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1937 New York (G) Giants
Record: 105-57
Finish: 1st in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 867
Runs Allowed: 647
Exp W-L: 102-60
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 2,367,789
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-71, 5th in the NL
AA: 66-71, 6th in the NL
A: 78-59, 3rd in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 3-4 to Boston (A) Red Sox
Won NL League Series 4-3 over Montreal Expos
 
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  Wally Berger 31 158 593 115 190 32 9 21 105 0 0 63 69 .320 .386 .511 .897 104.9 23.8 5.7
2B *Cecil Travis 23 147 582 85 189 40 7 5 82 0 1 43 18 .325 .369 .443 .813 85.5 18.2 10.7
RF #Augie Galan 25 146 541 86 142 22 4 8 73 11 5 68 22 .262 .344 .362 .706 69.8 11.2 3.3
SS  Cookie Lavagetto 24 153 516 90 135 32 4 5 76 10 3 71 28 .262 .350 .368 .718 69.1 12.1 5.6
C  Ernie Lombardi 29 145 540 85 153 28 3 18 97 1 0 39 50 .283 .328 .446 .775 75.5 13.3 5.0
3B  Frankie Crosetti 26 153 526 77 163 30 8 9 79 6 2 53 54 .310 .377 .449 .826 82.7 17.8 5.2
RF *Paul Waner 34 130 448 80 150 45 6 8 74 3 1 49 18 .335 .403 .516 .918 75.7 17.8 2.3
3B *Red Rolfe 28 126 419 61 126 28 5 5 54 0 0 21 13 .301 .331 .427 .758 52.9 9.4 0.0
1B *Sam Leslie 31 105 316 43 97 16 2 7 44 1 0 14 18 .307 .339 .437 .776 43.4 8.1 1.8
LF  Al Simmons 35 108 257 44 82 13 3 7 42 1 1 17 18 .319 .361 .475 .836 38.4 7.7 1.4
1B  Dale Alexander 34 47 161 31 54 9 1 4 20 0 0 14 19 .335 .384 .478 .862 26.8 5.9 1.0
RF *George Selkirk 29 49 127 26 40 10 2 3 29 2 1 27 17 .315 .436 .496 .932 26.5 6.5 0.8
P  Paul Dean 23 43 120 7 13 1 0 1 7 0 0 6 21 .108 .150 .142 .291 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Claude Passeau 28 43 127 6 25 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 47 .197 .203 .205 .408 3.7 0.0 0.0
1B  Billy Werber 29 70 115 14 21 5 0 2 13 1 2 11 13 .183 .252 .278 .530 6.4 0.0 1.4
CF *Lloyd Waner 31 48 117 10 30 4 0 1 18 0 0 3 3 .256 .275 .316 .591 8.5 0.4 0.7
C  Denny Sothern 33 38 107 13 23 4 1 2 13 0 0 5 17 .215 .250 .327 .577 8.4 0.1 0.9
1B  Ed Morgan 33 38 87 12 20 9 0 1 11 1 1 9 16 .230 .306 .368 .674 9.3 1.2 0.7
P  Danny Macfayden 32 29 85 3 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 30 .071 .080 .094 .175 -2.8 0.0 0.0
SS  Carey Selph 35 34 81 11 21 6 0 2 14 0 0 5 1 .259 .310 .407 .718 9.2 1.5 1.5
P  Roy Sherid 30 33 74 5 9 5 0 0 8 0 0 1 24 .122 .133 .189 .323 -0.4 0.0 0.0
SS  Howdy Groskloss 30 28 49 8 21 4 1 1 11 0 0 3 2 .429 .462 .612 1.074 10.6 2.9 0.9
3B *Johnny Burnett 32 32 39 5 10 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 .256 .326 .359 .685 3.9 0.4 0.7
P  Bobo Newsom 29 14 36 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .139 .184 .139 .323 0.5 0.0 0.0
1B  Tuck Stainback 25 6 16 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .125 .263 .125 .388 0.4 0.0 0.2
C  Tom Padden 28 7 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 .000 .267 .000 .267 0.4 0.0 0.1
LF  Ethan Allen 33 7 13 2 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 .385 .429 .462 .890 2.0 0.4 0.0
P  Al Benton 26 73 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2 0.0
P  John Cooney 36 19 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Johnny Welch 30 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Bud Tinning 31 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 2067 6114 928 1734 351 56 110 892 37 17 538 531 .284 .341 .413 .755 811.9 158.9 50.0
  Rank among 8 NL teams 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 3 5 1 2 1 1 1 1 1  
* - 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
 Paul Dean 23 29 8 .784 43 43 0 358.7 313 110 32 62 252 2.76 34.1
 Claude Passeau 28 25 15 .625 43 43 0 344.0 394 145 15 84 147 3.79 22.3
 Danny Macfayden 32 14 7 .667 29 29 0 235.3 265 82 2 48 70 3.14 17.4
 Roy Sherid 30 13 8 .619 33 33 0 222.0 242 113 23 82 94 4.58 7.5
 Bobo Newsom 29 7 5 .583 14 14 0 103.3 98 43 7 37 49 3.75 6.0
 Al Benton 26 8 9 .471 73 0 20 79.3 96 36 2 21 21 4.08 9.1
*Syd Cohen 31 7 3 .700 40 0 5 49.0 53 23 6 16 20 4.22 4.5
 Johnny Welch 30 1 0 1.000 20 0 2 25.3 22 8 1 8 11 2.84 3.1
 Bud Tinning 31 1 2 .333 18 2 1 23.0 28 16 2 11 9 6.26 0.0
*John Cooney 36 0 0 .000 17 0 2 16.0 9 5 1 6 4 2.81 2.0
Team Totals 29.6 105 57 .648 330 164 30 1456.0 1520 581 91 375 677 3.59 106.1
Rank among 8 NL teams 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 1  
* - 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 .990 31.2
E.Lombardi 1169.7 131 133 562 38 2 2 .997 23.3
D.Sothern 254.7 28 35 127 7 3 0 .978 25.0
T.Padden 31.7 3 5 21 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1456.0 162 173 710 45 5 2 .993 22.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.67
S.Leslie 623.0 70 83 788 66 4 82 .995 12.34
D.Alexander 353.1 43 45 425 38 2 41 .996 11.80
P.Waner 272.7 31 31 327 22 7 25 .980 11.52
E.Morgan 219.2 32 34 304 17 2 32 .994 13.18
E.Lombardi 17.0 0 11 23 1 0 3 1.000 12.71
B.Werber 6.0 0 3 9 0 0 4 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1491.0 176 207 1876 144 15 187 .993 12.19
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.50
F.Crosetti 1255.7 142 148 263 560 10 109 .988 5.90
J.Burnett 86.3 8 17 19 35 2 7 .964 5.63
H.Groskloss 33.8 5 7 9 16 0 5 1.000 6.66
C.Selph 8.0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
B.Werber 5.0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1388.8 155 180 293 614 12 121 .987 5.88
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 3.14
C.Lavagetto 1275.7 147 153 92 298 29 21 .931 2.75
B.Werber 145.3 14 34 16 37 0 6 1.000 3.28
J.Burnett 16.0 1 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.38
H.Groskloss 11.7 1 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.85
C.Selph 5.7 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.18
F.Crosetti 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Travis 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.4 163 203 109 347 29 27 .940 2.82
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 5.64
C.Travis 1248.3 143 146 217 551 31 110 .961 5.54
C.Selph 174.3 19 24 25 68 0 13 1.000 4.80
H.Groskloss 70.4 10 15 9 32 1 6 .976 5.24
J.Burnett 15.0 0 7 6 7 0 2 1.000 7.80
Team Total 1508.1 172 192 257 658 32 131 .966 5.46
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.88
A.Galan 607.3 67 72 136 3 5 0 .965 2.06
A.Simmons 470.7 54 59 105 6 4 2 .965 2.12
G.Selkirk 72.6 10 12 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.74
L.Waner 58.3 7 9 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
E.Allen 25.0 3 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.72
W.Berger 20.0 0 10 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1253.9 141 165 272 10 10 2 .966 2.02
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.72
W.Berger 1265.0 141 144 401 12 8 2 .981 2.94
L.Waner 166.0 21 21 45 2 2 0 .959 2.55
A.Simmons 15.0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
A.Galan 9.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Sothern 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.0 162 176 451 14 10 2 .979 2.87
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.02
P.Waner 699.7 74 90 141 5 7 0 .954 1.88
A.Galan 587.0 69 72 132 4 3 1 .978 2.09
G.Selkirk 225.7 31 35 49 2 1 1 .981 2.03
B.Werber 103.3 13 15 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.83
T.Stainback 45.0 6 6 14 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
E.Morgan 1.5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1662.2 193 219 358 12 11 3 .971 2.00
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.39
P.Dean 358.7 43 43 21 53 3 5 .961 1.86
C.Passeau 344.0 43 43 18 84 5 6 .953 2.67
D.Macfayden 235.3 29 29 16 43 3 3 .952 2.26
R.Sherid 222.0 33 33 14 42 1 3 .982 2.27
B.Newsom 103.3 14 14 6 18 0 1 1.000 2.09
A.Benton 79.3 0 73 8 22 2 4 .938 3.40
S.Cohen 49.0 0 40 3 9 0 1 1.000 2.20
J.Welch 25.3 0 20 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.78
B.Tinning 23.0 2 18 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.96
J.Cooney 16.0 0 17 0 4 1 0 .800 2.25
Team Total 1456.0 164 330 88 283 15 24 .961 2.29
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Waner .333
On-Base Pct Waner .401
Slugging Pct Waner .513
OPS Waner .915
XR Berger 104.9
Games Berger 158
At-Bats Berger 593
Runs Berger 115
Hits Berger 190
Total Bases Berger 303
Singles Travis 137
Doubles Waner 45
Triples Berger 9
Homeruns Berger 21
RBIs Berger 105
Stolen Bases Galan 11
Caught Stealing Galan 5
Walks Lavagetto 71
Strikeouts Berger 69
ERA Dean 2.76
Wins Dean 29
Losses Passeau 15
Winning Pct Dean .784
Saves Benton 20
Games Pitched Benton 73
Games Started Dean, Passeau 43
Complete Games Passeau 19
Shutouts Macfayden, Passeau 3
Innings Pitched Dean 358.7
Hits Allowed Passeau 394
Homeruns Allowed Dean 32
Strikeouts Dean 252
Walks Allowed Passeau 84
Walks per 9IP Dean 1.6
Hits per 9IP Dean 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Dean 6.3
WHiP Dean 1.05
OAVG Dean .232
OOBP Dean .265
OSLG Macfayden .366
OOPS Dean .641
Team All-Stars
Dale Alexander
Al Benton
Wally Berger
Paul Dean
Danny Macfayden
Claude Passeau
Cecil Travis
Paul Waner
Player Salaries
Wally Berger $ 12,100,000
Paul Waner $ 9,500,000
Bobo Newsom $ 7,500,000
Al Simmons $ 5,005,005
Sam Leslie $ 4,500,000
Ernie Lombardi $ 3,464,286
Roy Sherid $ 1,450,000
Billy Werber $ 1,208,571
Howdy Groskloss $ 1,041,429
Johnny Welch $ 500,500
Ethan Allen $ 350,000
Al Benton $ 300,000
Syd Cohen $ 300,000
Frankie Crosetti $ 300,000
Paul Dean $ 300,000
Augie Galan $ 300,000
Tom Padden $ 300,000
Cecil Travis $ 300,000
Tuck Stainback $ 300,000
Claude Passeau $ 300,000
George Selkirk $ 300,000
Carey Selph $ 300,000
Cookie Lavagetto $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/9 Signed     Johnny Burnett
2/13 Signed     John Cooney
2/18 Signed     Johnny Welch
2/21 Traded Paul Gregory
Round Draft Pick.		 Boston (N) Ed Morgan
2/22 Signed     Ethan Allen
2/28 Signed     Denny Sothern
7/1 Traded Johnny Burnett
Ed Morgan
Round Draft Pick.		 St. Louis (C) Dale Alexander
Howdy Groskloss
7/31 Traded Babe Barna
Bud Tinning
Bennie Tate
Carl Lind
Round Draft Pick.		 Boston (N) Bobo Newsom
$1,200,000
7/31 Traded Danny Macfayden New York (A) George Selkirk
Round Draft Pick.
10/22 Released Dale Alexander    
10/22 Released Lloyd Waner    
10/22 Released John Cooney    
10/22 Released Denny Sothern    
 
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