1937 New York Giants (MLB) season

1937 New York Giants
	National League Champions
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1883);
Location
	Polo Grounds (since 1911); New York City (since 1883);
Other information
Owner(s)	Horace Stoneham
Manager(s)	Bill Terry
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The 1937 New York Giants season was the franchise's 55th season. The Giants won the National League pennant. The team went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the 1937 World Series, four games to one.

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	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1937 National League Records Sources:
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	—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

May 1, 1937: Tommy Thevenow was traded by the Giants to the Boston Bees for Billy Urbanski.[1]

Roster

1937 New York Giants

Roster

Pitchers

12 Tom Baker

19 Don Brennan

28 Jumbo Brown

19 Ben Cantwell

15 Slick Castleman

14 Dick Coffman

12 Freddie Fitzsimmons

19 Frank Gabler

10 Harry Gumbert

11 Carl Hubbell

-- Bill Lohrman

16 Cliff Melton

17 Hal Schumacher

18 Al Smith

-- Hy Vandenberg

Catchers

9 Harry Danning

25 Ed Madjeski

8 Gus Mancuso

Infielders

2 Dick Bartell

1 Lou Chiozza

21 Mickey Haslin

20 Sam Leslie

25 Johnny McCarthy

4 Mel Ott

22 Blondy Ryan

7 Burgess Whitehead

Outfielders

3 Wally Berger

24 Kiddo Davis

19,26 Hank Leiber

5 Jo-Jo Moore

23 Jimmy Ripple

15 Phil Weintraub

Manager

30 Bill Terry

Coaches

31 Dolf Luque

32 Frank Snyder

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
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
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
Carl Hubbell	39	32	261.2	22	8	3.20	159
Hal Schumacher	38	29	217.2	13	12	3.60	100
Cliff Melton	46	27	248.0	20	9	2.61	142
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	1	7.88	2
Ben Cantwell	1	1	4	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
Al Smith	33	85.2	5	4	4.20	41
Freddie Fitzsimmons	6	27.1	2	2	4.61	13
Bill Lohrman	2	10	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
Tom Baker	13	1	0	0	4.06	11
Don Brennan	6	1	0	0	6.75	1
Jumbo Brown	4	1	0	0	1.04	4
Dick Coffman	42	8	3	3	3.04	30
Frank Gabler	6	0	0	0	10.00	3

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
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
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
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
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
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)

Awards and honors

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Jersey City Giants	International League	Travis Jackson
B	Richmond Colts	Piedmont League	Eddie Mooers
C	Greenwood Giants	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

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

References

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[thevenow-1] Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference

[2] Ed Madjeski page at Baseball Reference

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

1937 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1937 All-Star Game 1937 World Series