1937 AL
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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American
Team W L WPct GB
Boston (A) 90 72 .556 --
New York (A) 89 73 .549 1
Tampa Bay 88 74 .543 2
Seattle (M) 88 74 .543 2
Detroit 85 77 .525 5
Cleveland 84 78 .519 6
Oakland 74 88 .457 16
Minnesota 70 92 .432 20
   
Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-3) Boston (A) Red Sox over New York (G) Giants
AL League Series (4-3) Boston (A) Red Sox over New York (A) Yankees
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
BOS 5.6 902 162 5753 1726 324 49 103 550 455 .300 .361 .427 .788
SEM 5.4 881 162 5685 1633 335 46 143 572 606 .287 .352 .438 .790
NYA 5.3 851 162 5701 1657 270 49 83 596 638 .291 .358 .399 .757
DET 4.8 778 162 5660 1574 268 55 79 481 639 .278 .335 .387 .721
TAM 4.8 772 162 5704 1607 333 62 83 426 557 .282 .332 .406 .737
CLE 4.7 769 162 5683 1548 295 40 123 471 508 .272 .328 .403 .731
OAK 4.2 685 162 5537 1443 255 46 108 486 532 .261 .320 .382 .702
MIN 4.1 658 162 5535 1396 269 57 82 422 652 .252 .305 .366 .671
Totals 4.9 6296 1296 45258 12584 2349 404 804 4004 4587 .278 .337 .401 .738
Average   787 162 5657 1573 294 50 100 500 573  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
TAM 4.4 706 162 3.90 1457.3 1399 8.6 485 3.0 816 5.0 25
MIN 4.5 736 162 4.08 1437.3 1537 9.5 492 3.0 623 3.8 23
OAK 4.6 738 162 4.22 1433.7 1599 9.9 438 2.7 578 3.6 32
NYA 4.6 742 162 3.98 1445.7 1501 9.3 537 3.3 632 3.9 30
DET 4.6 748 162 4.22 1442.3 1604 9.9 405 2.5 480 3.0 18
BOS 4.8 776 162 4.29 1443.3 1530 9.4 495 3.1 547 3.4 20
CLE 5.0 808 162 4.49 1446.7 1641 10.1 537 3.3 387 2.4 14
SEM 5.2 842 162 4.59 1443.7 1649 10.2 429 2.6 523 3.2 26
Totals 4.7 6096 1296 4.22 11550.0 12460 9.6 3818 2.9 4586 3.5 188
Average   762 162   1444 1558   477   573   24
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
BOS 92 70 -2 5 14 1 2 2 17 1.04 0.86 2,427,779   Brian Rodgers
DET 84 78 1 4 14 3 0 2 8 1.08 0.94 2,338,850   Pie Traynor
OAK 75 87 -1 4 14 1 1 1 8 0.94 0.81 2,378,149   Pat Flaherty
CLE 77 85 7 3 8 3 0 1 22 0.99 0.95 1,514,343   Josh Pingel
NYA 91 71 -2 3 16 0 2 1 17 0.96 1.17 2,427,949   Jason Spiegel
SEM 84 78 4 3 13 8 1 0 13 0.93 1.09 2,258,048   Peter Fletcher
TAM 88 74 0 3 16 0 6 2 9 1.02 1.08 2,408,186   Ricky Sanford
MIN 73 89 -3 0 7 1 0 1 19 1.04 0.89 1,102,954   Walter Johnson
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
BOS 270 150.52 79.26 40.19 4.96 3.09 8.20 6.90 5.87 11.19
NYA 267 143.55 84.92 38.51 12.86 3.12 4.70 2.97 5.59 9.26
TAM 264 116.02 99.27 48.69 0.67 3.63 5.78 10.61 7.74 20.28
SEM 264 168.98 65.88 29.12 1.61 3.28 6.57 2.03 6.38 9.25
DET 255 115.33 92.39 47.25 9.94 4.12 5.44 7.66 7.66 12.45
CLE 252 130.26 79.79 41.93 7.02 2.37 5.31 5.38 9.70 12.16
OAK 222 98.13 82.55 41.28 8.18 2.15 6.08 6.48 8.66 9.74
MIN 210 77.39 88.60 43.97 12.00 3.62 3.05 5.09 7.28 12.95
League Award Winners
Silver Slugger: Jimmie Foxx SEM .323, 39 HR, 158 RBI
Platinum Arm: Larry French BOS 22-14, 3.06, 338.3 IP, 149 K
Bronze Rookie: Jim Turner DET 15-8, 2.95, 204.3 IP, 54 K
 
Gold Glove Winners
 
P Ralph Birkofer SEM 1.000, 15 PO, 67 A, 0 E
C Bill Lewis NYA .995, 560 PO, 44 A, 3 E
52.6% (20-38) Runners Thrown Out
1B Hal Trosky BOS .994, 1794 PO, 151 A, 12 E
2B Alex Kampouris CLE .977, 362 PO, 614 A, 23 E
3B Debs Garms BOS .951, 72 PO, 370 A, 23 E
SS Jimmy Jordan DET .970, 214 PO, 606 A, 25 E
LF Jeff Heath OAK .980, 280 PO, 13 A, 6 E
CF Frenchy Bordagaray CLE .995, 396 PO, 23 A, 2 E
RF Joe Medwick CLE .991, 330 PO, 14 A, 3 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
CummingsBOS.361
MizeCLE.347
WalkerBOS.346
GarmsBOS.338
LewisNYA.334
On-Base Pct
MizeCLE.440
WalkerBOS.428
CummingsBOS.411
FoxxSEM.406
CamilliSEM.405
Slugging Pct
FoxxSEM.611
CummingsBOS.591
MizeCLE.587
YorkCLE.546
CamilliSEM.526
OPS
MizeCLE1.027
FoxxSEM1.017
CummingsBOS1.002
YorkCLE.949
CamilliSEM.931
XR
FoxxSEM133.3
MizeCLE123.9
CummingsBOS111.2
JohnsonNYA111.2
CamilliSEM110.8
Games
DimaggioMIN160
RiggsCLE158
EnglishDET157
GarmsBOS157
WalkerCLE157
At-Bats
CroninTAM641
GarmsBOS628
RiggsCLE619
ArlettTAM617
WalkerCLE617
Runs
FoxxSEM136
CookeDET112
VaughanBOS112
GreenbergSEM109
JohnsonNYA109
Hits
GarmsBOS212
CummingsBOS197
ReynoldsTAM196
FoxxSEM192
LewisNYA191
Total Bases
FoxxSEM363
CummingsBOS322
MizeCLE318
HeathOAK303
VosmikSEM301
Singles
GarmsBOS171
LewisNYA154
EnglishDET139
RiggsCLE136
WalkerCLE134
Doubles
ReynoldsTAM50
LewisNYA48
WalkerBOS47
CummingsBOS44
VaughanBOS44
Triples
ChapmanTAM15
GehrigDET14
ManushTAM12
VosmikSEM11
CroninTAM10
Homeruns
FoxxSEM39
YorkCLE29
MizeCLE28
CamilliSEM25
CummingsBOS25
RBIs
FoxxSEM158
CummingsBOS119
GehrigDET118
YorkCLE110
TroskyBOS109
Stolen Bases
WalkerCLE15
PytlakCLE14
VaughanBOS12
BordagarayCLE10
WalkerBOS10
Caught Stealing
PytlakCLE10
KreevichOAK5
VaughanBOS5
WalkerBOS5
DickshotNYA4
Walks
JohnsonNYA99
CookeDET93
CamilliSEM92
MizeCLE91
FoxxSEM86
Strikeouts
CamilliSEM114
MyersMIN103
GehrigDET95
CookeDET90
PietMIN87
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
TurnerDET2.95
FrenchBOS3.06
HallahanMIN3.29
GomezTAM3.42
BauersNYA3.60
Wins
BlaeholderDET 27
DeanTAM 24
FrenchBOS 22
FerrellBOS 21
BauersNYA 20
Losses
BlantonMIN 21
GumbertCLE 21
SewellCLE 20
BengeOAK 19
HubbellNYA 18
Winning Pct
PearsonSEM.714
FerrellBOS.677
TurnerDET.652
BauersNYA.645
BlaeholderDET.643
Saves
BrownOAK 25
MatuzakSEM 21
CantrellTAM 19
BrennanBOS 17
ShounMIN 15
Games Pitched
MatuzakSEM 81
DerringerOAK 76
PearsonSEM 59
CantrellTAM 58
BowmanNYA 55
Games Started
DeanTAM 44
GumbertCLE 44
HevingMIN 44
SewellCLE 44
BlaeholderDET 43
Complete Games
BlaeholderDET 29
DavisCLE 25
DeanTAM 23
SewellCLE 23
FrenchBOS 22
Shutouts
DavisCLE 5
GumbertCLE 4
DeanTAM 3
FerrellBOS 3
FrenchBOS 3
Innings Pitched
DeanTAM362.0
BlaeholderDET353.7
FrenchBOS338.3
SewellCLE338.3
Grove 336.0
Hits Allowed
SewellCLE 434
GumbertCLE 384
EisenstatOAK 382
Grove  363
DeanTAM 361
Homeruns Allowed
BlaeholderDET 34
DeanTAM 31
Grove  25
MaloneTAM 24
WarnekeBOS 24
Strikeouts
MaloneTAM 218
DeanTAM 201
HubbellNYA 168
HallahanMIN 161
GomezTAM 158
Walks Allowed
BauersNYA 149
HadleyCLE 131
SewellCLE 130
HallahanMIN 124
WarnekeBOS 121
Walks per 9IP
PeerySEM1.4
BlaeholderDET1.5
TurnerDET1.5
EisenstatOAK1.7
StrattonOAK1.8
Hits per 9IP
GomezTAM7.8
HallahanMIN7.9
MaloneTAM8.0
FrenchBOS8.1
HubbellNYA8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP
MaloneTAM6.8
HallahanMIN6.0
PearsonSEM5.5
GomezTAM5.4
DeanTAM5.0
WHiP
FrenchBOS1.16
BlaeholderDET1.16
TurnerDET1.18
GomezTAM1.22
HubbellNYA1.23
OAVG
GomezTAM.231
MaloneTAM.237
FrenchBOS.239
HallahanMIN.240
HubbellNYA.241
OOBP
BlaeholderDET.286
FrenchBOS.288
TurnerDET.296
GomezTAM.298
DeanTAM.299
OSLG
GomezTAM.335
Mungo .337
FrenchBOS.346
HallahanMIN.353
TurnerDET.357
OOPS
GomezTAM.633
FrenchBOS.634
Mungo .644
TurnerDET.653
BlaeholderDET.674
   
League All-Stars
George Blaeholder Jack Cummings Dizzy Dean
Harry Eisenstat Woody English Wes Ferrell
Jimmie Foxx Debs Garms Hank Greenberg
Lefty Grove Jeff Heath Babe Herman
Johnny Hodapp Bucky Jacobs Bob Johnson
Thornton Lee Hank Leiber Buddy Lewis
Harry Matuzak Monty Stratton Hal Trosky
Bill Trotter Arky Vaughan Gee Walker
Rudy York  
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Jimmie Foxx SEM $ 30,000,000  
2.    Chuck Klein DET $ 13,000,000  
3.    Lou Gehrig DET $ 12,010,000  
4.    Jack Cummings BOS $ 11,015,000  
5.    Danny Macfayden NYA $ 11,000,000  
6.    Wes Ferrell BOS $ 10,000,000  
7.    George Blaeholder DET $ 10,000,000  
  Lefty Gomez TAM $ 10,000,000  
9.    Johnny Frederick DET $ 8,500,000  
10.    Lefty Grove DET $ 8,000,000  
11.    Lon Warneke BOS $ 7,750,000  
12.    Larry French BOS $ 7,500,000  
13.    Arky Vaughan BOS $ 7,100,000  
14.    Whit Wyatt OAK $ 7,000,001  
15.    Bill Hallahan MIN $ 6,900,000  
16.    Carl Hubbell NYA $ 6,750,000  
17.    Joe Cronin TAM $ 6,640,000  
18.    Heinie Manush TAM $ 6,500,000  
19.    Carl Reynolds TAM $ 6,300,000  
20.    Dizzy Dean TAM $ 6,250,000  
  Ripper Collins NYA $ 6,250,000  
22.    Mickey Cochrane OAK $ 6,000,000  
23.    Randy Moore TAM $ 5,500,000  
  Pat Malone TAM $ 5,500,000  
25.    Ray Benge OAK $ 5,300,000