1937 Major League Baseball season

1937 MLB season
League Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball
Duration April 19 – October 10, 1937
Regular season
Season champions AL: New York Yankees
NL: New York Giants
Season MVP AL: Charlie Gehringer (DET)
NL: Joe Medwick (STL)
World Series
Champions New York Yankees
  Runners-up New York Giants

The 1937 Major League Baseball season.

Awards and honors

Statistical leaders

 American LeagueNational League
TypeNameStatNameStat
AVGCharlie Gehringer DET.371Joe Medwick STL.374
HRJoe DiMaggio NYY46Hank Greenberg DET40
RBIJoe DiMaggio NYY167Hank Greenberg DET183
WinsLefty Gomez NYY21Carl Hubbell NYG22
ERALefty Gomez NYY2.33Jim Turner BSN2.38
SOLefty Gomez NYY194Carl Hubbell NYG159
SVClint Brown CHW18Mace Brown PIT
Cliff Melton NYG		7
SBBilly Werber PHA
Ben Chapman 2TM		35Augie Galan CHC23

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

RankClubWinsLossesWin %  GB
1stNew York Yankees102  52.662    --
2ndDetroit Tigers89  65.578  13.0
3rdChicago White Sox86  68.558  16.0
4thCleveland Indians83  71.539  19.0
5thBoston Red Sox80  72.526  21.0
6thWashington Senators73  80.477  28.5
7thPhiladelphia Athletics54  97.358  46.5
8thSt. Louis Browns46  108.299  66.0

National League final standings

RankClubWinsLossesWin %  GB
1stNew York Giants95  57.625    --
2ndChicago Cubs93  61.604  3.0
3rdPittsburgh Pirates86  68.558  10.0
4thSt. Louis Cardinals81  73.526  15.0
5thBoston Bees79  73.520  16.0
6thBrooklyn Dodgers62  91.405  33.5
7thPhiladelphia Phillies61  92.399  34.5
8thCincinnati Reds56  98.364  40.0

Managers

American League

Team Manager Comments
Boston Red Sox Joe Cronin
Chicago White Sox Jimmy Dykes
Cleveland Indians Steve O'Neill
Detroit Tigers Mickey Cochrane, Del Baker and Cy Perkins
New York Yankees Joe McCarthy
Philadelphia Athletics Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns Rogers Hornsby and Jim Bottomley
Washington Senators Bucky Harris

National League

Team Manager Comments
Boston Braves Bill McKechnie
Brooklyn Dodgers Burleigh Grimes
Chicago Cubs Charlie Grimm
Cincinnati Reds Chuck Dressen and Bobby Wallace
New York Giants Bill Terry
Philadelphia Phillies Jimmie Wilson
Pittsburgh Pirates Pie Traynor
St. Louis Cardinals Frankie Frisch


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