1937 Major League Baseball season

The 1937 Major League Baseball season was the thirty-seventh season of modern Major League Baseball since the founding of the American League in 1901.

This article is about the 1937 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1937 in baseball.

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 (SLC)
World Series
Champions	New York Yankees
Runners-up	New York Giants

Awards and honors

• Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Morgan Bulkeley
  • Ban Johnson
  • Nap Lajoie
  • Connie Mack
  • John McGraw
  • Tris Speaker
  • George Wright
  • Cy Young
• MLB Most Valuable Player Award
  • American League: Charlie Gehringer, Detroit Tigers, 2B
  • National League: Joe Medwick, St. Louis Cardinals, OF
• The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
  • Johnny Allen Cleveland Indians
• The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
  • Bill McKechnie Boston Bees

Statistical leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Charlie Gehringer DET .371 Joe Medwick SLC .374 HR Joe DiMaggio NYY 46 Joe Medwick STL Mel Ott NYG 31 RBI Hank Greenberg DET 184 Joe Medwick SLC 154 Wins Lefty Gomez NYY 21 Carl Hubbell NYG 22 ERA Lefty Gomez NYY 2.33 Jim Turner BSB 2.38 SO Lefty Gomez NYY 194 Carl Hubbell NYG 159 SV Clint Brown CHW 18 Mace Brown PIT Cliff Melton NYG 7 SB Ben Chapman WSH/BSR Billy Werber PHA 35 Augie Galan CHC 23

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	102	52	0.662	—	57–20	45–32
Detroit Tigers	89	65	0.578	13	49–28	40–37
Chicago White Sox	86	68	0.558	16	47–30	39–38
Cleveland Indians	83	71	0.539	19	50–28	33–43
Boston Red Sox	80	72	0.526	21	44–29	36–43
Washington Senators	73	80	0.477	28½	43–35	30–45
Philadelphia Athletics	54	97	0.358	46½	27–50	27–47
St. Louis Browns	46	108	0.299	56	25–51	21–57

National League final 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

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 Bees	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

External links

• 1937 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference