1927 Major League Baseball season The Washington Senators, New York Yankee Babe Ruth smashed his 60th home run of the year, a record that would hold for 39 years. 1927 Major League Baseball season The 1927 Major League Baseball season began in April 1927 and ended with the 1927 World Series in October. No no-hitters were thrown during the season. The New York Yankees, whose lineup featured Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, dominated the American League with 110 wins. The Yankees swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in the World Series. On July 18, the Philadelphia Phillies used four pitchers as pinch hitters and pinch runners against
Major League Baseball tie-breaking procedures (1995–2011) the winners of these games play each other at the ballpark of either team A or B (depending on who won the game). Major League Baseball tie-breaking procedures (1995–2011) Because inclusion in the Major League Baseball postseason is based upon the teams' regular-season records, procedures exist to break ties between teams. This page described tie-breaking procedures in effect from 1995 through 2011. For current procedures, see Major League Baseball tie-breaking procedures. One game tie-breakers are played between teams tied for a division championship or wildcard berth on the day after the season was scheduled to end. Two teams that are