The 1937 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 83–71, 19 games behind the New York Yankees.
1937 Cleveland Indians | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | League Park Cleveland Municipal Stadium | |
City | Cleveland, Ohio | |
Owners | Alva Bradley | |
General managers | Cy Slapnicka | |
Managers | Steve O'Neill | |
Radio | WHK (Jack Graney) | |
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Regular season edit
- April 20, 1937: Gee Walker of the Detroit Tigers' became the first (and to date only) man to hit for the cycle on Opening Day. Walker did it in reverse order (home run, triple, double, single) to lead the Tigers past the Indians 4–3 on April 20, 1937.[1]
Season standings edit
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 102 | 52 | 0.662 | — | 57–20 | 45–32 |
Detroit Tigers | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | 13 | 49–28 | 40–37 |
Chicago White Sox | 86 | 68 | 0.558 | 16 | 47–30 | 39–38 |
Cleveland Indians | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 19 | 50–28 | 33–43 |
Boston Red Sox | 80 | 72 | 0.526 | 21 | 44–29 | 36–43 |
Washington Senators | 73 | 80 | 0.477 | 28½ | 43–35 | 30–45 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 54 | 97 | 0.358 | 46½ | 27–50 | 27–47 |
St. Louis Browns | 46 | 108 | 0.299 | 56 | 25–51 | 21–57 |
Record vs. opponents edit
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10–1 | 7–15 | 17–3 | 15–7 | 8–14–1 | |||||
Chicago | 12–10 | — | 10–12 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 18–4 | 14–8 | |||||
Cleveland | 11–11 | 12–10 | — | 11–11 | 7–15–1 | 13–9 | 18–4–1 | 11–11 | |||||
Detroit | 10–12–1 | 14–8 | 11–11 | — | 9–13 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 16–6 | |||||
New York | 15–7 | 13–9 | 15–7–1 | 13–9 | — | 14–8 | 16–6–1 | 16–6–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 3–17 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 8–14 | — | 11–11 | 8–13–3 | |||||
St. Louis | 7–15 | 4–18 | 4–18–1 | 7–15 | 6–16–1 | 11–11 | — | 7–15 | |||||
Washington | 14–8–1 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 6–16–1 | 13–8–3 | 15–7 | — |
Roster edit
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
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 |
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C | Frankie Pytlak | 125 | 397 | 125 | .315 | 1 | 44 |
1B | Hal Trosky | 153 | 601 | 179 | .298 | 32 | 128 |
2B | John Kroner | 86 | 283 | 67 | .237 | 2 | 26 |
SS | Lyn Lary | 156 | 644 | 187 | .290 | 8 | 77 |
3B | Odell Hale | 154 | 561 | 150 | .267 | 6 | 82 |
OF | Moose Solters | 152 | 589 | 190 | .323 | 20 | 109 |
OF | Bruce Campbell | 134 | 448 | 135 | .301 | 4 | 61 |
OF | Earl Averill | 156 | 609 | 182 | .299 | 21 | 92 |
Other batters edit
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 |
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Roy Hughes | 104 | 346 | 96 | .277 | 1 | 40 |
Billy Sullivan | 72 | 168 | 48 | .286 | 3 | 22 |
Roy Weatherly | 53 | 134 | 27 | .201 | 5 | 13 |
Jeff Heath | 20 | 61 | 14 | .230 | 0 | 8 |
Joe Becker | 18 | 33 | 11 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
Hugh Alexander | 7 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
Blas Monaco | 5 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 2 |
Ken Keltner | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Bill Sodd | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mel Harder | 38 | 233.2 | 15 | 12 | 4.28 | 95 |
Denny Galehouse | 36 | 200.2 | 9 | 14 | 4.57 | 78 |
Willis Hudlin | 35 | 175.2 | 12 | 11 | 4.10 | 31 |
Johnny Allen | 24 | 173.0 | 15 | 1 | 2.55 | 87 |
Bob Feller | 26 | 148.2 | 9 | 7 | 3.39 | 150 |
Earl Whitehill | 33 | 147.0 | 8 | 8 | 6.49 | 53 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ken Jungels | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Carl Fischer | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 | 1 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Joe Heving | 40 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4.83 | 35 |
Lloyd Brown | 31 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6.55 | 32 |
Whit Wyatt | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.44 | 52 |
Ivy Andrews | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4.37 | 16 |
Awards and honors edit
Earl Averill, outfielder (starter)
Mel Harder, pitcher
Farm system edit
References edit
- ^ SI.com – Statitudes – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External links edit