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1937 Pittsburgh Pirates season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

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Offseason

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


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 20 @ Cubs 5–0 Blanton (1–0) French 18,940 1–0
2 April 22 @ Cubs 4–2 Brandt (1–0) Lee 4,078 2–0
3 April 23 Reds 4–3 Hoyt (1–0) Grissom 22,000 3–0
4 April 24 Reds 3–2 Swift (1–0) Hallahan 13,000 4–0
5 April 27 @ Cardinals 1–3 Weiland Blanton (1–1) 2,461 4–1
6 April 29 Cubs 6–5 (13) Bowman (1–0) Lee 7,500 5–1
7 April 30 Cubs 2–7 Parmelee Bauers (0–1) 8,300 5–2
May: 18–10 (Home: 5–6; Away: 13–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
8 May 1 @ Reds 3–1 Lucas (1–0) Hallahan 4,846 6–2
9 May 2 @ Reds 7–2 Bowman (2–0) Grissom 17,488 7–2
10 May 4 @ Dodgers 10–3 Brandt (2–0) Henshaw Swift (1) 6,255 8–2
11 May 5 @ Dodgers 5–1 Blanton (2–1) Frankhouse 4,362 9–2
12 May 6 @ Dodgers 5–9 Mungo Lucas (1–1) 5,847 9–3
13 May 7 @ Phillies 8–3 Bowman (3–0) LaMaster 4,000 10–3
14 May 9 @ Bees 6–3 Brandt (3–0) Weir 17,102 11–3
15 May 10 @ Bees 4–1 Swift (2–0) Fette 1,846 12–3
16 May 11 @ Bees 3–0 Blanton (3–1) MacFayden 2,316 13–3
17 May 12 @ Giants 6–5 Bowman (4–0) Smith Swift (2) 12,018 14–3
18 May 13 @ Giants 2–5 Hubbell Hoyt (1–1) 8,672 14–4
19 May 14 Cardinals 14–4 Brown (1–0) Dean 10,000 15–4
20 May 15 Cardinals 2–4 Harrell Swift (2–1) Dean 13,000 15–5
21 May 16 Cardinals 2–1 Bowman (5–0) Weiland 39,571 16–5
22 May 18 Phillies 2–1 Blanton (4–1) Mulcahy 2,500 17–5
23 May 19 Phillies 4–5 Walters Brandt (3–1) 2,000 17–6
24 May 20 Phillies 5–2 Swift (3–1) LaMaster 2,800 18–6
25 May 21 Bees 3–6 MacFayden Bowman (5–1) 3,000 18–7
26 May 22 Bees 5–2 Lucas (2–1) Bush Swift (3) 7,000 19–7
27 May 23 Giants 5–6 Schumacher Hoyt (1–2) Melton 29,486 19–8
28 May 24 Giants 3–4 Hubbell Brandt (3–2) Coffman 17,000 19–9
29 May 25 Dodgers 1–2 Mungo Swift (3–2) 2,880 19–10
30 May 28 @ Cardinals 10–3 Lucas (3–1) Harrell Hoyt (1) 3,080 20–10
31 May 29 @ Cardinals 9–4 Blanton (5–1) Dean 21–10
32 May 29 @ Cardinals 1–2 Weiland Brandt (3–3) 15,505 21–11
33 May 30 @ Cardinals 7–4 Swift (4–2) Harrell 12,495 22–11
34 May 31 @ Reds 3–8 Davis Bowman (5–2) Grissom 22–12
35 May 31 @ Reds 7–5 Tobin (1–0) Moore Hoyt (2) 14,352 23–12
June: 12–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
36 June 2 @ Bees 2–0 Blanton (6–1) Hutchinson 2,636 24–12
37 June 3 @ Bees 0–6 Fette Brandt (3–4) 2,139 24–13
38 June 4 @ Bees 1–9 Turner Swift (4–3) 3,294 24–14
39 June 5 @ Giants 5–7 Smith Bowman (5–3) Melton 15,333 24–15
40 June 6 @ Giants 5–9 Schumacher Blanton (6–2) Hubbell 24,162 24–16
41 June 7 @ Giants 2–5 Gumbert Brandt (3–5) 5,446 24–17
42 June 8 @ Phillies 8–1 Bauers (1–1) LaMaster 2,000 25–17
43 June 9 @ Phillies 1–8 Passeau Tobin (1–1) 1,500 25–18
44 June 10 @ Phillies 4–5 Walters Swift (4–4) 6,000 25–19
45 June 12 @ Dodgers 8–3 Blanton (7–2) Henshaw 8,137 26–19
46 June 13 @ Dodgers 2–6 Mungo Bauers (1–2) 26–20
47 June 13 @ Dodgers 1–4 Fitzsimmons Swift (4–5) 30,109 26–21
48 June 15 Giants 7–5 Lucas (4–1) Hubbell 8,093 27–21
49 June 16 Giants 4–5 Schumacher Blanton (7–3) 6,500 27–22
50 June 18 Dodgers 6–4 Brown (2–0) Mungo 2,500 28–22
51 June 19 Dodgers 3–4 Fitzsimmons Weaver (0–1) 4,211 28–23
52 June 20 Dodgers 4–2 Bowman (6–3) Hamlin 29–23
53 June 20 Dodgers 2–4 Frankhouse Lucas (4–2) Mungo 23,222 29–24
54 June 22 Bees 4–1 Blanton (8–3) Turner 2,500 30–24
55 June 23 Bees 8–5 Bauers (2–2) MacFayden 2,331 31–24
56 June 24 Bees 6–9 Fette Swift (4–6) 5,373 31–25
57 June 25 Phillies 5–10 LaMaster Bowman (6–4) Jorgens 5,183 31–26
58 June 26 Phillies 6–7 (13) Walters Blanton (8–4) 3,054 31–27
59 June 27 Phillies 4–3 Lucas (5–2) Passeau 3,541 32–27
60 June 29 @ Reds 2–1 Bowman (7–4) Derringer 33–27
61 June 29 @ Reds 13–6 Bauers (3–2) Vander Meer 3,955 34–27
62 June 30 @ Reds 6–0 Blanton (9–4) Grissom 15,568 35–27
July: 12–15 (Home: 7–4; Away: 5–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
63 July 2 @ Cubs 7–8 Davis Lucas (5–3) 23,998 35–28
64 July 3 @ Cubs 5–10 Carleton Bowman (7–5) 11,665 35–29
65 July 4 @ Cubs 5–8 Root Blanton (9–5) 35–30
66 July 4 @ Cubs 7–6 Swift (5–6) Parmelee Bowman (1) 36,744 36–30
67 July 5 Reds 3–1 Weaver (1–1) Schott 37–30
68 July 5 Reds 5–1 Brandt (4–5) Derringer Brown (1) 21,999 38–30
69 July 9 Cubs 13–1 Bowman (8–5) Carleton 7,416 39–30
70 July 10 Cubs 0–2 French Blanton (9–6) 8,000 39–31
71 July 11 Cubs 3–2 Swift (6–6) Lee 14,705 40–31
72 July 12 Cardinals 5–6 Johnson Bauers (3–3) 6,250 40–32
73 July 14 @ Giants 2–4 Hubbell Bowman (8–6) 6,995 40–33
74 July 16 @ Giants 4–3 (11) Brown (3–0) Melton 7,178 41–33
75 July 17 @ Phillies 8–9 Mulcahy Brown (3–1) 3,000 41–34
76 July 18 @ Phillies 2–5 Passeau Lucas (5–4) 41–35
77 July 18 @ Phillies 6–5 (11) Swift (7–6) Mulcahy 8,000 42–35
78 July 19 @ Phillies 6–5 Weaver (2–1) Walters Brandt (1) 1,500 43–35
79 July 20 @ Dodgers 1–2 (10) Butcher Blanton (9–7) 1,926 43–36
80 July 21 @ Dodgers 0–6 Jeffcoat Bowman (8–7) 2,283 43–37
81 July 22 @ Dodgers 10–1 Lucas (6–4) Henshaw 2,551 44–37
82 July 24 @ Bees 0–9 Turner Swift (7–7) 5,236 44–38
83 July 25 @ Bees 2–5 Bush Blanton (9–8) 44–39
84 July 25 @ Bees 5–7 Fette Bowman (8–8) Gabler 23,320 44–40
85 July 27 Phillies 4–1 Lucas (7–4) Walters 3,807 45–40
86 July 28 Phillies 6–4 Weaver (3–1) Passeau Brown (2) 1,685 46–40
87 July 29 Phillies 7–11 Jorgens Swift (7–8) Johnson 4,307 46–41
88 July 30 Bees 1–0 Brandt (5–5) Bush 4,126 47–41
89 July 31 Bees 7–9 Hutchinson Swift (7–9) Smith 4,116 47–42
August: 15–16 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
90 August 1 Bees 8–4 Bauers (4–3) MacFayden 6,214 48–42
91 August 3 Dodgers 5–4 Weaver (4–1) Frankhouse 49–42
92 August 3 Dodgers 10–4 Brown (4–1) Butcher Bauers (1) 6,588 50–42
93 August 4 Dodgers 7–10 Fitzsimmons Brandt (5–6) Lindsey 1,594 50–43
94 August 5 Dodgers 6–9 Hoyt Blanton (9–9) 3,693 50–44
95 August 6 Giants 3–6 Hubbell Lucas (7–5) 6,444 50–45
96 August 8 Giants 2–10 Melton Brown (4–2) 50–46
97 August 8 Giants 3–0 Weaver (5–1) Gumbert 34,000 51–46
98 August 10 @ Cubs 6–5 Blanton (10–9) Shoun Brown (3) 12,516 52–46
99 August 11 @ Cubs 1–5 Bryant Lucas (7–6) 11,363 52–47
100 August 12 @ Cubs 16–6 Bauers (5–3) Carleton 10,977 53–47
101 August 13 @ Cardinals 1–4 Weiland Weaver (5–2) 3,752 53–48
102 August 14 @ Cardinals 6–5 Weaver (6–2) Ryba Tobin (1) 4,998 54–48
103 August 15 @ Cardinals 8–4 Blanton (11–9) Warneke 55–48
104 August 15 @ Cardinals 4–0 Bauers (6–3) Johnson 23,083 56–48
105 August 17 Cubs 4–2 Brandt (6–6) French Brown (4) 6,593 57–48
106 August 18 Cubs 7–6 Bauers (7–3) Shoun 5,581 58–48
107 August 19 Cubs 3–7 Davis Weaver (6–3) 6,576 58–49
108 August 20 Cardinals 7–4 Blanton (12–9) Johnson 6,060 59–49
109 August 21 Cardinals 7–3 Bauers (8–3) Harrell 5,714 60–49
110 August 22 Cardinals 0–12 Weiland Lucas (7–7) 60–50
111 August 22 Cardinals 7–9 Dean Brandt (6–7) 36,673 60–51
112 August 24 @ Bees 0–1 Turner Blanton (12–10) 2,162 60–52
113 August 25 @ Bees 6–0 Bauers (9–3) Gabler 3,507 61–52
114 August 27 @ Giants 1–0 Brandt (7–7) Melton Brown (5) 62–52
115 August 27 @ Giants 2–3 Smith Swift (7–10) 13,004 62–53
116 August 28 @ Giants 4–9 Coffman Weaver (6–4) 62–54
117 August 28 @ Giants 1–3 Schumacher Bauers (9–4) 42,438 62–55
118 August 29 @ Dodgers 3–5 Hoyt Lucas (7–8) 62–56
119 August 29 @ Dodgers 3–6 Hamlin Tobin (1–2) 12,000 62–57
120 August 31 @ Phillies 0–3 Walters Brandt (7–8) 2,500 62–58
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)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
151 October 1 Reds 6–3 Tobin (6–3) Hollingsworth 852 83–68
152 October 2 Reds 4–3 (11) Swift (9–10) Vander Meer 1,020 84–68
153 October 3 Reds 4–3 Heintzelman (1–0) Kleinhans 85–68
154 October 3 Reds 4–0 (7) Brown (7–2) Davis 2,064 86–68
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1937 Pittsburgh Pirates
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
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

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
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 9.0 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 36 164.0 9 10 3.95 84
Joe Bowman 30 128.0 8 8 4.57 38
Jim Weaver 32 109.2 8 5 3.20 44
Jim Tobin 20 87.0 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

  1. ^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. ^ 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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