1937 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1937 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Benswanger
Manager(s)	Pie Traynor
Local radio	KDKA Rosey Rowswell, Jack Craddock
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The 1937 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 56th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 51st in the National League. The Pirates finished third in the league standings with a record of 86–68.

Offseason

• December 4, 1936: Ralph Birkofer and Cookie Lavagetto were traded by the Pirates to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Ed Brandt.^[2]

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 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 51 Russ Bauers 46 Cy Blanton 27 Joe Bowman 49 Ed Brandt 47 Mace Brown 44 Ken Heintzelman 48 Waite Hoyt 40 Red Lucas 45 Bill Swift 50 Jim Tobin 43 Jim Weaver		Catchers 48 Ray Berres 31 Tom Padden 30 Al Todd Infielders 25 Bill Brubaker 22 Lee Handley 32 Bill Schuster 24 Gus Suhr 20 Pie Traynor 21 Arky Vaughan 26 Pep Young		Outfielders 15 Johnny Dickshot 16 Woody Jensen 14 Fred Schulte 10 Lloyd Waner 11 Paul Waner		Manager 20 Pie Traynor Coaches 33 Jewel Ens 34 Johnny Gooch 36 Honus Wagner

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

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
Traynor, PiePie Traynor	5	12	2	.167	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
Brandt, EdEd Brandt	33	176.1	11	10	3.11	74

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
Bauers, RussRuss Bauers	34	187.2	13	6	2.88	118
Weaver, JimJim Weaver	32	109.2	8	5	3.20	44

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	Montreal Royals	International League	Walter "Rabbit" Maranville
B	Savannah Indians	Sally League	Bill Steinecke and Chick Autry
C	Hutchinson Larks	Western Association	Dick Goldberg, Dick Klinger and Hugh McMullen
D	Mt. Airy Reds	Bi-State League	Frank Packard and Walt Novak
D	Paducah Indians	KITTY League	Hugh McMullen, Ervin Brame, Lee Keller, Ralph Bishop, George Block and Pete Mondino

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Savannah

References

1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
2. Ralph Birkofer page at Baseball-Reference

External links

• 1937 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1937 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette cartoon on the pennant race
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.