1937 New York Yankees season

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1937 New York Yankees
World Series Champions
American League Champions
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkYankee Stadium
CityNew York City
OwnersJacob Ruppert
General managersEd Barrow
ManagersJoe McCarthy
← 1936 Seasons 1938 →

The 1937 New York Yankees season was their 35th season. The team finished with a record of 102–52, winning their 9th pennant, finishing 13 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they beat the New York Giants in 5 games. This gave the Yankees a 3-to-2 edge in overall series play against the Giants.

1937 saw significant changes in the layout of Yankee Stadium, as concrete bleachers were built to replace the aging wooden structure, reducing the cavernous "death valley" of left center and center considerably, although the area remained a daunting target for right-handed power hitters such as Joe DiMaggio.

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

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

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1937 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 10–12 11–11 12–10–1 7–15 17–3 15–7 8–14–1
Chicago 12–10 — 10–12 8–14 9–13 15–7 18–4 14–8
Cleveland 11–11 12–10 — 11–11 7–15–1 13–9 18–4–1 11–11
Detroit 10–12–1 14–8 11–11 — 9–13 14–8 15–7 16–6
New York 15–7 13–9 15–7–1 13–9 — 14–8 16–6–1 16–6–1
Philadelphia 3–17 7–15 9–13 8–14 8–14 — 11–11 8–13–3
St. Louis 7–15 4–18 4–18–1 7–15 6–16–1 11–11 — 7–15
Washington 14–8–1 8–14 11–11 6–16 6–16–1 13–8–3 15–7 —


Roster[edit]

1937 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Bill Dickey 140 530 176 .332 29 133
1B Lou Gehrig 157 569 200 .351 37 159
2B Tony Lazzeri 126 446 109 .244 14 70
3B Red Rolfe 154 648 179 .276 4 62
SS Frankie Crosetti 149 611 143 .234 11 49
OF Joe DiMaggio 151 621 215 .346 46 167
OF Myril Hoag 106 362 109 .301 3 46
OF Jake Powell 97 365 96 .263 3 45

Other batters[edit]

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
George Selkirk 78 256 84 .328 18 68
Tommy Henrich 67 206 66 .320 8 42
Don Heffner 60 201 50 .259 0 21
Joe Glenn 25 53 15 .283 0 4
Roy Johnson 12 51 15 .294 0 6
Art Jorgens 13 23 3 .130 0 3
Jack Saltzgaver 17 11 2 .182 0 0
Babe Dahlgren 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Lefty Gomez 34 278.1 21 11 2.33 194
Red Ruffing 31 256.1 20 7 2.98 131
Bump Hadley 29 178.1 11 8 5.30 70
Monte Pearson 22 144.2 9 3 3.17 71
Spud Chandler 12 82.1 7 4 2.84 31
Johnny Broaca 7 55.0 1 4 4.70 9
Joe Vance 2 15.0 1 0 3.00 3

Other pitchers[edit]

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Pat Malone 28 92.0 4 4 5.48 49
Kemp Wicker 16 88.0 7 3 4.40 14
Ivy Andrews 11 49.0 3 2 3.12 17

Relief pitchers[edit]

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Johnny Murphy 39 13 4 10 4.17 36
Frank Makosky 26 5 2 3 4.97 27

1937 World Series[edit]

Main article: 1937 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL New York Giants (1)

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Giants – 1, Yankees – 8 October 6 Yankee Stadium 60,573
2 Giants – 1, Yankees – 8 October 7 Yankee Stadium 57,675
3 Yankees – 5, Giants – 1 October 8 Polo Grounds 37,385
4 Yankees – 3, Giants – 7 October 9 Polo Grounds 44,293
5 Yankees – 5, Giants – 2 October 10 Polo Grounds 38,216

Farm system[edit]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Kansas City Blues American Association Dutch Zwilling
AA Newark Bears International League Ossie Vitt
AA Oakland Oaks Pacific Coast League Billy Meyer
A Binghamton Triplets New York–Pennsylvania League Bill Skiff
B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Johnny Neun
B Augusta Tigers Sally League Jack Mealey and Troy Agnew
B Jackson Mississippians Southeastern League Ike Boone and Jack Mealey
C Smiths Falls Beavers Canadian–American League Johnny Haddock
C Akron Yankees Middle Atlantic League Leo Mackey
C Joplin Miners Western Association Benny Bengough
D Rogers Lions Arkansas–Missouri League Ted Mayer
D Bassett Furniture Makers Bi-State League Ray White
D Snow Hill Billies Coastal Plain League Dwight Wall and Peahead Walker
D Norfolk Elks Nebraska State League Doc Bennett
D Butler Yankees Pennsylvania State Association Lefty Jenkins

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Newark, Norfolk (Piedmont), Rogers, Bassett, Snow Hill, Butler[1]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ 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[edit]

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