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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 World Series, four games to one.
1937 New York Giants | ||
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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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Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 | 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 | — |
1937 New York Giants | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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 the Polo Grounds in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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 the Polo Grounds in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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 the Polo Grounds in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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) |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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]
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