1937 Oakland Athletics
Record: 74-88
Finish: 7th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 685
Runs Allowed: 738
Exp W-L: 75-87
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 2,378,149
Manager: Pat Flaherty

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-66, 4th in the AL
AA: 71-66, 1st in the AL
A: 69-68, 3rd in the AL
 
 
 
 
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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 *Jeff Heath 22 155 579 91 184 42 7 21 90 0 0 62 79 .318 .383 .523 .906 104.7 23.4 2.6
2B *Stan Hack 27 148 569 71 169 34 8 8 64 0 0 69 22 .297 .371 .427 .798 89.6 17.9 7.7
CF  Hank Leiber 26 154 574 89 160 21 2 23 80 0 0 50 43 .279 .338 .443 .781 81.6 13.4 3.4
2B  Bobby Reeves 33 145 470 57 117 18 4 6 38 0 1 50 42 .249 .324 .343 .667 51.1 5.9 4.9
3B  Mike Kreevich 29 128 412 51 100 20 4 5 52 0 5 29 23 .243 .289 .347 .636 37.6 2.2 4.0
RF  Hack Wilson 37 136 391 52 104 19 5 17 60 1 0 46 86 .266 .345 .471 .816 61.3 11.3 1.5
CF *Ernie Orsatti 34 115 320 50 91 22 2 2 42 2 1 31 33 .284 .347 .384 .731 38.7 6.1 1.5
C  Rick Ferrell 31 84 269 27 66 14 1 2 34 0 0 30 7 .245 .318 .327 .645 27.4 2.5 2.8
3B  Ken Keltner 20 70 239 28 57 12 1 7 30 2 1 19 20 .238 .293 .385 .678 26.4 3.0 2.0
1B *Bud Clancy 36 90 233 25 60 8 2 4 30 0 0 15 21 .258 .303 .361 .663 23.8 2.2 0.8
LF *Roy Weatherly 22 68 235 29 65 13 3 2 23 6 1 14 4 .277 .315 .383 .698 25.4 3.1 1.1
C  Harry Danning 25 62 170 20 50 12 1 3 29 0 0 11 23 .294 .339 .429 .768 22.3 3.8 2.3
C *Denny Williams 37 50 161 15 47 5 2 1 19 0 0 11 6 .292 .335 .366 .702 18.2 2.4 1.9
2B #Billy Rogell 32 73 133 13 23 5 0 1 11 0 0 9 10 .173 .225 .233 .458 5.6 0.0 1.4
3B *Pat Crawford 35 74 127 10 30 2 1 2 15 0 0 6 6 .236 .265 .315 .580 11.2 0.2 1.2
P *Harry Eisenstat 21 43 92 4 15 1 0 1 6 0 0 4 28 .163 .198 .207 .404 3.7 0.0 0.0
P  Whit Wyatt 29 40 93 10 15 0 1 2 7 0 0 0 17 .161 .170 .247 .418 3.9 0.0 0.0
P  Monty Stratton 25 32 77 4 14 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 .182 .203 .195 .397 2.7 0.0 0.0
1B #Johnny Neun 36 40 81 17 20 2 1 0 8 0 3 13 11 .247 .347 .296 .644 8.1 0.6 0.2
P  Ray Benge 35 42 78 8 18 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 7 .231 .268 .244 .512 4.8 0.0 0.0
C *Mickey Cochrane 34 22 73 8 14 0 1 1 8 0 0 6 4 .192 .253 .260 .513 4.0 0.0 1.1
CF  Gibby Brack 29 39 61 2 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 13 .148 .175 .164 .339 0.6 0.0 0.3
RF *Showboat Fisher 38 36 38 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .132 .154 .132 .285 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Zuber 24 11 26 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .154 .185 .192 .377 0.6 0.0 0.0
C  Joe Glenn 28 8 20 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .200 .273 .250 .523 1.4 0.0 0.3
P *Roy Joiner 30 27 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Tony Kaufmann 36 40 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.9 0.2 0.0
P  Mace Brown 28 50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.0 1982 5537 685 1443 255 46 108 657 11 12 486 532 .261 .320 .382 .702 653.7 98.1 41.3
  Rank among 8 AL teams 6 7 7 8 6 3 7 7 5 4 3 7 7 7 7 7  
* - 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
*Harry Eisenstat 21 17 14 .548 43 43 0 309.0 382 144 9 57 88 4.19 17.9
 Whit Wyatt 29 17 17 .500 40 40 0 308.3 319 129 19 112 132 3.77 20.7
 Monty Stratton 25 16 12 .571 32 32 0 255.7 289 113 23 51 106 3.98 15.0
 Ray Benge 35 12 19 .387 42 33 0 255.7 303 130 18 62 135 4.58 11.6
 Paul Derringer 30 2 7 .222 76 0 7 80.3 75 46 8 43 42 5.15 3.3
 Bill Zuber 24 2 7 .222 11 11 0 79.7 80 36 4 45 30 4.07 3.6
*Roy Joiner 30 1 2 .333 27 3 0 50.7 46 21 6 16 11 3.73 2.9
 Tony Kaufmann 36 2 0 1.000 40 0 0 42.0 44 14 3 20 15 3.00 4.1
 Mace Brown 28 4 9 .308 50 0 25 40.7 47 27 1 20 10 5.98 3.4
*Bunny Hearn 33 0 1 .000 9 0 0 11.3 12 12 2 10 8 9.53 0.0
 Si Johnson 30 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 2 1 9.00 0.2
Team Totals 29.2 74 88 .457 371 162 32 1434.3 1599 673 93 438 578 4.22 82.6
Rank among 8 AL teams 7 7 1 7 8 5 4 4 3 4 5  
* - 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
R.Ferrell 441.7 51 54 186 21 5 0 .976 45.0
H.Danning 382.0 43 55 157 15 0 1 1.000 28.6
D.Williams 377.1 46 47 160 11 3 0 .983 25.0
M.Cochrane 162.3 18 21 71 8 0 0 1.000 40.0
J.Glenn 53.7 6 8 23 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1416.7 164 185 597 57 8 1 .988 34.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.33
B.Clancy 489.7 56 65 610 44 4 59 .994 12.02
R.Weatherly 311.7 38 42 385 23 6 34 .986 11.78
M.Kreevich 249.0 27 37 320 25 3 34 .991 12.47
R.Ferrell 195.0 22 25 252 11 4 27 .985 12.14
J.Neun 140.0 15 20 160 19 3 21 .984 11.51
P.Crawford 30.0 3 9 24 1 1 5 .962 7.50
B.Rogell 19.0 1 7 22 1 1 2 .958 10.89
M.Cochrane 1.1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 16.36
D.Williams 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.8 162 205 1775 124 22 182 .989 11.90
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.35
B.Reeves 1186.3 142 144 319 525 18 124 .979 6.40
P.Crawford 108.3 10 25 39 44 2 13 .976 6.90
B.Rogell 92.7 8 21 29 42 1 11 .986 6.90
R.Weatherly 38.7 2 16 9 25 0 7 1.000 7.92
S.Hack 8.0 0 4 4 3 0 1 1.000 7.88
Team Total 1434.0 162 210 400 639 21 156 .980 6.52
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 3.04
M.Kreevich 695.3 79 86 46 203 1 19 .996 3.22
K.Keltner 540.0 65 67 36 134 7 17 .960 2.83
B.Rogell 102.7 10 18 4 25 0 2 1.000 2.54
P.Crawford 84.0 8 17 9 14 0 1 1.000 2.46
B.Clancy 9.3 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.86
J.Neun 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Reeves 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1434.3 162 194 97 380 8 39 .984 2.99
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 5.65
S.Hack 1250.7 141 144 210 583 9 106 .989 5.71
B.Rogell 108.0 12 13 13 41 2 9 .964 4.50
P.Crawford 70.7 9 10 14 34 2 8 .960 6.11
B.Reeves 2.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 13.50
G.Brack 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
R.Ferrell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Williams 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.1 162 170 239 661 13 124 .986 5.64
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 2.01
J.Heath 1278.7 144 146 280 13 6 6 .980 2.06
H.Wilson 72.7 8 12 17 0 3 0 .850 2.11
E.Orsatti 45.0 5 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
G.Brack 28.0 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
R.Weatherly 6.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
H.Leiber 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Williams 1.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.5 162 173 314 13 9 6 .973 2.05
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.69
H.Leiber 1235.0 143 144 367 7 9 0 .977 2.73
H.Wilson 74.7 6 16 25 2 1 0 .964 3.25
G.Brack 46.0 6 7 15 2 1 0 .944 3.33
E.Orsatti 38.0 4 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.61
R.Weatherly 25.0 3 3 13 0 0 0 1.000 4.68
J.Heath 12.7 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
B.Clancy 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Williams 0.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.1 162 185 433 11 11 0 .976 2.78
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.08
H.Wilson 670.3 71 95 135 3 4 0 .972 1.85
E.Orsatti 588.7 73 74 142 7 7 1 .955 2.28
R.Weatherly 119.0 15 15 26 2 1 0 .966 2.12
H.Leiber 24.0 0 13 2 0 1 0 .667 0.75
S.Fisher 16.0 2 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.Brack 10.3 1 3 6 1 0 0 1.000 6.10
J.Heath 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Kreevich 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Crawford 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1434.3 162 206 314 14 13 1 .962 2.06
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.39
H.Eisenstat 309.0 43 43 19 65 4 3 .955 2.45
W.Wyatt 308.3 40 40 22 65 4 4 .956 2.54
R.Benge 255.7 33 42 14 38 4 6 .929 1.83
M.Stratton 255.7 32 32 14 48 3 4 .954 2.18
P.Derringer 80.3 0 76 2 19 0 1 1.000 2.35
B.Zuber 79.7 11 11 6 12 0 2 1.000 2.03
R.Joiner 50.7 3 27 4 12 0 0 1.000 2.84
T.Kaufmann 42.0 0 40 2 6 1 1 .889 1.71
M.Brown 40.7 0 50 6 10 0 1 1.000 3.54
B.Hearn 11.3 0 9 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.59
S.Johnson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1434.3 162 371 90 276 16 22 .958 2.30
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Heath .318
On-Base Pct Heath .383
Slugging Pct Heath .523
OPS Heath .906
XR Heath 104.7
Games Heath 155
At-Bats Heath 579
Runs Heath 91
Hits Heath 184
Total Bases Heath 303
Singles Hack 119
Doubles Heath 42
Triples Hack 8
Homeruns Leiber 23
RBIs Heath 90
Stolen Bases Weatherly 6
Caught Stealing Kreevich 5
Walks Hack 69
Strikeouts Wilson 86
ERA Wyatt 3.77
Wins Eisenstat, Wyatt 17
Losses Benge 19
Winning Pct Stratton .571
Saves Brown 25
Games Pitched Derringer 76
Games Started Eisenstat 43
Complete Games Wyatt 16
Shutouts Eisenstat, Stratton, Wyatt 2
Innings Pitched Eisenstat 309.0
Hits Allowed Eisenstat 382
Homeruns Allowed Stratton 23
Strikeouts Benge 135
Walks Allowed Wyatt 112
Walks per 9IP Eisenstat 1.7
Hits per 9IP Wyatt 9.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Benge 4.8
WHiP Stratton 1.33
OAVG Wyatt .270
OOBP Stratton .319
OSLG Wyatt .381
OOPS Wyatt .716
Team All-Stars
Harry Eisenstat
Jeff Heath
Hank Leiber
Monty Stratton
Player Salaries
Whit Wyatt $ 7,000,001
Mickey Cochrane $ 6,000,000
Ray Benge $ 5,300,000
Hack Wilson $ 5,005,000
Rick Ferrell $ 4,000,001
Hank Leiber $ 3,978,571
Si Johnson $ 3,500,000
Paul Derringer $ 3,500,000
Stan Hack $ 2,928,571
Tony Kaufmann $ 2,500,000
Ernie Orsatti $ 2,000,001
Bobby Reeves $ 2,000,000
Bunny Hearn $ 1,010,000
Bud Clancy $ 950,000
Billy Rogell $ 612,000
Showboat Fisher $ 520,000
Clyde Sukeforth $ 500,000
Johnny Neun $ 350,000
Pat Crawford $ 350,000
Harry Danning $ 350,000
Mace Brown $ 300,000
Harry Eisenstat $ 300,000
Gibby Brack $ 300,000
Joe Glenn $ 300,000
Earl Grace $ 300,000
Roy Joiner $ 300,000
Bill Zuber $ 300,000
Ken Keltner $ 300,000
Mike Kreevich $ 300,000
Monty Stratton $ 300,000
Bucky Walters $ 300,000
Roy Weatherly $ 300,000
Jeff Heath $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Rick Ferrell
2/16 Signed     Hack Wilson
2/16 Signed     Earl Grace
2/18 Signed     Clyde Sukeforth
2/26 Signed     Billy Rogell
4/2 Traded Babe Dahlgren
Roy Henshaw
Boston (A) Ray Benge
7/1 Traded Denny Williams
Ken O'Dea
Jack Wilson
Round Draft Pick.
St. Louis (C) Mickey Cochrane