1937 Boston Bees season
Appearance
1937 Boston Bees | |
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Ballpark | The Bee Hive |
City | Boston, Massachusetts |
Record | 79–73 (.520) |
Owners | J.A. Robert Quinn |
Managers | Bill McKechnie |
Radio | WAAB (Fred Hoey) |
The 1937 Boston Bees baseball team finished the season with 79 wins and 73 losses.
Regular season
Season standings
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 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 15–7 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 10–10 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 9–13 | |||||
Brooklyn | 7–15 | — | 8–14 | 12–10–1 | 6–16 | 10–11 | 12–10 | 7–15–1 | |||||
Chicago | 13–9 | 14–8 | — | 14–8 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 17–5 | |||||
Cincinnati | 11–11 | 10–12–1 | 8–14 | — | 8–14 | 11–11 | 1–21 | 7–15 | |||||
New York | 10–10 | 16–6 | 10–12 | 14–8 | — | 15–7 | 16–6 | 14–8 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 11–10 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 7–15 | — | 11–11 | 5–17–2 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 11–11 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 21–1 | 6–16 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | |||||
St. Louis | 13–9 | 15–7–1 | 5–17 | 15–7 | 8–14 | 17–5–2 | 8–14 | — |
Notable transactions
- May 1, 1937: Billy Urbanski was traded by the Bees to the New York Giants for Tommy Thevenow.[1]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
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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
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Al Lopez | 105 | 334 | 68 | .204 | 3 | 38 |
3B | Gil English | 79 | 269 | 78 | .290 | 2 | 37 |
OF | Gene Moore | 148 | 561 | 159 | .283 | 16 | 70 |
OF | Vince DiMaggio | 132 | 493 | 126 | .256 | 13 | 69 |
OF | Debs Garms | 125 | 478 | 124 | .259 | 2 | 37 |
Other batters
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 |
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Roy Johnson | 85 | 260 | 72 | .277 | 3 | 22 |
Wally Berger | 30 | 113 | 31 | .274 | 5 | 22 |
Bobby Reis | 45 | 86 | 21 | .244 | 0 | 6 |
Tommy Thevenow | 21 | 34 | 4 | .118 | 0 | 2 |
Buck Jordan | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Riddle | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Urbanski | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Link Wasem | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Lou Fette | 35 | 259 | 20 | 10 | 2.88 | 70 |
Jim Turner | 33 | 256.2 | 20 | 11 | 2.38 | 69 |
Danny MacFayden | 32 | 246 | 14 | 14 | 2.93 | 70 |
Milt Shoffner | 6 | 42.2 | 3 | 1 | 2.53 | 13 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Guy Bush | 32 | 180.2 | 8 | 15 | 3.54 | 56 |
Johnny Lanning | 32 | 116.2 | 5 | 7 | 3.93 | 37 |
Ira Hutchinson | 31 | 91.2 | 4 | 6 | 3.73 | 29 |
Frank Gabler | 19 | 76 | 4 | 7 | 5.09 | 19 |
Roy Weir | 10 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 3.82 | 8 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Bob Smith | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4.09 | 14 |
Bobby Reis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 0 |
Vic Frazier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.63 | 2 |
Farm system
Notes
- ^ Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References