1937 Cleveland Indians season

1937 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
League Park (Since 1901) Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1936)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Alva Bradley
General manager(s)	Cy Slapnicka
Manager(s)	Steve O'Neill
Local radio	WHK
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The 1937 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 83–71, 19 games behind the New York Yankees.

Regular season

• April 20, 1937: Gee Walker of the Detroit Tigers' became the first (and to date only) man to hit for the cycle on Opening Day. Walker did it in reverse order (home run, triple, double, single) to lead the Tigers past the Indians 4–3 on April 20, 1937.^[1]

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	102	52	.662	--
Detroit Tigers	89	65	.578	13
Chicago White Sox	86	68	.558	16
Cleveland Indians	83	71	.539	19
Boston Red Sox	80	72	.526	21
Washington Senators	73	80	.477	28½
Philadelphia Athletics	54	97	.358	46½
St. Louis Browns	46	108	.299	56

Record vs. opponents

1937 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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	—

Roster

1937 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 15 Johnny Allen 19 Ivy Andrews 21 Lloyd Brown 14 Bob Feller 29 Carl Fischer 16 Denny Galehouse 18 Mel Harder 17 Joe Heving 12 Willis Hudlin 19 Ken Jungels 11 Earl Whitehill 20 Whit Wyatt		Catchers 10 Joe Becker  8 Frankie Pytlak  9 Billy Sullivan Infielders  4 Odell Hale  5 Roy Hughes 25 Ken Keltner 22 John Kroner  1 Lyn Lary 24 Blas Monaco  7 Hal Trosky		Outfielders  2 Hugh Alexander  3 Earl Averill 23 Bruce Campbell 24 Jeff Heath  6 Moose Solters  2 Roy Weatherly Other batters -- Bill Sodd		Manager 26 Steve O'Neill Coaches 27 Wally Schang 28 George Uhle

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
OF	Campbell, BruceBruce Campbell	134	438	135	.301	4	61

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
Sullivan, BillyBilly Sullivan	72	168	48	.286	3	22

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
Allen, JohnnyJohnny Allen	24	173	15	1	2.55	87

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
Andrews, IvyIvy Andrews	20	59.2	3	4	4.37	16

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
Brown, LloydLloyd Brown	31	2	6	0	6.55	32

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Milwaukee Brewers	American Association	Allen Sothoron
A1	New Orleans Pelicans	Southern Association	Larry Gilbert
B	Montgomery Bombers	Southeastern League	Ken Penner, Harry Griswold and Bud Connolly
C	Oswego Netherlands	Canadian–American League	Riley Parker
C	Springfield Indians	Middle Atlantic League	Earl Wolgamot
D	Troy Trojans	Alabama–Florida League	Charlie Moss
D	Hopkinsville Hoppers	KITTY League	Red Smith
D	Owensboro Oilers	KITTY League	Hughie Wise
D	Newton-Conover Twins	North Carolina State League	Phil Lundeen, Buz Phillips and Ray Lindsey
D	Fargo-Moorhead Twins	Northern League	Jack Knight
D	Wausau Lumberjacks	Northern League	Dickie Kerr

^[2]

References

1. SI.com – Statitudes – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 1937 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference