1937 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Boston Red Sox 1937 American League Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts 80–72 (.526) 5th Tom Yawkey Tom Yawkey Eddie Collins Joe Cronin WAAB(Fred Hoey) bos BOS The 1937 Boston Red Sox season was the 37th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fifth in the American League (AL) with a record of 80 wins and 72 losses, 21 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1937 World Series. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents BOS Opening Day lineup   9 Bobby Doerr 2B  8 Doc Cramer CF19 Fabian Gaffke     RF  4 Joe Cronin SS  5 Pinky Higgins 3B  2 Rick Ferrell C  7 Buster Mills LF  1 Mel Almada 1B12 Wes Ferrell P Roster 1937 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers 12 Wes Ferrell 19 Joe Gonzales 10 Lefty Grove 21 Jim Henry 11 Johnny Marcum 20 Archie McKain 12 Bobo Newsom 28 Ted Olson 14 Fritz Ostermueller 32 Tommy Thomas 15 Rube Walberg 18 Jack Wilson Catchers 22 Moe Berg 23 Gene Desautels  2 Rick Ferrell 23 Johnny Peacock Infielders  4 Joe Cronin  9 Bobby Doerr  3 Jimmie Foxx  5 Pinky Higgins  6 Eric McNair 24 Ski Melillo Outfielders  1 Mel Almada  1 Ben Chapman  8 Doc Cramer 16 Dom Dallessandro 19 Fabian Gaffke  7 Buster Mills Other batters 32 Stew Bowers 21 Bob Daughters Manager  4 Joe Cronin Coaches 30 Tom Daly (Third base) 27 Bing Miller (Bench) 31 Herb Pennock (Pitching) 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 Gene Desautels 96 305 74 .243 0 27 1B Jimmie Foxx 150 569 162 .285 36 127 2B Eric McNair 126 455 133 .292 12 76 SS Joe Cronin 148 570 175 .307 18 110 3B Pinky Higgins 153 570 172 .302 9 106 OF Doc Cramer 133 560 171 .305 0 51 OF Ben Chapman Ben Chapman (baseball) 113 423 130 .307 7 57 OF Buster Mills 123 505 149 .295 7 58 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 Fabian Gaffke 54 184 53 .288 6 34 Dom Dallessandro 68 147 34 .231 0 11 Bobby Doerr 55 147 33 .224 2 14 Moe Berg 47 141 36 .255 0 20 Mel Almada 32 110 26 .236 1 9 Rick Ferrell 18 65 20 .308 1 4 Ski Melillo 26 56 14 .250 0 6 Johnny Peacock 9 32 10 .313 0 6 Stew Bowers 1 0 0 ---- 0 0 Bob Daughters 1 0 0 ---- 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 Lefty Grove 32 262.0 17 9 3.02 153 Bobo Newsom 30 207.2 13 10 4.46 127 Wes Ferrell 12 73.1 3 6 7.61 31 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 Jack Wilson Jack Wilson (pitcher) 51 221.1 16 10 3.70 137 Johnny Marcum 37 183.2 13 11 4.85 59 Archie McKain 36 137.0 8 8 4.66 66 Rube Walberg 32 104.2 5 7 5.59 46 Fritz Ostermueller 25 86.2 3 7 4.98 29 Joe Gonzales Joe Gonzales (baseball) 8 31.0 1 2 4.35 11 Jim Henry Jim Henry (baseball) 3 15.1 1 0 5.28 8 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 Ted Olson Ted Olson (baseball) 11 0 0 0 7.24 11 Tommy Thomas Tommy Thomas (pitcher) 9 0 2 0 4.09 4 Farm system Minor League Baseball A1 Little Rock Travelers Southern Association Doc Prothro A Hazleton Red Sox New York–Pennsylvania League Specs Toporcer B Rocky Mount Red Sox Piedmont League Nemo Leibold C Brockville Blues Canadian–American League Jesse Spring and John Grilli C Clarksdale Red Sox Cotton States League Red Barnes C Canton Terriers Middle Atlantic League Floyd "Pat" Patterson D Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox Appalachian League Hobe Brummette D Danville-Schoolfield Leafs Bi-State League Herb Brett D Opelousas Indians Evangeline League Harry Strohm D Moultrie Packers Georgia–Florida League Grant Gillis D Mansfield Red Sox Ohio State League Dewey Stover LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Little Rock, Canton, MansfieldJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References 30em External links 1937 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1937 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com Category:Boston Red Sox seasons Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Category:1930s in Boston