1937 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1937 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1937 in baseball.

Sports season

1937 MLB season

League| American League (AL)
National League (NL)
Sport| Baseball
Duration| Regular season:

* April 9 – October 3, 1937

World Series:

* October 6 – October 10, 1937

Number of games| 154
Number of teams| 16 (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

← 1936

1938 →

Red Sox

White Sox

Indians

Tigers

Athletics

Browns

Yankees

Senators

Locations of teams for the 1934–1939 American League seasons
American League

Bees

Dodgers

Cubs

Reds

Giants

Phillies

Pirates

Cardinals

Locations of teams for the 1936–1937 National League seasons
National League

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.

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

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See also: Major League Baseball 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

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

League  | Team  | City  | Stadium  | Capacity  | Manager

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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

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### American League

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American League Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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New York Yankees | 102 | 52  | .662  | —  | 57‍–‍20  | 45‍–‍32
Detroit Tigers | 89 | 65  | .578  | 13  | 49‍–‍28  | 40‍–‍37
Chicago White Sox | 86 | 68  | .558  | 16  | 47‍–‍30  | 39‍–‍38
Cleveland Indians | 83 | 71  | .539  | 19  | 50‍–‍28  | 33‍–‍43
Boston Red Sox | 80 | 72  | .526  | 21  | 44‍–‍29  | 36‍–‍43
Washington Senators | 73 | 80  | .477  | 28½  | 43‍–‍35  | 30‍–‍45
Philadelphia Athletics | 54 | 97  | .358  | 46½  | 27‍–‍50  | 27‍–‍47
St. Louis Browns | 46 | 108  | .299  | 56  | 25‍–‍51  | 21‍–‍57

### National League

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National League Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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New York Giants | 95 | 57  | .625  | —  | 50‍–‍25  | 45‍–‍32
Chicago Cubs | 93 | 61  | .604  | 3  | 46‍–‍32  | 47‍–‍29
Pittsburgh Pirates | 86 | 68  | .558  | 10  | 46‍–‍32  | 40‍–‍36
St. Louis Cardinals | 81 | 73  | .526  | 15  | 45‍–‍33  | 36‍–‍40
Boston Bees | 79 | 73  | .520  | 16  | 43‍–‍33  | 36‍–‍40
Brooklyn Dodgers | 62 | 91  | .405  | 33½  | 36‍–‍39  | 26‍–‍52
Philadelphia Phillies | 61 | 92  | .399  | 34½  | 29‍–‍45  | 32‍–‍47
Cincinnati Reds | 56 | 98  | .364  | 40  | 28‍–‍51  | 28‍–‍47

## Postseason

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### Bracket

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| World Series |

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| AL | New York Yankees | 4 |
| NL | New York Giants | 1 |

## Managerial changes

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### Off-season

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Team  | Former Manager  | New Manager

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Brooklyn Dodgers | Casey Stengel | Burleigh Grimes
Detroit Tigers | Del Baker | Mickey Cochrane

### In-season

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Team  | Former Manager  | New Manager

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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

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### American League

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Hitting leaders  Stat  | Player  | Total

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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  Stat  | Player  | Total

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W | Lefty Gomez1 (NYY) | 21
L | Harry Kelley (PHA) | 21
ERA | Lefty Gomez1 (NYY) | 2.33
K | Lefty Gomez1 (NYY) | 194
IP | Wes Ferrell (WSH/BRS) | 281.0
SV | Clint Brown (CWS) | 18

1 American League Triple Crown pitching winner

### National League

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Hitting leaders  Stat  | Player  | Total

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AVG | Joe Medwick2 (SLC) | .374
HR | Joe Medwick2 (SLC)
Mel Ott (NYG) | 31
RBI | Joe Medwick2 (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  Stat  | Player  | Total

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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

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* Baseball Hall of Fame
* Morgan Bulkeley
* Ban Johnson
* Nap Lajoie
* Connie Mack
* John McGraw
* Tris Speaker
* George Wright
* Cy Young
* MLB Most Valuable Player Award
* American League: Charlie Gehringer, Detroit Tigers, 2B
* National League: Joe Medwick, St. Louis Cardinals, OF
* The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
* Johnny Allen Cleveland Indians
* The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
* Bill McKechnie Boston Bees

## Home field attendance

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Team name  | Wins  | %± | Home attendance  | %± | Per game

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Detroit Tigers[1] | 89  | 7.2%  | 1,072,276  | 22.4%  | 13,926
New York Yankees[2] | 102  | 0.0%  | 998,148  | 2.2%  | 12,635
New York Giants[3] | 95  | 3.3%  | 926,887  | 10.6%  | 12,358
Chicago Cubs[4] | 93  | 6.9%  | 895,020  | 28.0%  | 11,475
Chicago White Sox[5] | 86  | 6.2%  | 589,245  | 33.7%  | 7,653
Cleveland Indians[6] | 83  | 3.8%  | 564,849  | 12.9%  | 7,242
Boston Red Sox[7] | 80  | 8.1%  | 559,659  | -10.7%  | 7,563
Brooklyn Dodgers[8] | 62  | -7.5%  | 482,481  | -1.5%  | 6,348
Pittsburgh Pirates[9] | 86  | 2.4%  | 459,679  | 23.4%  | 5,893
St. Louis Cardinals[10] | 81  | -6.9%  | 430,811  | -3.9%  | 5,385
Philadelphia Athletics[11] | 54  | 1.9%  | 430,738  | 51.0%  | 5,452
Cincinnati Reds[12] | 56  | -24.3%  | 411,221  | -11.8%  | 5,140
Washington Senators[13] | 73  | -11.0%  | 397,799  | 4.8%  | 4,972
Boston Bees[14] | 79  | 11.3%  | 385,339  | 13.1%  | 5,070
Philadelphia Phillies[15] | 61  | 13.0%  | 212,790  | -14.6%  | 2,876
St. Louis Browns[16] | 46  | -19.3%  | 123,121  | 32.0%  | 1,578

## References

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1. ^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
2. ^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
3. ^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
4. ^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
5. ^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
6. ^ "Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
7. ^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
8. ^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
9. ^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
10. ^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
11. ^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
12. ^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
13. ^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
14. ^ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
15. ^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
16. ^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

## External links

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* 1937 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference

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1937 MLB season by team

Major League Baseball|

| American League|

* Boston
* Chicago
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* New York
* Philadelphia
* St. Louis
* Washington

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National League|

* Boston
* Brooklyn
* Chicago
* Cincinnati
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis

Negro American League|

* Birmingham
* Chicago
* Cincinnati
* Detroit
* Indianapolis
* Kansas City
* Memphis
* St. Louis

Negro National League|

* Homestead
* New York
* Newark
* Philadelphia
* Pittsburgh
* Washington

* 1937 All-Star Game
* 1937 World Series
* 1937 East–West All-Star Game

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Major League Baseball seasons

Pre-modern era|

| Beginnings|

* 1876
* 1877
* 1878
* 1879
* 1880
* 1881

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Competition|

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NL monopoly|

* 1892
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| Dead-ball era|

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See also|

* Major League Baseball schedule
* Major League Baseball

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