1927 Team Single-Season Win Total (110)
The 1927 Yankees, known as 'Murderers' Row,' are widely considered the greatest baseball team in MLB history.
The 1927 New York Yankees season was the 25th season of the New York Yankees of the American League. The team finished with a record of 110–44–1 (the team's first 100 win season), winning their fifth pennant and finishing 19 games ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics and were tied for first or better for the whole season.
- Season Wins
- 110
- World Series Result
- Swept Pittsburgh Pirates (4-0)
- League Standing
- American League Champions
- Key Offensive Leaders
- Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig
- Manager
- Miller Huggins
Lore & Background
The Yankees' 110 victories broke the previous American League mark of 105 (set by the 1912 Boston Red Sox) and would stand as the American League single-season record until it was broken by the Cleveland Indians in 1954. Counting their World Series sweep, the 1927 Yankees had a total record of 114–44 — which is still the all-time highest single-season winning percentage (.721) in American League history. The 1998 Yankees, who also won their World Series in a sweep, are second with a full-season mark of 125–50 (.714).
In Their Own Story
The air inside Yankee Stadium hung heavy with cigar smoke and the electric hum of a city holding its breath. In the dugout, the lineup card for 1927 looked less like a roster and more like an execution order: Ruth, Gehrig, Meusel, Combs, Sewell, Ward, Lazzeri, Koenig, and Tomlinson. When Babe Ruth stepped into the box, the crowd didn't just watch; they leaned forward, knowing history was about to be forged in real-time. The crack of his bat echoed off the concrete walls, sending another sphere soaring into the upper deck as Lou Gehrig watched with quiet, terrifying intensity from the on-deck circle. This wasn't merely a baseball game; it was a relentless procession toward immortality, where every at-bat felt like a foregone conclusion.
Reader's Guide
The roster included nine future Hall of Famers: Pitchers Herb Pennock and Waite Hoyt, Infielders Lou Gehrig and Tony Lazzeri, outfielders Babe Ruth and Earle Combs, Manager Miller Huggins, Team President Ed Barrow and Owner Colonel Jacob Ruppert.
Did You Know?
- Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run on September 30, in the Yankees' next-to-last game against the Washington Senators at Yankee Stadium.
- Lou Gehrig finished the 1927 season with 11.9 Wins Above Replacement (WAR), ranking sixth among the top ten highest single-season WAR by a player in MLB history.
- This was the first year the Yankees acknowledged their team nickname on their uniforms, albeit their road uniforms.
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