1927 World Series
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In the 1927 World Series, the New York Yankees swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in four big games.
The "Murderers Row" Yankees, who won 110 games during the regular season, reportedly took a show-off batting practice before Game 1 in which they purposely rocketed as many as they could into the seats. Whether true or legend, the yankees had little trouble dispatching the Pirates, who did not see another Series for 33 years.
"Game 3 was anyone's for nine innings as neither team blinked in a 3-3 stalemate. Pittsburgh manager, Donie Bush, had turned to Carmen Hill, who had peaked in 1927 as the ace of his pitching staff. Hill had never won more than three games, but in 1927 he chalked up twenty-two. New York's Miller Huggins went with Wilcy Moore, a promising rookie who had made only twelve starts in his fifty appearances. Both had planned to go the distance, but the mental fatigue was starting to take its toll. Pittsburgh's John Miljus came in as relief in the seventh inning and looked strong until the ninth. Earle Combs walked and Mark Koenig beat out a bunt to advance the runner. In a daring move, Ruth was walked intentionally, filling the bases with no outs and Lou Gehrig coming up next. Miljus managed to strike out the next two batters, but threw a disastrous wild pitch to Tony Lazzeri, scoring Combs and ending the game. The Yankees had won their second championship title and the crowning achievement to a magnificent season. They also became the first team ever to sweep the National League in a World Series."
Managers: Miller Huggins (New York), Donie Bush (Pittsburgh)
Umpires: Ernie Quigley (NL), Dick Nallin (AL), Charlie Moran (NL), Red Ormsby (AL)
Summary
AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Pittsburgh Pirates (0)| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yankees – 5, Pirates – 4 | October 5 | Forbes Field | 41,467 |
| 2 | Yankees – 6, Pirates – 2 | October 6 | Forbes Field | 41,634 |
| 3 | Pirates – 1, Yankees – 8 | October 7 | Yankee Stadium | 60,695 |
| 4 | Pirates – 3, Yankees – 4 | October 8 | Yankee Stadium | 57,909 |
Matchups
Game 1, Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York (A) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh (N) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| W: Waite Hoyt (1-0) L: [Ray Kremer] (0-1), S: [Wilcy Moore] (1) | ||||||||||||
Game 2, Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh (N) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| W: [George Pipgras] (1-0) L: [Vic Aldridge] (0-1) | ||||||||||||
Game 3, Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| New York (A) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | x | 8 | 9 | 0 |
| W: Herb Pennock (1-0) L: [Lee Meadows] (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Babe Ruth (1) | ||||||||||||
Game 4, Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh (N) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| New York (A) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2 |
| W: [Wilcy Moore] (1-0) L: [Johnny Miljus] (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Babe Ruth (2) | ||||||||||||
Trivia
- The 1927 World Series was the first Series in which the American League team swept (4-0) the National League team.
- "The 1927 New York Yankees led the American League in runs scored, hits, triples, home runs, base on balls, batting average, slugging average and on base percentage. The 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates led the National League in runs, hits, batting average and on base percentage. When comparing the two (2) together, the Pirates only led in hits."
External links
- [1927 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com]
- [1927 World Series at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)]
- [1927 World Series at Baseball-Almanac.com]
- [1927 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org]
- [Audio - Waite Hoyt's comments on the 1927 Yankees]
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