1937 in baseball

Year in baseball
this year = 1937

Champions

Major League Baseball

*World Series: New York Yankees over New York Giants (4-1)
*All-Star Game, July 7 at Griffith Stadium: American League, 8-3

Other champions

*Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: East, 7-2

Awards and honors

*MLB Most Valuable Player Award
**American League: Charlie Gehringer, Detroit Tigers, 2B
**National League: Joe Medwick, St Louis Cardinals, OF
*The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
**Johnny Allen Cleveland Indians

*The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
**Bill McKechnie Boston Braves

tatistical Leaders

Negro League Baseball final standings

Negro National League final standings

*Homestead beat Pittsburgh in a one-game play-off for the Pennant.

Events

*May 27 - The New York Giants' Mel Ott's ninth-inning home run helps Carl Hubbell win a record 24th straight game in a 3-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field.

*June 1 - Bill Dietrich pitches a no-hitter in an 8-0 Chicago White Sox victory over the St. Louis Browns.

*July 7 - The American League defeats the National League, 8-3, in the All-Star Game, held at Griffith Stadium, home of the Washington Senators.

*October 10 - In a rematch of the 1936 World Series, the New York Yankees defeat the New York Giants, 4-2, in Game 5 of the World Series to win their Major-League-record sixth World Championship, four game to one. The Yankees had been tied with the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox for most championships (they each had five). By the time either of those teams won their next Series, the Yankees had far outdistanced them, with 20 wins as of 1972, and 26 wins as of 2004, respectively.

Births

January-April

*January 10 - Jim O'Toole
*January 14 - Sonny Siebert
*February 2 - Don Buford
*February 7 - Juan Pizarro
*February 9 - Clete Boyer
*April 2 - Dick Radatz
*April 4 - Gary Geiger
*April 6 - Phil Regan
*April 21 - Gary Peters

May-August

*May 7 - Claude Raymond
*May 8 - Mike Cuellar
*May 10 - Jim Hickman
*May 18 - Brooks Robinson
*June 23 - Tom Haller
*July 7 - George Smith
*July 26 - Pete Ward
*August 14 - Joe Horlen
*August 17 - Diego Segui
*August 25 - Choo Choo Coleman
*August 31 - Tracy Stallard

eptember-December

*September 2 - Peter Ueberroth
*September 17 - Orlando Cepeda
*September 19 - Chris Short
*September 20 - Tom Tresh
*October 13 - Lou Clinton
*October 20 - Juan Marichal
*November 15 - Ray Webster
*November 17 - Jim Brewer
*December 8 - Jim Pagliaroni
*December 13 - Ron Taylor

Deaths

*January 18 - Michael Sexton, 73, president of the minor leagues from 1909 to 1931, during which time the minors expanded to record size and success, peaking with 47 leagues
*April 14 - Ned Hanlon, 79, manager of the Baltimore Orioles teams which won NL pennants in 1894-95-96 with their aggressive play, then of the Brooklyn champions of 1899-1900; pioneer of various offensive tactics, previously a center fielder for Detroit Wolverines
*April 15 - Emmett McCann, 35, shortstop for the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox in the 1920s; later a minor league manager from 1931 to 1935
*April 18 - Hick Carpenter, 81, third baseman who played in 12 seasons, eight with the Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association.
*May 23 - Danny Clark, 43, infielder for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals, between 1922 and 1927
*May 27 - Frank Grant, 71, second baseman widely considered to have been the 19th century's greatest black player
*August 16 - Bunk Congalton, 62, Canadian-born outfielder who finished fourth in the American League batting race with a .320 average
*August 21 - George Wright, 90, pioneer of the sport who starred as a shortstop on the first professional team in 1869, then as captain of the powerhouse Boston teams from 1871-78; managed Providence to NL pennant in 1879
*September 20 - Harry Stovey, 80, first baseman and outfielder who was among the American Association's leading hitters; won five home run titles, led league in slugging, runs and triples multiple times; first player to hit 100 home runs, was seventh all-time in hits and first in runs upon retirement
*October 1 - Mickey Devine, 45, catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox and New York Giants between 1918 and 1925
*October 31 - Ed Walsh, Jr., 37, pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, and son of Hall of Famer Ed Walsh. Stopped Joe Dimaggio's 61 game minor league record hitting streak.
*November 12 - Peek-A-Boo Veach, 75, pitcher and first baseman for three seasons; 1884,1887, and 1890.
*November 16 - Dick Burns, 73, pitcher/outfielder for three seasons. Pitched no-hitter on August 26, 1884.
*November 23 - Welday Walker, 77, he and his brother Moses Fleetwood Walker are officially recognized as the first African-Americans to play Major League Baseball. He played in just five games for the by|1884 Toledo Blue Stockings.