1927 World Series - New York Yankees over Pittsburgh Pirates (4-0)

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1927 World Series (4-0): New York Yankees (110-44) over Pittsburgh Pirates (94-60)

1926 WS / 1928 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 5, 1927 at Forbes Field (Pittsburgh Pirates)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             1  0  3    0  1  0    0  0  0     5  6  1
    Pittsburgh Pirates           1  0  1    0  1  0    0  1  0     4  9  2

    PITCHERS: NYY - Hoyt, Moore (8)
              PIT - Kremer, Miljus (6)

               WP - Waite Hoyt
	       LP - Ray Kremer
             SAVE - Wilcy Moore

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              PIT - none

  ATTENDANCE: 41,467

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 6, 1927 at Forbes Field (Pittsburgh Pirates)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  3    0  0  0    0  3  0     6 11  0
    Pittsburgh Pirates           1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     2  7  2

    PITCHERS: NYY - Pipgras
              PIT - Aldridge, Cvengros (8), Dawson (9)

               WP - George Pipgras
	       LP - Vic Aldridge
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              PIT - none

  ATTENDANCE: 41,634

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 7, 1927 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     1  3  1
    New York Yankees             2  0  0    0  0  0    6  0  x     8  9  0

    PITCHERS: PIT - Meadows, Cvengros (7)
              NYY - Pennock

               WP - Herb Pennock
	       LP - Lee Meadows
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PIT - none
              NYY - Ruth

  ATTENDANCE: 60,695

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 8, 1927 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Pittsburgh Pirates           1  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0     3 10  1
    New York Yankees             1  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  1     4 12  2

    PITCHERS: PIT - Hill, Miljus (7)
              NYY - Moore

               WP - Wilcy Moore
	       LP - Johnny Miljus
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PIT - none
              NYY - Ruth

  ATTENDANCE: 57,909

Series Batting Stats

New York Yankees Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Benny Bengough	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	31	85	6	21	0	10	0	.247	.634
Pat Collins	2	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	.600	.750	.800	1.550	0	0	92	251	38	69	7	36	0	.275	.825
Earle Combs	4	16	6	5	0	0	0	2	1	2	.313	.389	.313	.701	0	0	152	648	137	231	6	64	15	.356	.925
Joe Dugan	4	15	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	112	387	44	104	2	43	1	.269	.683
Cedric Durst	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	65	129	18	32	0	25	0	.248	.607
Lou Gehrig	4	13	2	4	2	2	0	4	3	3	.308	.389	.769	1.158	0	0	155	584	149	218	47	175	10	.373	1.240
Johnny Grabowski	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	70	195	29	54	0	25	0	.277	.678
Waite Hoyt	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	36	99	10	22	0	9	0	.222	.508
Mark Koenig	4	18	5	9	2	0	0	2	0	2	.500	.500	.611	1.111	0	0	123	526	99	150	3	62	3	.285	.702
Tony Lazzeri	4	15	1	4	1	0	0	2	1	4	.267	.294	.333	.627	0	0	153	570	92	176	18	102	22	.309	.866
Bob Meusel	4	17	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	7	.118	.167	.118	.284	1	0	135	516	75	174	8	103	24	.337	.902
Wilcy Moore	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	50	75	5	6	1	2	0	.080	.247
Herb Pennock	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	34	69	6	15	0	6	0	.217	.496
George Pipgras	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	0	0	29	67	4	16	1	6	0	.239	.589
Babe Ruth	4	15	4	6	0	0	2	7	2	2	.400	.444	.800	1.244	1	0	151	540	158	192	60	164	7	.356	1.258
Totals	39	136	23	38	6	2	2	19	13	25	.279	.338	.397	.735	2	0	155	5347	975	1644	158		90	.307	.872

Pittsburgh Pirates Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Vic Aldridge	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	35	96	5	21	0	9	0	.219	.498
Clyde Barnhart	4	16	0	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	.313	.294	.375	.669	0	0	108	360	65	115	3	54	2	.319	.815
Fred Brickell	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	32	21	6	6	1	4	0	.286	.794
Mike Cvengros	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	23	19	2	3	0	3	0	.158	.411
Joe Dawson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	20	25	1	5	0	1	0	.200	.400
Johnny Gooch	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	101	291	22	75	2	48	0	.258	.656
George Grantham	3	11	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	.364	.417	.455	.871	0	0	151	531	96	162	8	66	9	.305	.850
Heinie Groh	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	14	35	2	10	0	3	0	.286	.639
Joe Harris	4	15	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	129	411	57	134	5	73	0	.326	.874
Carmen Hill	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	44	104	10	22	0	10	0	.212	.546
Ray Kremer	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	35	83	3	14	2	10	0	.169	.441
Lee Meadows	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	40	115	3	18	0	6	0	.157	.359
Johnny Miljus	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	19	28	2	5	0	2	0	.179	.393
Hal Rhyne	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	62	168	21	46	0	17	0	.274	.633
Earl Smith	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	66	189	16	51	5	25	0	.270	.722
Roy Spencer	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	38	92	9	26	0	13	0	.283	.642
Pie Traynor	4	15	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.267	.467	0	0	149	573	93	196	5	106	11	.342	.825
Lloyd Waner	4	15	5	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	.400	.471	.600	1.071	0	0	150	629	133	223	2	27	14	.355	.806
Paul Waner	4	15	0	5	1	0	0	3	0	1	.333	.294	.400	.694	0	0	155	623	114	237	9	131	5	.380	.986
Glenn Wright	4	13	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.154	.133	.154	.287	0	0	143	570	78	160	9	105	4	.281	.716
Emil Yde	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	23	18	8	3	0	1	0	.167	.444
Totals	48	130	10	29	6	1	0	10	4	7	.223	.243	.285	.527	0	0	156	5397	817	1648	54		65	.305	.773

New York Yankees Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Waite Hoyt	1	1	4.91	1	0	0	0	7.1	8	4	1	2	1.227	36	32	2.63	22	7	1	256.1	242	54	86	1.155
Wilcy Moore	2	1	0.84	1	0	1	1	10.2	11	1	2	2	1.219	50	12	2.28	19	7	13	213.0	185	59	75	1.146
Herb Pennock	1	1	1.00	1	0	0	1	9.0	3	1	0	1	0.333	34	26	3.00	19	8	2	209.2	225	48	51	1.302
George Pipgras	1	1	2.00	1	0	0	1	9.0	7	2	1	2	0.889	29	21	4.11	10	3	0	166.1	148	77	81	1.353
Totals	5	4	2.00	4	0	1	3	36.0	29	8	4	7	0.917	155	155	3.199	110	44		1389.2	1403	409	431	1.304

Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Vic Aldridge	1	1	7.36	0	1	0	0	7.1	10	6	4	4	1.909	35	34	4.25	15	10	1	239.1	248	74	86	1.345
Mike Cvengros	2	0	3.86	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	1	0	2	1.286	23	4	3.35	2	1	1	53.2	55	24	21	1.472
Joe Dawson	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.000	20	7	4.46	3	7	0	80.2	80	32	17	1.388
Carmen Hill	1	1	4.50	0	0	0	0	6.0	9	3	1	6	1.667	43	31	3.24	22	11	3	277.2	260	80	95	1.224
Ray Kremer	1	1	3.60	0	1	0	0	5.0	5	2	3	1	1.600	35	28	2.47	19	8	2	226.0	205	53	63	1.142
Lee Meadows	1	1	9.95	0	1	0	0	6.1	7	7	1	6	1.263	40	38	3.40	19	10	0	299.1	315	66	84	1.273
Johnny Miljus	2	0	1.35	0	1	0	0	6.2	4	1	4	6	1.200	19	6	1.90	8	3	0	75.2	62	17	24	1.044
Totals	9	4	5.19	0	4	0	0	34.2	38	20	13	25	1.471	156	156	3.658	94	60		1385.0	1400	418	435	1.313

1926 WS / 1928 WS

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