1927 World Series
The 1927 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1927 season. The 24th edition of the World Series, it matched the American League champion New York Yankees against the National League champion Pittsburgh Pirates. The Yankees won in four games. This was the first sweep of a National League team by an American League team.
| 1927 World Series | ||||||||||
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Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig in 1927 | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 5–8 | |||||||||
| Venue | Forbes Field (Pittsburgh) Yankee Stadium (New York) | |||||||||
| Umpires | Ernie Quigley (NL), Dick Nallin (AL) Charley Moran (NL), Red Ormsby (AL) | |||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Yankees: Miller Huggins (mgr.) Earle Combs Lou Gehrig Tony Lazzeri Herb Pennock Babe Ruth Waite Hoyt Pirates: Kiki Cuyler (DNP) Pie Traynor Lloyd Waner Paul Waner | |||||||||
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| Radio | NBC, CBS | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | NBC: Graham McNamee and Phillips Carlin CBS: J. Andrew White | |||||||||
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That year, the Yankees led the American League in runs scored, hits, triples, home runs, base on balls, batting average, slugging average and on-base percentage. It featured legends Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig at their peaks. The team won a then-league record 110 games, finished with a 19-game lead over second place, and are considered by many to be the greatest team in the history of baseball.
The 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates, with MVP Paul Waner, led the National League in runs, hits, batting average and on-base percentage.