1937 Washington Senators season explained

Washington Senators
Season:	1937
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Griffith Stadium
City:	Washington, D.C.
Owners:	Clark Griffith and William Richardson
Managers:	Bucky Harris
Radio:	WJSV (Arch McDonald)
Season List:	List of Minnesota Twins seasons

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.^[1]

April 4, 1937: Al Simmons was purchased by the Senators from the Detroit Tigers for $15,000.^[2]
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.^[3]
June 21, 1937: Shanty Hogan was released by the Senators.^[3]

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	279	64	.229	1	32
1B	136	547	155	.283	6	61
2B	125	430	126	.293	1	65
SS	135	526	181	.344	3	66
3B	156	668	210	.314	10	79
OF	103	419	117	.279	8	84
OF	100	433	134	.309	4	33
OF	139	542	179	.330	6	88

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
78	228	54	.237	3	36
59	179	40	.223	0	28
35	130	34	.262	0	12
42	127	36	.283	1	13
32	110	28	.255	2	12
38	107	27	.252	0	8
33	92	20	.217	1	4
22	90	26	.289	0	11
21	66	10	.152	0	5
15	50	11	.220	0	8
8	26	7	.269	0	3
2	6	0	.000	0	0
1	4	2	.500	0	0
2	3	1	.333	0	0
3	3	0	.000	0	0
1	3	2	.667	0	0
1	0	0	----	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
37	264.1	14	15	4.90	86
25	207.2	11	13	3.94	92
30	188.2	12	9	4.20	44
11	67.2	3	4	5.85	39
6	40.2	3	2	2.21	12
5	40.0	4	1	2.70	18
2	13.0	1	0	4.15	3

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
35	168.0	8	15	4.39	62
36	128.2	6	1	5.60	61
14	76.1	4	3	4.13	43
17	72.0	4	5	4.38	30
10	32.1	0	5	8.07	10
6	11.1	0	1	12.71	2
2	10.2	0	1	6.75	3

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	33	2	4	4	3.11	22
	11	1	1	0	4.84	8