1937 Major League Baseball season

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1937 MLB season
League American League (AL)
National League (NL)
Sport Baseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 9 – October 3, 1937
World Series:
  • October 6 – October 10, 1937
Number of games154
Number of teams16 (8 per league)
Regular season
Season MVP AL: Charlie Gehringer (DET)
NL: Joe Medwick (SLC)
AL champions New York Yankees
  AL runners-up Detroit Tigers
NL champions New York Giants
  NL runners-up Chicago Cubs
World Series
Champions New York Yankees
  Runners-up New York Giants
MLB seasons
Locations of teams for the 1934–1939 American League seasons
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Locations of teams for the 1936–1937 National League seasons
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The 1937 major league baseball season began on April 19, 1937. The regular season ended on October 3, with the New York Giants 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 34th World Series on October 6 and ended with Game 5 on October 10. In the fifth iteration of this World Series matchup (and a rematch of the previous year), the Yankees defeated the Giants, four games to one.

Contents

The fifth Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on July 7, hosted by the Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., with the American League winning, 8–3.

Schedule

The 1937 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the 1904 season (except for 1919) and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League.

Opening Day, April 19, featured four teams across both leagues play. The final day of the regular season was on October 3 and featured all sixteen teams, the first since 1935. The World Series took place between October 6 and October 10.

Teams

An asterisk (*) denotes the ballpark a team played the minority of their home games at

LeagueTeamCityStadiumCapacityManager
American League Boston Red Sox Boston, Massachusetts Fenway Park 35,000 Joe Cronin
Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois Comiskey Park 52,000 Jimmy Dykes
Cleveland Indians Cleveland, Ohio League Park
Cleveland Stadium*		22,500
78,811*		 Steve O'Neill
Detroit Tigers Detroit, Michigan Navin Field 36,000 Mickey Cochrane, Del Baker, Cy Perkins
New York Yankees New York, New York Yankee Stadium 71,699 Joe McCarthy
Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shibe Park 33,000 Connie Mack, Earle Mack
St. Louis Browns St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 24,040 Rogers Hornsby, Jim Bottomley
Washington Senators Washington, D.C. Griffith Stadium 32,000 Bucky Harris
National League Boston Bees Boston, Massachusetts National League Park 41,700 Bill McKechnie
Brooklyn Dodgers New York, New York Ebbets Field 35,000 Burleigh Grimes
Chicago Cubs Chicago, Illinois Wrigley Field 40,000 Charlie Grimm
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio Crosley Field 26,060 Chuck Dressen, Bobby Wallace
New York Giants New York, New York Polo Grounds 51,856 Bill Terry
Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Baker Bowl 18,800 Jimmie Wilson
Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Forbes Field 41,000 Pie Traynor
St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 34,023 Frankie Frisch

Standings

American League

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10252.662—57‍–‍2045‍–‍32
Detroit Tigers 8965.5781349‍–‍2840‍–‍37
Chicago White Sox 8668.5581647‍–‍3039‍–‍38
Cleveland Indians 8371.5391950‍–‍2833‍–‍43
Boston Red Sox 8072.5262144‍–‍2936‍–‍43
Washington Senators 7380.47728½43‍–‍3530‍–‍45
Philadelphia Athletics 5497.35846½27‍–‍5027‍–‍47
St. Louis Browns 46108.2995625‍–‍5121‍–‍57

National League

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 9557.625—50‍–‍2545‍–‍32
Chicago Cubs 9361.604346‍–‍3247‍–‍29
Pittsburgh Pirates 8668.5581046‍–‍3240‍–‍36
St. Louis Cardinals 8173.5261545‍–‍3336‍–‍40
Boston Bees 7973.5201643‍–‍3336‍–‍40
Brooklyn Dodgers 6291.40533½36‍–‍3926‍–‍52
Philadelphia Phillies 6192.39934½29‍–‍4532‍–‍47
Cincinnati Reds 5698.3644028‍–‍5128‍–‍47

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
   
AL New York Yankees 4
NL New York Giants 1

Managerial changes

Off-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
Brooklyn Dodgers Casey Stengel Burleigh Grimes
Detroit Tigers Del Baker Mickey Cochrane

In-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
Cincinnati Reds Chuck Dressen Bobby Wallace
Detroit Tigers Mickey Cochrane Del Baker
Detroit Tigers Del Baker Cy Perkins
Philadelphia Athletics Connie Mack Earle Mack
St. Louis Browns Rogers Hornsby Jim Bottomley

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders
StatPlayerTotal
AVG Charlie Gehringer (DET).371
HR Joe DiMaggio (NYY)46
RBI Hank Greenberg (DET)184
R Joe DiMaggio (NYY)151
H Beau Bell (SLB)218
SB Ben Chapman (BRS/ WSH )
Billy Werber (PHA)		35
Pitching leaders
StatPlayerTotal
W Lefty Gomez 1 (NYY)21
L Harry Kelley (PHA)21
ERA Lefty Gomez 1 (NYY)2.33
K Lefty Gomez 1 (NYY)194
IP Wes Ferrell (WSH/BRS)281.0
SV Clint Brown (CWS)18

1 American League Triple Crown pitching winner

National League

Hitting leaders
StatPlayerTotal
AVG Joe Medwick 2 (SLC).374
HR Joe Medwick 2 (SLC)
Mel Ott (NYG)		31
RBI Joe Medwick 2 (SLC)154
R Joe Medwick (SLC)111
H Joe Medwick (SLC)237
SB Augie Galan (CHC)23

2 National League Triple Crown batting winner

Pitching leaders
StatPlayerTotal
W Carl Hubbell (NYG)22
L Wayne LaMaster (PHP)19
ERA Jim Turner (BSB)2.38
K Carl Hubbell (NYG)159
IP Claude Passeau (PHP)292.1
SV Mace Brown (PIT)
Cliff Melton (NYG)		7

Awards and honors

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
Detroit Tigers [1] 897.2%1,072,27622.4%13,926
New York Yankees [2] 1020.0%998,1482.2%12,635
New York Giants [3] 953.3%926,88710.6%12,358
Chicago Cubs [4] 936.9%895,02028.0%11,475
Chicago White Sox [5] 866.2%589,24533.7%7,653
Cleveland Indians [6] 833.8%564,84912.9%7,242
Boston Red Sox [7] 808.1%559,659-10.7%7,563
Brooklyn Dodgers [8] 62-7.5%482,481-1.5%6,348
Pittsburgh Pirates [9] 862.4%459,67923.4%5,893
St. Louis Cardinals [10] 81-6.9%430,811-3.9%5,385
Philadelphia Athletics [11] 541.9%430,73851.0%5,452
Cincinnati Reds [12] 56-24.3%411,221-11.8%5,140
Washington Senators [13] 73-11.0%397,7994.8%4,972
Boston Bees [14] 7911.3%385,33913.1%5,070
Philadelphia Phillies [15] 6113.0%212,790-14.6%2,876
St. Louis Browns [16] 46-19.3%123,12132.0%1,578

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