1937 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersConnie Mack and John Shibe
ManagersConnie Mack
RadioWCAU
(Bill Dyer, Roger Griswold)

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

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 Athletics had refused the American League's directives to add numbers to all player uniforms, and would not post visiting players' uniform numbers on the scoreboard. The team argued that they posted both teams' full lineups to the scoreboard, then the only ballpark to do so, making numbers superfluous. The team relented to its fans who wished to be able to identify pitchers warming up in the bullpens, and players during pregame practice.[2]

The club started to use uniform numbers during the 1937 season. They were the last team in the American League to do so.[3]

The Athletics set a Major League record which still stands for the fewest batters hit by a pitch in a season, with only 5.[4]

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 record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB 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

Batting

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
2BRusty Peters11633988.260343
SSSkeeter Newsome122438111.253130
3BBilly Werber128493144.292770
OFJess Hill7024271.293137
OFWally Moses154649208.3202586
OFBob Johnson138477146.30625108

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
Lou Finney9237995.251120
Jack Rothrock8823262.267021
Frankie Hayes6018849.2611038
Wayne Ambler5616235.216011
Bill Cissell3411731.265114
Gene Hasson289830.306314
Ace Parker389411.117213
Bill Conroy266012.20003
Warren Huston38547.13003
Babe Barna143614.38929
Doyt Morris6132.15400
Eddie Yount472.28601
Hal Wagner100----00

Pitching

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
Harry Kelley41205.013215.3668
Bud Thomas35169.28154.9954
Buck Ross28147.15104.8937

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
Eddie Smith38196.24173.9479
Al Williams1675.1415.3827
Bill Kalfass312.0103.009
Chubby Dean29.0104.004

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
George Turbeville310404.7717
Lynn Nelson304925.9049
Herman Fink282114.0518
Randy Gumpert1000012.005
Fred Archer10006.002

Farm system

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. ↑ "Number Mackmen for Identity's Sake; New scorecard at Shibe Park Certain to Make Fans Familiar with Men on Field". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 17, 1937. p. 20.
  3. ↑ Ferraro, Michael X.; Veneziano, John (2007). Numbelievable!. Chicago: Triumph Books. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0.
  4. ↑ "Hit By A Pitch Team Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  5. ↑ 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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