1937 New York Giants (MLB) season
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox baseball team season
| name = New York Giants
| season = 1937
| misc = National League Champions
| image = New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1936 to 1939).svg
| league = National League
| ballpark = Polo Grounds
| city = New York City
| owners = Horace Stoneham
| general_managers = Bill Terry
| managers = Bill Terry
| television =
| radio =
| prev_season = 1936 New York Giants (MLB) season
| next_season = 1938 New York Giants (MLB) season
|}}
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 World Series, four games to one.
Offseason
- January 6, 1937: Tommy Thevenow was purchased by the Giants from the Cincinnati Reds.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/theveto01.shtml Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference]
- January 25, 1937: Ed Madjeski was purchased by the Giants from the New York Yankees.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/madjeed01.shtml Ed Madjeski page at Baseball Reference]
Regular season
= Season standings=
{{1937 National League standings|highlight=New York Giants}}
= Record vs. opponents =
{{1937 NL Record vs. opponents|team=NYG}}
=Notable transactions=
- May 1, 1937: Tommy Thevenow was traded by the Giants to the Boston Bees for Billy Urbanski.
=Roster=
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| colspan="10" style="background-color: black; color: #FFFDD0; text-align: center;" | 1937 New York Giants |
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| colspan="10" style="background-color: #fd5a1e; color: #FFFDD0; text-align: center;" | Roster |
| valign="top" | Pitchers
{{MLBplayer|12|Tom Baker}} {{MLBplayer|19|Don Brennan}} {{MLBplayer|28|Jumbo Brown}} {{MLBplayer|19|Ben Cantwell}} {{MLBplayer|15|Slick Castleman}} {{MLBplayer|14|Dick Coffman}} {{MLBplayer|12|Freddie Fitzsimmons}} {{MLBplayer|19|Frank Gabler}} {{MLBplayer|10|Harry Gumbert}} {{MLBplayer|11|Carl Hubbell}} {{MLBplayer |
| -|Bill Lohrman}}
{{MLBplayer|16|Cliff Melton}} {{MLBplayer|17|Hal Schumacher}} {{MLBplayer|18|Al Smith}} {{MLBplayer |
| -|Hy Vandenberg}}
| width="25px" | | valign="top" | Catchers {{MLBplayer| 9|Harry Danning}} {{MLBplayer|25|Ed Madjeski}} {{MLBplayer| 8|Gus Mancuso}} Infielders {{MLBplayer| 2|Dick Bartell}} {{MLBplayer| 1|Lou Chiozza}} {{MLBplayer|21|Mickey Haslin}} {{MLBplayer|20|Sam Leslie}} {{MLBplayer|25|Johnny McCarthy}} {{MLBplayer| 4|Mel Ott}} {{MLBplayer|22|Blondy Ryan}} {{MLBplayer| 7|Burgess Whitehead}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Outfielders {{MLBplayer| 3|Wally Berger}} {{MLBplayer|24|Kiddo Davis}} {{MLBplayer|19,26|Hank Leiber}} {{MLBplayer| 5|Jo-Jo Moore}} {{MLBplayer|23|Jimmy Ripple}} {{MLBplayer|15|Phil Weintraub}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Manager {{MLBplayer|30|Bill Terry}} Coaches {{MLBplayer|31|Dolf Luque}} {{MLBplayer|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
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| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Pos
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"
| C | {{sortname|Gus|Mancuso}} | 86 | 287 | 80 | .279 | 4 | 39 |
| align="center"
| 1B | {{sortname|Johnny|McCarthy|Johnny McCarthy (baseball)}} | 114 | 420 | 117 | .279 | 10 | 65 |
| align="center"
| 2B | {{sortname|Burgess|Whitehead}} | 152 | 574 | 164 | .286 | 5 | 52 |
| align="center"
| SS | {{sortname|Dick|Bartell}} | 128 | 516 | 158 | .306 | 14 | 62 |
| align="center"
| 3B | {{sortname|Lou|Chiozza}} | 117 | 439 | 102 | .232 | 4 | 29 |
| align="center"
| OF | {{sortname|Mel|Ott}} | 151 | 545 | 160 | .294 | 31 | 95 |
| align="center"
| OF | {{sortname|Jimmy|Ripple}} | 121 | 426 | 135 | .317 | 5 | 66 |
| align="center"
| OF | {{sortname|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
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| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Harry|Danning}} | 93 | 292 | 84 | .288 | 8 | 51 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Wally|Berger}} | 59 | 199 | 58 | .291 | 12 | 43 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Sam|Leslie}} | 72 | 191 | 59 | .309 | 3 | 30 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Hank|Leiber}} | 51 | 184 | 54 | .293 | 4 | 32 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Kiddo|Davis}} | 56 | 76 | 20 | .263 | 0 | 9 |
| align="center
| {{sortname|Blondy|Ryan}} | 21 | 75 | 18 | .240 | 1 | 13 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Mickey|Haslin}} | 27 | 42 | 8 | .190 | 0 | 5 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Ed|Madjeski}} | 5 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
| align="center
| {{sortname|Phil|Weintraub}} | 6 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| align="center" |
=Pitching=
==Starting pitchers==
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | GS ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Carl|Hubbell}} | 39 | 32 | 261.2 | 22 | 8 | 3.20 | 159 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Cliff|Melton}} | 46 | 27 | 248.0 | 20 | 9 | 2.61 | 142 |
| align=center
| {{sortname|Hal|Schumacher}} | 38 | 29 | 217.2 | 13 | 12 | 3.60 | 100 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Harry|Gumbert}} | 34 | 24 | 200.1 | 10 | 11 | 3.68 | 65 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Slick|Castleman}} | 23 | 23 | 160.1 | 11 | 6 | 3.31 | 78 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Hy|Vandenberg}} | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.88 | 2 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Ben|Cantwell}} | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 1 |
==Other pitchers==
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Al|Smith|Al Smith (left-handed pitcher)}} | 33 | 85.2 | 5 | 4 | 4.20 | 41 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Freddie|Fitzsimmons}} | 6 | 27.1 | 2 | 2 | 4.61 | 13 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Bill|Lohrman}} | 2 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.90 | 3 |
==Relief pitchers==
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Dick|Coffman}} | 42 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3.04 | 30 |
| align=center
| {{sortname|Tom|Baker|Tom Baker (1930s pitcher)}} | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.06 | 11 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Don|Brennan|Don Brennan (baseball)}} | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Frank|Gabler}} | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | 3 |
| align=center
| {{sortname|Jumbo|Brown}} | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.04 | 4 |
| align="center" |
1937 World Series
{{main article|1937 World Series}}
=Game 1=
October 6, 1937, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
| border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;" | ||||||||
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;"
!align=left width=125|Team !width=25|1 !width=25|2 !width=25|3 !width=25|4 !width=25|5 !width=25|6 !width=25|7 !width=25|8 !width=25|9 !width=25|R !width=25|H !width=25|E | ||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|New York (N) |0 | 0 | 0
|0 | 1 | 0
|0 | 0 | 0
|1 | 6 | 2 |
| style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|New York (A) |0 | 0 | 0
|0 | 0 | 7
|0 | 1 | x
|8 | 7 | 0 |
| style="text-align:left;"
|colspan=13|W: Lefty Gomez (1–0) L: Carl Hubbell (0–1) | ||||||||
| style="text-align:left;"
|colspan=13|HR: NYY – Tony Lazzeri (1) |
=Game 2=
October 7, 1937, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
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| style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;"
!align=left width=125|Team !width=25|1 !width=25|2 !width=25|3 !width=25|4 !width=25|5 !width=25|6 !width=25|7 !width=25|8 !width=25|9 !width=25|R !width=25|H !width=25|E | ||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|New York (N) |1 | 0 | 0
|0 | 0 | 0
|0 | 0 | 0
|1 | 7 | 0 |
| style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|New York (A) |0 | 0 | 0
|0 | 2 | 4
|2 | 0 | x
|8 | 12 | 0 |
| style="text-align:left;"
|colspan=13|W: Red Ruffing (1–0) L: Cliff Melton (0–1) |
=Game 3=
October 8, 1937, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
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| style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;"
!align=left width=125|Team !width=25|1 !width=25|2 !width=25|3 !width=25|4 !width=25|5 !width=25|6 !width=25|7 !width=25|8 !width=25|9 !width=25|R !width=25|H !width=25|E | ||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|New York (A) |0 | 1 | 2
|1 | 1 | 0
|0 | 0 | 0
|5 | 9 | 0 |
| style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|New York (N) |0 | 0 | 0
|0 | 0 | 0
|1 | 0 | 0
|1 | 5 | 4 |
| style="text-align:left;"
|colspan=13|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
| border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;" | ||||||||
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;"
!align=left width=125|Team !width=25|1 !width=25|2 !width=25|3 !width=25|4 !width=25|5 !width=25|6 !width=25|7 !width=25|8 !width=25|9 !width=25|R !width=25|H !width=25|E | ||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|New York (A) |1 | 0 | 1
|0 | 0 | 0
|0 | 0 | 1
|3 | 9 | 0 |
| style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|New York (N) |0 | 6 | 0
|0 | 0 | 0
|1 | 0 | x
|7 | 12 | 3 |
| style="text-align:left;"
|colspan=13|W: Carl Hubbell (1–1) L: Bump Hadley (0–1) | ||||||||
| style="text-align:left;"
|colspan=13|HR: NYY – Lou Gehrig (1) |
=Game 5=
October 10, 1937, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
| border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;" | ||||||||
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;"
!align=left width=125|Team !width=25|1 !width=25|2 !width=25|3 !width=25|4 !width=25|5 !width=25|6 !width=25|7 !width=25|8 !width=25|9 !width=25|R !width=25|H !width=25|E | ||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|New York (A) |0 | 1 | 1
|0 | 2 | 0
|0 | 0 | 0
|4 | 8 | 0 |
| style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|New York (N) |0 | 0 | 2
|0 | 0 | 0
|0 | 0 | 0
|2 | 10 | 0 |
| style="text-align:left;"
|colspan=13|W: Lefty Gomez (2–0) L: Cliff Melton (0–2) | ||||||||
| style="text-align:left;"
|colspan=13|HR: NYY – Myril Hoag (1), Joe DiMaggio (1) NYG – Mel Ott (1) |
Farm system
{{See also|Minor League Baseball}}
{{MLB Farm System|level16=AA|team16=Jersey City Giants|league16=International League|manager16=Travis Jackson
|level17=B|team17=Richmond Colts|league17=Piedmont League|manager17=Eddie Mooers
|level18=C|team18=Greenwood Giants|league18=Cotton States League|manager18=Frank Brazill
|level19=D|team19=Crisfield Crabbers|league19=Eastern Shore League|manager19=Dan Pasquella and Bob Clark
|level20=D|team20=Blytheville Giants|league20=Northeast Arkansas League|manager20=Herschel Bobo
}}
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: BlythevilleJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
Notes
{{Reflist|2}}
References
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYG/1937.shtml 1937 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference]
- [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1937&t=NYG 1937 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac]
{{National League champions}}
{{1937 MLB season by team}}
{{San Francisco Giants}}
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