1937 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1937 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 54 wins and 97 losses.

1937 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Connie Mack and John Shibe
Manager(s)Connie Mack
Local radioRoger Griswold, Bill Dwyer
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Offseason

On January 11, 1937, at the club's annual meeting, John Shibe officially retired from the day-to-day operations of the Athletics, although he had not been with the team since August 1936. Connie Mack, the team's other principal owner, was elected club president. Shibe died on July 11, leaving Mack as sole owner of the team.[1]

Regular season

The club started to use uniform numbers during the 1937 season. They were the last team in the American League to do so.[2]

The Athletics set a Major League record which still stands for the fewest batters hit by a pitch in a season, with only 5.[3]

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10252 0.662 — 57–20 45–32
Detroit Tigers 8965 0.578 13 49–28 40–37
Chicago White Sox 8668 0.558 16 47–30 39–38
Cleveland Indians 8371 0.539 19 50–28 33–43
Boston Red Sox 8072 0.526 21 44–29 36–43
Washington Senators 7380 0.477 28½ 43–35 30–45
Philadelphia Athletics 5497 0.358 46½ 27–50 27–47
St. Louis Browns 46108 0.299 56 25–51 21–57

Record vs. opponents
1937 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —10–1211–1112–10–17–1517–315–78–14–1
Chicago 12–10—10–128–149–1315–718–414–8
Cleveland 11–1112–10—11–117–15–113–918–4–111–11
Detroit 10–12–114–811–11—9–1314–815–716–6
New York 15–713–915–7–113–9—14–816–6–116–6–1
Philadelphia 3–177–159–138–148–14—11–118–13–3
St. Louis 7–154–184–18–17–156–16–111–11—7–15
Washington 14–8–18–1411–116–166–16–113–8–315–7—

Roster
1937 Philadelphia Athletics
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
CEarle Brucker10231782.259637
1BChubby Dean10430981.262231
3BBilly Werber128493144.292770

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
Bill Conroy266012.20003

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
George Caster34231.212194.43100
Bud Thomas35169.28154.9954

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
Harry Kelley4120513215.3668
Bill Kalfass312103.009
Chubby Dean29104.004

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
Herman Fink282114.0518
Randy Gumpert1000012.005
Fred Archer10006.002

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Williamsport Grays New York–Pennsylvania League Ollie Marquardt
D Federalsburg Athletics Eastern Shore League George Short

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References
  1. Biography of John Shibe from the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society Archived October 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Numbelivable!, p. 89, Michael X. Ferraro and John Veneziano, Triumph Books, Chicago, Illinois, 2007, ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0
  3. "Hit By A Pitch Team Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007


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