| 1937 New York Giants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National League champions | ||||
| League | National League | |||
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |||
| City | New York City | |||
| Owners | Horace Stoneham | |||
| General managers | Bill Terry | |||
| Managers | Bill Terry | |||
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The1937New York Giants season was the franchise's 55th season. The Giants won theNational Leaguepennant. The team went on to lose to theNew York Yankees in theWorld Series, four games to one.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | 95 | 57 | .625 | — | 50–25 | 45–32 |
| Chicago Cubs | 93 | 61 | .604 | 3 | 46–32 | 47–29 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 86 | 68 | .558 | 10 | 46–32 | 40–36 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 81 | 73 | .526 | 15 | 45–33 | 36–40 |
| Boston Bees | 79 | 73 | .520 | 16 | 43–33 | 36–40 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 62 | 91 | .405 | 33½ | 36–39 | 26–52 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 61 | 92 | .399 | 34½ | 29–45 | 32–47 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 56 | 98 | .364 | 40 | 28–51 | 28–47 |
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| Team | BSN | BRO | 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 | — | |||||
| 1937 New York Giants | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roster | |||||||||
| Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders | Manager Coaches | ||||||
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 |
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 |
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 |
| Cliff Melton | 46 | 27 | 248.0 | 20 | 9 | 2.61 | 142 |
| Hal Schumacher | 38 | 29 | 217.2 | 13 | 12 | 3.60 | 100 |
| 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 | 0 | 1 | 7.88 | 2 |
| Ben Cantwell | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 1 |
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 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.90 | 3 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Coffman | 42 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3.04 | 30 |
| Tom Baker | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.06 | 11 |
| Don Brennan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |
| Frank Gabler | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | 3 |
| Jumbo Brown | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.04 | 4 |
October 6, 1937, atYankee 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) | ||||||||||||
October 7, 1937, atYankee 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) | ||||||||||||
October 8, 1937, at thePolo 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) | ||||||||||||
October 9, 1937, at thePolo 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) | ||||||||||||
October 10, 1937, at thePolo 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) | ||||||||||||
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