1937 Philadelphia Phillies season

1937 Philadelphia Phillies
Ballpark	Baker Bowl
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Gerald Nugent
Managers	Jimmy Wilson
Radio	(Bill Dyer, Roger Griswold)
Seasons

The 1937 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Phillies finished seventh in the National League with a record of 61 wins and 92 losses.

Offseason

• January 6, 1937: Chuck Sheerin was released by the Phillies.

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1937 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

Roster

1937 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers 41 Bob Allen -- Elmer Burkart 45 Bobby Burke 41 Larry Crawford 47 Syl Johnson 44 Orville Jorgens 43 Hal Kelleher 45 Wayne LaMaster -- Walt Masters 42 Hugh Mulcahy 48 Claude Passeau -- Leon Pettit 41 Pete Sivess 40 Bucky Walters		Catchers 11 Bill Atwood 10 Earl Grace 47 Walter Stephenson 12 Jimmy Wilson Infielders 22 Bill Andrus 27 Dolph Camilli 32 Gene Corbett 21 Leo Norris 20 George Scharein 25 Pinky Whitney 23 Del Young		Outfielders 34 Morrie Arnovich 24 Earl Browne 37 Howie Gorman 36 Chuck Klein 30 Hersh Martin 33 Johnny Moore 37 Fred Tauby		Manager 12 Jimmy Wilson Coaches 50 Hans Lobert

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
2B	Del Young	109	360	70	.194	0	24
OF	Chuck Klein	115	406	132	.325	15	57

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
Johnny Moore	96	307	98	.319	9	59
Earl Grace	80	223	47	.211	6	29
Jimmie Wilson	39	87	24	.276	1	8

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

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
Pete Sivess	6	23	1	1	7.04	4
Bob Allen	3	12	0	1	6.75	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
Elmer Burkart	7	0	0	0	6.19	4
Larry Crawford	6	0	0	0	15.00	2
Bobby Burke	2	0	0	0	∞	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
D	Centreville Colts	Eastern Shore League	Patsy O'Rourke

External links

• 1937 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference