1937 Brooklyn Dodgers season
1937 Brooklyn Dodgers | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
City | Brooklyn, New York |
Owners | Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company |
President | Stephen McKeever |
Managers | Burleigh Grimes |
Former Dodgers pitcher Burleigh Grimes was brought in to manage the 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers, but the team continued to struggle, finishing in sixth place.
Offseason
[edit]- November 19, 1936: Tony Malinosky was purchased by the Dodgers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.[1]
- December 4, 1936: Ed Brandt was traded by the Dodgers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Cookie Lavagetto and Ralph Birkofer.[2]
- December 5, 1936: Lonny Frey was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Roy Henshaw and Woody English.[3]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]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 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- May 2, 1937: Roy Spencer was purchased by the Dodgers from the New York Giants.[4]
- May 24, 1937: Randy Moore was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Paul Chervinko.[5]
- June 11, 1937: Tom Baker was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Giants for Freddie Fitzsimmons.[6]
- June 12, 1937: Waite Hoyt was purchased by the Dodgers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.[7]
- July 11, 1937: Ralph Birkofer was traded by the Dodgers to the Detroit Tigers for Lindsay Brown and cash.[8]
- July 23, 1937: Frank Skaff and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the Washington Senators for Jake Daniel.[9]
- August 9, 1937: Ben Cantwell was purchased by the Dodgers from the New York Giants.[10]
- September 10, 1937: Tot Pressnell was purchased by the Dodgers from the Cleveland Indians.[11]
- September 10, 1937: Ben Geraghty and Jack Radtke were traded by the Dodgers to the Washington Senators for Fred Chapman.[12]
- October 4, 1937: Johnny Cooney, Jim Bucher, Joe Stripp and Roy Henshaw were traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Leo Durocher.[13]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Coaches
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 | Babe Phelps | 121 | 409 | 128 | .313 | 7 | 58 |
1B | Buddy Hassett | 137 | 556 | 169 | .304 | 1 | 53 |
2B | Cookie Lavagetto | 149 | 503 | 142 | .282 | 8 | 70 |
3B | Joe Stripp | 90 | 300 | 73 | .243 | 1 | 26 |
SS | Woody English | 129 | 378 | 90 | .238 | 1 | 42 |
OF | Heinie Manush | 132 | 466 | 155 | .333 | 4 | 73 |
OF | Johnny Cooney | 120 | 430 | 126 | .293 | 0 | 37 |
OF | Gibby Brack | 112 | 372 | 102 | .274 | 5 | 38 |
Other batters
[edit]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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Jim Bucher | 125 | 380 | 96 | .253 | 4 | 37 |
Tom Winsett | 118 | 350 | 83 | .237 | 5 | 42 |
Roy Spencer | 51 | 117 | 24 | .205 | 0 | 4 |
Lindsay Brown | 48 | 115 | 31 | .270 | 0 | 6 |
Tony Malinosky | 35 | 79 | 18 | .228 | 0 | 3 |
Goody Rosen | 22 | 77 | 24 | .312 | 0 | 6 |
Eddie Wilson | 36 | 54 | 12 | .222 | 1 | 8 |
Paul Chervinko | 30 | 48 | 7 | .146 | 0 | 2 |
Eddie Morgan | 31 | 48 | 9 | .188 | 0 | 5 |
George Cisar | 20 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 0 | 4 |
Jake Daniel | 12 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 3 |
Johnny Hudson | 13 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 2 |
Bert Haas | 16 | 25 | 10 | .400 | 0 | 2 |
Randy Moore | 13 | 22 | 3 | .136 | 0 | 2 |
Nick Polly | 10 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
Art Parks | 7 | 16 | 5 | .313 | 0 | 0 |
Elmer Klumpp | 5 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 2 |
Sid Gautreaux | 11 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 2 |
George Fallon | 4 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]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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Fred Frankhouse | 33 | 179.1 | 10 | 13 | 4.27 | 64 |
Waite Hoyt | 27 | 167.0 | 7 | 7 | 3.23 | 44 |
Van Mungo | 25 | 161.0 | 9 | 11 | 2.91 | 122 |
Freddie Fitzsimmons | 13 | 90.2 | 4 | 8 | 4.27 | 29 |
Other pitchers
[edit]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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Max Butcher | 39 | 191.2 | 11 | 15 | 4.27 | 57 |
Luke Hamlin | 39 | 185.2 | 11 | 13 | 3.59 | 93 |
Roy Henshaw | 42 | 156.1 | 5 | 12 | 5.07 | 98 |
Harry Eisenstat | 13 | 47.2 | 3 | 3 | 3.97 | 12 |
Buck Marrow | 6 | 16.1 | 1 | 2 | 6.61 | 2 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]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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George Jeffcoat | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5.13 | 29 |
Jim Lindsey | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3.52 | 15 |
Ben Cantwell | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.61 | 12 |
Ralph Birkofer | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.67 | 9 |
Tom Baker | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.64 | 2 |
Jim Peterson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 4 |
Watty Clark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 0 |
Tom Winsett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
Awards and honors
[edit]Farm System
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Elmira
Notes
[edit]- ^ Tony Malinosky at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Ed Brandt at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Lonny Frey at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Roy Spencer at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Randy Moore at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Tom Baker at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Waite Hoyt at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Ralph Birkofer at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Frank Skaff at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Ben Cantwell at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Tot Pressnell at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Ben Geraghty at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Johnny Cooney at Baseball-Reference
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
- Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
- Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Retrosheet