1937 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1937 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Phillies finished seventh in the National League with a record of 61 wins and 92 losses.

Offseason January 6, 1937: Chuck Sheerin was released by the Phillies.Chuck Sheerin page at Baseball-Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log Legend Phillies win Phillies loss (via forfeit) Phillies loss Phillies tie  PostponementBoldPhillies team member

|- style="background:#bfb" | 1 || April 19 || @ Bees || 2–1 || Wayne LaMaster (1–0) || Guy Bush (0–1) || None || || 1–0 |- style="background:#bfb" | 2 || April 19 || @ Bees || 1–0 || Bucky Walters (1–0) || Danny MacFayden (0–1) || None || 24,936 || 2–0 |- style="background:#bbb" | – || April 21 || @ Bees || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain and cold weather); Makeup: July 11 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#bbb" | – || April 22 || @ Bees || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain and wet grounds); Makeup: September 8 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#fbb" | 3 || April 23 || Dodgers || 3–4 || Fred Frankhouse (1–0) || Bucky Walters (1–1) || None || 4,000 || 2–1 |- style="background:#bfb" | 4 || April 24 || Dodgers || 7–3 || Wayne LaMaster (2–0) || Van Mungo (0–2) || None || 6,000 || 3–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 5 || April 25 || Dodgers || 6–10 || Harry Eisenstat (1–0) || Syl Johnson (0–1) || None || 7,000 || 3–2 |- style="background:#bbb" | – || April 26 || Giants || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: May 29 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#bbb" | – || April 27 || Giants || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 22 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#bfb" | 6 || April 28 || Bees || 7–4 || Claude Passeau (1–0) || Danny MacFayden (0–3) || None || 2,000 || 4–2 |- style="background:#fbb" | 7 || April 29 || Bees || 4–6 || Guy Bush (2–1) || Wayne LaMaster (2–1) || None || 4,000 || 4–3 |- style="background:#fbb" | 8 || April 30 || Bees || 2–10 || Jim Turner (1–0) || Orville Jorgens (0–1) || None || 4,500 || 4–4

|- style="background:#bfb" | 9 || May 1 || @ Dodgers || 4–2 || Wayne LaMaster (3–1) || Fred Frankhouse (1–1) || None || 9,602Other press agencies indicate the attendance as 9,600 () and 10,000 () || 5–4 |- style="background:#fbb" | 10 || May 2 || @ Dodgers || 1–5 || Van Mungo (2–2) || Claude Passeau (1–1) || None || 15,955 || 5–5 |- style="background:#bfb" | 11 || May 3 || @ Dodgers || 14–8 || Orville Jorgens (1–1) || Ralph Birkofer (0–2) || Wayne LaMaster (1) || 5,105 || 6–5 |- style="background:#fbb" | 12 || May 4 || Cubs || 7–14 || Roy Parmelee (2–0) || Hugh Mulcahy (0–1) || None || 3,000 || 6–6 |- style="background:#fbb" | 13 || May 5 || Cubs || 4–17 || Charlie Root (1–1) || Syl Johnson (0–2) || None || 4,000 || 6–7 |- style="background:#fbb" | 14 || May 6 || Cubs || 0–1 || Bill Lee (2–3) || Claude Passeau (1–2) || None || Attendance was not available in contemporary news accounts of the game. || 6–8 |- style="background:#fbb" | 15 || May 7 || Pirates || 3–8 || Joe Bowman (3–0) || Wayne LaMaster (3–2) || None || 4,000 || 6–9 |- style="background:#bbb" | – || May 8 || Pirates || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 18 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#fbb" | 16 || May 9 || Reds || 10–21 || Peaches Davis (1–2) || Hugh Mulcahy (0–2) || None || 7,000 || 6–10 |- style="background:#bfb" | 17 || May 10 || Reds || 10–3 || Bucky Walters (2–1) || Lee Grissom (1–3) || None || 500 || 7–10 |- style="background:#fbb" | 18 || May 11 || Reds || 3–12 || Al Hollingsworth (1–0) || Wayne LaMaster (3–3) || None || 1,000 || 7–11 |- style="background:#fbb" | 19 || May 12 || Cardinals || 3–15 || Bill McGee (1–0) || Claude Passeau (1–3) || None || 2,500 || 7–12 |- style="background:#fbb" | 20 || May 13 || Cardinals || 4–5 || Lon Warneke (4–1) || Hugh Mulcahy (0–3) || Si Johnson (1) || 1,500 || 7–13 |- style="background:#bbb" | – || May 14 || @ Giants || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: May 15 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#bfb" | 21 || May 15 || @ Giants || 6–2 || Syl Johnson (1–2) || || None || || 8–13 |- style="background:#fbb" | 22 || May 15 || @ Giants || 1–2 || Hal Schumacher (2–4) || Wayne LaMaster (3–4) || None || 22,633 || 8–14 |- style="background:#bfb" | 23 || May 16 || @ Giants || 6–0 || Claude Passeau (2–3) || Cliff Melton (1–3) || None || 18,950 || 9–14 |- style="background:#fbb" | 24 || May 18 || @ Pirates || 1–2 || Cy Blanton (4–1) || Hugh Mulcahy (0–4) || None || 2,500 || 9–15 |- style="background:#bfb" | 25 || May 19 || @ Pirates || 5–4 || Bucky Walters (3–1) || Ed Brandt (3–1) || None || 2,000 || 10–15 |- style="background:#fbb" | 26 || May 20 || @ Pirates || 2–5 || Bill Swift (3–1) || Wayne LaMaster (3–5) || None || 2,800 || 10–16 |- style="background:#fbb" | 27 || May 21 || @ Reds || 5–6 || Don Brennan (1–0) || Claude Passeau (2–4) || Lee Grissom (1) || 1,586 || 10–17 |- style="background:#bfb" | 28 || May 22 || @ Reds || 19–9 || Claude Passeau (3–4) || Al Hollingsworth (1–1) || None || 3,025 || 11–17 |- style="background:#fbb" | 29 || May 23 || @ Cardinals || 2–6 || Dizzy Dean (6–2) || Bucky Walters (3–2) || None || 13,529 || 11–18 |- style="background:#fbb" | 30 || May 25 || @ Cubs || 3–5 || Bill Lee (4–4) || Claude Passeau (3–5) || None || 3,093 || 11–19 |- style="background:#bfb" | 31 || May 26 || @ Cubs || 6–1 || Wayne LaMaster (4–5) || Roy Parmelee (3–4) || None || 3,848 || 12–19 |- style="background:#bfb" | 32 || May 27 || @ Cubs || 11–2 || Bucky Walters (4–2) || Larry French (0–4) || None || 2,045 || 13–19 |- style="background:#fbb" | 33 || May 29 || Giants || 4–10 || Cliff Melton (2–3) || Claude Passeau (3–6) || None || || 13–20 |- style="background:#fbb" | 34 || May 29 || Giants || 2–4 || Dick Coffman (1–0) || Hugh Mulcahy (0–5) || None || 12,000 || 13–21 |- style="background:#bfb" | 35 || May 30 || Giants || 6–3 || Wayne LaMaster (5–5) || Harry Gumbert (1–1) || Orville Jorgens (1) || 8,000 || 14–21 |- style="background:#bfb" | 36 || May 31 || Bees || 6–3 || Bucky Walters (5–2) || Danny MacFayden (3–6) || None || || 15–21 |- style="background:#bfb" | 37 || May 31 || Bees || 9–6 || Claude Passeau (4–6) || Jim Turner (3–2) || None || 15,000 || 16–21

|- style="background:#fbb" | 38 || June 2 || Reds || 4–8 || || Leon Pettit (0–1) || Lee Grissom (3) || 1,000 || 16–22 |- style="background:#bbb" | – || June 3 || Reds || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 25 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#fbb" | 39 || June 4 || Reds || 8–9 || Al Hollingsworth (2–2) || Wayne LaMaster (5–6) || Peaches Davis (1) || 6,000 || 16–23 |- style="background:#fbb" | 40 || June 5 || Cardinals || 1–3 || Dizzy Dean (7–4) || Claude Passeau (4–7) || None || 8,000 || 16–24 |- style="background:#fbb" | 41 || June 6 || Cardinals || 2–7 || Lon Warneke (6–2) || Bucky Walters (5–3) || None || || 16–25 |- style="background:#fea" | 42 || June 6 || Cardinals || 0–0 || None || None || None || 12,000 || 16–26 |- style="background:#fbb" | 43 || June 8 || Pirates || 1–8 || Russ Bauers (1–1) || Wayne LaMaster (5–7) || None || 2,000 || 16–27 |- style="background:#bfb" | 44 || June 9 || Pirates || 8–1 || Claude Passeau (5–7) || Jim Tobin (1–1) || None || 1,500 || 17–27 |- style="background:#bfb" | 45 || June 10 || Pirates || 5–4 || Bucky Walters (6–3) || Bill Swift (4–4) || None || 6,000 || 18–27 |- style="background:#fbb" | 46 || June 12 || Cubs || 5–10 || Larry French (3–4) || Wayne LaMaster (5–8) || None || 5,000 || 18–28 |- style="background:#fbb" | 47 || June 13 || Cubs || 8–16 || Clyde Shoun (5–1) || Claude Passeau (5–8) || None || || 18–29 |- style="background:#bfb" | 48 || June 13 || Cubs || 4–3 || Wayne LaMaster (6–8) || Roy Parmelee (5–5) || None || 10,000 || 19–29 |- style="background:#fbb" | 49 || June 15 || @ Cardinals || 4–13 || Mike Ryba (2–1) || Bucky Walters (6–4) || None || 2,645 || 19–30 |- style="background:#fbb" | 50 || June 16 || @ Cardinals || 6–7 || Jesse Haines (1–0) || Wayne LaMaster (6–9) || None || 1,801 || 19–31 |- style="background:#bfb" | 51 || June 17 || @ Cardinals || 13–7 || Hugh Mulcahy (1–5) || Dizzy Dean (9–5) || None || 4,141 || 20–31 |- style="background:#fbb" | 52 || June 18 || @ Cubs || 7–8 || Clyde Shoun (6–1) || Hugh Mulcahy (1–6) || None || 8,304 || 20–32 |- style="background:#fbb" | 53 || June 19 || @ Cubs || 1–2 || Larry French (4–4) || Wayne LaMaster (6–10) || None || 11,021 || 20–33 |- style="background:#bfb" | 54 || June 20 || @ Cubs || 6–5 || Bucky Walters (7–4) || Clay Bryant (5–1) || Syl Johnson (1) || 23,734 || 21–33 |- style="background:#fbb" | 55 || June 22 || @ Reds || 0–6 || Lee Grissom (6–6) || Claude Passeau (5–9) || None || 2,139 || 21–34 |- style="background:#bfb" | 56 || June 23 || @ Reds || 3–0 || Hugh Mulcahy (2–6) || || None || 4,473 || 22–34 |- style="background:#fbb" | 57 || June 24 || @ Reds || 4–6 || Paul Derringer (3–5) || Syl Johnson (1–3) || Lee Grissom (5) || 1,151 || 22–35 |- style="background:#bfb" | 58 || June 25 || @ Pirates || 10–5 || Wayne LaMaster (7–10) || Joe Bowman (6–4) || Orville Jorgens (2) || 5,183 || 23–35 |- style="background:#bfb" | 59 || June 26 || @ Pirates || 7–6 || Bucky Walters (8–4) || Cy Blanton (8–4) || None || 3,054 || 24–35 |- style="background:#fbb" | 60 || June 27 || @ Pirates || 3–4 || Red Lucas (5–2) || Claude Passeau (5–10) || None || 3,541 || 24–36 |- style="background:#fbb" | 61 || June 29 || @ Giants || 3–4 || Al Smith (2–1) || Claude Passeau (5–11) || None || 4,717 || 24–37 |- style="background:#fbb" | 62 || June 30 || @ Giants || 2–7 || Slick Castleman (8–4) || Wayne LaMaster (7–11) || None || 6,000 || 24–38

|- style="background:#fbb" | 63 || July 1 || @ Giants || 6–8 || Al Smith (3–1) || Bucky Walters (8–5) || None || 4,808 || 24–39 |- style="background:#fbb" | 64 || July 2 || Dodgers || 0–3 || Luke Hamlin (5–5) || Hugh Mulcahy (2–7) || None || 3,000 || 24–40 |- style="background:#bfb" | 65 || July 3 || Dodgers || 7–2 || Claude Passeau (6–11) || Max Butcher (3–4) || None || 2,000 || 25–40 |- style="background:#fbb" | 66 || July 4 || Bees || 9–14 || Ira Hutchinson (2–4) || Wayne LaMaster (7–12) || Johnny Lanning (1) || || 25–41 |- style="background:#fbb" | 67 || July 4 || Bees || 2–4 || Guy Bush (5–9) || Orville Jorgens (1–2) || None || 10,000 || 25–42 |- style="background:#bfb" | 68 || July 5 || @ Dodgers || 3–1 || Syl Johnson (2–3) || Waite Hoyt (1–5) || None || || 26–42 |- style="background:#fbb" | 69 || July 5 || @ Dodgers || 1–7 || Fred Frankhouse (5–3) || Hal Kelleher (0–1) || None || 13,319 || 26–43 |- style="background:#bbcaff;" | – || July 7 ||colspan="7" | 1937 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Griffith Stadium in Washington, DC |- style="background:#fbb" | 70 || July 9 || @ Bees || 0–5 || Jim Turner (8–5) || Claude Passeau (6–12) || None || 1,617 || 26–44 |- style="background:#bfb" | 71 || July 10 || @ Bees || 4–0 || Bucky Walters (9–5) || Guy Bush (5–10) || None || 2,305 || 27–44 |- style="background:#bfb" | 72 || July 11 || @ Bees || 10–4 || Hugh Mulcahy (3–7) || Danny MacFayden (4–12) || Wayne LaMaster (2) || 8,500 || 28–44 |- style="background:#fbb" | 73 || July 11 || @ Bees || 0–1 || Lou Fette (10–3) || Syl Johnson (2–4) || None || 7,158 || 28–45 |- style="background:#bfb" | 74 || July 12 || Giants || 6–3 || Wayne LaMaster (8–12) || Hal Schumacher (7–8) || Orville Jorgens (3) || 2,500 || 29–45 |- style="background:#fbb" | 75 || July 13 || Giants || 10–11 || Cliff Melton (9–4) || Hugh Mulcahy (3–8) || None || 2,500 || 29–46 |- style="background:#bbb" | – || July 14 || Cardinals || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 15 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#bbb" | – || July 15 || Cardinals || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 16 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#bbb" | – || July 15 || Cardinals || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 26 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#fbb"