Pat's days of leading the American League in five or six offensive categories are probably gone, but his name could still be found on the leader boards in some pretty impressive places.
Here are the categories in which O'Farrell placed among the AL's top ten; his ranking in each category; the leader's name; and his total.
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Category Total Rank Leader Total
OBP .403 9th Babe Ruth .491
SLG .540 8th Babe Ruth .786
OPS .943 7th Babe Ruth 1.277
RC 128.0 4th Babe Ruth 203.4
RC/27 Outs 8.35 8th Babe Ruth 16.15
Pl App 657 1st
Triples 21 3rd Frank Frisch 24
Home Runs 19 8th Babe Ruth 55
Runs 131 2nd Babe Ruth 139
Steals 65 1st
Walks 98 4th Lou Gehrig 146
EBH 74 T-5 Babe Ruth 95
TB 297 6th Babe Ruth 389
Ruth won the Triple Crown, with a .352-55-148 season. His closest competitors in each category were the Tigers' Cool Papa Bell, who broke out this season with a .344 batting average; the Browns' Goose Goslin, whose second place total of 23 homers was less than half of the Babe's; and the Red Sox' Lou Gehrig, who continued to establish himself as the league's second best power hitter with a strong .322-20-126 season at age 24.
In the National League, Oscar Charleston earned another Most Outstanding Batter award, winning the batting title with a .366 average and the home run crown with 32. Pittsburgh's Rabbit Maranville kept Oscar from the Triple Crown by leading the league with 118 RBI; Charleston placed third with 112. Oscar slugged .733, and added a .435 OBP, both best in the league.
Other top sluggers in the senior circuit included Paul Waner of Pittsburgh (.365, 207 hits, 24 triples, 130 runs, 101 RBI, .435 OBP) and Mule Suttles of New York (.352-25-116, 203 hits, 46 doubles, .579 SLG)
The American League's Most Outstanding Pitcher award went to 38-year-old Harry Moran of Detroit, who broke the major league record for wins with 31. He lost only five times, and was second in the league with a 2.80 ERA. Moran, who has 292 wins in his career, is perhaps among the game's most overlooked stars.
Molly Craft of the Browns won the ERA title at 2.59, winning 25 games, while Herb Pennock of Philadelphia won 26 games for the second straight season. Pennock has won 146 games in the last six seasons. Herb's teammate, Lefty Grove, struck out 228 men to lead the major leagues in that category.
Twenty-two year old pitcher Rufus Smith won the Rookie of the Year award in the AL, on the strength of a 16-9 record. The National League's Rookie of the Year was Pittsburgh first sacker Buck Leonard, who batted .295 with 14 homers and 86 RBI as a twenty-year-old. Buck also added a surprising 22 stolen bases, and won the Slick Fielder Award for his skills around the bag.
The best pitcher in the National League in 1927 was the Giants' 25-year-old sensation, Red Lucas. He led the league with a 26-10 record, and posted a 3.04 ERA.
Lucas' strongest competition came from perennial star Pol Perritt of St. Louis, whose 24 victories included the 300th of his career. Perritt led the league with 207 strikeouts, while King Lear of Pittsburgh won the ERA title at 3.03.