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| 110-44 World Series Champions Managed by Miller Huggins Ballpark: Yankee Stadium |
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| The Yankees dominated the league like few teams before or since en route to the first of back-to-back World Series titles. They rolled to the American League pennant with a 110-44 record before sweeping the overmatched Pittsburgh Pirates to win the championship. |
| New York simply overwhelmed the opposition in 1927, leading the majors in virtually every significant team statistical category: runs scored, fewest runs allowed, triples, homers, walks, batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and ERA. |
| The Yankees' superiority over the rest of the baseball world was best represented by Babe Ruth, who established one of the most famous records in all of sports by hitting 60 home runs, a record that would stand for 34 years. Almost as impressively, Ruth by himself hit more home runs than any other team in the AL. |
| Ruth also led the league with a .772 slugging percentage, a .486 on-base percentage, 158 runs and 137 walks. |
| Following Ruth in the lineup was first baseman Lou Gehrig, who outhomered four teams, with 47 longballs. He led the league with 52 doubles, 447 total bases and 175 RBIs, scoring 149 runs and drawing 109 walks. His 218 hits also included 18 triples, giving him 117 extra-base hits, the second-highest total in Major League history. |
| "Murderers' Row" also included Earle Combs, Tony Lazzeri and Bob Meusel. Combs tallied league-leading totals of 231 hits and 23 triples, and scored 137 runs; Meusel and Lazzeri drove in 103 and 102 runs respectively. All three batted over .300. |
| The Yankees pitching staff was no less impressive, as it boasted the top three finishers in individual ERA and the top four in winning percentage. |
| Rookie reliever Wilcy Moore led the league with a 2.28 ERA, won 19 games and saved 13, and even completed six of his 12 starts. Waite Hoyt ranked second with a 2.63 ERA, while leading the team with 32 starts, 23 complete games and 256.1 IP. |
| Urban Shocker finished third in the ERA race at 2.84 and won 18 games, while Herb Pennock won 19 games with an even 3.00 ERA. Dutch Ruether won another 13 games and George Pipgras picked up 10 wins. |
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| 1927 New York Yankees Starting Lineup |
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| C-Pat Collins (.275 AVG, 7 HR, 36 RBI) |
| 1B-Lou Gehrig (.373 AVG, 47 HR, 175 RBI) |
| 2B-Tony Lazzeri (.309 AVG, 18 HR, 102 RBI) |
| 3B-Joe Dugan (.269 AVG, 2 HR, 43 RBI) |
| SS-Mark Koenig (.285 AVG, 3 HR, 62 RBI) |
| LF-Earle Combs (.356 AVG, 6 HR, 64 RBI) |
| RF-Babe Ruth (.356 AVG, 60 HR, 164 RBI) |
| CF-Bob Meusel (.337 AVG, 8 HR, 103 RBI) |
| PH-Johnny Grabowski (.277 AVG, 0 HR, 25 RBI) |
| P-Waite Hoyt (22-7 W-L, 2.63 ERA, 86 K) |
| P-Urban Shocker (18-6 W-L, 2.84 ERA, 35 K) |
| P-Herb Pennock (19-8 W-L, 3.00 ERA, 51 K) |
| P-Wilcy Moore (19-7 W-L, 2.28 ERA, 13 SV) |
| 1927 New York Yankees |
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