1937 Chicago Cubs season

1937 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Wrigley Field (since 1916)
Chicago (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	Philip K. Wrigley
Manager(s)	Charlie Grimm
Local radio	WGN (Bob Elson) WBBM (George Sutherland, Pat Flanagan) WCFL (Hal Totten) WIND (Russ Hodges) WJJD (John Harrington)
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The 1937 Chicago Cubs season was the 66th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 62nd in the National League and the 22nd at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished second in the National League with a record of 93–61.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
New York Giants	95	57	–	.625
Chicago Cubs	93	61	3	.604
Pittsburgh Pirates	86	68	10	.558
St. Louis Cardinals	81	73	15	.526
Boston Bees	79	73	16	.520
Brooklyn Dodgers	62	91	33½	.405
Philadelphia Phillies	61	92	34½	.399
Cincinnati Reds	56	98	40	.364

Record vs. opponents

1937 National League Records Sources:
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	—

Roster

1937 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 18 Clay Bryant 16 Tex Carleton 22 Curt Davis 14 Larry French 49 Kirby Higbe 43 Newt Kimball 11 Bill Lee 39 Bob Logan 24 Roy Parmelee 17 Charlie Root 21 Clyde Shoun		Catchers 41 John Bottarini  2 Gabby Hartnett 12 Ken O'Dea Infielders  3 Ripper Collins 15 Lonny Frey  6 Stan Hack  4 Billy Herman  5 Billy Jurges		Outfielders 23 Phil Cavarretta  9 Frank Demaree  7 Augie Galan  8 Joe Marty 43 Carl Reynolds 42 Tuck Stainback Other batters 39 Bob Garbark 43 Dutch Meyer		Manager  1 Charlie Grimm Coaches 19 Red Corriden 20 Roy Johnson

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	Hartnett, GabbyGabby Hartnett	110	356	126	.354	12	82

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
Meyer, DutchDutch Meyer	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
Carleton, TexTex Carleton	32	208.1	16	8	3.15	105

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
Bryant, ClayClay Bryant	38	135.1	9	3	4.26	75
Davis, CurtCurt Davis	28	123.2	10	5	4.08	32

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

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Los Angeles Angels	Pacific Coast League	Truck Hannah
B	Moline Plowboys	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Mike Gazella
B	Portsmouth Cubs	Piedmont League	Elmer Yoter
C	Ponca City Angels	Western Association	Art Veltman
D	Eau Claire Bears	Northern League	Johnny Mostil

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Moline^[1]

Notes

1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

• 1937 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference