1937 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1937 Philadelphia Athletics Jersey Logo (1928 to 1949).svg American League Shibe Park Philadelphia 54 97 y 7th Connie Mack and John Shibe Connie Mack WCAU(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.Biography of John Shibe from the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society https://web.archive.org/web/20111012164624/http://www.philadelphiaathletics.org/history/shibebio.htm October 12, 2011 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.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 20 The club started to use uniform numbers during the 1937 season. They were the last team in the American League to do so.Numbelievable! 89 Michael X. Ferraro John Veneziano Triumph Books Chicago 2007 978-1-57243-990-0 The Athletics set a Major League record which still stands for the fewest batters hit by a pitch in a season, with only 5.Hit By A Pitch Team Records https://www.baseball-almanac.com/rb_hbp3.shtml Baseball-Almanac.com May 14, 2012 Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA Roster 1937 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers 26,41 Fred Archer 20 George Caster 18 Herman Fink 14,19,32 Randy Gumpert 61 Bill Kalfass 15 Harry Kelley 11 Lynn Nelson 17 Buck Ross 22 Eddie Smith 21 Bud Thomas 24 George Turbeville 19,25 Al Williams Catchers  2 Earle Brucker 25 Bill Conroy  1 Frankie Hayes -- Hal Wagner Infielders  4 Wayne Ambler  4 Bill Cissell  3 Chubby Dean  8 Lou Finney 35 Gene Hasson 10 Warren Huston  6 Skeeter Newsome 19,26 Ace Parker 12 Rusty Peters  5 Billy Werber Outfielders 10,42 Babe Barna 15 Jess Hill  7 Bob Johnson 92 Doyt Morris  9 Wally Moses 23 Jack Rothrock  8 Eddie Yount Manager Connie Mack Coaches 29 Charlie Berry 28 Lena Blackburne 27 Earle Mack Player stats = Indicates team leader 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 GP AB H Avg. HR RBI C Earle Brucker Earle Brucker, Sr. 102 317 82 .259 6 37 1B Chubby Dean 104 309 81 .262 2 31 2B Rusty Peters 116 339 88 .260 3 43 SS Skeeter Newsome 122 438 111 .253 1 30 3B Billy Werber 128 493 144 .292 7 70 OF Jess Hill 70 242 71 .293 1 37 OF Wally Moses 154 649 208 .320 25 86 OF Bob Johnson 138 477 146 .306 25 108 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player GP AB H Avg. HR RBI Lou Finney 92 379 95 .251 1 20 Jack Rothrock 88 232 62 .267 0 21 Frankie Hayes 60 188 49 .261 10 38 Wayne Ambler 56 162 35 .216 0 11 Bill Cissell 34 117 31 .265 1 14 Gene Hasson 28 98 30 .306 3 14 Ace Parker 38 94 11 .117 2 13 Bill Conroy Bill Conroy (catcher) 26 60 12 .200 0 3 Warren Huston 38 54 7 .130 0 3 Babe Barna 14 36 14 .389 2 9 Doyt Morris 6 13 2 .154 0 0 Eddie Yount 4 7 2 .286 0 1 Hal Wagner 1 0 0 ---- 0 0 Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 Caster 34 231.2 12 19 4.43 100 Harry Kelley 41 205.0 13 21 5.36 68 Bud Thomas Bud Thomas (pitcher) 35 169.2 8 15 4.99 54 Buck Ross 28 147.1 5 10 4.89 37 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 Smith 38 196.2 4 17 3.94 79 Al Williams 16 75.1 4 1 5.38 27 Bill Kalfass 3 12.0 1 0 3.00 9 Chubby Dean 2 9.0 1 0 4.00 4 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 Turbeville 31 0 4 0 4.77 17 Lynn Nelson 30 4 9 2 5.90 49 Herman Fink 28 2 1 1 4.05 18 Randy Gumpert 10 0 0 0 12.00 5 Fred Archer Fred Archer (baseball) 1 0 0 0 6.00 2 Farm system Minor League Baseball A Williamsport Grays New York–Pennsylvania League Ollie Marquardt D Federalsburg Athletics Eastern Shore League George Short Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1937 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1937 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Oakland Category:1937 in Philadelphia Category:Long stubs with short prose