1937 New York Giants (MLB) season

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1937  New York Giants
National League champions
New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1936 to 1939).svg
League National League
Ballpark Polo Grounds
CityNew York City
Owners Horace Stoneham
General managers Bill Terry
Managers Bill Terry
  1936 Seasons 1938  

The 1937 New York Giants season was the franchise's 55th season. The Giants won the National League pennant. The team went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the World Series, four games to one.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 9557.62550254532
Chicago Cubs 9361.604346324729
Pittsburgh Pirates 8668.5581046324036
St. Louis Cardinals 8173.5261545333640
Boston Bees 7973.5201643333640
Brooklyn Dodgers 6291.40533½36392652
Philadelphia Phillies 6192.39934½29453247
Cincinnati Reds 5698.3644028512847

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSBRCHCCINNYGPHIPITSTL
Boston 15–79–1311–1110–1014–811–119–13
Brooklyn 7–158–1412–10–16–1610–1112–107–15–1
Chicago 13–914–814–812–1014–89–1317–5
Cincinnati 11–1110–12–18–148–1411–111–217–15
New York 10–1016–610–1214–815–716–614–8
Philadelphia 8–1411–108–1411–117–1511–115–17–2
Pittsburgh 11–1110–1213–921–16–1611–1114–8
St. Louis 13–915–7–15–1715–78–1417–5–28–14

Notable transactions

Roster

1937 New York Giants
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Gus Mancuso 8628780.279439
1B Johnny McCarthy 114420117.2791065
2B Burgess Whitehead 152574164.286552
SS Dick Bartell 128516158.3061462
3B Lou Chiozza 117439102.232429
OF Mel Ott 151545160.2943195
OF Jimmy Ripple 121426135.317566
OF Jo-Jo Moore 142580180.310657

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Harry Danning 9329284.288851
Wally Berger 5919958.2911243
Sam Leslie 7219159.309330
Hank Leiber 5118454.293432
Kiddo Davis 567620.26309
Blondy Ryan 217518.240113
Mickey Haslin 27428.19005
Ed Madjeski 5153.20002
Phil Weintraub 693.33301

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGGSIPWLERASO
Carl Hubbell 3932261.22283.20159
Cliff Melton 4627248.02092.61142
Hal Schumacher 3829217.213123.60100
Harry Gumbert 3424200.110113.6865
Slick Castleman 2323160.11163.3178
Hy Vandenberg 118.0017.882
Ben Cantwell 114.0019.001

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Al Smith 3385.2544.2041
Freddie Fitzsimmons 627.1224.6113
Bill Lohrman 210.0100.903

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Dick Coffman 428333.0430
Tom Baker 131004.0611
Don Brennan 61006.751
Frank Gabler 600010.003
Jumbo Brown 41001.044

1937 World Series

Game 1

October 6, 1937, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team123456789RHE
New York (N)000010000162
New York (A)00000701x870
W: Lefty Gomez (1–0)  L: Carl Hubbell (0–1)
HR: NYYTony Lazzeri (1)

Game 2

October 7, 1937, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team123456789RHE
New York (N)100000000170
New York (A)00002420x8120
W: Red Ruffing (1–0)  L: Cliff Melton (0–1)

Game 3

October 8, 1937, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team123456789RHE
New York (A)012110000590
New York (N)000000100154
W: Monte Pearson (1–0)   L: Hal Schumacher (0–1)   S: Johnny Murphy (1)

Game 4

October 9, 1937, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team123456789RHE
New York (A)101000001390
New York (N)06000010x7123
W: Carl Hubbell (1–1)   L: Bump Hadley (0–1)
HR: NYYLou Gehrig (1)

Game 5

October 10, 1937, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team123456789RHE
New York (A)011020000480
New York (N)0020000002100
W: Lefty Gomez (2–0)   L: Cliff Melton (0–2)
HR: NYYMyril Hoag (1), Joe DiMaggio (1)    NYGMel Ott (1)

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AA Jersey City Giants International League Travis Jackson
B Richmond Colts Piedmont League Eddie Mooers
C Greenwood Giants Cotton States League Frank Brazill
D Crisfield Crabbers Eastern Shore League Dan Pasquella and Bob Clark
D Blytheville Giants Northeast Arkansas League Herschel Bobo

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Blytheville [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference
  2. Ed Madjeski page at Baseball Reference
  3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References