1937 Brooklyn Dodgers season explained

Brooklyn Dodgers
Season:	1937
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Ebbets Field
City:	Brooklyn, New York
Owners:	Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company
President:	Stephen McKeever
Managers:	Burleigh Grimes

Former Dodgers pitcher Burleigh Grimes was brought in to manage the 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers, but the team continued to struggle, finishing in sixth place.

Offseason

• November 19, 1936: Tony Malinosky was purchased by the Dodgers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[1]
• December 4, 1936: Ed Brandt was traded by the Dodgers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Cookie Lavagetto and Ralph Birkofer.^[2]
• December 5, 1936: Lonny Frey was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Roy Henshaw and Woody English.^[3]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• May 2, 1937: Roy Spencer was purchased by the Dodgers from the New York Giants.^[4]
• May 24, 1937: Randy Moore was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Paul Chervinko.^[5]
• June 11, 1937: Tom Baker was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Giants for Freddie Fitzsimmons.^[6]
• June 12, 1937: Waite Hoyt was purchased by the Dodgers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[7]
• July 11, 1937: Ralph Birkofer was traded by the Dodgers to the Detroit Tigers for Lindsay Brown and cash.^[8]
• July 23, 1937: Frank Skaff and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the Washington Senators for Jake Daniel.^[9]
• August 9, 1937: Ben Cantwell was purchased by the Dodgers from the New York Giants.^[10]
• September 10, 1937: Tot Pressnell was purchased by the Dodgers from the Cleveland Indians.^[11]
• September 10, 1937: Ben Geraghty and Jack Radtke were traded by the Dodgers to the Washington Senators for Fred Chapman.^[12]
• October 4, 1937: Johnny Cooney, Jim Bucher, Joe Stripp and Roy Henshaw were traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Leo Durocher.^[13]

Roster

1937 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		121	409	128	.313	7	58
1B		137	556	169	.304	1	53
2B		149	503	142	.282	8	70
3B		90	300	73	.243	1	26
SS		129	378	90	.238	1	42
OF		132	466	155	.333	4	73
OF		120	430	126	.293	0	37
OF		112	372	102	.274	5	38

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
	125	380	96	.253	4	37
	118	350	83	.237	5	42
	51	117	24	.205	0	4
	48	115	31	.270	0	6
	35	79	18	.228	0	3
	22	77	24	.312	0	6
	36	54	12	.222	1	8
	30	48	7	.146	0	2
	31	48	9	.188	0	5
	20	29	6	.207	0	4
	12	27	5	.185	0	3
	13	27	5	.185	0	2
	16	25	10	.400	0	2
	13	22	3	.136	0	2
	10	18	4	.222	0	2
	7	16	5	.313	0	0
	5	11	1	.091	0	2
	11	10	1	.100	0	2
	4	8	2	.250	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
	33	179.1	10	13	4.27	64
	27	167.0	7	7	3.23	44
	25	161.0	9	11	2.91	122
	13	90.2	4	8	4.27	29

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
	39	191.2	11	15	4.27	57
	39	185.2	11	13	3.59	93
	42	156.1	5	12	5.07	98
	13	47.2	3	3	3.97	12
	6	16.1	1	2	6.61	2

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
	21	1	3	0	5.13	29
	20	0	1	2	3.52	15
	13	0	0	0	4.61	12
	11	0	2	0	6.67	9
	7	0	1	0	8.64	2
	3	0	0	0	7.94	4
	2	0	0	0	7.71	0
	1	0	0	0	18.00	0

Awards and honors

• 1937 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Van Mungo reserve

Farm System

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Elmira

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/malinto01.shtml Tony Malinosky
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/branded01.shtml Ed Brandt
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/freylo01.shtml Lonny Frey
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/spencro01.shtml Roy Spencer
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/moorera01.shtml Randy Moore
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bakerto01.shtml Tom Baker
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hoytwa01.shtml Waite Hoyt
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/birkora01.shtml Ralph Birkofer
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/skafffr01.shtml Frank Skaff
10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cantwbe01.shtml Ben Cantwell
11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pressto01.shtml Tot Pressnell
12. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/geragbe01.shtml Ben Geraghty
13. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coonejo01.shtml Johnny Cooney