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1937 New York Giants (MLB) season

Field	Value
name	New York Giants
season	1937
misc	National League champions
image	New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1936 to 1939).svg
league	National League
ballpark	Polo Grounds
city	New York City
record
league_place	1st
owners	Horace Stoneham
general_managers	Bill Terry
managers	Bill Terry
prev_season	1936 New York Giants (MLB) season
next_season	1938 New York Giants (MLB) season

|}} 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.
January 25, 1937: Ed Madjeski was purchased by the Giants from the New York Yankees.

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

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	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

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

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

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

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

Main article: 1937 World Series

Game 1

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

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

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

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

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Blytheville

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/theveto01.shtml Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/madjeed01.shtml 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

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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)

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)

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)

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)

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)