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1937 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 80–72 (.526) | |
League place | 5th (21 GB) | |
Owners | Tom Yawkey | |
President | Tom Yawkey | |
General managers | Eddie Collins | |
Managers | Joe Cronin | |
Radio | WAAB (Fred Hoey) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1937 Boston Red Sox season was the 37th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fifth in the American League (AL) with a record of 80 wins and 72 losses, 21 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1937 World Series.
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 102 | 52 | 0.662 | — | 57–20 | 45–32 |
Detroit Tigers | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | 13 | 49–28 | 40–37 |
Chicago White Sox | 86 | 68 | 0.558 | 16 | 47–30 | 39–38 |
Cleveland Indians | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 19 | 50–28 | 33–43 |
Boston Red Sox | 80 | 72 | 0.526 | 21 | 44–29 | 36–43 |
Washington Senators | 73 | 80 | 0.477 | 28½ | 43–35 | 30–45 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 54 | 97 | 0.358 | 46½ | 27–50 | 27–47 |
St. Louis Browns | 46 | 108 | 0.299 | 56 | 25–51 | 21–57 |
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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 | — |
9 | Bobby Doerr | 2B |
8 | Doc Cramer | CF |
19 | Fabian Gaffke | RF |
4 | Joe Cronin | SS |
5 | Pinky Higgins | 3B |
2 | Rick Ferrell | C |
7 | Buster Mills | LF |
1 | Mel Almada | 1B |
12 | Wes Ferrell | P |
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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 |
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C | Gene Desautels | 96 | 305 | 74 | .243 | 0 | 27 |
1B | Jimmie Foxx | 150 | 569 | 162 | .285 | 36 | 127 |
2B | Eric McNair | 126 | 455 | 133 | .292 | 12 | 76 |
SS | Joe Cronin | 148 | 570 | 175 | .307 | 18 | 110 |
3B | Pinky Higgins | 153 | 570 | 172 | .302 | 9 | 106 |
OF | Doc Cramer | 133 | 560 | 171 | .305 | 0 | 51 |
OF | Ben Chapman | 113 | 423 | 130 | .307 | 7 | 57 |
OF | Buster Mills | 123 | 505 | 149 | .295 | 7 | 58 |
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 |
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Fabian Gaffke | 54 | 184 | 53 | .288 | 6 | 34 |
Dom Dallessandro | 68 | 147 | 34 | .231 | 0 | 11 |
Bobby Doerr | 55 | 147 | 33 | .224 | 2 | 14 |
Moe Berg | 47 | 141 | 36 | .255 | 0 | 20 |
Mel Almada | 32 | 110 | 26 | .236 | 1 | 9 |
Rick Ferrell | 18 | 65 | 20 | .308 | 1 | 4 |
Ski Melillo | 26 | 56 | 14 | .250 | 0 | 6 |
Johnny Peacock | 9 | 32 | 10 | .313 | 0 | 6 |
Stew Bowers | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Bob Daughters | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Lefty Grove | 32 | 262.0 | 17 | 9 | 3.02 | 153 |
Bobo Newsom | 30 | 207.2 | 13 | 10 | 4.46 | 127 |
Wes Ferrell | 12 | 73.1 | 3 | 6 | 7.61 | 31 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jack Wilson | 51 | 221.1 | 16 | 10 | 3.70 | 137 |
Johnny Marcum | 37 | 183.2 | 13 | 11 | 4.85 | 59 |
Archie McKain | 36 | 137.0 | 8 | 8 | 4.66 | 66 |
Rube Walberg | 32 | 104.2 | 5 | 7 | 5.59 | 46 |
Fritz Ostermueller | 25 | 86.2 | 3 | 7 | 4.98 | 29 |
Joe Gonzales | 8 | 31.0 | 1 | 2 | 4.35 | 11 |
Jim Henry | 3 | 15.1 | 1 | 0 | 5.28 | 8 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Ted Olson | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.24 | 11 |
Tommy Thomas | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.09 | 4 |
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