1937 Boston Red Sox season explained

Boston Red Sox
Season:1937
League:American League
Ballpark:Fenway Park
City:Boston, Massachusetts
Record:80–72 (.526)
League Place:5th (21 GB)
Owners:Tom Yawkey
President:Tom Yawkey
General Managers:Eddie Collins
Managers:Joe Cronin
Radio:WAAB
(Fred Hoey)
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The 1937 Boston Red Sox season was the 37th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fifth in the American League (AL) with a record of 80 wins and 72 losses, 21 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1937 World Series.

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

  9 2B
  8 CF
19 Fabian Gaffke     RF
  4 SS
  5 3B
  2 C
  7 LF
  1 1B
12 P

Roster

1937 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers CatchersInfieldersOutfieldersOther battersManagerCoaches (Third base) (Bench) (Pitching)

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C 96 305 74 .243 0 27
1B 150 569 162 .285 36 127
2B 126 455 133 .292 12 76
SS 148 570 175 .307 18 110
3B 153 570 172 .302 9 106
OF 133 560 171 .305 0 51
OF 113 423 130 .307 7 57
OF 123 505 149 .295 7 58

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
54 184 53 .288 6 34
68 147 34 .231 0 11
55 147 33 .224 2 14
47 141 36 .255 0 20
32 110 26 .236 1 9
18 65 20 .308 1 4
26 56 14 .250 0 6
9 32 10 .313 0 6
1 0 0 ---- 0 0
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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
32 262.0 17 9 3.02 153
30 207.2 13 10 4.46 127
12 73.1 3 6 7.61 31

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
51 221.1 16 10 3.70 137
37 183.2 13 11 4.85 59
36 137.0 8 8 4.66 66
32 104.2 5 7 5.59 46
25 86.2 3 7 4.98 29
8 31.0 1 2 4.35 11
3 15.1 1 0 5.28 8

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
11 0 0 0 7.24 11
9 0 2 0 4.09 4

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Little Rock, Canton, Mansfield[1]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007