1937 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1937 Pittsburgh Pirates
1937 Pittsburgh Pirates
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh
Owners	Bill Benswanger
Managers	Pie Traynor
Radio	KDKA; Rosey Rowswell, Jack Craddock

The 1937 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 56th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 51st in the National League. The Pirates finished third in the league standings with a record of 86–68.

Offseason

December 4, 1936: Ralph Birkofer and Cookie Lavagetto were traded by the Pirates to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Ed Brandt.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

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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 v t e 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	—

Game log

1937 Game Log: 86–68 (Home: 46–32; Away: 40–36)

April: 5–2 (Home: 3–1; Away: 2–1)

May: 18–10 (Home: 5–6; Away: 13–4)

June: 12–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–9)

July: 12–15 (Home: 7–4; Away: 5–11)

August: 15–16 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
90	August 1	Bees	8–4	Bauers (4–3)	MacFayden	—	—	48–42
91	August 3	Dodgers	5–4	Weaver (4–1)	Frankhouse	—	—	49–42
92	August 3	Dodgers	10–4	Brown (4–1)	Butcher	Bauers (1)	6,588	50–42
93	August 4	Dodgers	7–10	Fitzsimmons	Brandt (5–6)	Lindsey	159	50–43
94	August 5	Dodgers	6–9	Hoyt	Blanton (9–9)	—	—	50–44
95	August 6	Giants	3–6	Hubbell	Lucas (7–5)	—	—	50–45
96	August 8	Giants	2–10	Melton	Brown (4–2)	—	—	50–46
97	August 8	Giants	3–0	Weaver (5–1)	Gumbert	—	34,000	51–46
98	August 10	@ Cubs	6–5	Blanton (10–9)	Shoun	Brown (3)	12,516	52–46
99	August 11	@ Cubs	1–5	Bryant	Lucas (7–6)	—	11,363	52–47
100	August 12	@ Cubs	16–6	Bauers (5–3)	Carleton	—	—	53–47
101	August 13	@ Cardinals	1–4	Weiland	Weaver (5–2)	—	—	53–48
102	August 14	@ Cardinals	6–5	Weaver (6–2)	Ryba	Tobin (1)	—	54–48
103	August 15	@ Cardinals	8–4	Blanton (11–9)	Warneke	—	—	55–48
104	August 15	@ Cardinals	4–0	Bauers (6–3)	Johnson	—	—	56–48
105	August 17	Cubs	4–2	Brandt (6–6)	French	Brown (4)	—	57–48
106	August 18	Cubs	7–6	Bauers (7–3)	Shoun	—	5,581	58–48
107	August 19	Cubs	3–7	Davis	Weaver (6–3)	—	—	58–49
108	August 20	Cardinals	7–4	Blanton (12–9)	Johnson	—	—	59–49
109	August 21	Cardinals	7–3	Bauers (8–3)	Harrell	—	—	60–49
110	August 22	Cardinals	0–12	Weiland	Lucas (7–7)	—	—	60–50
111	August 22	Cardinals	7–9	Dean	Brandt (6–7)	—	—	60–51
112	August 24	@ Bees	0–1	Turner	Blanton (12–10)	—	2,162	60–52
113	August 25	@ Bees	6–0	Bauers (9–3)	Gabler	—	3,507	61–52
114	August 27	@ Giants	1–0	Brandt (7–7)	Melton	Brown (5)	—	62–52
115	August 27	@ Giants	2–3	Smith	Swift (7–10)	—	—	62–53
116	August 28	@ Giants	4–9	Coffman	Weaver (6–4)	—	—	62–54
117	August 28	@ Giants	1–3	Schumacher	Bauers (9–4)	—	42,438	62–55
118	August 29	@ Dodgers	3–5	Hoyt	Lucas (7–8)	—	—	62–56
119	August 29	@ Dodgers	3–6	Hamlin	Tobin (1–2)	—	—	62–57
120	August 31	@ Phillies	0–3	Walters	Brandt (7–8)	—	2,500	62–58

September: 20–10 (Home: 13–8; Away: 7–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
121	September 1	@ Phillies	3–5	Passeau	Weaver (6–5)	—	—	62–59
122	September 2	@ Phillies	11–8	Brown (5–2)	LaMaster	Brandt (2)	—	63–59
123	September 5	@ Cubs	7–0	Lucas (8–8)	French	—	—	64–59
124	September 5	@ Cubs	4–1	Brandt (8–8)	Bryant	Brown (6)	34,091	65–59
125	September 6	@ Cardinals	1–4	Weiland	Blanton (12–11)	—	—	65–60
126	September 6	@ Cardinals	5–4	Bauers (10–4)	Johnson	—	—	66–60
127	September 8	Reds	7–6 (10)	Weaver (7–5)	Derringer	—	—	67–60
128	September 8	Reds	8–2	Tobin (2–2)	Mooty	—	—	68–60
129	September 9	Reds	1–0	Brandt (9–8)	Schott	—	—	69–60
130	September 10	Reds	7–6	Brown (6–2)	Hallahan	—	—	70–60
131	September 11	Cubs	4–5	Davis	Bauers (10–5)	—	—	70–61
132	September 12	Cubs	0–5	French	Lucas (8–9)	—	—	70–62
133	September 12	Cubs	4–2	Tobin (3–2)	Lee	—	25,000	71–62
134	September 14	Giants	2–12	Hubbell	Brandt (9–9)	—	—	71–63
135	September 14	Giants	6–2	Blanton (13–11)	Smith	—	10,000	72–63
136	September 15	Giants	2–7	Schumacher	Bauers (10–6)	—	1,621	72–64
137	September 16	Giants	0–3	Melton	Tobin (3–3)	—	3,750	72–65
138	September 17	Dodgers	10–4	Brandt (10–9)	Hamlin	—	927	73–65
139	September 18	Dodgers	3–2	Blanton (14–11)	Fitzsimmons	—	—	74–65
140	September 19	Phillies	1–8	Mulcahy	Lucas (8–10)	—	—	74–66
141	September 19	Phillies	5–1	Bauers (11–6)	Kelleher	—	—	75–66
142	September 21	Bees	9–2	Tobin (4–3)	Fette	—	1,066	76–66
143	September 22	Bees	2–3 (10)	Shoffner	Brandt (10–10)	—	1,103	76–67
144	September 23	Bees	1–2	Turner	Blanton (14–12)	—	1,031	76–68
145	September 24	@ Reds	8–2	Bauers (12–6)	Schott	—	301	77–68
146	September 26	@ Reds	5–4	Tobin (5–3)	Schott	—	—	78–68
147	September 26	@ Reds	2–1	Swift (8–10)	Grissom	—	3,058	79–68
148	September 28	Cardinals	6–2	Brandt (11–10)	Johnson	—	—	80–68
149	September 29	Cardinals	7–5	Weaver (8–5)	Warneke	Brown (7)	—	81–68
150	September 30	Cardinals	4–3	Bauers (13–6)	Weiland	—	—	82–68

October: 4–0 (Home: 4–0; Away: 0–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1937 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

20 Pie Traynor

Coaches

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

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
Pie Traynor	5	12	2	.167	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
Ed Brandt	33	176.1	11	10	3.11	74

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
Russ Bauers	34	187.2	13	6	2.88	118
Jim Weaver	32	109.2	8	5	3.20	44

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

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Montreal Royals	International League	Walter "Rabbit" Maranville
B	Savannah Indians	Sally League	Bill Steinecke and Chick Autry
C	Hutchinson Larks	Western Association	Dick Goldberg, Dick Klinger and Hugh McMullen
D	Mt. Airy Reds	Bi-State League	Frank Packard and Walt Novak
D	Paducah Indians	KITTY League	Hugh McMullen, Ervin Brame, Lee Keller, Ralph Bishop, George Block and Pete Mondino

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Savannah

References

^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
^ Ralph Birkofer page at Baseball-Reference

External links

1937 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1937 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette cartoon on the pennant race
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] Ralph Birkofer page at Baseball-Reference

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