1937 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1937 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
Location
	Forbes Field (since 1909); Pittsburgh[1] (since 1907);
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Benswanger
Manager(s)	Pie Traynor
Local radio	KDKA; Rosey Rowswell, Jack Craddock
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The 1937 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 56th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 51st in the National League. The Pirates finished third in the league standings with a record of 86–68.

Offseason

December 4, 1936: Ralph Birkofer and Cookie Lavagetto were traded by the Pirates to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Ed Brandt.[2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	95	57	0.625	—	50–25	45–32
Chicago Cubs	93	61	0.604	3	46–32	47–29
Pittsburgh Pirates	86	68	0.558	10	46–32	40–36
St. Louis Cardinals	81	73	0.526	15	45–33	36–40
Boston Bees	79	73	0.520	16	43–33	36–40
Brooklyn Dodgers	62	91	0.405	33½	36–39	26–52
Philadelphia Phillies	61	92	0.399	34½	29–45	32–47
Cincinnati Reds	56	98	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	—	15–7	9–13	11–11	10–10	14–8	11–11	9–13
Brooklyn	7–15	—	8–14	12–10–1	6–16	10–11	12–10	7–15–1
Chicago	13–9	14–8	—	14–8	12–10	14–8	9–13	17–5
Cincinnati	11–11	10–12–1	8–14	—	8–14	11–11	1–21	7–15
New York	10–10	16–6	10–12	14–8	—	15–7	16–6	14–8
Philadelphia	8–14	11–10	8–14	11–11	7–15	—	11–11	5–17–2
Pittsburgh	11–11	10–12	13–9	21–1	6–16	11–11	—	14–8
St. Louis	13–9	15–7–1	5–17	15–7	8–14	17–5–2	8–14	—

Game log

1937 Game Log: 86–68 (Home: 46–32; Away: 40–36)

April: 5–2 (Home: 3–1; Away: 2–1)

May: 18–10 (Home: 5–6; Away: 13–4)

June: 12–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–9)

July: 12–15 (Home: 7–4; Away: 5–11)

August: 15–16 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–9)

September: 20–10 (Home: 13–8; Away: 7–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
121	September 1	@ Phillies	3–5	Passeau	Weaver (6–5)	—	3,000	62–59
122	September 2	@ Phillies	11–8	Brown (5–2)	LaMaster	Brandt (2)	3,000	63–59
123	September 5	@ Cubs	7–0	Lucas (8–8)	French	—	—	64–59
124	September 5	@ Cubs	4–1	Brandt (8–8)	Bryant	Brown (6)	34,091	65–59
125	September 6	@ Cardinals	1–4	Weiland	Blanton (12–11)	—	—	65–60
126	September 6	@ Cardinals	5–4	Bauers (10–4)	Johnson	—	16,746	66–60
127	September 8	Reds	7–6 (10)	Weaver (7–5)	Derringer	—	—	67–60
128	September 8	Reds	8–2	Tobin (2–2)	Mooty	—	3,508	68–60
129	September 9	Reds	1–0	Brandt (9–8)	Schott	—	1,986	69–60
130	September 10	Reds	7–6	Brown (6–2)	Hallahan	—	1,169	70–60
131	September 11	Cubs	4–5	Davis	Bauers (10–5)	—	3,100	70–61
132	September 12	Cubs	0–5	French	Lucas (8–9)	—	—	70–62
133	September 12	Cubs	4–2	Tobin (3–2)	Lee	—	25,000	71–62
134	September 14	Giants	2–12	Hubbell	Brandt (9–9)	—	—	71–63
135	September 14	Giants	6–2	Blanton (13–11)	Smith	—	10,000	72–63
136	September 15	Giants	2–7	Schumacher	Bauers (10–6)	—	1,621	72–64
137	September 16	Giants	0–3	Melton	Tobin (3–3)	—	3,750	72–65
138	September 17	Dodgers	10–4	Brandt (10–9)	Hamlin	—	927	73–65
139	September 18	Dodgers	3–2	Blanton (14–11)	Fitzsimmons	—	1,598	74–65
140	September 19	Phillies	1–8	Mulcahy	Lucas (8–10)	—	—	74–66
141	September 19	Phillies	5–1	Bauers (11–6)	Kelleher	—	6,137	75–66
142	September 21	Bees	9–2	Tobin (4–3)	Fette	—	1,066	76–66
143	September 22	Bees	2–3 (10)	Shoffner	Brandt (10–10)	—	1,103	76–67
144	September 23	Bees	1–2	Turner	Blanton (14–12)	—	1,031	76–68
145	September 24	@ Reds	8–2	Bauers (12–6)	Schott	—	301	77–68
146	September 26	@ Reds	5–4	Tobin (5–3)	Schott	—	—	78–68
147	September 26	@ Reds	2–1	Swift (8–10)	Grissom	—	3,058	79–68
148	September 28	Cardinals	6–2	Brandt (11–10)	Johnson	—	1,068	80–68
149	September 29	Cardinals	7–5	Weaver (8–5)	Warneke	Brown (7)	1,226	81–68
150	September 30	Cardinals	4–3	Bauers (13–6)	Weiland	—	1,477	82–68

October: 4–0 (Home: 4–0; Away: 0–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1937 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

51 Russ Bauers

46 Cy Blanton

27 Joe Bowman

49 Ed Brandt

47 Mace Brown

44 Ken Heintzelman

48 Waite Hoyt

40 Red Lucas

45 Bill Swift

50 Jim Tobin

43 Jim Weaver

Catchers

48 Ray Berres

31 Tom Padden

30 Al Todd

Infielders

25 Bill Brubaker

22 Lee Handley

32 Bill Schuster

24 Gus Suhr

20 Pie Traynor

21 Arky Vaughan

26 Pep Young

Outfielders

15 Johnny Dickshot

16 Woody Jensen

14 Fred Schulte

10 Lloyd Waner

11 Paul Waner

Manager

20 Pie Traynor

Coaches

33 Jewel Ens

34 Johnny Gooch

36 Honus Wagner

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
C	Al Todd	133	514	158	.307	8	86
1B	Gus Suhr	151	575	160	.278	5	97
2B	Lee Handley	127	480	120	.250	3	37
SS	Arky Vaughn	126	469	151	.322	5	72
3B	Bill Brubaker	120	413	105	.254	6	48
OF	Lloyd Waner	129	537	177	.330	1	45
OF	Paul Waner	154	619	219	.354	2	74
OF	Woody Jensen	124	509	142	.279	5	45

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
Pep Young	113	408	106	.260	9	54
Johnny Dickshot	82	264	67	.254	3	33
Tom Padden	35	98	28	.286	0	8
Fred Schulte	29	20	2	.100	0	3
Pie Traynor	5	12	2	.167	0	0
Bill Schuster	3	6	3	.500	0	1
Ray Berres	2	6	1	.167	0	0

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
Cy Blanton	36	242.2	14	12	3.30	143
Ed Brandt	33	176.1	11	10	3.11	74
Red Lucas	20	126.1	8	10	4.27	20
Ken Heintzelman	1	9	1	0	2.00	4

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
Russ Bauers	34	187.2	13	6	2.88	118
Bill Swift	36	164	9	10	3.95	84
Joe Bowman	30	128	8	8	4.57	38
Jim Weaver	32	109.2	8	5	3.20	44
Jim Tobin	20	87	6	3	3.00	37

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
Mace Brown	50	7	2	7	4.18	60
Waite Hoyt	11	1	2	2	4.50	21

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Montreal Royals	International League	Walter "Rabbit" Maranville
B	Savannah Indians	Sally League	Bill Steinecke and Chick Autry
C	Hutchinson Larks	Western Association	Dick Goldberg, Dick Klinger and Hugh McMullen
D	Mt. Airy Reds	Bi-State League	Frank Packard and Walt Novak
D	Paducah Indians	KITTY League	Hugh McMullen, Ervin Brame, Lee Keller, Ralph Bishop, George Block and Pete Mondino

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Savannah

References

From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
Ralph Birkofer page at Baseball-Reference

External links

1937 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1937 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette cartoon on the pennant race
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

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[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] Ralph Birkofer page at Baseball-Reference

1937 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1937 All-Star Game 1937 World Series