The 1937 Washington Senators won 73 games, lost 80, and finished in sixth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Clark Griffith and William Richardson | |
Managers | Bucky Harris | |
Radio | WJSV (Arch McDonald) | |
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Offseason
edit- January 29, 1937: Red Kress, Carl Reynolds and cash were traded by the Senators to the Minneapolis Millers for Jimmy Wasdell.[1]
Regular season
editSeason standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 102 | 52 | .662 | — | 57–20 | 45–32 |
Detroit Tigers | 89 | 65 | .578 | 13 | 49–28 | 40–37 |
Chicago White Sox | 86 | 68 | .558 | 16 | 47–30 | 39–38 |
Cleveland Indians | 83 | 71 | .539 | 19 | 50–28 | 33–43 |
Boston Red Sox | 80 | 72 | .526 | 21 | 44–29 | 36–43 |
Washington Senators | 73 | 80 | .477 | 28½ | 43–35 | 30–45 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 54 | 97 | .358 | 46½ | 27–50 | 27–47 |
St. Louis Browns | 46 | 108 | .299 | 56 | 25–51 | 21–57 |
Record vs. opponents
editSources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10–1 | 7–15 | 17–3 | 15–7 | 8–14–1 | |||||
Chicago | 12–10 | — | 10–12 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 18–4 | 14–8 | |||||
Cleveland | 11–11 | 12–10 | — | 11–11 | 7–15–1 | 13–9 | 18–4–1 | 11–11 | |||||
Detroit | 10–12–1 | 14–8 | 11–11 | — | 9–13 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 16–6 | |||||
New York | 15–7 | 13–9 | 15–7–1 | 13–9 | — | 14–8 | 16–6–1 | 16–6–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 3–17 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 8–14 | — | 11–11 | 8–13–3 | |||||
St. Louis | 7–15 | 4–18 | 4–18–1 | 7–15 | 6–16–1 | 11–11 | — | 7–15 | |||||
Washington | 14–8–1 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 6–16–1 | 13–8–3 | 15–7 | — |
Notable transactions
edit- April 4, 1937: Al Simmons was purchased by the Senators from the Detroit Tigers for $15,000.[2]
- May 2, 1937: Shanty Hogan was traded by the Senators to Indianapolis Indians for Johnny Riddle. The trade was voided on May 20, with the players returned to their original teams.[3]
- June 21, 1937: Shanty Hogan was released by the Senators.[3]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 |
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C | Rick Ferrell | 86 | 279 | 64 | .229 | 1 | 32 |
1B | Joe Kuhel | 136 | 547 | 155 | .283 | 6 | 61 |
2B | Buddy Myer | 125 | 430 | 126 | .293 | 1 | 65 |
SS | Cecil Travis | 135 | 526 | 181 | .344 | 3 | 66 |
3B | Buddy Lewis | 156 | 668 | 210 | .314 | 10 | 79 |
OF | Al Simmons | 103 | 419 | 117 | .279 | 8 | 84 |
OF | Mel Almada | 100 | 433 | 134 | .309 | 4 | 33 |
OF | John Stone | 139 | 542 | 179 | .330 | 6 | 88 |
Other batters
editNote: 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 |
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Fred Sington | 78 | 228 | 54 | .237 | 3 | 36 |
Wally Millies | 59 | 179 | 40 | .223 | 0 | 28 |
Ben Chapman | 35 | 130 | 34 | .262 | 0 | 12 |
Ossie Bluege | 42 | 127 | 36 | .283 | 1 | 13 |
Jimmy Wasdell | 32 | 110 | 28 | .255 | 2 | 12 |
John Mihalic | 38 | 107 | 27 | .252 | 0 | 8 |
Jesse Hill | 33 | 92 | 20 | .217 | 1 | 4 |
George Case | 22 | 90 | 26 | .289 | 0 | 11 |
Shanty Hogan | 21 | 66 | 10 | .152 | 0 | 5 |
Jimmy Bloodworth | 15 | 50 | 11 | .220 | 0 | 8 |
Johnny Riddle | 8 | 26 | 7 | .269 | 0 | 3 |
Milt Gray | 2 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Trechock | 1 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
Herb Crompton | 2 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Guerra | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jerry Lynn | 1 | 3 | 2 | .667 | 0 | 0 |
Alex Sabo | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jimmie DeShong | 37 | 264.1 | 14 | 15 | 4.90 | 86 |
Wes Ferrell | 25 | 207.2 | 11 | 13 | 3.94 | 92 |
Monte Weaver | 30 | 188.2 | 12 | 9 | 4.20 | 44 |
Bobo Newsom | 11 | 67.2 | 3 | 4 | 5.85 | 39 |
Bill Phebus | 6 | 40.2 | 3 | 2 | 2.21 | 12 |
Joe Krakauskas | 5 | 40.0 | 4 | 1 | 2.70 | 18 |
Joe Kohlman | 2 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 4.15 | 3 |
Other pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Pete Appleton | 35 | 168.0 | 8 | 15 | 4.39 | 62 |
Ed Linke | 36 | 128.2 | 6 | 1 | 5.60 | 61 |
Ken Chase | 14 | 76.1 | 4 | 3 | 4.13 | 43 |
Carl Fischer | 17 | 72.0 | 4 | 5 | 4.38 | 30 |
Joe Cascarella | 10 | 32.1 | 0 | 5 | 8.07 | 10 |
Dick Lanahan | 6 | 11.1 | 0 | 1 | 12.71 | 2 |
Red Anderson | 2 | 10.2 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 3 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Syd Cohen | 33 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3.11 | 22 |
Bucky Jacobs | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.84 | 8 |
Farm system
editLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Salisbury