1937 New York (A) Yankees
Record: 89-73
Finish: 2nd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 851
Runs Allowed: 742
Exp W-L: 91-71
 
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 2,427,949
Manager: Jason Spiegel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 80-57, 1st in the AL
AA: 69-68, 4th in the AL
A: 61-76, 6th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 3-4 to Boston (A) Red Sox
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF  Bob Johnson 31 156 573 109 172 28 7 25 107 6 1 99 64 .300 .399 .504 .903 111.2 24.4 2.3
C  Bill Lewis 32 147 573 77 176 18 0 4 67 0 0 58 68 .307 .368 .360 .727 72.0 11.7 11.3
RF *Buddy Lewis 20 148 572 89 191 48 8 10 94 6 2 55 51 .334 .394 .498 .892 101.9 24.4 2.4
SS  Luke Appling 30 149 526 84 168 37 8 0 67 9 2 66 45 .319 .395 .420 .815 82.3 17.7 4.4
1B #Ripper Collins 33 148 522 71 161 25 3 9 87 0 0 25 64 .308 .342 .420 .761 66.3 11.6 2.4
2B *Lonny Frey 26 126 403 60 118 16 2 3 59 9 2 42 33 .293 .360 .365 .725 50.1 8.1 3.2
RF *George Selkirk 29 102 371 66 100 11 3 14 65 6 1 59 54 .270 .371 .429 .800 59.7 11.2 1.4
CF #Hersh Martin 27 126 333 53 94 21 4 3 48 5 0 46 32 .282 .372 .396 .768 49.3 9.5 1.9
CF *Earl Averill 35 100 324 46 84 15 4 7 52 0 0 30 29 .259 .322 .395 .717 36.2 4.6 2.1
1B  Bill Brubaker 26 108 291 41 93 21 2 0 36 0 0 22 34 .320 .365 .405 .771 40.1 8.0 2.1
RF  Johnny Dickshot 27 105 242 36 80 8 7 0 28 7 4 21 27 .331 .383 .421 .805 35.6 7.0 1.0
2B  Bill Cissell 33 85 185 27 49 5 0 0 14 2 3 13 7 .265 .312 .292 .603 14.3 0.3 1.4
P  Carl Hubbell 34 40 113 10 25 2 0 0 16 0 0 2 16 .221 .229 .239 .468 7.2 0.0 0.0
C  Sammy Holbrook 26 38 106 17 15 2 1 1 8 0 0 19 8 .142 .287 .208 .494 7.6 0.0 1.6
P *Thornton Lee 30 42 107 13 27 1 0 0 13 0 0 3 22 .252 .270 .262 .532 8.1 0.0 0.0
1B  Fred Sington 27 73 109 18 27 7 0 0 17 0 0 17 17 .248 .349 .312 .661 13.0 1.9 0.3
P *Russ Bauers 23 42 106 11 26 1 0 1 15 0 0 3 20 .245 .266 .283 .549 7.7 0.0 0.0
1B  Marty Hopkins 30 29 53 7 16 2 0 2 11 0 0 8 8 .302 .393 .453 .846 7.5 1.2 0.4
LF *Dick Siebert 25 41 55 7 18 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 1 .327 .356 .345 .701 6.5 1.0 0.2
P *Whitey Wilshere 24 39 44 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 .045 .045 .045 .091 -2.6 0.0 0.0
P  Danny Macfayden 32 15 39 2 5 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 16 .128 .128 .231 .359 0.7 0.0 0.0
LF  Vince Dimaggio 24 16 37 6 9 0 0 3 8 0 0 5 2 .243 .326 .486 .812 5.8 0.9 0.3
P  Dick Coffman 30 38 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Dietrich 27 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Belve Bean 32 35 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Jumbo Brown 30 45 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Bowman 27 55 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.5 2071 5701 851 1657 270 49 83 826 50 15 596 638 .291 .357 .399 .756 779.7 143.6 38.5
  Rank among 8 AL teams 3 2 2 5 4 5 2 1 6 1 6 2 2 5 3 2  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Thornton Lee 30 19 12 .613 42 42 0 327.3 358 138 21 87 143 3.79 20.4
*Carl Hubbell 34 17 18 .486 40 40 0 324.0 295 137 23 104 168 3.81 19.9
 Russ Bauers 23 20 11 .645 42 42 0 282.7 291 113 10 149 121 3.60 18.5
*Whitey Wilshere 24 12 8 .600 39 15 10 144.0 138 73 12 83 86 4.56 7.2
 Danny Macfayden 32 7 6 .538 15 15 0 115.3 126 48 1 17 32 3.75 6.9
 Dick Coffman 30 4 2 .667 38 5 0 66.0 69 32 3 17 19 4.36 3.0
 Joe Bowman 27 5 7 .417 55 0 5 64.3 86 38 5 27 22 5.32 1.9
 Jumbo Brown 30 1 3 .250 45 0 1 47.7 42 21 3 15 18 3.97 3.0
 Belve Bean 32 2 4 .333 35 1 14 40.0 47 19 4 18 15 4.28 3.2
 Bill Dietrich 27 2 2 .500 23 2 0 35.0 49 21 1 20 8 5.40 0.9
Team Totals 28.9 89 73 .549 374 162 30 1446.3 1501 640 83 537 632 3.98 84.9
Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 7 2 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 32.0
B.Lewis 1198.7 133 140 560 44 3 0 .995 52.6
S.Holbrook 247.7 29 33 100 6 3 0 .972 11.1
Team Total 1446.3 162 173 660 50 6 0 .992 44.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.33
R.Collins 1059.3 119 134 1276 91 13 119 .991 11.61
B.Brubaker 289.0 36 40 350 18 2 34 .995 11.46
F.Sington 75.3 7 19 92 7 0 10 1.000 11.83
D.Siebert 16.7 0 11 16 1 0 1 1.000 9.18
M.Hopkins 3.0 0 4 3 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
S.Holbrook 3.0 0 3 4 0 0 1 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1446.3 162 211 1741 117 15 166 .992 11.56
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.35
L.Frey 980.3 111 121 233 429 14 93 .979 6.08
B.Cissell 279.0 30 44 65 133 7 37 .966 6.39
B.Brubaker 181.0 21 25 60 62 6 15 .953 6.07
M.Hopkins 5.0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
F.Sington 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.3 162 194 358 626 27 145 .973 6.12
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 3.04
B.Lewis 1230.7 140 143 88 311 32 28 .926 2.92
M.Hopkins 119.0 12 17 14 32 3 4 .939 3.48
B.Brubaker 70.0 7 12 6 16 1 2 .957 2.83
L.Appling 26.0 3 3 2 9 0 0 1.000 3.81
Team Total 1445.7 162 175 110 368 36 34 .930 2.98
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 5.65
L.Appling 1153.7 128 143 201 473 29 94 .959 5.26
B.Brubaker 179.0 22 26 35 77 1 17 .991 5.63
B.Cissell 103.7 11 17 12 50 2 6 .969 5.38
M.Hopkins 8.0 1 2 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.75
L.Frey 2.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1446.3 162 189 251 606 32 119 .964 5.33
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 2.01
B.Johnson 1300.7 143 155 303 5 20 1 .939 2.13
G.Selkirk 202.1 21 25 37 2 1 1 .975 1.74
H.Martin 76.7 10 10 20 0 2 0 .909 2.35
D.Siebert 36.0 5 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.75
F.Sington 16.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
V.Dimaggio 14.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64
J.Dickshot 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1647.4 183 201 377 8 23 2 .944 2.10
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.69
E.Averill 717.0 82 90 233 5 10 1 .960 2.99
H.Martin 636.3 71 85 187 6 4 3 .980 2.73
V.Dimaggio 67.0 7 9 30 2 3 1 .914 4.30
D.Siebert 25.0 2 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Dickshot 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.3 162 192 455 13 18 5 .963 2.91
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.08
G.Selkirk 628.0 65 72 136 4 4 1 .972 2.01
J.Dickshot 473.7 52 59 114 2 0 0 1.000 2.20
F.Sington 88.0 10 14 12 0 1 0 .923 1.23
R.Collins 38.0 4 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.84
B.Lewis 3.3 0 3 1 0 1 0 .500 2.70
D.Siebert 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Brubaker 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1233.0 131 155 275 6 6 1 .979 2.05
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.39
T.Lee 327.3 42 42 19 67 3 6 .966 2.36
C.Hubbell 324.0 40 40 12 47 4 5 .937 1.64
R.Bauers 282.7 42 42 14 66 4 4 .952 2.55
W.Wilshere 144.0 15 39 10 25 1 3 .972 2.19
D.Macfayden 115.3 15 15 8 21 2 1 .935 2.26
D.Coffman 66.0 5 38 6 11 1 1 .944 2.32
J.Bowman 64.3 0 55 6 11 0 2 1.000 2.38
J.Brown 47.7 0 45 2 13 0 0 1.000 2.83
B.Bean 40.0 1 35 3 7 0 1 1.000 2.25
B.Dietrich 35.0 2 23 4 11 0 1 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1446.3 162 374 84 279 15 24 .960 2.26
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Lewis .334
On-Base Pct Johnson .399
Slugging Pct Johnson .504
OPS Johnson .903
XR Johnson 111.2
Games Johnson 156
At-Bats Johnson, Lewis 573
Runs Johnson 109
Hits Lewis 191
Total Bases Johnson 289
Singles Lewis 154
Doubles Lewis 48
Triples Appling, Lewis 8
Homeruns Johnson 25
RBIs Johnson 107
Stolen Bases Appling, Frey 9
Caught Stealing Dickshot 4
Walks Johnson 99
Strikeouts Lewis 68
ERA Bauers 3.60
Wins Bauers 20
Losses Hubbell 18
Winning Pct Bauers .645
Saves Bean 14
Games Pitched Bowman 55
Games Started Bauers, Lee 42
Complete Games Hubbell 20
Shutouts Hubbell, Lee 2
Innings Pitched Lee 327.3
Hits Allowed Lee 358
Homeruns Allowed Hubbell 23
Strikeouts Hubbell 168
Walks Allowed Bauers 149
Walks per 9IP Lee 2.4
Hits per 9IP Hubbell 8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Hubbell 4.7
WHiP Hubbell 1.23
OAVG Hubbell .241
OOBP Hubbell .300
OSLG Bauers .360
OOPS Hubbell .675
Team All-Stars
Bob Johnson
Thornton Lee
Buddy Lewis
Player Salaries
Danny Macfayden $ 11,000,000
Carl Hubbell $ 6,750,000
Ripper Collins $ 6,250,000
Bob Johnson $ 4,028,571
Bill Lewis $ 3,592,857
Luke Appling $ 3,500,000
Bill Cissell $ 3,090,000
Belve Bean $ 2,000,000
Jumbo Brown $ 2,000,000
Kent Greenfield $ 1,500,000
Joe Bowman $ 685,714
Dick Coffman $ 500,000
Dick Siebert $ 350,000
Herm Holshouser $ 350,000
Russ Bauers $ 300,000
Johnny Dickshot $ 300,000
Bill Brubaker $ 300,000
Morrie Arnovich $ 300,000
Bill Dietrich $ 300,000
Vince Dimaggio $ 300,000
Sammy Holbrook $ 300,000
Whitey Wilshere $ 300,000
Marty Hopkins $ 300,000
Thornton Lee $ 300,000
Buddy Lewis $ 300,000
Hersh Martin $ 300,000
Joe Mowry $ 300,000
Fred Sington $ 300,000
Lonny Frey $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Luke Appling
2/10 Signed     Earl Averill
2/10 Signed     Jumbo Brown
2/13 Traded Elbie Fletcher
Round Draft Pick.
San Diego Carl Hubbell
Ripper Collins
Bill Cissell
2/21 Traded Don Hurst
Round Draft Pick.
Boston (N) Ed Fallenstein
4/2 Released Bill Chamberlain    
7/31 Traded George Selkirk
Round Draft Pick.
New York (G) Danny Macfayden
9/1 Released Earl Averill    
9/1 Released Peaches Davis