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1937 American League

1937 > Class Major League > League History
Overall: 622 games, 8 teams, approx. 155 games in season
Attendance: 123,121 (197/game)
Other Years: 1936 / 1938
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1936 / 1938

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1936 / 1938

League Standings

Regular Season

154 games
Tm W L W-L% GB
New York Yankees 102 52 .662 --
Detroit Tigers 89 65 .578 13
Chicago White Sox 86 68 .558 16
Cleveland Indians 83 71 .539 19
Boston Red Sox 80 72 .526 21
Washington Senators 73 80 .477 28.5
Philadelphia Athletics 54 97 .358 46.5
St. Louis Browns 46 108 .299 56

League Batting

Tm Aff BatAge R/G G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
New York Yankees NYY 28.5 6.24 157 6291 5487 979 1554 282 73 174 922 60 36 709 607 .283 .369 .456 .825 2504 34 61
Detroit Tigers DET 29.0 6.03 155 6264 5516 935 1611 309 62 150 873 89 45 656 711 .292 .370 .452 .822 2494 22 70
Boston Red Sox BOS 28.6 5.33 154 6084 5354 821 1506 269 64 100 769 79 61 601 557 .281 .357 .411 .768 2203 26 103
Cleveland Indians CLE 28.6 5.24 156 6040 5353 817 1499 304 76 103 754 78 51 570 551 .280 .352 .423 .775 2264 21 96
Chicago White Sox CHW 29.8 5.06 154 5956 5277 780 1478 280 76 67 726 70 34 549 447 .280 .350 .400 .750 2111 19 111
Washington Senators WSH 27.9 4.79 158 6259 5578 757 1559 245 84 47 691 61 35 591 503 .279 .351 .379 .730 2113 23 67
St. Louis Browns SLB 28.4 4.58 156 6123 5510 715 1573 327 44 71 682 30 27 514 510 .285 .348 .399 .747 2201 14 85
Philadelphia Athletics PHA 26.9 4.54 154 5886 5228 699 1398 278 60 94 649 95 48 583 557 .267 .341 .397 .739 2078 5 70
League Totals 28.5 5.23 1244 48903 43303 6503 12178 2294 539 806 6066 562 337 4773 4443 .281 .355 .415 .770 17968 164 663

League Pitching

Tm Aff PitchAge R/G W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
New York Yankees NYY 29.9 4.27 102 52 .662 3.65 157 157 75 82 15 21 1396.0 1417 671 566 92 506 652 12 2 16 6015 1.378 9.1 0.6 3.3 4.2 1.29
Chicago White Sox CHW 29.3 4.74 86 68 .558 4.17 154 154 84 70 15 21 1351.1 1435 730 626 115 532 533 17 1 24 5890 1.456 9.6 0.8 3.5 3.5 1.00
Cleveland Indians CLE 29.2 4.92 83 71 .539 4.39 156 156 92 64 4 15 1364.2 1529 768 666 61 566 630 25 4 18 6048 1.535 10.1 0.4 3.7 4.2 1.11
Boston Red Sox BOS 29.9 5.03 80 72 .526 4.48 154 154 80 74 6 14 1366.0 1518 775 680 92 597 682 15 3 22 6132 1.548 10.0 0.6 3.9 4.5 1.14
Washington Senators WSH 28.6 5.32 73 80 .477 4.58 158 158 83 75 5 14 1398.2 1498 841 711 96 671 524 22 4 23 6217 1.551 9.6 0.6 4.3 3.4 0.78
Detroit Tigers DET 27.4 5.43 89 65 .578 4.87 155 155 85 70 6 11 1378.0 1521 841 746 102 635 485 24 4 24 6181 1.565 9.9 0.7 4.1 3.2 0.76
Philadelphia Athletics PHA 26.2 5.55 54 97 .358 4.85 154 154 89 65 6 9 1335.0 1490 854 720 105 613 469 19 3 40 6032 1.575 10.0 0.7 4.1 3.2 0.77
St. Louis Browns SLB 30.3 6.56 46 108 .299 6.00 156 156 101 55 2 8 1363.0 1768 1023 909 143 653 468 30 0 34 6388 1.776 11.7 0.9 4.3 3.1 0.72
League Totals 28.8 5.23 613 613 .500 4.62 1244 1244 689 555 59 113 10952.2 12176 6503 5624 806 4773 4443 164 21 201 48903 1.547 10.0 0.7 3.9 3.7 0.93

League Fielding

Tm Aff G CG PO A E DP Fld% PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Attendance Managers
Detroit Tigers DET 155 4134 1825 147 149 .976 19 75 35 32% Del Baker, Mickey Cochrane and Cy Perkins
Cleveland Indians CLE 156 4094 1863 159 153 .974 8 81 54 40% Steve O'Neill
New York Yankees NYY 157 4188 1752 170 134 .972 7 52 39 43% Joe McCarthy
Washington Senators WSH 158 4196 1771 170 181 .972 13 74 51 41% Bucky Harris
St. Louis Browns SLB 156 4089 1895 173 166 .972 8 84 45 35% 123,121 Rogers Hornsby and Jim Bottomley
Chicago White Sox CHW 154 4054 1857 174 173 .971 10 59 43 42% Jimmy Dykes
Boston Red Sox BOS 154 4099 1656 177 139 .970 9 62 32 34% Joe Cronin
Philadelphia Athletics PHA 154 4005 1724 198 150 .967 15 75 38 34% Connie Mack and Earle Mack
League Totals 1244 32859 14343 1368 1245 .972 89 562 337 37% 123,121