# 1937 Cleveland Indians season

The 1937 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 83–71, 19 games behind the New York Yankees.

## Regular season

* April 20, 1937: Gee Walker of the Detroit Tigers' became the first (and to date only) man to hit for the cycle on Opening Day. Walker did it in reverse order (home run, triple, double, single) to lead the Tigers past the Indians 4–3 on April 20, 1937.

### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 102 | 52 | .662 | — | 57‍–‍20 | 45‍–‍32 |
| Detroit Tigers | 89 | 65 | .578 | 13 | 49‍–‍28 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Chicago White Sox | 86 | 68 | .558 | 16 | 47‍–‍30 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Cleveland Indians | 83 | 71 | .539 | 19 | 50‍–‍28 | 33‍–‍43 |
| Boston Red Sox | 80 | 72 | .526 | 21 | 44‍–‍29 | 36‍–‍43 |
| Washington Senators | 73 | 80 | .477 | 28½ | 43‍–‍35 | 30‍–‍45 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 54 | 97 | .358 | 46½ | 27‍–‍50 | 27‍–‍47 |
| St. Louis Browns | 46 | 108 | .299 | 56 | 25‍–‍51 | 21‍–‍57 |

### Record vs. opponents

1937 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10–1 | 7–15 | 17–3 | 15–7 | 8–14–1 |
| Chicago | 12–10 | — | 10–12 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 18–4 | 14–8 |
| Cleveland | 11–11 | 12–10 | — | 11–11 | 7–15–1 | 13–9 | 18–4–1 | 11–11 |
| Detroit | 10–12–1 | 14–8 | 11–11 | — | 9–13 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 16–6 |
| New York | 15–7 | 13–9 | 15–7–1 | 13–9 | — | 14–8 | 16–6–1 | 16–6–1 |
| Philadelphia | 3–17 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 8–14 | — | 11–11 | 8–13–3 |
| St. Louis | 7–15 | 4–18 | 4–18–1 | 7–15 | 6–16–1 | 11–11 | — | 7–15 |
| Washington | 14–8–1 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 6–16–1 | 13–8–3 | 15–7 | — |

### 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 | Frankie Pytlak | 125 | 397 | 125 | .315 | 1 | 44 |
| 1B | Hal Trosky | 153 | 601 | 179 | .298 | 32 | 128 |
| 2B | John Kroner | 86 | 283 | 67 | .237 | 2 | 26 |
| SS | Lyn Lary | 156 | 644 | 187 | .290 | 8 | 77 |
| 3B | Odell Hale | 154 | 561 | 150 | .267 | 6 | 82 |
| OF | Moose Solters | 152 | 589 | 190 | .323 | 20 | 109 |
| OF | Bruce Campbell | 134 | 448 | 135 | .301 | 4 | 61 |
| OF | Earl Averill | 156 | 609 | 182 | .299 | 21 | 92 |

#### 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 Hughes | 104 | 346 | 96 | .277 | 1 | 40 |
| Billy Sullivan | 72 | 168 | 48 | .286 | 3 | 22 |
| Roy Weatherly | 53 | 134 | 27 | .201 | 5 | 13 |
| Jeff Heath | 20 | 61 | 14 | .230 | 0 | 8 |
| Joe Becker | 18 | 33 | 11 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
| Hugh Alexander | 7 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
| Blas Monaco | 5 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 2 |
| Ken Keltner | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Sodd | 1 | 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 |
| Mel Harder | 38 | 233.2 | 15 | 12 | 4.28 | 95 |
| Denny Galehouse | 36 | 200.2 | 9 | 14 | 4.57 | 78 |
| Willis Hudlin | 35 | 175.2 | 12 | 11 | 4.10 | 31 |
| Johnny Allen | 24 | 173.0 | 15 | 1 | 2.55 | 87 |
| Bob Feller | 26 | 148.2 | 9 | 7 | 3.39 | 150 |
| Earl Whitehill | 33 | 147.0 | 8 | 8 | 6.49 | 53 |

#### 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 |
| Ken Jungels | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Carl Fischer | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Heving | 40 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4.83 | 35 |
| Lloyd Brown | 31 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6.55 | 32 |
| Whit Wyatt | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.44 | 52 |
| Ivy Andrews | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4.37 | 16 |

## Awards and honors

All Star Game
Earl Averill, outfielder (starter)
Mel Harder, pitcher

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Milwaukee Brewers | American Association | Allen Sothoron |
| A1 | New Orleans Pelicans | Southern Association | Larry Gilbert |
| B | Montgomery Bombers | Southeastern League | Ken Penner, Harry Griswold and Bud Connolly |
| C | Oswego Netherlands | Canadian–American League | Riley Parker |
| C | Springfield Indians | Middle Atlantic League | Earl Wolgamot |
| D | Troy Trojans | Alabama–Florida League | Charlie Moss |
| D | Hopkinsville Hoppers | KITTY League | Red Smith |
| D | Owensboro Oilers | KITTY League | Hughie Wise |
| D | Newton-Conover Twins | North Carolina State League | Phil Lundeen, Buz Phillips and Ray Lindsey |
| D | Fargo-Moorhead Twins | Northern League | Jack Knight |
| D | Wausau Lumberjacks | Northern League | Dickey Kerr |