The 1937 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 83–71, 19 games behind the New York Yankees.
1937 Cleveland Indians | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | League Park Cleveland Municipal Stadium | |
City | Cleveland, Ohio | |
Owners | Alva Bradley | |
General managers | Cy Slapnicka | |
Managers | Steve O'Neill | |
Radio | WHK (Jack Graney) | |
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American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 102 | 52 | 0.662 | — | 57–20 | 45–32 |
Detroit Tigers | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | 13 | 49–28 | 40–37 |
Chicago White Sox | 86 | 68 | 0.558 | 16 | 47–30 | 39–38 |
Cleveland Indians | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 19 | 50–28 | 33–43 |
Boston Red Sox | 80 | 72 | 0.526 | 21 | 44–29 | 36–43 |
Washington Senators | 73 | 80 | 0.477 | 28½ | 43–35 | 30–45 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 54 | 97 | 0.358 | 46½ | 27–50 | 27–47 |
St. Louis Browns | 46 | 108 | 0.299 | 56 | 25–51 | 21–57 |
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10–1 | 7–15 | 17–3 | 15–7 | 8–14–1 | |||||
Chicago | 12–10 | — | 10–12 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 18–4 | 14–8 | |||||
Cleveland | 11–11 | 12–10 | — | 11–11 | 7–15–1 | 13–9 | 18–4–1 | 11–11 | |||||
Detroit | 10–12–1 | 14–8 | 11–11 | — | 9–13 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 16–6 | |||||
New York | 15–7 | 13–9 | 15–7–1 | 13–9 | — | 14–8 | 16–6–1 | 16–6–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 3–17 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 8–14 | — | 11–11 | 8–13–3 | |||||
St. Louis | 7–15 | 4–18 | 4–18–1 | 7–15 | 6–16–1 | 11–11 | — | 7–15 | |||||
Washington | 14–8–1 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 6–16–1 | 13–8–3 | 15–7 | — |
1937 Cleveland Indians | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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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 |
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C | Frankie Pytlak | 125 | 397 | 125 | .315 | 1 | 44 |
1B | Hal Trosky | 153 | 601 | 179 | .298 | 32 | 128 |
2B | John Kroner | 86 | 283 | 67 | .237 | 2 | 26 |
SS | Lyn Lary | 156 | 644 | 187 | .290 | 8 | 77 |
3B | Odell Hale | 154 | 561 | 150 | .267 | 6 | 82 |
OF | Moose Solters | 152 | 589 | 190 | .323 | 20 | 109 |
OF | Bruce Campbell | 134 | 448 | 135 | .301 | 4 | 61 |
OF | Earl Averill | 156 | 609 | 182 | .299 | 21 | 92 |
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 |
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Roy Hughes | 104 | 346 | 96 | .277 | 1 | 40 |
Billy Sullivan | 72 | 168 | 48 | .286 | 3 | 22 |
Roy Weatherly | 53 | 134 | 27 | .201 | 5 | 13 |
Jeff Heath | 20 | 61 | 14 | .230 | 0 | 8 |
Joe Becker | 18 | 33 | 11 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
Hugh Alexander | 7 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
Blas Monaco | 5 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 2 |
Ken Keltner | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Bill Sodd | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mel Harder | 38 | 233.2 | 15 | 12 | 4.28 | 95 |
Denny Galehouse | 36 | 200.2 | 9 | 14 | 4.57 | 78 |
Willis Hudlin | 35 | 175.2 | 12 | 11 | 4.10 | 31 |
Johnny Allen | 24 | 173.0 | 15 | 1 | 2.55 | 87 |
Bob Feller | 26 | 148.2 | 9 | 7 | 3.39 | 150 |
Earl Whitehill | 33 | 147.0 | 8 | 8 | 6.49 | 53 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ken Jungels | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Carl Fischer | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Joe Heving | 40 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4.83 | 35 |
Lloyd Brown | 31 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6.55 | 32 |
Whit Wyatt | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.44 | 52 |
Ivy Andrews | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4.37 | 16 |
Earl Averill, outfielder (starter)
Mel Harder, pitcher
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Milwaukee Brewers | American Association | Allen Sothoron |
A1 | New Orleans Pelicans | Southern Association | Larry Gilbert |
B | Montgomery Bombers | Southeastern League | Ken Penner, Harry Griswold and Bud Connolly |
C | Oswego Netherlands | Canadian–American League | Riley Parker |
C | Springfield Indians | Middle Atlantic League | Earl Wolgamot |
D | Troy Trojans | Alabama–Florida League | Charlie Moss |
D | Hopkinsville Hoppers | KITTY League | Red Smith |
D | Owensboro Oilers | KITTY League | Hughie Wise |
D | Newton-Conover Twins | North Carolina State League | Phil Lundeen, Buz Phillips and Ray Lindsey |
D | Fargo-Moorhead Twins | Northern League | Jack Knight |
D | Wausau Lumberjacks | Northern League | Dickey Kerr |