1937 Boston Red Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 80-72
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 559,659, Avg. 10,260
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Joe Cronin (80-72)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1937 Boston Red Sox Roster
1937 Boston Red Sox Results

The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1937 season with a record of 80 wins and 72 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.

The Red Sox scored 821 runs and yielded 775 runs. Jimmie Foxx walloped 36 home runs for Boston, and Joe Cronin added 20 or more, too. Jimmie Foxx drove in 127 runs. Ben Chapman and Joe Cronin paced all regular hitters by hitting .307. Lefty Grove topped the team with 17 wins, while Jack Wilson contributed 15 or more wins, too Lefty Grove recorded a 3.02 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Joe Cronin coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Lefty Grove	17	9	.654	3.02	32	32	0	21	3	0	262.0	269	101	88	9	83	153	1	0	5	1127
Jack Wilson	16	10	.615	3.70	51	21	23	14	1	7	221.3	209	111	91	13	119	137	3	2	4	979
Bobo Newsom	13	10	.565	4.46	30	27	2	14	1	0	207.7	193	114	103	14	119	127	3	1	4	926
Johnny Marcum	13	11	.542	4.85	37	23	13	9	1	3	183.7	230	104	99	17	47	59	2	0	2	808
Archie McKain	8	8	.500	4.66	36	18	6	3	0	2	137.0	152	84	71	7	64	66	0	0	1	630
Rube Walberg	5	7	.417	5.59	32	11	13	3	0	1	104.7	143	72	65	7	46	46	3	0	4	488
Wes Ferrell	3	6	.333	7.61	12	11	1	5	0	0	73.3	111	66	62	14	34	31	1	0	1	357
Fritz Ostermueller	3	7	.300	4.98	25	7	9	2	0	1	86.7	101	64	48	2	44	29	1	0	1	402
Jim Henry	1	0	1.000	5.28	3	2	0	1	0	0	15.3	15	9	9	2	11	8	0	0	0	70
Joe Gonzales	1	2	.333	4.35	8	2	3	2	0	0	31.0	37	16	15	1	11	11	0	0	0	140
Ted Olson	0	0		7.24	11	0	6	0	0	0	32.3	42	28	26	4	15	11	0	0	0	152
Tommy Thomas	0	2	.000	4.09	9	0	4	0	0	0	11.0	16	6	5	2	4	4	1	0	0	53
Totals	80	72	.526	4.49	286	154	80	74	6	14	1366.0	1518	775	682	92	597	682	15	3	22	6132

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
Joe Cronin	148	671	570	102	175	40	4	18	110	5	3	84	73	.307	.402	.486	.887	277	6	11
Pinky Higgins	153	654	570	88	172	33	5	9	106	2	6	76	51	.302	.385	.425	.809	242	1	7
Doc Cramer	133	616	560	90	171	22	11	0	51	8	6	35	14	.305	.351	.384	.735	215	4	17
Jimmie Foxx	150	673	569	111	162	24	6	36	127	10	8	99	96	.285	.392	.538	.929	306	1	4
Buster Mills	123	566	505	85	149	25	8	7	58	11	8	46	41	.295	.361	.418	.779	211	6	9
Eric McNair	126	493	455	60	133	29	4	12	76	10	7	30	33	.292	.340	.453	.793	206	3	5
Ben Chapman	113	487	423	76	130	23	11	7	57	27	12	57	35	.307	.391	.463	.854	196	1	6
Gene Desautels	96	349	305	33	74	10	3	0	27	1	2	36	26	.243	.325	.295	.620	90	1	7
Fabian Gaffke	54	204	184	32	53	10	4	6	34	1	2	15	25	.288	.342	.484	.825	89	0	5
Moe Berg	47	148	141	13	36	3	1	0	20	0	0	5	4	.255	.281	.291	.572	41	0	2
Dom Dallessandro	68	175	147	18	34	7	1	0	11	2	1	27	16	.231	.351	.293	.643	43	0	1
Bobby Doerr	55	170	147	22	33	5	1	2	14	2	4	18	25	.224	.313	.313	.626	46	1	4
Mel Almada	32	127	110	17	26	6	2	1	9	0	1	15	6	.236	.328	.355	.683	39	0	2
Johnny Marcum	51	95	86	12	23	8	0	0	13	0	0	7	4	.267	.323	.360	.683	31	0	2
Rick Ferrell	18	80	65	8	20	2	0	1	4	0	0	15	4	.308	.438	.385	.822	25	0	0
Bobo Newsom	31	81	75	9	19	4	1	0	4	0	0	2	14	.253	.273	.333	.606	25	0	4
Oscar Melillo	26	62	56	8	14	2	0	0	6	0	1	5	4	.250	.311	.286	.597	16	0	1
Jack Wilson	51	91	85	2	14	2	0	0	10	0	0	4	13	.165	.202	.188	.390	16	0	2
Archie McKain	38	53	49	5	13	5	0	0	3	0	0	1	16	.265	.308	.367	.675	18	2	1
Lefty Grove	32	109	91	6	13	1	0	0	6	0	0	12	39	.143	.243	.154	.397	14	0	6
Wes Ferrell	18	41	33	7	12	2	0	1	9	0	0	7	3	.364	.475	.515	.990	17	0	1
Fritz Ostermueller	25	37	33	5	11	3	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	.333	.353	.424	.777	14	0	3
Johnny Peacock	9	33	32	3	10	2	1	0	6	0	0	1	0	.313	.333	.438	.771	14	0	0
Rube Walberg	32	39	34	7	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	.147	.194	.176	.371	6	0	3
Ted Olson	11	10	10	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.300	.300	.500	.800	5	0	0
Tommy Thomas	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0
Jim Henry	3	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0
Joe Gonzales	8	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1
Bob Daughters	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Stew Bowers	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Totals	1662	6085	5354	821	1506	269	64	100	769	79	61	601	557	.281	.357	.411	.768	2203	26	104

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Eric McNair	1B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Jimmie Foxx	1B	150	1287	106	8	122	.994	9.287	0
Mel Almada	1B	4	31	0	2	3	.939	7.750	0
Oscar Melillo	2B	19	33	29	4	7	.939	3.263	0
Eric McNair	2B	106	242	316	18	67	.969	5.264	0
Bobby Doerr	2B	47	94	124	6	29	.973	4.638	0
Oscar Melillo	3B	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Eric McNair	3B	4	1	9	3	1	.769	2.500	0
Pinky Higgins	3B	152	161	258	29	29	.935	2.757	0
Johnny Peacock	C	9	42	8	1	1	.980	5.556	1
Jimmie Foxx	C	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Rick Ferrell	C	18	93	10	1	1	.990	5.722	0
Gene Desautels	C	94	491	44	4	4	.993	5.691	3
Moe Berg	C	47	208	24	5	2	.979	4.936	5
Buster Mills	OF	120	239	8	14	0	.946	2.058	0
Fabian Gaffke	OF	50	80	3	3	0	.965	1.660	0
Dom Dallessandro	OF	35	54	1	2	0	.965	1.571	0
Doc Cramer	OF	133	365	12	12	4	.969	2.835	0
Ben Chapman	OF	112	262	9	4	1	.985	2.420	0
Mel Almada	OF	27	37	1	3	0	.927	1.407	0
Jack Wilson	P	51	9	41	2	3	.962	.980	0
Rube Walberg	P	32	6	17	4	3	.852	.719	0
Tommy Thomas	P	9	0	2	0	0	1.000	.222	0
Fritz Ostermueller	P	25	9	17	3	0	.897	1.040	0
Ted Olson	P	11	3	11	2	0	.875	1.273	0
Bobo Newsom	P	30	8	29	3	0	.925	1.233	0
Archie McKain	P	36	4	27	3	0	.912	.861	0
Johnny Marcum	P	37	13	38	1	1	.981	1.378	0
Jim Henry	P	3	0	2	0	1	1.000	.667	0
Lefty Grove	P	32	6	43	1	1	.980	1.531	0
Joe Gonzales	P	8	0	6	0	1	1.000	.750	0
Wes Ferrell	P	12	6	21	1	4	.964	2.250	0
Oscar Melillo	SS	2	0	5	0	1	1.000	2.500	0
Eric McNair	SS	9	13	19	6	4	.842	3.556	0
Joe Cronin	SS	148	300	414	31	89	.958	4.824	0
Ben Chapman	SS	1	2	1	1	0	.750	3.000	0
Totals		1577	4099	1656	177	379	.970	3.649	9

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