1937 Major League Baseball season

The 1937 major league baseball season began on April 19, 1937. The regular season ended on October 3, with the New York Giants and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 34th World Series on October 6 and ended with Game 5 on October 10. In the fifth iteration of this World Series matchup, the Yankees defeated the Giants, four games to one, capturing their sixth championship in franchise history, and their second in a four-World Series run. With this victory, the Yankees became the team with the most World Series victories, a feat that continues today.

Schedule

The 1937 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the season (except for ) and would be used until in the American League and in the National League. Opening Day, April 19, featured four teams across both leagues play. The final day of the regular season was on October 3 and featured all sixteen teams, the first since . The World Series took place between October 6 and October 10. ==Rule changes==

Rule changes

The 1937 season saw the following rule changes: • Regarding night games, the National and American Leagues allowed teams to play up to seven night games per season at home as long as the visiting team agreed. • It was decided to make the baseball slightly "deader" (that is, less effective off the bat), following poor pitching performances and stats of the previous season. • New baseballs created would now have "Official Major League Baseball" stamped, as opposed to either National or American Leagues (although both leagues would frequently use their own branded balls through the end of the 20th century). ==Teams==

Teams

An asterisk (*) denotes the ballpark a team played the minority of their home games at ==Standings==

Standings

American League National League Tie games 13 tie games (9 in AL, 4 in NL), which are not factored into winning percentage or games behind (and were often replayed again) occurred throughout the season. American League • Boston Red Sox, 2 • Cleveland Indians, 2 • Detroit Tigers, 1 • New York Yankees, 3 • Philadelphia Athletics, 3 • St. Louis Browns, 2 • Washington Senators, 5 National League • Brooklyn Dodgers, 2 • Cincinnati Reds, 1 • Philadelphia Phillies, 2 • St. Louis Cardinals, 3 ==Postseason==

Postseason

The postseason began on October 6 and ended on October 10 with the New York Yankees defeating the New York Giants in the 1937 World Series in five games. Bracket ==Managerial changes==

Managerial changes

Off-season In-season ==League leaders==

League leaders

Any team shown in indicates a previous team a player was on during the season. American League 1 American League Triple Crown pitching winner National League 2 National League Triple Crown batting winner ==Milestones==

Milestones

Batters Cycles • Gee Walker (DET): • Walker hit for his first cycle, the third in franchise history, and the fourth reverse cycle in major league history, on April 20 against the Cleveland Indians. • Joe DiMaggio (NYY): • DiMaggio hit for his first cycle and the seventh in franchise history, on July 9 against the Washington Senators. • Lou Gehrig (NYY): • Gehrig hit for his second cycle and the eighth in franchise history, on August 1 against the St. Louis Browns. Pitchers No-hitters • Bill Dietrich (CWS): • Dietrich threw his first career no-hitter and 10th no-hitter in franchise history, by defeating the St. Louis Browns 8–0 on June 1. Dietrich walked two and struck out five. ==Awards and honors==

Awards and honors

Regular season Other awards Baseball Hall of Fame • Nap Lajoie • Tris Speaker • Cy Young • Connie Mack (manager) • John McGraw (manager) • Morgan Bulkeley (executive) • Ban Johnson (executive) • George Wright (executive/pioneer contributor) ==Home field attendance==

Venues

Over 78 home games, the Cleveland Indians played 63 games at League Park and 15 games at Cleveland Stadium. Only Sunday and Monday home games saw games played at Cleveland Stadium. This would be the 3rd of 12 seasons since that saw the Indians play at both venues. ==See also==

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