1937 New York Giants (MLB) season
1937 New York Giants | ||
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National League Champions | ||
League | National League | |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |
City | New York City | |
Owners | Horace Stoneham | |
General managers | Bill Terry | |
Managers | Bill Terry | |
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The 1937
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
National League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 95 | 57 | 0.625 | — | 50–25 | 45–32 |
Chicago Cubs | 93 | 61 | 0.604 | 3 | 46–32 | 47–29 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 86 | 68 | 0.558 | 10 | 46–32 | 40–36 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 81 | 73 | 0.526 | 15 | 45–33 | 36–40 |
Boston Bees | 79 | 73 | 0.520 | 16 | 43–33 | 36–40 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 62 | 91 | 0.405 | 33½ | 36–39 | 26–52 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 61 | 92 | 0.399 | 34½ | 29–45 | 32–47 |
Cincinnati Reds | 56 | 98 | 0.364 | 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 | — |
Notable transactions
- May 1, 1937: 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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Manager
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 |
Cliff Melton | 46 | 27 | 248.0 | 20 | 9 | 2.61 | 142 |
Hal Schumacher | 38 | 29 | 217.2 | 13 | 12 | 3.60 | 100 |
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 | 0 | 1 | 7.88 | 2 |
Ben Cantwell | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 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 | 10.0 | 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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Dick Coffman | 42 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3.04 | 30 |
Tom Baker | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.06 | 11 |
Don Brennan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |
Frank Gabler | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | 3 |
Jumbo Brown | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.04 | 4 |
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) |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Jersey City Giants | International League | Travis Jackson |
B | Richmond Colts | Piedmont League | Eddie Mooers |
C | Greenwood Giants
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Cotton States League | Frank Brazill |
D | Crisfield Crabbers | Eastern Shore League | Dan Pasquella and Bob Clark |
D | Blytheville Giants | Northeast Arkansas League | Herschel Bobo |
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