1937 New York Giants (MLB) season
1937 New York Giants | ||
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National League Champions | ||
Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |
City | New York City | |
Owners | Horace Stoneham | |
Managers | Bill Terry | |
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The 1937 New York Giants season was the franchise's 55th season. The Giants won the National League pennant. The team went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the 1937 World Series, four games to one.
Offseason
- January 6, 1937: Tommy Thevenow was purchased by the Giants from the Cincinnati Reds.[1]
- January 25, 1937: Ed Madjeski was purchased by the Giants from the New York Yankees.[2]
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 | — |
Opening Day lineup
Notable transactions
- May 1, 1937: Tommy Thevenow was traded by the Giants to the Boston Bees for Billy Urbanski.[1]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Coaches
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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 | Gus Mancuso | 86 | 287 | 80 | .279 | 4 | 39 |
1B | Johnny McCarthy | 114 | 420 | 117 | .279 | 10 | 65 |
2B | Burgess Whitehead | 152 | 574 | 164 | .286 | 5 | 52 |
SS | Dick Bartell | 128 | 516 | 158 | .306 | 14 | 62 |
3B | Lou Chiozza | 117 | 439 | 102 | .232 | 4 | 29 |
OF | Mel Ott | 151 | 545 | 160 | .294 | 31 | 95 |
OF | Jimmy Ripple | 121 | 426 | 135 | .317 | 5 | 66 |
OF | Jo-Jo Moore | 142 | 580 | 180 | .310 | 6 | 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 |
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Harry Danning | 93 | 292 | 84 | .288 | 8 | 51 |
Wally Berger | 59 | 199 | 58 | .291 | 12 | 43 |
Sam Leslie | 72 | 191 | 59 | .309 | 3 | 30 |
Hank Leiber | 51 | 184 | 54 | .293 | 4 | 32 |
Kiddo Davis | 56 | 76 | 20 | .263 | 0 | 9 |
Blondy Ryan | 21 | 75 | 18 | .240 | 1 | 13 |
Mickey Haslin | 27 | 42 | 8 | .190 | 0 | 5 |
Ed Madjeski | 5 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
Phil Weintraub | 6 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Carl Hubbell | 39 | 32 | 261.2 | 22 | 8 | 3.20 | 159 |
Hal Schumacher | 38 | 29 | 217.2 | 13 | 12 | 3.60 | 100 |
Cliff Melton | 46 | 27 | 248.0 | 20 | 9 | 2.61 | 142 |
Harry Gumbert | 34 | 24 | 200.1 | 10 | 11 | 3.68 | 65 |
Slick Castleman | 23 | 23 | 160.1 | 11 | 6 | 3.31 | 78 |
Hy Vandenberg | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7.88 | 2 |
Ben Cantwell | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 1 |
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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Al Smith | 33 | 85.2 | 5 | 4 | 4.20 | 41 |
Freddie Fitzsimmons | 6 | 27.1 | 2 | 2 | 4.61 | 13 |
Bill Lohrman | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.90 | 3 |
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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Tom Baker | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.06 | 11 |
Don Brennan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |
Jumbo Brown | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.04 | 4 |
Dick Coffman | 42 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3.04 | 30 |
Frank Gabler | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | 3 |
1937 World Series
Game 1
October 6, 1937, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | x | 8 | 7 | 0 |
W: Lefty Gomez (1–0) L: Carl Hubbell (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYY – Tony Lazzeri (1) |
Game 2
October 7, 1937, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York (N) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | x | 8 | 12 | 0 |
W: Red Ruffing (1–0) L: Cliff Melton (0–1) |
Game 3
October 8, 1937, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York (A) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
W: Monte Pearson (1–0) L: Hal Schumacher (0–1) S: Johnny Murphy (1) |
Game 4
October 9, 1937, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York (A) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
New York (N) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 7 | 12 | 3 |
W: Carl Hubbell (1–1) L: Bump Hadley (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYY – Lou Gehrig (1) |
Game 5
October 10, 1937, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York (A) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
W: Lefty Gomez (2–0) L: Cliff Melton (0–2) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYY – Myril Hoag (1), Joe DiMaggio (1) NYG – Mel Ott (1) |
Awards and honors
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Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Blytheville[3]
Notes
- ^ a b Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Ed Madjeski page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007