# 1937 New York Giants (MLB) season

The 1937 New York Giants season was the franchise's 55th season. The Giants won the National League pennant. The team went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the World Series, four games to one.

## Offseason

* January 6, 1937: Tommy Thevenow was purchased by the Giants from the Cincinnati Reds.
* January 25, 1937: Ed Madjeski was purchased by the Giants from the New York Yankees.

## 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: Tommy Thevenow was traded by the Giants to the Boston Bees for Billy Urbanski.

### 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 | Gus Mancuso | 86 | 287 | 80 | .279 | 4 | 39 |
| 1B | Johnny McCarthy | 114 | 420 | 117 | .279 | 10 | 65 |
| 2B | Burgess Whitehead | 152 | 574 | 164 | .286 | 5 | 52 |
| SS | Dick Bartell | 128 | 516 | 158 | .306 | 14 | 62 |
| 3B | Lou Chiozza | 117 | 439 | 102 | .232 | 4 | 29 |
| OF | Mel Ott | 151 | 545 | 160 | .294 | 31 | 95 |
| OF | Jimmy Ripple | 121 | 426 | 135 | .317 | 5 | 66 |
| OF | Jo-Jo Moore | 142 | 580 | 180 | .310 | 6 | 57 |

#### 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 |
| Harry Danning | 93 | 292 | 84 | .288 | 8 | 51 |
| Wally Berger | 59 | 199 | 58 | .291 | 12 | 43 |
| Sam Leslie | 72 | 191 | 59 | .309 | 3 | 30 |
| Hank Leiber | 51 | 184 | 54 | .293 | 4 | 32 |
| Kiddo Davis | 56 | 76 | 20 | .263 | 0 | 9 |
| Blondy Ryan | 21 | 75 | 18 | .240 | 1 | 13 |
| Mickey Haslin | 27 | 42 | 8 | .190 | 0 | 5 |
| Ed Madjeski | 5 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
| Phil Weintraub | 6 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 1 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Carl Hubbell | 39 | 32 | 261.2 | 22 | 8 | 3.20 | 159 |
| Cliff Melton | 46 | 27 | 248.0 | 20 | 9 | 2.61 | 142 |
| Hal Schumacher | 38 | 29 | 217.2 | 13 | 12 | 3.60 | 100 |
| Harry Gumbert | 34 | 24 | 200.1 | 10 | 11 | 3.68 | 65 |
| Slick Castleman | 23 | 23 | 160.1 | 11 | 6 | 3.31 | 78 |
| Hy Vandenberg | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.88 | 2 |
| Ben Cantwell | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Al Smith | 33 | 85.2 | 5 | 4 | 4.20 | 41 |
| Freddie Fitzsimmons | 6 | 27.1 | 2 | 2 | 4.61 | 13 |
| Bill Lohrman | 2 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.90 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Dick Coffman | 42 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3.04 | 30 |
| Tom Baker | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.06 | 11 |
| Don Brennan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |
| Frank Gabler | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | 3 |
| Jumbo Brown | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.04 | 4 |

## 1937 World Series
### Game 1

October 6, 1937, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | x | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| W: Lefty Gomez (1–0) L: Carl Hubbell (0–1) |||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Tony Lazzeri (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 2

October 7, 1937, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York (N) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | x | 8 | 12 | 0 |
| W: Red Ruffing (1–0) L: Cliff Melton (0–1) |||||||||||||

### Game 3

October 8, 1937, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York (A) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| W: Monte Pearson (1–0) L: Hal Schumacher (0–1) S: Johnny Murphy (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 4

October 9, 1937, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York (A) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| New York (N) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 7 | 12 | 3 |
| W: Carl Hubbell (1–1) L: Bump Hadley (0–1) |||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Lou Gehrig (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 5

October 10, 1937, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York (A) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| W: Lefty Gomez (2–0) L: Cliff Melton (0–2) |||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Myril Hoag (1), Joe DiMaggio (1) NYG – Mel Ott (1) |||||||||||||

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Jersey City Giants | International League | Travis Jackson |
| B | Richmond Colts | Piedmont League | Eddie Mooers |
| C | Greenwood Giants | Cotton States League | Frank Brazill |
| D | Crisfield Crabbers | Eastern Shore League | Dan Pasquella and Bob Clark |
| D | Blytheville Giants | Northeast Arkansas League | Herschel Bobo |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Blytheville