1937 Major League Baseball season

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1937 MLB season
League Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationApril 19 – October 10, 1937
Number of games154
Number of teams16
Regular season
Season MVP AL: Charlie Gehringer (DET)
NL: Joe Medwick (SLC)
AL champions New York Yankees
  AL runners-up Detroit Tigers
NL champions New York Giants
  NL runners-up Chicago Cubs
World Series
Champions New York Yankees
  Runners-up New York Giants
MLB seasons

The 1937 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 19 to October 10, 1937. The New York Giants and New York Yankees were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. In a rematch of the prior year's postseason, the Yankees then defeated the Giants in the World Series, four games to one.

Contents

Awards and honors

Statistical leaders

  American League National League
TypeNameStatNameStat
AVG Charlie Gehringer DET.371 Joe Medwick SLC.374
HR Joe DiMaggio NYY46 Joe Medwick STL
Mel Ott NYG		31
RBI Hank Greenberg DET184 Joe Medwick SLC154
Wins Lefty Gomez NYY21 Carl Hubbell NYG22
ERA Lefty Gomez NYY2.33 Jim Turner BSB2.38
SO Lefty Gomez NYY194 Carl Hubbell NYG159
SV Clint Brown CWS18 Mace Brown PIT
Cliff Melton NYG		7
SB Ben Chapman WSH/BSR
Billy Werber PHA		35 Augie Galan CHC23

Standings

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
   
AL New York Yankees 4
NL New York Giants 1

Managers

American League

TeamManagerComments
Boston Red Sox Joe Cronin
Chicago White Sox Jimmy Dykes Finished 3rd
Cleveland Indians Steve O'Neill
Detroit Tigers Mickey Cochrane, Del Baker and Cy Perkins Finished 2nd
New York Yankees Joe McCarthy Won World Series
Philadelphia Athletics Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns Rogers Hornsby and Jim Bottomley
Washington Senators Bucky Harris

National League

TeamManagerComments
Boston Bees Bill McKechnie
Brooklyn Dodgers Burleigh Grimes
Chicago Cubs Charlie Grimm Finished 2nd
Cincinnati Reds Chuck Dressen and Bobby Wallace
New York Giants Bill Terry Won NL pennant
Philadelphia Phillies Jimmie Wilson
Pittsburgh Pirates Pie Traynor Finished 3rd
St. Louis Cardinals Frankie Frisch

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
Detroit Tigers [1] 897.2%1,072,27622.4%13,926
New York Yankees [2] 1020.0%998,1482.2%12,635
New York Giants [3] 953.3%926,88710.6%12,358
Chicago Cubs [4] 936.9%895,02028.0%11,475
Chicago White Sox [5] 866.2%589,24533.7%7,653
Cleveland Indians [6] 833.8%564,84912.9%7,242
Boston Red Sox [7] 808.1%559,659-10.7%7,563
Brooklyn Dodgers [8] 62-7.5%482,481-1.5%6,348
Pittsburgh Pirates [9] 862.4%459,67923.4%5,893
St. Louis Cardinals [10] 81-6.9%430,811-3.9%5,385
Philadelphia Athletics [11] 541.9%430,73851.0%5,452
Cincinnati Reds [12] 56-24.3%411,221-11.8%5,140
Washington Senators [13] 73-11.0%397,7994.8%4,972
Boston Bees [14] 7911.3%385,33913.1%5,070
Philadelphia Phillies [15] 6113.0%212,790-14.6%2,876
St. Louis Browns [16] 46-19.3%123,12132.0%1,578

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