# 1937 Boston Bees season

The 1937 Boston Bees season was the 67th season of the franchise. They finished the season with 79 wins and 73 losses.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Giants | 95 | 57 | .625 | — | 50‍–‍25 | 45‍–‍32 |
| Chicago Cubs | 93 | 61 | .604 | 3 | 46‍–‍32 | 47‍–‍29 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 86 | 68 | .558 | 10 | 46‍–‍32 | 40‍–‍36 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 81 | 73 | .526 | 15 | 45‍–‍33 | 36‍–‍40 |
| Boston Bees | 79 | 73 | .520 | 16 | 43‍–‍33 | 36‍–‍40 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 62 | 91 | .405 | 33½ | 36‍–‍39 | 26‍–‍52 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 61 | 92 | .399 | 34½ | 29‍–‍45 | 32‍–‍47 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 56 | 98 | .364 | 40 | 28‍–‍51 | 28‍–‍47 |

### Record vs. opponents

1937 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 15–7 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 10–10 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 9–13 |
| Brooklyn | 7–15 | — | 8–14 | 12–10–1 | 6–16 | 10–11 | 12–10 | 7–15–1 |
| Chicago | 13–9 | 14–8 | — | 14–8 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 17–5 |
| Cincinnati | 11–11 | 10–12–1 | 8–14 | — | 8–14 | 11–11 | 1–21 | 7–15 |
| New York | 10–10 | 16–6 | 10–12 | 14–8 | — | 15–7 | 16–6 | 14–8 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 11–10 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 7–15 | — | 11–11 | 5–17–2 |
| Pittsburgh | 11–11 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 21–1 | 6–16 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 |
| St. Louis | 13–9 | 15–7–1 | 5–17 | 15–7 | 8–14 | 17–5–2 | 8–14 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 1, 1937: Billy Urbanski was traded by the Bees to the New York Giants for Tommy Thevenow.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

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 |
| C | Al López | 105 | 334 | 68 | .204 | 3 | 38 |
| 1B | Elbie Fletcher | 148 | 539 | 133 | .247 | 1 | 38 |
| 2B | Tony Cuccinello | 152 | 575 | 156 | .271 | 11 | 80 |
| SS | Rabbit Warstler | 149 | 555 | 124 | .223 | 3 | 36 |
| 3B | Gil English | 79 | 269 | 78 | .290 | 2 | 37 |
| OF | Gene Moore | 148 | 561 | 159 | .283 | 16 | 70 |
| OF | Vince DiMaggio | 132 | 493 | 126 | .256 | 13 | 69 |
| OF | Debs Garms | 125 | 478 | 124 | .259 | 2 | 37 |

#### Other batters

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 |
| Roy Johnson | 85 | 260 | 72 | .277 | 3 | 22 |
| Ray Mueller | 64 | 187 | 47 | .251 | 2 | 26 |
| Eddie Mayo | 65 | 172 | 39 | .227 | 1 | 18 |
| Wally Berger | 30 | 113 | 31 | .274 | 5 | 22 |
| Bobby Reis | 45 | 86 | 21 | .244 | 0 | 6 |
| Tommy Thevenow | 21 | 34 | 4 | .118 | 0 | 2 |
| Beauty McGowan | 9 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
| Buck Jordan | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Riddle | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Urbanski | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Link Wasem | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Lou Fette | 35 | 259.0 | 20 | 10 | 2.88 | 70 |
| Jim Turner | 33 | 256.2 | 20 | 11 | 2.38 | 69 |
| Danny MacFayden | 32 | 246.0 | 14 | 14 | 2.93 | 70 |
| Milt Shoffner | 6 | 42.2 | 3 | 1 | 2.53 | 13 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Guy Bush | 32 | 180.2 | 8 | 15 | 3.54 | 56 |
| Johnny Lanning | 32 | 116.2 | 5 | 7 | 3.93 | 37 |
| Ira Hutchinson | 31 | 91.2 | 4 | 6 | 3.73 | 29 |
| Frank Gabler | 19 | 76.0 | 4 | 7 | 5.09 | 19 |
| Roy Weir | 10 | 33.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.82 | 8 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Bob Smith | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4.09 | 14 |
| Bobby Reis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 0 |
| Vic Frazier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.63 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Scranton Miners | New York–Pennsylvania League | Bob Coleman |
| B | Columbia Senators | Sally League | Eddie Onslow |
| C | Zanesville Grays | Middle Atlantic League | Possum Whitted |
| D | South Boston-Halifax Twins | Bi-State League | Jimmy Shelton |
| D | Salisbury Bees | North Carolina State League | Blackie Carter |
| D | Beaver Falls Bees | Pennsylvania State Association | Pep Kennedy |