1937 Washington Senators season

The 1937 Washington Senators won 73 games, lost 80, and finished in sixth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

1937 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Clark Griffith and William Richardson
Manager(s)Bucky Harris
Local radioWJSV
(Arch McDonald)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10252 0.662 — 57–20 45–32
Detroit Tigers 8965 0.578 13 49–28 40–37
Chicago White Sox 8668 0.558 16 47–30 39–38
Cleveland Indians 8371 0.539 19 50–28 33–43
Boston Red Sox 8072 0.526 21 44–29 36–43
Washington Senators 7380 0.477 28½ 43–35 30–45
Philadelphia Athletics 5497 0.358 46½ 27–50 27–47
St. Louis Browns 46108 0.299 56 25–51 21–57

Record vs. opponents
1937 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —10–1211–1112–10–17–1517–315–78–14–1
Chicago 12–10—10–128–149–1315–718–414–8
Cleveland 11–1112–10—11–117–15–113–918–4–111–11
Detroit 10–12–114–811–11—9–1314–815–716–6
New York 15–713–915–7–113–9—14–816–6–116–6–1
Philadelphia 3–177–159–138–148–14—11–118–13–3
St. Louis 7–154–184–18–17–156–16–111–11—7–15
Washington 14–8–18–1411–116–166–16–113–8–315–7—

Notable transactions

Roster
1937 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
OFAl Simmons103419117.279884

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
Jimmy Wasdell3211028.255212

Pitching

Starting 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
Bill Phebus640.2322.2112

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
Pete Appleton351688154.3962
Ed Linke36128.2615.6061
Red Anderson210.2016.753

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

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A1 Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Clyde Milan, Bill Rodgers and Calvin Griffith
A Trenton Senators New York–Pennsylvania League Bud Shaney and Spencer Abbott
B Charlotte Hornets Piedmont League Lee Head, Bill Rodgers and Alex McColl
B Jacksonville Tars Sally League Alex McColl and Bill Steinecke
B Selma Cloverleafs Southeastern League Babe Ganzel
D Mayodan Senators Bi-State League Harry Daughtry
D Salisbury Indians Eastern Shore League Jake Flowers
D Sanford Lookouts Florida State League Bill Rodgers and Lee Head

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Salisbury

References
  1. Red Kress page at Baseball Reference
  2. Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference
  3. Shanty Hogan page at Baseball Reference
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