1937 New York Giants (MLB) season

March 2026 November 2013 New York Giants 1937 National League champions New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1936 to 1939).svg National League Polo Grounds New York City 95 57 y 1st Horace Stoneham Bill Terry Bill Terry 1936 New York Giants (MLB) season 1938 New York Giants (MLB) season The 1937 New York Giants season was the franchise's 55th season. The Giants won the National League pennant. The team went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the World Series, four games to one. Offseason January 6, 1937: Tommy Thevenow was purchased by the Giants from the Cincinnati Reds.Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference January 25, 1937: Ed Madjeski was purchased by the Giants from the New York Yankees.Ed Madjeski page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings New York Giants Record vs. opponents NYG Notable transactions May 1, 1937: Tommy Thevenow was traded by the Giants to the Boston Bees for Billy Urbanski. Roster 1937 New York Giants Roster Pitchers 12 Tom Baker 19 Don Brennan 28 Jumbo Brown 19 Ben Cantwell 15 Slick Castleman 14 Dick Coffman 12 Freddie Fitzsimmons 19 Frank Gabler 10 Harry Gumbert 11 Carl Hubbell -- Bill Lohrman 16 Cliff Melton 17 Hal Schumacher 18 Al Smith -- Hy Vandenberg Catchers  9 Harry Danning 25 Ed Madjeski  8 Gus Mancuso Infielders  2 Dick Bartell  1 Lou Chiozza 21 Mickey Haslin 20 Sam Leslie 25 Johnny McCarthy  4 Mel Ott 22 Blondy Ryan  7 Burgess Whitehead Outfielders  3 Wally Berger 24 Kiddo Davis 19,26 Hank Leiber  5 Jo-Jo Moore 23 Jimmy Ripple 15 Phil Weintraub Manager 30 Bill Terry Coaches 31 Dolf Luque 32 Frank Snyder 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 Gus Mancuso 86 287 80 .279 4 39 1B Johnny McCarthy Johnny McCarthy (baseball) 114 420 117 .279 10 65 2B Burgess Whitehead 152 574 164 .286 5 52 SS Dick Bartell 128 516 158 .306 14 62 3B Lou Chiozza 117 439 102 .232 4 29 OF Mel Ott 151 545 160 .294 31 95 OF Jimmy Ripple 121 426 135 .317 5 66 OF Jo-Jo Moore 142 580 180 .310 6 57 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 Harry Danning 93 292 84 .288 8 51 Wally Berger 59 199 58 .291 12 43 Sam Leslie 72 191 59 .309 3 30 Hank Leiber 51 184 54 .293 4 32 Kiddo Davis 56 76 20 .263 0 9 Blondy Ryan 21 75 18 .240 1 13 Mickey Haslin 27 42 8 .190 0 5 Ed Madjeski 5 15 3 .200 0 2 Phil Weintraub 6 9 3 .333 0 1 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G GS IP W L ERA SO Carl Hubbell 39 32 261.2 22 8 3.20 159 Cliff Melton 46 27 248.0 20 9 2.61 142 Hal Schumacher 38 29 217.2 13 12 3.60 100 Harry Gumbert 34 24 200.1 10 11 3.68 65 Slick Castleman 23 23 160.1 11 6 3.31 78 Hy Vandenberg 1 1 8.0 0 1 7.88 2 Ben Cantwell 1 1 4.0 0 1 9.00 1 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 Al Smith Al Smith (left-handed pitcher) 33 85.2 5 4 4.20 41 Freddie Fitzsimmons 6 27.1 2 2 4.61 13 Bill Lohrman 2 10.0 1 0 0.90 3 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 Dick Coffman 42 8 3 3 3.04 30 Tom Baker Tom Baker (1930s pitcher) 13 1 0 0 4.06 11 Don Brennan Don Brennan (baseball) 6 1 0 0 6.75 1 Frank Gabler 6 0 0 0 10.00 3 Jumbo Brown 4 1 0 0 1.04 4 1937 World Series 1937 World Series Game 1 October 6, 1937, at Yankee Stadium in New York City Team123456789RHENew York (N)000010000162New York (A)00000701x870W: Lefty Gomez (1–0)  L: Carl Hubbell (0–1)HR: NYY – Tony Lazzeri (1) Game 2 October 7, 1937, at Yankee Stadium in New York City Team123456789RHENew York (N)100000000170New York (A)00002420x8120W: Red Ruffing (1–0)  L: Cliff Melton (0–1) Game 3 October 8, 1937, at the Polo Grounds in New York City Team123456789RHENew York (A)012110000590New York (N)000000100154W: Monte Pearson (1–0)   L: Hal Schumacher (0–1)   S: Johnny Murphy (1) Game 4 October 9, 1937, at the Polo Grounds in New York City Team123456789RHENew York (A)101000001390New York (N)06000010x7123W: Carl Hubbell (1–1)   L: Bump Hadley (0–1)HR: NYY – Lou Gehrig (1) Game 5 October 10, 1937, at the Polo Grounds in New York City Team123456789RHENew York (A)011020000480New York (N)0020000002100W: Lefty Gomez (2–0)   L: Cliff Melton (0–2)HR: NYY – Myril Hoag (1), Joe DiMaggio (1)    NYG – Mel Ott (1) Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Jersey City Giants International League Travis Jackson B Richmond Colts Piedmont League Eddie Mooers C Greenwood Giants Cotton States League Frank Brazill D Crisfield Crabbers Eastern Shore League Dan Pasquella and Bob Clark D Blytheville Giants Northeast Arkansas League Herschel Bobo LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: BlythevilleJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 References 1937 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference 1937 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac Category:New York Giants (baseball) seasons New York Giants season Category:National League champion seasons New York Category:1930s in Manhattan Category:Washington Heights, Manhattan