1937 Major League Team Statistics

Other Leagues: AL, NAL, NL, NN2

World Series Champion: New York Yankees

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Negro League teams are presented with both league-only and overall records against top Black clubs. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black clubs. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. Negro Leagues Data: Frequently Asked Questions

Major League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Major League Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	W	L	Ties	W-L%	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	Kansas City Monarchs	52	18	1	.743	6.5	3.2	3.3					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
2	Homestead Grays	41	17	0	.707	8.4	4.6	3.8					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
3	New York Yankees	102	52	3	.662	6.2	4.3	2.0	-0.3	1.7	103-51	-1	57-20	45-32	7-4	23-20	73-34	29-18	56-32	46-20
4	New York Giants	95	57	0	.625	4.8	4.0	0.9	-0.1	0.7	89-63	6	50-25	45-32	8-6	29-18	69-40	26-17	50-36	45-21
5	Cincinnati Tigers	34	20	1	.630	5.4	4.2	1.2					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
6	Newark Eagles	36	22	2	.621	6.4	5.4	1.0					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
7	Chicago Cubs	93	61	0	.604	5.3	4.4	0.8	-0.1	0.7	89-65	4	46-32	47-29	6-4	20-20	70-43	23-18	51-37	42-24
8	Detroit Tigers	89	65	1	.578	6.0	5.4	0.6	-0.1	0.5	84-70	5	49-28	40-37	10-6	30-26	73-51	16-14	44-44	45-21
9	Chicago American Giants	35	23	1	.603	4.4	5.1	-0.7					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
10	Pittsburgh Pirates	86	68	0	.558	4.6	4.2	0.4	0.0	0.3	83-71	3	46-32	40-36	5-3	29-18	54-45	32-23	44-44	42-24
11	Chicago White Sox	86	68	0	.558	5.1	4.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	82-72	4	47-30	39-38	9-6	29-24	72-55	14-13	39-49	47-19
12	Philadelphia Stars	27	31	1	.466	4.6	5.6	-1.0					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
13	Cleveland Indians	83	71	2	.539	5.2	4.9	0.3	0.0	0.3	81-73	2	50-28	33-43	8-4	29-21	52-48	31-23	41-47	42-24
14	St. Louis Cardinals	81	73	3	.526	5.1	4.7	0.4	-0.1	0.3	82-72	-1	45-33	36-40	3-8	23-19	71-63	9-10	34-54	47-19
15	Indianapolis Athletics	17	21	1	.447	6.4	6.4	0.0					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
16	New York Black Yankees	21	31	2	.404	4.9	6.3	-1.3					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
17	Boston Red Sox	80	72	2	.526	5.3	5.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	80-72	0	44-29	36-43	7-9	21-23	69-68	11-4	40-48	40-24
18	Boston Bees	79	73	0	.520	3.8	3.7	0.2	0.0	0.1	79-73	0	43-33	36-40	12-4	22-14	65-53	14-20	39-47	40-26
19	Washington Elite Giants	24	34	3	.414	5.4	5.3	0.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
20	Birmingham Black Barons	16	23	0	.410	6.6	6.4	0.2					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
21	Washington Nationals	73	80	5	.477	4.8	5.3	-0.5	0.1	-0.5	69-84	4	43-35	30-45	5-7	29-21	45-54	28-26	45-65	28-15
22	Brooklyn Dodgers	62	91	2	.405	4.0	5.0	-1.0	0.1	-0.9	61-92	1	36-39	26-52	7-5	18-21	49-69	13-22	40-70	22-21
23	Detroit Stars	15	24	0	.385	5.4	8.0	-2.6					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
24	Pittsburgh Crawfords	18	32	0	.360	4.7	7.1	-2.4					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
25	Philadelphia Phillies	61	92	2	.399	4.7	5.6	-0.9	0.1	-0.8	64-89	-3	29-45	32-47	3-10	15-24	44-62	17-29	39-71	22-21
26	Philadelphia Athletics	54	97	3	.358	4.5	5.5	-1.0	0.1	-0.9	62-89	-8	27-50	27-47	4-7	22-27	48-80	6-17	35-73	19-24
27	Memphis Red Sox	14	28	0	.333	3.9	7.7	-3.8					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
28	Cincinnati Reds	56	98	1	.364	3.9	4.6	-0.6	0.1	-0.5	67-87	-11	28-51	28-47	2-6	14-36	45-79	11-19	35-75	21-23
29	St. Louis Browns	46	108	2	.299	4.6	6.6	-2.0	0.3	-1.7	53-101	-7	25-51	21-57	2-9	10-31	41-88	5-20	28-82	18-26
30	St. Louis Stars	5	31	0	.139	5.8	9.8	-4.0					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
	Average	52	52	1	.500	5.2	5.4				52-52		22-18	18-22	3-3	12-12	31-31	9-9	22-29	18-11

In this table, Negro League team records are for league games only. Runs scored and allowed are for all games against top Black clubs for which a box score has been discovered.

Postseason

Team Standard Batting

Team Standard Batting Table
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB
Birmingham Black Barons	22	19.5	6.55	29	1102	1003	190	302	43	24	10	148	21		70		.301	.352	.422	.773	112	423		8	21
Boston Red Sox	30	28.6	5.33	154	6090	5354	821	1506	269	64	100	769	79	61	601	557	.281	.357	.411	.768	89	2203		26	104		30	1165
Brooklyn Dodgers	43	29.0	3.97	155	5896	5295	616	1401	258	53	37	554	69	72	469	583	.265	.327	.354	.681	84	1876	130	20	109		42	1132
Boston Bees	30	28.2	3.81	152	5742	5124	579	1265	200	41	63	534	45	35	485	707	.247	.314	.339	.653	85	1736	122	18	113		55	1096
Chicago American Giants	40	28.9	4.43	47	1688	1506	208	341	48	26	15	174	44		121		.226	.296	.323	.619	70	486		28	33
Chicago Cubs	27	27.5	5.27	154	6029	5349	811	1537	253	74	96	762	71	76	538	496	.287	.355	.416	.771	105	2226	120	22	119		40	1136
Chicago White Sox	28	29.8	5.06	154	5958	5277	780	1478	280	76	67	726	70	34	549	447	.280	.350	.400	.750	89	2111		19	111		30	1153
Cincinnati Reds	43	28.6	3.95	155	5763	5230	612	1329	215	59	73	567	53	73	437	586	.254	.315	.360	.674	87	1881	134	24	72		29	1025
Cleveland Indians	29	28.6	5.24	156	6042	5353	817	1499	304	76	103	754	78	51	570	552	.280	.352	.423	.775	96	2264		21	96		54	1148
Cincinnati Tigers	25	26.7	5.39	44	1649	1487	237	415	65	33	10	203	17		117		.279	.335	.387	.722	98	576		7	38
Detroit Tigers	31	29.0	6.03	155	6269	5516	935	1611	309	62	150	872	89	45	656	712	.292	.370	.452	.822	104	2494		22	70		32	1227
Detroit Stars	27	25.8	5.43	21	785	700	114	187	16	15	14	106	11		65		.267	.335	.393	.727	100	275		6	14
Homestead Grays	26	28.8	8.44	55	2263	1983	464	621	110	35	59	425	32		200		.313	.379	.493	.872	124	978		9	71
Indianapolis Athletics	29	24.1	6.43	23	908	817	148	226	48	9	7	126	22		70		.277	.337	.383	.720	98	313		4	17
Kansas City Monarchs	25	28.4	6.46	57	2109	1875	368	528	82	41	23	311	100		181		.282	.350	.406	.755	108	761		15	38
Memphis Red Sox	30	27.8	3.87	23	837	775	89	176	17	10	1	78	19		43		.227	.271	.279	.550	52	216		4	15
New York Black Yankees	23	31.8	4.95	39	1456	1300	193	368	53	14	16	172	20		117		.283	.344	.382	.726	87	497		3	36
Newark Eagles	19	27.4	6.41	39	1474	1312	250	366	71	29	17	229	20		128		.279	.348	.416	.764	97	546		10	24
New York Giants	32	28.1	4.82	152	5867	5329	732	1484	251	41	111	677	45	51	412	492	.278	.334	.403	.737	99	2150	108	31	90		43	1101
New York Yankees	28	28.5	6.24	157	6296	5487	979	1554	282	73	174	921	60	36	712	607	.283	.369	.456	.825	105	2504		34	61		47	1192
Pittsburgh Crawfords	37	26.5	4.65	40	1491	1362	186	378	63	13	19	165	16		88		.278	.323	.385	.708	82	524		4	37
Philadelphia Athletics	33	26.9	4.54	154	5888	5228	699	1398	278	60	94	649	95	48	583	557	.267	.341	.397	.739	87	2078		5	70		19	1133
Philadelphia Phillies	32	28.2	4.70	154	5995	5424	724	1482	258	37	103	668	66	73	478	640	.273	.334	.391	.725	90	2123	109	16	75		27	1121
Pittsburgh Pirates	26	29.4	4.57	154	6001	5433	704	1550	223	86	47	649	32	34	463	480	.285	.343	.384	.727	98	2086	117	11	89		52	1214
Philadelphia Stars	22	30.3	4.60	43	1514	1344	198	353	60	11	6	167	8		117		.263	.326	.337	.663	72	453		9	44
St. Louis Stars	39	22.4	5.81	27	1035	929	157	266	48	24	8	131	11		76		.286	.346	.416	.761	109	386		8	22
St. Louis Browns	40	28.4	4.58	156	6125	5510	715	1573	327	44	71	682	30	27	514	510	.285	.348	.399	.747	88	2201		14	85		23	1235
St. Louis Cardinals	33	26.6	5.06	156	5969	5476	789	1543	264	67	94	731	78	66	385	569	.282	.331	.406	.737	98	2223	116	16	89		40	1022
Washington Elite Giants	21	27.6	5.41	41	1515	1348	222	395	58	26	32	193	4		120		.293	.354	.446	.800	105	601		7	40
Washington Nationals	41	27.9	4.79	158	6261	5578	757	1559	245	84	47	691	61	34	591	506	.279	.351	.379	.730	87	2113		23	67		27	1297
League Average	17	28.3	4.02	100	3206	2865	402	792	141	33	48	374	34	27	281	300	.277	.343	.399	.742	93	1142		11	47		20	613
	498	28.3	4.02	3004	96191	85963	12070	23769	4216	997	1430	11206	1021	816	8443	9001	.277	.343	.399	.742	93	34269		322	1420		590	18397
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB