		361	562	76		.924	5.07

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Elmer Smith	182	360	9	5	.987	2.03
Paul Strand	175	337	14	10	.972	2.01
Carson Bigbee	98	171	5	0	1.000	1.80	Stats for 2 teams
Bill Bagwell	71	93	3	0	1.000	1.35
Parry O'Brien	58	113	4	5	.959	2.02
Ike Wolfer	20	43	2	0	1.000	2.25

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Bill Bagwell	32	L	L	6' 1.0"	175	Feb 24, 1895	Choudrant, LA, US
Carson Bigbee	32	L	R	5' 9.0"	157	Mar 31, 1895	Lebanon, OR, US
Dud Branom	29	L	L	6' 1.0"	190	Nov 30, 1897	Sulphur Springs, TX, US
Bill Cissell	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jan 3, 1904	Perryville, MO, US
Clark	--					Unknown
Johnny Couch	36	L	R	6' 0.0"	180	Mar 31, 1891	Vaughn, MT, US
Larry Duff	30	L	R	6' 1.0"	175	Nov 20, 1896	Radersburg, MT, US
William Fischer	36	L	R	6' 0.0"	174	Mar 2, 1891	New York, NY, US
Larry French	19	R	L	6' 1.0"	195	Nov 1, 1907	Visalia, CA, US
Richard Goodbred	37					Jul 1, 1889	Mayo, FL, US
Griffin	--					Unknown
Bill Hughes	30	R	R	5' 10.0"	155	Nov 18, 1896	Philadelphia, PA, US
Ernie Johnson	39	L	R	5' 9.0"	151	Apr 29, 1888	Chicago, IL, US
Walt Kinney	33	L	L	6' 2.0"	186	Sep 9, 1893	Denison, TX, US
Bill Libke	25					Nov 8, 1901
Ray Lingrel	32					May 31, 1895	Kenton, OH, US
Gil Manning	--					Unknown
Al McCurdy	26					Sep 7, 1900	Chicago, IL, US
Lenny Metz	27	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Jul 6, 1899	Superior, CO, US
Parry O'Brien	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Sep 30, 1902	CA, US
Lefty Ortman	20		L			Dec 3, 1906	Portland, OR, US
Art Parker	21					Dec 24, 1905	Bellingham, WA, US
Elmer Ponder	34	R	R	6' 0.0"	178	Jun 26, 1893	Reed, OK, US
Doc Prothro	33	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Jul 16, 1893	Memphis, TN, US
Phil Rosenberg	18					Dec 2, 1908	CA, US
Nate Shandling	--					Unknown
Red Shea	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	Nov 29, 1898	Ware, MA, US
Frank Sigafoos	23	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	Mar 21, 1904	Easton, PA, US
Elmer Smith	34	L	R	5' 10.0"	165	Sep 21, 1892	Erie County, OH, US
Joe Storti	22		R			Apr 3, 1905	Santa Monica, CA, US
Lin Storti	20	S	R	5' 11.0"	165	Dec 5, 1906	Santa Monica, CA, US
Paul Strand	33	R	L	6' 0.0"	190	Dec 19, 1893	Carbonado, WA, US
Ed Tomlin	28					Oct 17, 1898	Brownsville, TX, US
Champ Vaughan	21					Oct 26, 1905	Moalla, OR, US
Lew Wendell	35	R	R	5' 11.0"	178	Mar 22, 1892	New York, NY, US
Ike Wolfer	34					Feb 18, 1893	Portland, OR, US
Archie Yelle	35	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Jun 11, 1892	Saginaw, MI, US
Carroll Yerkes	24	R	L	5' 11.0"	180	Jun 13, 1903	McSherrystown, PA, US

About the Minor League Data

Performance data on minor and international leagues is licensed from and provided by the SABR Minor Leagues Database, a community project sponsored by the Minor Leagues Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research.

The database is under active development. Many statistics are incomplete due to ongoing research and/or limitations in published sources. To learn more about these limitations, or to find out how to contribute, click here.

Minor league Total Zone (Rctch&Rtz, 2005-2009) data provided by Baseballprojection.com and Minorleaguesplits.com.

Question, Comment, Feedback or Correction?

Automatic Player Linking / Statistical Sharing Tool / Basic Player Linking / Data Coverage

See Front Page for time of last update

Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

Play Index Loading Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.

A Sports Reference Site: About Baseball Reference | Found a bug or have a suggestion?
Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service | Use of Data

Partner of USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties.