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1937 Major League Baseball Retirements

1936 MLB  / 1938 MLB  Retirements

Batting

Pitchers Below
Rk Yrs From To ASG WAR/pos G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Last Game Age
1 Hugh Alexander 1 1937 1937 0 -0.22 7 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .091 .091 .091 .182 Sep 22 20.074
2 Bob Allen 1 1937 1937 0 0.02 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 Oct 2 23.092
3 Bill Andrus 2 1931 1937 0 -0.23 6 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 11 29.290
4 Fred Archer 2 1936 1937 0 0.09 7 17 15 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .267 .353 .267 .620 Sep 9 27.186
5 Ed Baecht 6 1926 1937 0 -0.16 64 45 42 4 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .190 .190 .190 .381 Sep 3 30.111
6 Joe Becker 2 1936 1937 0 -0.06 40 92 83 8 20 5 2 1 13 0 0 8 8 .241 .315 .386 .701 Sep 14 29.081
7 Ralph Birkofer 5 1933 1937 0 0.68 134 213 207 18 50 7 1 0 22 0 3 39 .242 .256 .285 .541 Jul 11 28.248
8 Sheriff Blake 10 1920 1937 0 -0.94 310 602 558 46 118 5 1 0 30 0 1 14 91 .211 .233 .224 .457 Sep 26 38.009
9 John Bottarini 1 1937 1937 0 0.15 26 46 40 3 11 3 0 1 7 0 5 10 .275 .370 .425 .795 Sep 9 28.360
10 Jim Bottomley HOF 16 1922 1937 0 35.35 1991 8354 7471 1177 2313 465 151 219 1422 58 15 664 591 .310 .369 .500 .869 Sep 16 37.146
11 Stew Bowers 3 1935 1937 0 0.01 18 6 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533 May 18 22.081
12 Don Brennan 5 1933 1937 0 -0.30 141 123 110 7 17 2 0 0 6 0 0 6 45 .155 .205 .173 .378 Sep 29 33.301
13 Gus Brittain 1 1937 1937 0 -0.07 3 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 Sep 15 27.290
14 Lindsay Brown 1 1937 1937 0 -0.45 48 121 115 16 31 3 1 0 6 1 3 17 .270 .288 .313 .601 Oct 3 26.073
15 Bobby Burke 10 1927 1937 0 -0.29 260 311 278 24 54 7 2 0 21 0 0 11 42 .194 .225 .234 .459 May 4 30.101
16 Tom Cafego 1 1937 1937 0 -0.11 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 9 26.019
17 Ben Cantwell 11 1927 1937 0 1.24 340 537 503 46 116 9 2 0 31 1 12 57 .231 .249 .256 .505 Sep 23 35.163
18 Johnnie Chambers 1 1937 1937 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 14 25.246
19 Italo Chelini 3 1935 1937 0 -0.14 24 38 35 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 .171 .237 .171 .408 May 13 22.215
20 Harry Chozen 1 1937 1937 0 -0.02 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 Sep 21 21.359
21 George Cisar 1 1937 1937 0 -0.33 20 31 29 8 6 0 0 0 4 3 2 6 .207 .258 .207 .465 Oct 3 27.039
22 Watty Clark 12 1924 1937 0 0.13 357 657 598 49 117 11 3 1 38 0 0 33 81 .196 .238 .229 .467 May 9 34.358
23 Flea Clifton 4 1934 1937 0 -1.22 87 219 195 27 39 7 0 0 13 5 2 17 28 .200 .268 .236 .504 Jul 1 28.201
24 Mickey Cochrane HOF 13 1925 1937 2 52.08 1482 6207 5169 1041 1652 333 64 119 832 64 45 857 217 .320 .419 .478 .897 May 25 34.049
25 Syd Cohen 3 1934 1937 0 -0.17 56 34 33 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .152 .176 .152 .328 Sep 9 31.125
26 Larry Crawford 1 1937 1937 0 0.00 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aug 20 23.115
27 Jake Daniel 1 1937 1937 0 -0.18 12 30 27 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 3 4 .185 .267 .222 .489 Aug 7 26.107
28 Bob Daughters 1 1937 1937 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 24 22.262
29 Harry Davis 3 1932 1937 0 -1.07 327 1397 1213 205 320 65 18 7 123 21 16 153 87 .264 .347 .364 .712 Oct 2 29.209
30 Joe Dwyer 1 1937 1937 0 0.01 12 12 11 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .273 .333 .273 .606 May 17 34.051
31 Charlie English 4 1932 1937 0 0.26 50 140 136 10 39 8 2 1 13 0 0 4 10 .287 .307 .397 .704 Oct 3 27.178
32 Herman Fink 3 1935 1937 0 -0.59 67 96 93 1 14 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 25 .151 .177 .161 .338 Sep 27 26.036
33 Carl Fischer 7 1930 1937 0 -1.53 191 297 262 13 38 5 0 0 10 0 0 12 60 .145 .182 .164 .347 Jul 2 31.239
34 Frankie Frisch HOF 19 1919 1937 3 70.38 2311 10099 9112 1532 2880 466 138 105 1244 419 74 728 272 .316 .369 .432 .801 Aug 5 38.330
35 Sid Gautreaux 2 1936 1937 0 0.09 86 92 81 8 20 4 0 0 18 0 10 8 .247 .337 .296 .633 May 20 25.016
36 Paul Gehrman 1 1937 1937 0 -0.05 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 16 25.136
37 Joe Gonzales 1 1937 1937 0 -0.21 8 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Oct 3 22.198
38 Earl Grace 8 1929 1937 0 6.95 627 2087 1877 169 493 83 10 31 251 1 185 130 .263 .331 .367 .698 Oct 3 30.221
39 Milt Gray 1 1937 1937 0 -0.15 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 28 23.096
40 Chick Hafey HOF 13 1924 1937 1 30.13 1283 5115 4625 777 1466 341 67 164 833 70 7 372 477 .317 .372 .526 .898 Sep 30 34.230
41 Jesse Haines HOF 19 1918 1937 0 -3.09 560 1214 1124 76 209 23 2 3 79 2 0 30 246 .186 .208 .218 .426 Sep 10 44.050
42 Clyde Hatter 2 1935 1937 0 0.01 11 15 13 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .231 .286 .231 .516 May 10 28.276
43 Jesse Hill 3 1935 1937 0 3.14 295 1091 959 175 277 53 12 6 108 43 8 115 91 .289 .366 .388 .753 Oct 3 30.256
44 Shanty Hogan 13 1925 1937 0 15.98 989 3474 3180 288 939 146 12 61 474 6 2 220 188 .295 .348 .406 .754 Jun 13 31.084
45 Rogers Hornsby HOF 23 1915 1937 0 126.97 2259 9480 8173 1579 2930 541 169 301 1584 135 64 1038 679 .358 .434 .577 1.010 Jul 20 41.084
46 Ben Huffman 1 1937 1937 0 0.04 76 189 176 18 48 9 0 1 24 1 0 10 7 .273 .323 .341 .664 Oct 2 23.076
47 Orville Jorgens 3 1935 1937 0 -0.73 144 171 157 10 23 2 0 0 9 0 8 38 .146 .188 .159 .347 Sep 29 29.117
48 Pinky Jorgensen 1 1937 1937 0 -0.02 6 16 14 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .286 .333 .286 .619 Sep 30 22.313
49 Bill Kalfass 1 1937 1937 0 -0.08 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Oct 2 21.213
50 Nub Kleinke 2 1935 1937 0 -0.18 9 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 Oct 3 26.137
51 Elmer Klumpp 2 1934 1937 0 -0.41 17 28 26 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .115 .179 .115 .294 May 3 30.250
52 Lou Koupal 6 1925 1937 0 -1.10 102 110 104 6 11 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 20 .106 .123 .125 .248 Sep 26 38.281
53 Jim Lindsey 9 1922 1937 0 -0.46 177 106 97 6 18 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 23 .186 .194 .216 .410 Sep 27 41.246
54 Nig Lipscomb 1 1937 1937 0 0.19 36 109 96 11 31 9 1 0 8 0 0 11 10 .323 .398 .438 .836 Sep 20 26.208
55 Jerry Lynn 1 1937 1937 0 0.10 1 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 Sep 19 21.158
56 Ed Madjeski 4 1932 1937 0 -1.22 166 508 481 58 116 19 2 5 56 2 0 21 61 .241 .274 .320 .595 Oct 3 29.075
57 Frank Makosky 1 1937 1937 0 0.10 26 18 16 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .313 .353 .313 .665 Sep 30 27.253
58 Tony Malinosky 1 1937 1937 0 -0.30 35 89 79 7 18 2 0 0 3 0 9 11 .228 .307 .253 .560 Jul 16 27.282
59 Pat Malone 10 1928 1937 0 -1.09 357 752 688 58 129 11 0 9 61 0 1 24 149 .188 .215 .243 .458 Sep 28 35.003
60 Beauty McGowan 5 1922 1937 0 1.89 375 1427 1208 174 316 58 16 6 108 17 11 154 122 .262 .347 .351 .698 May 13 35.186
61 Dutch Mele 1 1937 1937 0 -0.23 6 15 14 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 .143 .200 .214 .414 Oct 3 22.265
62 Ski Melillo 12 1926 1937 0 0.17 1377 5537 5063 590 1316 210 64 22 547 69 64 327 306 .260 .306 .340 .646 Sep 18 38.045
63 John Mihalic 3 1935 1937 0 0.58 69 252 217 32 53 10 3 0 22 5 2 33 26 .244 .344 .318 .662 Sep 12 25.303
64 Bill Miller 1 1937 1937 0 -0.02 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Oct 2 27.173
65 Randy Moore 10 1927 1937 0 4.33 749 2450 2253 258 627 110 17 27 308 11 2 158 85 .278 .326 .378 .705 Sep 7 31.078
66 Eddie Morgan 2 1936 1937 0 -0.28 39 79 66 8 14 3 0 1 8 0 11 11 .212 .325 .303 .628 Jul 23 22.246
67 Doyt Morris 1 1937 1937 0 -0.20 6 13 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .154 .154 .154 .308 Sep 22 21.069
68 Arnie Moser 1 1937 1937 0 -0.12 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jul 3 21.328
69 Leo Norris 2 1936 1937 0 -0.59 270 1055 962 109 252 51 7 20 112 7 60 132 .262 .307 .392 .699 Oct 3 29.139
70 Bruce Ogrodowski 2 1936 1937 0 -1.04 184 548 516 65 119 25 4 4 51 2 21 37 .231 .263 .318 .581 Oct 3 25.228
71 Jim Peterson 3 1931 1937 0 -0.01 41 33 29 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 12 .172 .273 .207 .480 Apr 24 28.249
72 Leon Pettit 2 1935 1937 0 0.08 44 36 25 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 8 .080 .343 .080 .423 Jun 8 34.350
73 Jack Rothrock 11 1925 1937 0 3.88 1014 3721 3350 498 924 162 35 28 327 76 33 299 312 .276 .336 .370 .706 Oct 2 32.202
74 Alex Sabo 2 1936 1937 0 0.02 5 8 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750 Aug 1 27.168
75 Fred Schulte 11 1927 1937 0 15.47 1179 4808 4259 686 1241 249 54 47 593 56 58 462 361 .291 .362 .408 .770 Oct 3 36.263
76 Bob Smith 15 1923 1937 0 2.43 742 1793 1689 154 409 64 17 5 166 16 13 52 110 .242 .265 .309 .574 Aug 6 42.106
77 Bill Sodd 1 1937 1937 0 -0.03 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 27 23.009
78 Vic Sorrell 10 1928 1937 0 -3.22 281 626 553 35 77 10 1 0 28 0 1 35 144 .139 .190 .161 .351 Jun 3 36.055
79 Walter Stephenson 3 1935 1937 0 -0.04 32 64 61 3 17 1 1 0 5 0 3 13 .279 .313 .328 .640 Sep 30 26.187
80 Bill Strickland 1 1937 1937 0 -0.05 9 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 Sep 8 29.163
81 Fred Tauby 2 1935 1937 0 -1.00 24 56 52 7 4 1 0 0 5 1 0 2 8 .077 .111 .096 .207 Jun 2 31.067
82 Tommy Thomas 12 1926 1937 0 -0.41 399 822 722 57 141 18 1 3 71 0 1 40 152 .195 .238 .235 .473 Sep 27 37.278
83 Pie Traynor HOF 17 1920 1937 2 36.15 1941 8297 7559 1183 2416 371 164 58 1273 158 46 472 278 .320 .362 .435 .797 Aug 14 38.276
84 Frank Trechock 1 1937 1937 0 0.05 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Sep 19 21.269
85 George Turbeville 3 1935 1937 0 -0.28 62 62 59 3 10 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 12 .169 .183 .203 .387 Sep 29 23.036
86 Billy Urbanski 7 1931 1937 0 5.80 763 3345 3046 379 791 123 27 19 207 24 198 252 .260 .309 .337 .646 Apr 23 33.322
87 Rube Walberg 15 1923 1937 0 -2.08 547 1005 905 78 162 26 5 4 84 2 1 48 179 .179 .220 .232 .452 Oct 2 41.067
88 Link Wasem 1 1937 1937 0 -0.02 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 23 26.113
89 Abe White 1 1937 1937 0 0.06 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 Jul 18 33.063
90 Eddie Wilson 2 1936 1937 0 0.81 88 261 227 39 72 12 2 4 33 4 31 39 .317 .404 .441 .844 Oct 2 28.025

Pitching

Batters Above
Rk Yrs From To ASG WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF Last Game Age
1 Bob Allen 1 1937 1937 0 -0.42 0 1 .000 6.75 3 1 1 0 0 0 12.0 18 12 9 2 8 8 0 0 0 64 Oct 2 23.092
2 Fred Archer 2 1936 1937 0 -0.01 2 3 .400 6.35 7 5 1 2 0 0 39.2 45 30 28 3 15 11 3 0 0 177 Sep 9 27.186
3 Ed Baecht 6 1926 1937 0 -0.65 5 6 .455 5.56 64 9 27 3 0 0 160.1 200 116 99 9 78 61 11 0 5 755 Sep 3 30.111
4 Ralph Birkofer 5 1933 1937 0 2.45 31 28 .525 4.19 132 63 45 24 2 2 544.0 618 316 253 24 175 224 17 0 8 2420 Jul 11 28.248
5 Sheriff Blake 10 1920 1937 0 12.19 87 102 .460 4.13 304 195 60 81 11 8 1620.0 1766 876 744 68 740 621 30 0 35 7150 Sep 26 38.009
6 Stew Bowers 3 1935 1937 0 0.09 2 1 .667 4.60 15 2 10 1 0 0 29.1 36 21 15 2 19 5 0 0 0 143 May 18 22.081
7 Don Brennan 5 1933 1937 0 1.37 21 12 .636 4.19 141 26 65 7 1 19 397.0 436 232 185 14 180 172 7 3 7 1773 Sep 29 33.301
8 Bobby Burke 10 1927 1937 0 7.58 38 46 .452 4.29 254 88 94 27 4 5 918.2 926 506 438 35 360 299 24 3 16 3983 May 4 30.101
9 Ben Cantwell 11 1927 1937 0 13.75 76 108 .413 3.91 316 163 113 75 6 21 1534.0 1640 778 666 90 382 348 23 0 19 6527 Sep 23 35.163
10 Johnnie Chambers 1 1937 1937 0 -0.26 0 0 18.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 5 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 13 May 14 25.246
11 Italo Chelini 3 1935 1937 0 0.54 4 4 .500 5.83 24 6 11 5 0 0 97.1 122 68 63 11 34 20 2 0 1 442 May 13 22.215
12 Watty Clark 12 1924 1937 0 26.22 111 97 .534 3.66 355 209 84 91 14 16 1747.1 1897 836 711 86 383 643 17 2 21 7441 May 9 34.358
13 Syd Cohen 3 1934 1937 0 0.41 3 7 .300 4.54 55 3 32 2 0 5 109.0 133 72 55 7 37 49 3 2 4 483 Sep 9 31.125
14 Larry Crawford 1 1937 1937 0 -0.53 0 0 15.00 6 0 5 0 0 0 6.0 12 10 10 2 1 2 0 0 0 32 Aug 20 23.115
15 Herman Fink 3 1935 1937 0 1.99 10 20 .333 5.22 67 30 22 10 0 4 284.1 322 188 165 24 123 73 2 2 4 1275 Sep 27 26.036
16 Carl Fischer 7 1930 1937 0 6.76 46 50 .479 4.63 191 105 46 31 3 11 823.0 900 471 423 53 372 376 11 6 20 3678 Jul 2 31.239
17 Paul Gehrman 1 1937 1937 0 -0.28 0 1 .000 2.89 2 1 1 0 0 0 9.1 11 8 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 44 Sep 16 25.136
18 Joe Gonzales 1 1937 1937 0 0.66 1 2 .333 4.35 8 2 3 2 0 0 31.0 37 16 15 1 11 11 0 0 0 140 Oct 3 22.198
19 Jesse Haines HOF 19 1918 1937 0 35.72 210 158 .571 3.64 555 386 95 208 23 10 3208.2 3460 1556 1298 165 871 981 57 6 55 13644 Sep 10 44.050
20 Clyde Hatter 2 1935 1937 0 -1.41 1 0 1.000 8.44 11 2 4 0 0 0 42.2 61 45 40 2 41 19 2 0 0 226 May 10 28.276
21 Orville Jorgens 3 1935 1937 0 3.68 21 27 .438 4.70 144 54 36 11 0 5 496.1 571 322 259 40 233 149 20 1 15 2264 Sep 29 29.117
22 Bill Kalfass 1 1937 1937 0 0.40 1 0 1.000 3.00 3 1 2 1 0 0 12.0 10 4 4 0 10 9 0 0 0 54 Oct 2 21.213
23 Nub Kleinke 2 1935 1937 0 -0.20 1 1 .500 4.86 9 4 2 1 0 0 33.1 44 22 18 1 10 14 0 0 0 144 Oct 3 26.137
24 Lou Koupal 6 1925 1937 0 -0.53 10 21 .323 5.58 101 34 40 12 0 7 335.1 436 255 208 23 156 87 5 0 11 1560 Sep 26 38.281
25 Jim Lindsey 9 1922 1937 0 2.32 21 20 .512 4.70 177 20 80 5 1 19 431.0 507 261 225 25 176 175 12 3 9 1943 Sep 27 41.246
26 Nig Lipscomb 1 1937 1937 0 -0.11 0 0 6.52 3 0 3 0 0 0 9.2 13 9 7 3 5 1 0 0 0 45 Sep 20 26.208
27 Frank Makosky 1 1937 1937 0 -0.35 5 2 .714 4.97 26 1 15 1 0 3 58.0 64 42 32 6 24 27 0 0 1 265 Sep 30 27.253
28 Pat Malone 10 1928 1937 0 20.89 134 92 .593 3.74 357 219 107 115 15 26 1915.0 1934 936 795 103 705 1024 45 2 51 8276 Sep 28 35.003
29 Bill Miller 1 1937 1937 0 -0.20 0 1 .000 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 6 6 1 4 1 1 0 0 24 Oct 2 27.173
30 Jim Peterson 3 1931 1937 0 -0.46 2 6 .250 5.27 41 6 17 1 0 0 109.1 140 79 64 9 42 29 0 1 4 508 Apr 24 28.249
31 Leon Pettit 2 1935 1937 0 0.77 8 6 .571 5.18 44 8 24 1 0 3 113.0 135 70 65 7 62 45 4 0 2 522 Jun 8 34.350
32 Jack Rothrock 11 1925 1937 0 0.07 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Oct 2 32.202
33 Bob Smith 15 1923 1937 0 24.55 106 139 .433 3.94 435 229 156 128 16 40 2246.1 2472 1139 983 132 670 618 18 4 11 9651 Aug 6 42.106
34 Vic Sorrell 10 1928 1937 0 20.49 92 101 .477 4.43 280 216 41 95 8 10 1671.2 1820 949 823 100 706 619 20 0 25 7403 Jun 3 36.055
35 Bill Strickland 1 1937 1937 0 -0.10 0 0 5.91 9 0 6 0 0 0 21.1 28 18 14 2 15 6 2 0 0 100 Sep 8 29.163
36 Tommy Thomas 12 1926 1937 0 26.31 117 128 .478 4.11 398 267 86 128 15 12 2176.1 2341 1185 995 144 712 736 24 6 23 9456 Sep 27 37.278
37 George Turbeville 3 1935 1937 0 -0.75 2 12 .143 6.14 62 15 30 4 0 0 184.2 196 144 126 10 157 47 6 1 21 875 Sep 29 23.036
38 Rube Walberg 15 1923 1937 0 38.33 155 141 .524 4.16 544 306 146 139 15 32 2644.0 2795 1423 1223 163 1031 1085 27 2 40 11531 Oct 2 41.067
39 Abe White 1 1937 1937 0 -0.09 0 1 .000 6.75 5 0 2 0 0 0 9.1 14 7 7 1 3 2 0 0 1 44 Jul 18 33.063
Totals 213 1918 1937 0 241.19 1323 1344 .496 4.14 5152 2677 1515 1211 134 258 24087.1 26172 13032 11078 1368 8558 8599 393 44 409 105078


1936 MLB  / 1938 MLB  Retirements