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 | ||
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World Series Champions American League Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium | |
City | New York City | |
Owners | Jacob Ruppert | |
General managers | Ed Barrow | |
Managers | Joe 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 edit
Season standings edit
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 edit
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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 | — |
Roster edit
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Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
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 | Bill Dickey | 140 | 530 | 176 | .332 | 29 | 133 |
1B | Lou Gehrig | 157 | 569 | 200 | .351 | 37 | 159 |
2B | Tony Lazzeri | 126 | 446 | 109 | .244 | 14 | 70 |
3B | Red Rolfe | 154 | 648 | 179 | .276 | 4 | 62 |
SS | Frankie Crosetti | 149 | 611 | 143 | .234 | 11 | 49 |
OF | Joe DiMaggio | 151 | 621 | 215 | .346 | 46 | 167 |
OF | Myril Hoag | 106 | 362 | 109 | .301 | 3 | 46 |
OF | Jake Powell | 97 | 365 | 96 | .263 | 3 | 45 |
Other batters edit
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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George Selkirk | 78 | 256 | 84 | .328 | 18 | 68 |
Tommy Henrich | 67 | 206 | 66 | .320 | 8 | 42 |
Don Heffner | 60 | 201 | 50 | .259 | 0 | 21 |
Joe Glenn | 25 | 53 | 15 | .283 | 0 | 4 |
Roy Johnson | 12 | 51 | 15 | .294 | 0 | 6 |
Art Jorgens | 13 | 23 | 3 | .130 | 0 | 3 |
Jack Saltzgaver | 17 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
Babe Dahlgren | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
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 Gomez | 34 | 278.1 | 21 | 11 | 2.33 | 194 |
Red Ruffing | 31 | 256.1 | 20 | 7 | 2.98 | 131 |
Bump Hadley | 29 | 178.1 | 11 | 8 | 5.30 | 70 |
Monte Pearson | 22 | 144.2 | 9 | 3 | 3.17 | 71 |
Spud Chandler | 12 | 82.1 | 7 | 4 | 2.84 | 31 |
Johnny Broaca | 7 | 55.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.70 | 9 |
Joe Vance | 2 | 15.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 |
Other pitchers edit
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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Pat Malone | 28 | 92.0 | 4 | 4 | 5.48 | 49 |
Kemp Wicker | 16 | 88.0 | 7 | 3 | 4.40 | 14 |
Ivy Andrews | 11 | 49.0 | 3 | 2 | 3.12 | 17 |
Relief pitchers edit
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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Johnny Murphy | 39 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 4.17 | 36 |
Frank Makosky | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4.97 | 27 |
1937 World Series edit
AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL New York Giants (1)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Giants – 1, Yankees – 8 | October 6 | Yankee Stadium | 60,573 |
2 | Giants – 1, Yankees – 8 | October 7 | Yankee Stadium | 57,675 |
3 | Yankees – 5, Giants – 1 | October 8 | Polo Grounds | 37,385 |
4 | Yankees – 3, Giants – 7 | October 9 | Polo Grounds | 44,293 |
5 | Yankees – 5, Giants – 2 | October 10 | Polo Grounds | 38,216 |
Farm system edit
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Newark, Norfolk (Piedmont), Rogers, Bassett, Snow Hill, Butler[1]
Notes edit
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007