1927 Major League Baseball season

1927 MLB season
LeagueAmerican League (AL)
National League (NL)
SportBaseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 12 – October 2, 1927
World Series:
  • October 5 – October 8, 1927
Number of games154
Number of teams16 (8 per league)
Regular Season
Season MVPAL: Lou Gehrig (NYY)
NL: Paul Waner (PIT)
AL championsNew York Yankees
  AL runners-upPhiladelphia Athletics
NL championsPittsburgh Pirates
  NL runners-upSt. Louis Cardinals
World Series
ChampionsNew York Yankees
  Runners-upPittsburgh Pirates
Locations of teams for the 1923–1931 American League seasons
American League

The 1927 major league baseball season began on April 12, 1927. The regular season ended on October 2, with the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 24th World Series on October 5 and ended with Game 4 on October 8. The Yankees swept the Pirates in four games.

The New York Yankees, whose lineup featured Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig of the famed "Murderers' Row," dominated the American League with 110 wins. No no-hitters were thrown during the season.[1][2]

This was the sixth of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued.

  1. ^ "American League No Hitters". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
  2. ^ "National League No Hitters". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 28, 2012.

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