1937 Major League Baseball season

Sports season

1937 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 19 – October 10, 1937
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
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 →

The 1937 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 19 to October 10, 1937. The New York Giants and New York Yankees were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. In a rematch of the prior year's postseason, the Yankees then defeated the Giants in the World Series, four games to one.

Awards and honors

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

Statistical leaders

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Charlie Gehringer DET	.371	Joe Medwick SLC	.374
HR	Joe DiMaggio NYY	46	Joe Medwick STL Mel Ott NYG	31
RBI	Hank Greenberg DET	184	Joe Medwick SLC	154
Wins	Lefty Gomez NYY	21	Carl Hubbell NYG	22
ERA	Lefty Gomez NYY	2.33	Jim Turner BSB	2.38
SO	Lefty Gomez NYY	194	Carl Hubbell NYG	159
SV	Clint Brown CWS	18	Mace Brown PIT Cliff Melton NYG	7
SB	Ben Chapman WSH/BSR Billy Werber PHA	35	Augie Galan CHC	23

Standings

American League

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	102	52	0.662	—	57–20	45–32
Detroit Tigers	89	65	0.578	13	49–28	40–37
Chicago White Sox	86	68	0.558	16	47–30	39–38
Cleveland Indians	83	71	0.539	19	50–28	33–43
Boston Red Sox	80	72	0.526	21	44–29	36–43
Washington Senators	73	80	0.477	28½	43–35	30–45
Philadelphia Athletics	54	97	0.358	46½	27–50	27–47
St. Louis Browns	46	108	0.299	56	25–51	21–57

National League

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	95	57	0.625	—	50–25	45–32
Chicago Cubs	93	61	0.604	3	46–32	47–29
Pittsburgh Pirates	86	68	0.558	10	46–32	40–36
St. Louis Cardinals	81	73	0.526	15	45–33	36–40
Boston Bees	79	73	0.520	16	43–33	36–40
Brooklyn Dodgers	62	91	0.405	33½	36–39	26–52
Philadelphia Phillies	61	92	0.399	34½	29–45	32–47
Cincinnati Reds	56	98	0.364	40	28–51	28–47

Postseason

Bracket

World Series

AL	New York Yankees	4

NL	New York Giants	1

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Joe Cronin
Chicago White Sox	Jimmy Dykes	Finished 3rd
Cleveland Indians	Steve O'Neill
Detroit Tigers	Mickey Cochrane, Del Baker and Cy Perkins	Finished 2nd
New York Yankees	Joe McCarthy	Won World Series
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns	Rogers Hornsby and Jim Bottomley
Washington Senators	Bucky Harris

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Bees	Bill McKechnie
Brooklyn Dodgers	Burleigh Grimes
Chicago Cubs	Charlie Grimm	Finished 2nd
Cincinnati Reds	Chuck Dressen and Bobby Wallace
New York Giants	Bill Terry	Won NL pennant
Philadelphia Phillies	Jimmie Wilson
Pittsburgh Pirates	Pie Traynor	Finished 3rd
St. Louis Cardinals	Frankie Frisch

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
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

^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

External links

1937 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference

1937 MLB season by team

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