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Contents

   



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1 Offseason  




2 Regular season  


2.1  Season standings  




2.2  Record vs. opponents  




2.3  Notable transactions  




2.4  Roster  






3 Player stats  


3.1  Batting  


3.1.1  Starters by position  




3.1.2  Other batters  






3.2  Pitching  


3.2.1  Starting pitchers  




3.2.2  Other pitchers  




3.2.3  Relief pitchers  








4 1937 World Series  


4.1  Game 1  




4.2  Game 2  




4.3  Game 3  




4.4  Game 4  




4.5  Game 5  






5 Farm system  




6 Notes  




7 References  













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1937 New York Giants
National League Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersHorace Stoneham
General managersBill Terry
ManagersBill Terry
← 1936 Seasons 1938 →

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

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Regular season

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Season standings

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  • e
    • National League
    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

    Record vs. opponents

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    1937 National League record
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  • e

    • Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
    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 —


    Notable transactions

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    Roster

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    1937 New York Giants
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats

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    Batting

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    Starters by position

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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
    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

    Other batters

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    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

    Pitching

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    Starting pitchers

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    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

    Other pitchers

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    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

    Relief pitchers

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    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

    1937 World Series

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    Main article: 1937 World Series

    Game 1

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    October 6, 1937, at Yankee 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)

    Game 2

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    October 7, 1937, at Yankee 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)

    Game 3

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    October 8, 1937, at the Polo 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)

    Game 4

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    October 9, 1937, at the Polo 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)

    Game 5

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    October 10, 1937, at the Polo 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)

    Farm system

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    See also: Minor League Baseball
    Level Team League Manager
    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]

    Notes

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    1. ^ a b Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Ed Madjeski page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

    • References

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