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1937 Washington Senators season

Field	Value
name	Washington Senators
season	1937
image	Washington Senators Primary Logo (1936 to 1937).svg
league	American League
ballpark	Griffith Stadium
city	Washington, D.C.
record
league_place	6th
owners	Clark Griffith and William Richardson
managers	Bucky Harris
radio	WJSV
(Arch McDonald)
season_list	List of Minnesota Twins seasons

(Arch McDonald)

The 1937 Washington Senators won 73 games, lost 80, and finished in sixth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Offseason

January 29, 1937: Red Kress, Carl Reynolds and cash were traded by the Senators to the Minneapolis Millers for Jimmy Wasdell.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 4, 1937: Al Simmons was purchased by the Senators from the Detroit Tigers for $15,000.
May 2, 1937: Shanty Hogan was traded by the Senators to Indianapolis Indians for Johnny Riddle. The trade was voided on May 20, with the players returned to their original teams.
June 21, 1937: Shanty Hogan was released by the Senators.

Roster

1937 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Rick Ferrell	86	279	64	.229	1	32
1B	Joe Kuhel	136	547	155	.283	6	61
2B	Buddy Myer	125	430	126	.293	1	65
SS	Cecil Travis	135	526	181	.344	3	66
3B	Buddy Lewis	156	668	210	.314	10	79
OF		103	419	117	.279	8	84
OF	Mel Almada	100	433	134	.309	4	33
OF	John Stone	139	542	179	.330	6	88

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
Fred Sington	78	228	54	.237	3	36
Wally Millies	59	179	40	.223	0	28
Ben Chapman	35	130	34	.262	0	12
Ossie Bluege	42	127	36	.283	1	13
	32	110	28	.255	2	12
John Mihalic	38	107	27	.252	0	8
Jesse Hill	33	92	20	.217	1	4
George Case	22	90	26	.289	0	11
Shanty Hogan	21	66	10	.152	0	5
Jimmy Bloodworth	15	50	11	.220	0	8
Johnny Riddle	8	26	7	.269	0	3
Milt Gray	2	6	0	.000	0	0
Frank Trechock	1	4	2	.500	0	0
Herb Crompton	2	3	1	.333	0	0
Mike Guerra	3	3	0	.000	0	0
Jerry Lynn	1	3	2	.667	0	0
Alex Sabo	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

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
Jimmie DeShong	37	264.1	14	15	4.90	86
Wes Ferrell	25	207.2	11	13	3.94	92
Monte Weaver	30	188.2	12	9	4.20	44
Bobo Newsom	11	67.2	3	4	5.85	39
	6	40.2	3	2	2.21	12
Joe Krakauskas	5	40.0	4	1	2.70	18
Joe Kohlman	2	13.0	1	0	4.15	3

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
	35	168.0	8	15	4.39	62
Ed Linke	36	128.2	6	1	5.60	61
Ken Chase	14	76.1	4	3	4.13	43
Carl Fischer	17	72.0	4	5	4.38	30
Joe Cascarella	10	32.1	0	5	8.07	10
Dick Lanahan	6	11.1	0	1	12.71	2
	2	10.2	0	1	6.75	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
Syd Cohen	33	2	4	4	3.11	22
Bucky Jacobs	11	1	1	0	4.84	8

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Salisbury

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kressre01.shtml Red Kress page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/simmoal01.shtml Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hogansh01.shtml Shanty Hogan page at Baseball Reference]

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