The 1937 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing seventh in the American League with a record of 54 wins and 97 losses.

Offseason On January 11, 1937, at the club's annual meeting, John Shibe officially retired from the day-to-day operations of the Athletics, although he had not been with the team since August 1936. Connie Mack, the team's other principal owner, was elected club president. Shibe died on July 11, leaving Mack as sole owner of the team.Biography of John Shibe from the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society

Regular season The Athletics had refused the American League's directives to add numbers to all player uniforms, and would not post visiting players' uniform numbers on the scoreboard. The team argued that they posted both teams' full lineups to the scoreboard, then the only ballpark to do so, making numbers superfluous. The team relented to its fans who wished to be able to identify pitchers warming up in the bullpens, and players during pregame practice.

The club started to use uniform numbers during the 1937 season. They were the last team in the American League to do so.

The Athletics set a Major League record which still stands for the fewest batters hit by a pitch in a season, with only 5.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1937 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team leader Batting

Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player GP AB H Avg. HR RBI C 102 317 82 .259 6 37 1B 104 309 81 .262 2 31 2B Rusty Peters 116 339 88 .260 3 43 SS Skeeter Newsome 122 438 111 .253 1 30 3B 128 493 144 .292 7 70 OF Jess Hill 70 242 71 .293 1 37 OF Wally Moses 154 649 208 .320 25 86 OF Bob Johnson 138 477 146 .306 25 108

Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player GP AB H Avg. HR RBI Lou Finney 92 379 95 .251 1 20 Jack Rothrock 88 232 62 .267 0 21 Frankie Hayes 60 188 49 .261 10 38 Wayne Ambler 56 162 35 .216 0 11 Bill Cissell 34 117 31 .265 1 14 Gene Hasson 28 98 30 .306 3 14 Ace Parker 38 94 11 .117 2 13 26 60 12 .200 0 3 Warren Huston 38 54 7 .130 0 3 Babe Barna 14 36 14 .389 2 9 Doyt Morris 6 13 2 .154 0 0 Eddie Yount 4 7 2 .286 0 1 Hal Wagner 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching = Indicates league leader Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 34 231.2 12 19 4.43 100 Harry Kelley 41 205.0 13 21 5.36 68 35 169.2 8 15 4.99 54 Buck Ross 28 147.1 5 10 4.89 37

Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Eddie Smith 38 196.2 4 17 3.94 79 Al Williams 16 75.1 4 1 5.38 27 3 12.0 1 0 3.00 9 2 9.0 1 0 4.00 4

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO George Turbeville 31 0 4 0 4.77 17 Lynn Nelson 30 4 9 2 5.90 49 28 2 1 1 4.05 18 10 0 0 0 12.00 5 1 0 0 0 6.00 2

Farm system

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

External links 1937 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1937 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com