1937 Brooklyn Dodgers season

Former Dodgers pitcher Burleigh Grimes was brought in to manage the 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers, but the team continued to struggle, finishing in sixth place.

1937 Brooklyn Dodgers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Stephen McKeever
Manager(s)Burleigh Grimes
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 9557 0.625 50–25 45–32
Chicago Cubs 9361 0.604 3 46–32 47–29
Pittsburgh Pirates 8668 0.558 10 46–32 40–36
St. Louis Cardinals 8173 0.526 15 45–33 36–40
Boston Bees 7973 0.520 16 43–33 36–40
Brooklyn Dodgers 6291 0.405 33½ 36–39 26–52
Philadelphia Phillies 6192 0.399 34½ 29–45 32–47
Cincinnati Reds 5698 0.364 40 28–51 28–47

Record vs. opponents

1937 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 15–79–1311–1110–1014–811–119–13
Brooklyn 7–158–1412–10–16–1610–1112–107–15–1
Chicago 13–914–814–812–1014–89–1317–5
Cincinnati 11–1110–12–18–148–1411–111–217–15
New York 10–1016–610–1214–815–716–614–8
Philadelphia 8–1411–108–1411–117–1511–115–17–2
Pittsburgh 11–1110–1213–921–16–1611–1114–8
St. Louis 13–915–7–15–1715–78–1417–5–28–14

Notable transactions

Roster

1937 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CBabe Phelps121409128.313758
1BBuddy Hassett137556169.304153
2BCookie Lavagetto149503142.282870
3BJoe Stripp9030073.243126
SSWoody English12937890.238142
OFHeinie Manush132466155.333473
OFJohnny Cooney120430126.293037
OFGibby Brack112372102.274538

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
Jim Bucher12538096.253437
Tom Winsett11835083.237542
Roy Spencer5111724.20504
Lindsay Brown4811531.27006
Tony Malinosky357918.22803
Goody Rosen227724.31206
Eddie Wilson365412.22218
Paul Chervinko30487.14602
Eddie Morgan31489.18805
George Cisar20296.20704
Jake Daniel12275.18503
Johnny Hudson13275.18502
Bert Haas162510.40002
Randy Moore13223.13602
Nick Polly10184.22202
Art Parks7165.31300
Elmer Klumpp5111.09102
Sid Gautreaux11101.10002
George Fallon482.25000

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
Fred Frankhouse33179.110134.2764
Waite Hoyt27167773.2344
Van Mungo251619112.91122
Freddie Fitzsimmons1390.2484.2729

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
Max Butcher39191.211154.2757
Luke Hamlin39185.211133.5993
Roy Henshaw42156.15125.0798
Harry Eisenstat1347.2333.9712
Buck Marrow616.1126.612

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
George Jeffcoat211305.1329
Jim Lindsey200123.5215
Ben Cantwell130004.6112
Ralph Birkofer110206.679
Tom Baker70108.642
Jim Peterson30007.944
Watty Clark20007.710
Tom Winsett100018.000

Awards and honors

Farm System

Level Team League Manager
A1 Knoxville Smokies Southern Association Neil Caldwell
A Elmira Pioneers Eastern League Bruno Betzel
A Davenport Blue Sox Western League John Fitzpatrick
B Clinton Owls Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Clyde Sukeforth
C Greenwood Dodgers Cotton States League Elmer Yoter
D Pocomoke City Red Sox Eastern Shore League Vic Keen
D Cordele Reds Georgia–Florida League Ivy Griffin
D Americus Cardinals Georgia–Florida League Dixie Parker
Bill Porter
Guy Lacy
D Beatrice Blues Nebraska State League Leon Riley
D Greensburg Green Sox Pennsylvania State Association Wilbur Cooper

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Elmira

Notes

  1. Tony Malinosky at Baseball-Reference
  2. Ed Brandt at Baseball-Reference
  3. Lonny Frey at Baseball-Reference
  4. Roy Spencer at Baseball-Reference
  5. Randy Moore at Baseball-Reference
  6. Tom Baker at Baseball-Reference
  7. Waite Hoyt at Baseball-Reference
  8. Ralph Birkofer at Baseball-Reference
  9. Frank Skaff at Baseball-Reference
  10. Ben Cantwell at Baseball-Reference
  11. Tot Pressnell at Baseball-Reference
  12. Ben Geraghty at Baseball-Reference
  13. Johnny Cooney at Baseball-Reference

References

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