Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929
95-59, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill McKechnie (95-59)
Scored 807 runs, Allowed 636 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-60
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 761,574 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 97
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Lost World Series (4-0) to New York Yankees |

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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Jimmie Wilson | 27 | 120 | 471 | 411 | 45 | 106 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 9 | 45 | 24 | .258 | .333 | .345 | .678 | 76 | 142 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| 2 | 1B | Jim Bottomley* | 28 | 149 | 667 | 576 | 123 | 187 | 42 | 20 | 31 | 136 | 10 | 71 | 54 | .325 | .402 | .628 | 1.030 | 163 | 362 | 3 | 17 | ||||
| 3 | 2B | Frankie Frisch# | 29 | 141 | 631 | 547 | 107 | 164 | 29 | 9 | 10 | 86 | 29 | 64 | 17 | .300 | .374 | .441 | .815 | 110 | 241 | 1 | 19 | ||||
| 4 | SS | Rabbit Maranville | 36 | 112 | 412 | 366 | 40 | 88 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 36 | 27 | .240 | .310 | .342 | .652 | 69 | 125 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| 5 | 3B | Wattie Holm | 26 | 102 | 429 | 386 | 61 | 107 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 32 | 17 | .277 | .334 | .394 | .728 | 88 | 152 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | Taylor Douthit | 27 | 154 | 752 | 648 | 111 | 191 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 11 | 84 | 36 | .295 | .384 | .372 | .756 | 97 | 241 | 10 | 10 | |||||
| 7 | Chick Hafey | 25 | 138 | 584 | 520 | 101 | 175 | 46 | 6 | 27 | 111 | 8 | 40 | 53 | .337 | .386 | .604 | .990 | 153 | 314 | 2 | 22 | |||||
| 8 | IF | Andy High* | 30 | 111 | 422 | 368 | 58 | 105 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 2 | 37 | 10 | .285 | .355 | .389 | .744 | 93 | 143 | 3 | 14 | ||||
| 9 | George Harper* | 36 | 99 | 337 | 272 | 41 | 83 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 58 | 2 | 51 | 15 | .305 | .418 | .537 | .955 | 146 | 146 | 2 | 12 | |||||
| 10 | Wally Roettger | 25 | 68 | 283 | 261 | 27 | 89 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 2 | 10 | 22 | .341 | .372 | .506 | .878 | 126 | 132 | 3 | 9 | |||||
| 11 | SS | Tommy Thevenow | 24 | 69 | 196 | 171 | 11 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 12 | .205 | .288 | .287 | .575 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 12 | Ray Blades | 31 | 51 | 111 | 85 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 20 | 26 | .235 | .393 | .376 | .769 | 100 | 32 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 13 | 1B | Ernie Orsatti* | 25 | 27 | 84 | 69 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 11 | .304 | .400 | .522 | .922 | 137 | 36 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 14 | C | Bob O'Farrell | 31 | 16 | 65 | 52 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | .212 | .369 | .231 | .600 | 59 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | C | Earl Smith* | 31 | 24 | 64 | 58 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .224 | .286 | .259 | .544 | 42 | 15 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 16 | C | Gus Mancuso | 22 | 11 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .184 | .184 | .237 | .421 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 17 | Pepper Martin | 24 | 39 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .308 | .400 | .308 | .708 | 86 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 18 | IF | Specs Toporczer* | 29 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | Howie Williamson* | 23 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 20 | C | Spud Davis | 23 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 21 | P | Bill Sherdel* | 31 | 38 | 102 | 84 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 10 | .226 | .293 | .321 | .615 | 59 | 27 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| 22 | P | Pete Alexander | 41 | 34 | 98 | 86 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .291 | .322 | .349 | .671 | 74 | 30 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| 23 | P | Jesse Haines | 34 | 33 | 98 | 87 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .184 | .220 | .207 | .427 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 24 | P | Flint Rhem | 27 | 28 | 70 | 67 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .164 | .188 | .209 | .397 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 25 | P | Clarence Mitchell* | 37 | 19 | 61 | 56 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .125 | .125 | .143 | .268 | -31 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 26 | P | Syl Johnson | 27 | 34 | 42 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .158 | .238 | .184 | .422 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 27 | P | Fred Frankhouse | 24 | 22 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .185 | .267 | .259 | .526 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 28 | P | Art Reinhart* | 29 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 29 | P | Carlisle Littlejohn | 26 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 30 | P | Hal Haid | 30 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .375 | .444 | .375 | .819 | 114 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 31 | P | Tony Kaufmann | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 28.7 | 154 | 6144 | 5357 | 807 | 1505 | 292 | 70 | 113 | 749 | 82 | 0 | 568 | 438 | .281 | .353 | .425 | .778 | 101 | 2276 | 0 | 32 | 187 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Bill Sherdel* | 31 | 21 | 10 | .677 | 2.86 | 38 | 27 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 248.2 | 251 | 96 | 79 | 17 | 56 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1041 | 139 | 1.235 | 9.1 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.29 | |
| 2 | SP | Pete Alexander | 41 | 16 | 9 | .640 | 3.36 | 34 | 31 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 243.2 | 262 | 106 | 91 | 15 | 37 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1009 | 118 | 1.227 | 9.7 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.59 | |
| 3 | SP | Jesse Haines | 34 | 20 | 8 | .714 | 3.18 | 33 | 28 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 240.1 | 238 | 98 | 85 | 14 | 72 | 77 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1007 | 125 | 1.290 | 8.9 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 1.07 | |
| 4 | SP | Flint Rhem | 27 | 11 | 8 | .579 | 4.14 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 169.2 | 199 | 91 | 78 | 13 | 71 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 758 | 96 | 1.591 | 10.6 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 0.66 | |
| 5 | SP | Clarence Mitchell* | 37 | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.30 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 150.0 | 149 | 59 | 55 | 8 | 38 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 623 | 121 | 1.247 | 8.9 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 0.82 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | CL | Hal Haid | 30 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.30 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 47.0 | 39 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 200 | 173 | 1.064 | 7.5 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 1.91 | |
| 7 | RP | Syl Johnson | 27 | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.90 | 34 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 120.0 | 117 | 53 | 52 | 6 | 33 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 504 | 102 | 1.250 | 8.8 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 2.00 | |
| 8 | RP | Fred Frankhouse | 24 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.96 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 84.0 | 91 | 47 | 37 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 374 | 100 | 1.512 | 9.8 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 0.81 | |
| 9 | RP | Art Reinhart* | 29 | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.87 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 75.1 | 80 | 39 | 24 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 329 | 139 | 1.420 | 9.6 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.44 | |
| 10 | RP | Carlisle Littlejohn | 26 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.66 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 36 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 144 | 109 | 1.563 | 10.1 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 0.43 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 11 | Tony Kaufmann | 27 | 0 | 0 | 9.64 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 41 | 2.571 | 15.4 | 1.9 | 7.7 | 3.9 | 0.50 | |||
| Team Totals | 32.4 | 95 | 59 | .617 | 3.38 | 154 | 154 | 69 | 83 | 4 | 21 | 1415.1 | 1470 | 634 | 531 | 86 | 399 | 422 | 27 | 4 | 16 | 6015 | 118 | 1.321 | 9.3 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.06 | |||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3391 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Alexander | 41 | 34 | 61 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.79 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Bottomley | 28 | 148 | 1526 | 1454 | 52 | 20 | 113 | .987 | 10.18 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Spud Davis | 23 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 3.00 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Fred Frankhouse | 24 | 21 | 26 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 4 | .962 | 1.19 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Frankie Frisch | 29 | 139 | 878 | 383 | 474 | 21 | 80 | .976 | 6.17 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Hal Haid | 30 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.48 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jesse Haines | 34 | 33 | 46 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.39 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Andy High | 30 | 92 | 269 | 91 | 164 | 14 | 20 | .948 | 2.77 | 3B-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Wattie Holm | 26 | 83 | 267 | 100 | 145 | 22 | 9 | .918 | 2.95 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Syl Johnson | 27 | 34 | 24 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 0.68 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Tony Kaufmann | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.25 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Carlisle Littlejohn | 26 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 0.67 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Gus Mancuso | 22 | 11 | 62 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 5.55 | 1 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Rabbit Maranville | 36 | 114 | 620 | 237 | 364 | 19 | 58 | .969 | 5.27 | SS-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Clarence Mitchell | 37 | 19 | 55 | 6 | 48 | 1 | 3 | .982 | 2.84 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob O'Farrell | 31 | 14 | 66 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .985 | 4.64 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Ernie Orsatti | 25 | 5 | 43 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .977 | 8.40 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Art Reinhart | 29 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.87 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Flint Rhem | 27 | 28 | 51 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.82 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Sherdel | 31 | 38 | 44 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 1 | .955 | 1.11 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Earl Smith | 31 | 18 | 58 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.22 | 2 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Tommy Thevenow | 24 | 68 | 289 | 104 | 166 | 19 | 29 | .934 | 3.97 | SS-3B-1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Specs Toporczer | 29 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.50 | 1B-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Jimmie Wilson | 27 | 120 | 484 | 394 | 82 | 8 | 13 | .983 | 3.97 | 6 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28.9 | 154 | 6227 | 4248 | 1819 | 160 | 359 | .974 | 3.86 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 8 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |