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 January 6, 1937: Tommy Thevenow was purchased by the Giants from the Cincinnati Reds.Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference January 25, 1937: Ed Madjeski was purchased by the Giants from the New York Yankees.Ed Madjeski page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions May 1, 1937: Tommy Thevenow was traded by the Giants to the Boston Bees for Billy Urbanski.

Roster 1937 New York Giants Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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 G AB H Avg. HR RBI C 86 287 80 .279 4 39 1B 114 420 117 .279 10 65 2B 152 574 164 .286 5 52 SS 128 516 158 .306 14 62 3B 117 439 102 .232 4 29 OF 151 545 160 .294 31 95 OF 121 426 135 .317 5 66 OF 142 580 180 .310 6 57

Other batters 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 93 292 84 .288 8 51 59 199 58 .291 12 43 72 191 59 .309 3 30 51 184 54 .293 4 32 56 76 20 .263 0 9 21 75 18 .240 1 13 27 42 8 .190 0 5 5 15 3 .200 0 2 6 9 3 .333 0 1

Pitching

Starting pitchers 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 39 32 261.2 22 8 3.20 159 46 27 248.0 20 9 2.61 142 38 29 217.2 13 12 3.60 100 34 24 200.1 10 11 3.68 65 23 23 160.1 11 6 3.31 78 1 1 8.0 0 1 7.88 2 1 1 4.0 0 1 9.00 1

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 33 85.2 5 4 4.20 41 6 27.1 2 2 4.61 13 2 10.0 1 0 0.90 3

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 42 8 3 3 3.04 30 13 1 0 0 4.06 11 6 1 0 0 6.75 1 6 0 0 0 10.00 3 4 1 0 0 1.04 4

1937 World Series

Game 1 October 6, 1937, at Yankee Stadium in New York City Team123456789RHENew York (N)000010000162New York (A)00000701x870W: Lefty Gomez (1–0)  L: Carl Hubbell (0–1)HR: NYY – Tony Lazzeri (1)

Game 2 October 7, 1937, at Yankee Stadium in New York City Team123456789RHENew York (N)100000000170New York (A)00002420x8120W: Red Ruffing (1–0)  L: Cliff Melton (0–1)

Game 3 October 8, 1937, at the Polo Grounds in New York City Team123456789RHENew York (A)012110000590New York (N)000000100154W: Monte Pearson (1–0)   L: Hal Schumacher (0–1)   S: Johnny Murphy (1)

Game 4 October 9, 1937, at the Polo Grounds in New York City Team123456789RHENew York (A)101000001390New York (N)06000010x7123W: Carl Hubbell (1–1)   L: Bump Hadley (0–1)HR: NYY – Lou Gehrig (1)

Game 5 October 10, 1937, at the Polo Grounds in New York City Team123456789RHENew York (A)011020000480New York (N)0020000002100W: Lefty Gomez (2–0)   L: Cliff Melton (0–2)HR: NYY – Myril Hoag (1), Joe DiMaggio (1)    NYG – Mel Ott (1)

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: BlythevilleJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

References 1937 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference 1937 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac