1937 New York Yankees season

The 1937 New York Yankees season was their 35th season. The team finished with a record of 102–52, winning their 9th pennant, finishing 13 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they beat the New York Giants in 5 games. This gave the Yankees a 3-to-2 edge in overall series play against the Giants.

1937 New York Yankees
1937 American League Champions
1937 World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersJacob Ruppert
General managersEd Barrow
ManagersJoe McCarthy
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1937 saw significant changes in the layout of Yankee Stadium, as concrete bleachers were built to replace the aging wooden structure, reducing the cavernous "death valley" of left center and center considerably, although the area remained a daunting target for right-handed power hitters such as Joe DiMaggio.

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10252 0.662 — 57–20 45–32
Detroit Tigers 8965 0.578 13 49–28 40–37
Chicago White Sox 8668 0.558 16 47–30 39–38
Cleveland Indians 8371 0.539 19 50–28 33–43
Boston Red Sox 8072 0.526 21 44–29 36–43
Washington Senators 7380 0.477 28½ 43–35 30–45
Philadelphia Athletics 5497 0.358 46½ 27–50 27–47
St. Louis Browns 46108 0.299 56 25–51 21–57

Record vs. opponents
1937 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston —10–1211–1112–10–17–1517–315–78–14–1
Chicago 12–10—10–128–149–1315–718–414–8
Cleveland 11–1112–10—11–117–15–113–918–4–111–11
Detroit 10–12–114–811–11—9–1314–815–716–6
New York 15–713–915–7–113–9—14–816–6–116–6–1
Philadelphia 3–177–159–138–148–14—11–118–13–3
St. Louis 7–154–184–18–17–156–16–111–11—7–15
Washington 14–8–18–1411–116–166–16–113–8–315–7—

Roster
1937 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
CBill Dickey140530176.33229133
1BLou Gehrig157569200.35137159
2BTony Lazzeri126446109.2441470
3BRed Rolfe154648179.276462
SSFrankie Crosetti149611143.2341149
OFJoe DiMaggio151621215.34646167
OFMyril Hoag106362109.301346
OFJake Powell9736596.263345

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
George Selkirk7825684.3281868
Tommy Henrich6720666.320842
Don Heffner6020150.259021
Joe Glenn255315.28304
Roy Johnson125115.29406
Art Jorgens13233.13003
Jack Saltzgaver17112.18200
Babe Dahlgren110.00000

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
Lefty Gomez34278.121112.33194
Red Ruffing31256.12072.98131
Bump Hadley29178.11185.3070
Monte Pearson22144.2933.1771
Spud Chandler1282.1742.8431
Johnny Broaca755.0144.709
Joe Vance215.0103.003

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
Pat Malone2892.0445.4849
Kemp Wicker1688.0734.4014
Ivy Andrews1149.0323.1217

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
Johnny Murphy39134104.1736
Frank Makosky265234.9727

1937 World Series
Main article: 1937 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL New York Giants (1)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Giants – 1, Yankees – 8October 6Yankee Stadium60,573
2Giants – 1, Yankees – 8October 7Yankee Stadium57,675
3Yankees – 5, Giants – 1October 8Polo Grounds37,385
4Yankees – 3, Giants – 7October 9Polo Grounds44,293
5Yankees – 5, Giants – 2October 10Polo Grounds38,216

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Kansas City Blues American Association Dutch Zwilling
AA Newark Bears International League Ossie Vitt
AA Oakland Oaks Pacific Coast League Billy Meyer
A Binghamton Triplets New York–Pennsylvania League Bill Skiff
B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Johnny Neun
B Augusta Tigers Sally League Jack Mealey and Troy Agnew
B Jackson Mississippians Southeastern League Ike Boone and Jack Mealey
C Smiths Falls Beavers Canadian–American League Johnny Haddock
C Akron Yankees Middle Atlantic League Leo Mackey
C Joplin Miners Western Association Benny Bengough
D Rogers Lions Arkansas–Missouri League Ted Mayer
D Bassett Furniture Makers Bi-State League Ray White
D Snow Hill Billies Coastal Plain League Dwight Wall and Peahead Walker
D Norfolk Elks Nebraska State League Doc Bennett
D Butler Yankees Pennsylvania State Association Lefty Jenkins

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Newark, Norfolk (Piedmont), Rogers, Bassett, Snow Hill, Butler[1]

Notes
  1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References
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