1927 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1927
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1892
Uniform
ballpark = Sportsman's Park
y4 = 1920
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1882
owners = Sam Breadon
managers = Bob O'Farrell
television =
radio = KMOX
Garnett Marks
espntn = stl
brtn = stl

The St. Louis Cardinals 1927 season was the team's 46th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 36th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 92-61 during the season and finished 2nd in the National League.

Offseason

*December 20, 1926: Rogers Hornsby was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Giants for Frankie Frisch and Jimmy Ring. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hornsro01.shtml]

In a deal that shocked the baseball world, the Cardinals traded Hornsby on December 20, 1926, to the New York Giants for Frankie Frisch and Jimmy Ring. The deal was held up because Hornsby, as part of his contract as the manager of the Cardinals (he was a player-manager at the time), owned several shares of stock in the Cardinals. Cardinals owner Sam Breadon offered Hornsby a sum for the stock considerably lower than what Hornsby demanded for it, and neither would budge. Eventually, the other owners of the National League made up the difference, and the trade went through.

Regular season

eason standings

Roster

Starting pitchers

Awards and records

*Frankie Frisch, National League record, Most chances accepted by a second baseman, (1037). [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.93, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]
*Frankie Frisch, National League record, Most assists by a second baseman, (641). [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.93, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1927.shtml 1927 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1927&t=SLN 1927 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]