1937 Boston Red Sox season
The 1937 Boston Red Sox season was the 37th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fifth in the American League (AL) with a record of 80 wins and 72 losses, 21 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1937 World Series.
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Record | 80–72 (.526) |
League place | 5th (21 GB) |
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Owners | Tom Yawkey |
President | Tom Yawkey |
General managers | Eddie Collins |
Managers | Joe Cronin |
Local radio | WAAB (Fred Hoey) |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference |
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Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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 | — |
Opening Day lineup
9 | Bobby Doerr | 2B |
8 | Doc Cramer | CF |
19 | Fabian Gaffke | RF |
4 | Joe Cronin | SS |
5 | Pinky Higgins | 3B |
2 | Rick Ferrell | C |
7 | Buster Mills | LF |
1 | Mel Almada | 1B |
12 | Wes Ferrell | P |
Roster
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Player stats
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 | Gene Desautels | 96 | 305 | 74 | .243 | 0 | 27 |
1B | Jimmie Foxx | 150 | 569 | 162 | .285 | 36 | 127 |
2B | Eric McNair | 126 | 455 | 133 | .292 | 12 | 76 |
SS | Joe Cronin | 148 | 570 | 175 | .307 | 18 | 110 |
3B | Pinky Higgins | 153 | 570 | 172 | .302 | 9 | 106 |
OF | Doc Cramer | 133 | 560 | 171 | .305 | 0 | 51 |
OF | Ben Chapman | 113 | 423 | 130 | .307 | 7 | 57 |
OF | Buster Mills | 123 | 505 | 149 | .295 | 7 | 58 |
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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Fabian Gaffke | 54 | 184 | 53 | .288 | 6 | 34 |
Dom Dallessandro | 68 | 147 | 34 | .231 | 0 | 11 |
Bobby Doerr | 55 | 147 | 33 | .224 | 2 | 14 |
Moe Berg | 47 | 141 | 36 | .255 | 0 | 20 |
Mel Almada | 32 | 110 | 26 | .236 | 1 | 9 |
Rick Ferrell | 18 | 65 | 20 | .308 | 1 | 4 |
Ski Melillo | 26 | 56 | 14 | .250 | 0 | 6 |
Johnny Peacock | 9 | 32 | 10 | .313 | 0 | 6 |
Stew Bowers | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Bob Daughters | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
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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Lefty Grove | 32 | 262.0 | 17 | 9 | 3.02 | 153 |
Bobo Newsom | 30 | 207.2 | 13 | 10 | 4.46 | 127 |
Wes Ferrell | 12 | 73.1 | 3 | 6 | 7.61 | 31 |
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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Jack Wilson | 51 | 221.1 | 16 | 10 | 3.70 | 137 |
Johnny Marcum | 37 | 183.2 | 13 | 11 | 4.85 | 59 |
Archie McKain | 36 | 137.0 | 8 | 8 | 4.66 | 66 |
Rube Walberg | 32 | 104.2 | 5 | 7 | 5.59 | 46 |
Fritz Ostermueller | 25 | 86.2 | 3 | 7 | 4.98 | 29 |
Joe Gonzales | 8 | 31.0 | 1 | 2 | 4.35 | 11 |
Jim Henry | 3 | 15.1 | 1 | 0 | 5.28 | 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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Ted Olson | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.24 | 11 |
Tommy Thomas | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.09 | 4 |
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Little Rock, Canton, Mansfield[1]
References
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007