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

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 5, 1927 at Forbes Fld (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

  October 6, 1927 at Forbes Fld (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

  October 7, 1927 at Yankee Stad (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

  October 8, 1927 at Yankee Stad (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

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New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Benny Bengough      2   4  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .200  .000  0 |  85  21  0  .247  .634   0
 Pat Collins         2   5  0  3  1  0  0   0  3  0  .600  .750  .800  0 | 251  69  7  .275  .825   0
*Earle Combs         4  16  6  5  0  0  0   2  1  2  .313  .389  .313  0 | 648 231  6  .356  .925  15
 Joe Dugan           4  15  2  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  .200  .200  .200  0 | 387 104  2  .269  .683   1
*Cedric Durst        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 129  32  0  .248  .607   0
*Lou Gehrig          4  13  2  4  2  2  0   4  3  3  .308  .389  .769  0 | 584 218 47  .373 1.239  10
 Johnny Grabowski    1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 195  54  0  .277  .678   0
 Waite Hoyt          1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  99  22  0  .222  .508   0
#Mark Koenig         4  18  5  9  2  0  0   2  0  2  .500  .500  .611  0 | 526 150  3  .285  .702   3
 Tony Lazzeri        4  15  1  4  1  0  0   2  1  4  .267  .294  .333  0 | 570 176 18  .309  .865  22
 Bob Meusel          4  17  1  2  0  0  0   1  1  7  .118  .167  .118  1 | 516 174  8  .337  .903  24
 Wilcy Moore         2   5  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  3  .200  .200  .200  0 |  75   6  1  .080  .247   0
#Herb Pennock        1   4  1  0  0  0  0   1  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  69  15  0  .217  .496   0
 George Pipgras      1   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  1  .333  .500  .333  0 |  67  16  1  .239  .589   0
*Babe Ruth           4  15  4  6  0  0  2   7  2  2  .400  .444  .800  1 | 540 192 60  .356 1.258   7
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               4 136 23 38  6  2  2  19 13 25  .279  .338  .397  2 |        158  .307  .870  90

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Pittsburgh Pirates

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Vic Aldridge        1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  96  21  0  .219  .498   0
 Clyde Barnhart      4  16  0  5  1  0  0   4  0  0  .313  .294  .375  0 | 360 115  3  .319  .815   2
*Fred Brickell       2   2  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  21   6  1  .286  .794   0
*Mike Cvengros       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  19   3  0  .158  .411   0
 Joe Dawson          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  25   5  0  .200  .400   0
#Johnny Gooch        3   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .167  .000  0 | 291  75  2  .258  .656   0
*George Grantham     3  11  0  4  1  0  0   0  1  1  .364  .417  .455  0 | 531 162  8  .305  .850   9
 Heinie Groh         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  35  10  0  .286  .638   0
 Joe Harris          4  15  0  3  0  0  0   1  0  0  .200  .200  .200  0 | 411 134  5  .326  .874   0
 Carmen Hill         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .500  .000  0 | 104  22  0  .212  .546   0
 Ray Kremer          1   2  1  1  1  0  0   0  0  1  .500  .500 1.000  0 |  83  14  2  .169  .441   0
*Lee Meadows         1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 115  18  0  .157  .359   0
 Johnny Miljus       2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  28   5  0  .179  .393   0
 Hal Rhyne           1   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 168  46  0  .274  .634   0
*Earl Smith          3   8  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 189  51  5  .270  .722   0
 Roy Spencer         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  92  26  0  .283  .642   0
 Pie Traynor         4  15  1  3  1  0  0   0  0  1  .200  .200  .267  0 | 573 196  5  .342  .825  11
*Lloyd Waner         4  15  5  6  1  1  0   0  1  0  .400  .471  .600  0 | 629 223  2  .355  .806  14
*Paul Waner          4  15  0  5  1  0  0   3  0  1  .333  .294  .400  0 | 623 237  9  .380  .986   5
 Glenn Wright        4  13  1  2  0  0  0   2  0  0  .154  .133  .154  0 | 570 160  9  .281  .716   4
#Emil Yde            1   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  18   3  0  .167  .445   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               4 130 10 29  6  1  0  10  4  7  .223  .243  .285  0 |         54  .305  .769  65

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Wilcy Moore         2   0.84 1-0  1  1 10.7 11  1  2  2 | 19-7  213  2.28  1.15  75 13
*Herb Pennock        1   1.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  3  1  0  1 | 19-8  210  3.00  1.30  51  2
 George Pipgras      1   2.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  7  2  1  2 | 10-3  166  4.11  1.35  81   
 Waite Hoyt          1   4.91 1-0  0  0  7.3  8  4  1  2 | 22-7  256  2.63  1.15  86  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.00 4-0  1  3 36.0 29  8  4  7 |            3.20 1.300   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Pittsburgh Pirates

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Vic Aldridge        1   7.36 0-1  0  0  7.3 10  6  4  4 | 15-10 239  4.25  1.35  86  1
 Johnny Miljus       2   1.35 0-1  0  0  6.7  4  1  4  6 |  8-3   76  1.90  1.04  24   
 Lee Meadows         1   9.95 0-1  0  0  6.3  7  7  1  6 | 19-10 299  3.40  1.27  84   
 Carmen Hill         1   4.50 0-0  0  0  6.0  9  3  1  6 | 22-11 278  3.24  1.22  95  3
 Ray Kremer          1   3.60 0-1  0  0  5.0  5  2  3  1 | 19-8  226  2.47  1.14  63  2
*Mike Cvengros       2   3.86 0-0  0  0  2.3  3  1  0  2 |  2-1   54  3.35  1.47  21  1
 Joe Dawson          1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  0  0  0  0 |  3-7   81  4.46  1.39  17   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   5.19 0-4  0  0 34.7 38 20 13 25 |            3.66 1.310   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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