1937 Detroit Tigers Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 89-65
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 1,072,276, Avg. 16,947
Ballpark: Navin Field
Manager: Mickey Cochrane (16-13)
Manager: Del Baker (34-20)
Manager: Mickey Cochrane (26-20)
Manager: Del Baker (7-3)
Manager: Cy Perkins (6-9)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1937 Detroit Tigers RosterTeam Record: 89-65
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 1,072,276, Avg. 16,947
Ballpark: Navin Field
Manager: Mickey Cochrane (16-13)
Manager: Del Baker (34-20)
Manager: Mickey Cochrane (26-20)
Manager: Del Baker (7-3)
Manager: Cy Perkins (6-9)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1937 Detroit Tigers Results
The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1937 season with a record of 89 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the AL.
The Tigers scored 935 runs and allowed 841 runs. Hank Greenberg walloped 40 home runs for Detroit, while Rudy York and Gee Walker swatted 20 or more also. Hank Greenberg accounted for 183 RBI. Charlie Gehringer topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .371. Roxie Lawson led the team with 18 wins, and Elden Auker and Tommy Bridges added 15 or more victories as well Elden Auker recorded a 3.88 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Mickey Cochrane, Del Baker, Mickey Cochrane, Del Baker and Cy Perkins 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 | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxie Lawson | 18 | 7 | .720 | 5.26 | 37 | 29 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 217.3 | 236 | 141 | 127 | 17 | 115 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 995 |
| Elden Auker | 17 | 9 | .654 | 3.88 | 39 | 32 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 252.7 | 250 | 127 | 109 | 13 | 97 | 0 | 73 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1081 |
| Tommy Bridges | 15 | 12 | .556 | 4.07 | 34 | 31 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 245.3 | 267 | 129 | 111 | 15 | 91 | 0 | 138 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1076 |
| George Gill | 11 | 4 | .733 | 4.51 | 31 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 127.7 | 146 | 74 | 64 | 11 | 42 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 564 |
| Boots Poffenberger | 10 | 5 | .667 | 4.65 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 137.3 | 147 | 83 | 71 | 8 | 79 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 625 |
| George Coffman | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.37 | 28 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 101.0 | 121 | 61 | 49 | 8 | 39 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 457 |
| Jake Wade | 7 | 10 | .412 | 5.39 | 33 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 165.3 | 160 | 106 | 99 | 13 | 107 | 0 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 744 |
| Jack Russell | 2 | 5 | .286 | 7.59 | 25 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 40.3 | 63 | 35 | 34 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 196 |
| Clyde Hatter | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| Schoolboy Rowe | 1 | 4 | .200 | 8.62 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 49 | 32 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 152 |
| Bob Logan | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Pat McLaughlin | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.34 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 39 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 |
| Vic Sorrell | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.00 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 | 25 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 83 |
| Totals | 89 | 65 | .578 | 4.87 | 287 | 155 | 85 | 70 | 6 | 11 | 1378.0 | 1521 | 841 | 746 | 102 | 635 | 0 | 485 | 24 | 4 | 24 | 6181 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gee Walker | 151 | 683 | 635 | 105 | 213 | 42 | 4 | 18 | 113 | 23 | 7 | 41 | 74 | .335 | .380 | .499 | .880 | 317 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Gehringer | 144 | 660 | 564 | 133 | 209 | 40 | 1 | 14 | 96 | 11 | 4 | 90 | 25 | .371 | .458 | .520 | .978 | 293 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Fox | 148 | 679 | 628 | 116 | 208 | 39 | 8 | 12 | 82 | 12 | 8 | 41 | 43 | .331 | .372 | .476 | .848 | 299 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Greenberg | 154 | 701 | 594 | 137 | 200 | 49 | 14 | 40 | 183 | 8 | 3 | 102 | 101 | .337 | .436 | .668 | 1.105 | 397 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Rogell | 146 | 632 | 536 | 85 | 148 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 64 | 5 | 5 | 83 | 48 | .276 | .376 | .403 | .779 | 216 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy York | 104 | 417 | 375 | 72 | 115 | 18 | 3 | 35 | 103 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 52 | .307 | .375 | .651 | 1.026 | 244 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marv Owen | 107 | 441 | 396 | 48 | 114 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 24 | .288 | .358 | .376 | .734 | 149 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jo-Jo White | 94 | 358 | 305 | 50 | 75 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 50 | 40 | .246 | .354 | .308 | .662 | 94 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chet Laabs | 72 | 267 | 242 | 31 | 58 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 66 | .240 | .308 | .434 | .742 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Goose Goslin | 79 | 219 | 181 | 30 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 18 | .238 | .367 | .376 | .743 | 68 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Birdie Tebbetts | 50 | 175 | 162 | 15 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 | .191 | .238 | .290 | .528 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Cochrane | 27 | 126 | 98 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 4 | .306 | .452 | .490 | .941 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Bridges | 34 | 104 | 96 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | .240 | .277 | .281 | .558 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Hayworth | 30 | 96 | 78 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 15 | .269 | .394 | .333 | .727 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Roxie Lawson | 37 | 92 | 81 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .259 | .310 | .296 | .607 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Elden Auker | 43 | 105 | 91 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 36 | .198 | .263 | .385 | .647 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Gil English | 18 | 72 | 65 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | .262 | .333 | .323 | .656 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Bolton | 27 | 65 | 57 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | .263 | .354 | .351 | .705 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boots Poffenberger | 29 | 53 | 51 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .216 | .216 | .275 | .490 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Wade | 33 | 63 | 59 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | .186 | .226 | .203 | .429 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Gill | 31 | 52 | 50 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .140 | .157 | .160 | .317 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Babe Herman | 17 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .300 | .364 | .450 | .814 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Coffman | 28 | 38 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .172 | .294 | .207 | .501 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Flea Clifton | 15 | 52 | 43 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .116 | .240 | .140 | .380 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Gelbert | 20 | 51 | 47 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .085 | .157 | .128 | .285 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Schoolboy Rowe | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat McLaughlin | 11 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Sorrell | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Russell | 25 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clyde Hatter | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Logan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1695 | 6264 | 5516 | 935 | 1611 | 309 | 62 | 150 | 873 | 89 | 45 | 656 | 712 | .292 | .370 | .452 | .822 | 2494 | 0 | 22 | 70 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy York | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Greenberg | 1B | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 1477 | 102 | 13 | 133 | .992 | 1.253 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Goose Goslin | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 13.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Gehringer | 2B | 142 | 0 | 0.0 | 331 | 485 | 12 | 102 | .986 | 5.746 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gil English | 2B | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 28 | 2 | 5 | .962 | 4.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flea Clifton | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .800 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rudy York | 3B | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 66 | 9 | 5 | .925 | 2.707 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marv Owen | 3B | 106 | 0 | 0.0 | 108 | 219 | 10 | 17 | .970 | 3.085 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gil English | 3B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flea Clifton | 3B | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 3.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rudy York | C | 54 | 0 | 0.0 | 190 | 27 | 9 | 6 | .960 | 4.019 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Birdie Tebbetts | C | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 155 | 25 | 7 | 1 | .963 | 3.750 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Hayworth | C | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 118 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .992 | 4.714 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Cochrane | C | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 108 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.481 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Bolton | C | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .982 | 4.308 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jo-Jo White | OF | 82 | 0 | 0.0 | 216 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .973 | 2.683 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gee Walker | OF | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 316 | 9 | 15 | 2 | .956 | 2.152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chet Laabs | OF | 62 | 0 | 0.0 | 133 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .971 | 2.177 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Babe Herman | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Goose Goslin | OF | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 81 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .954 | 2.075 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Fox | OF | 143 | 0 | 0.0 | 321 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .976 | 2.287 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jake Wade | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vic Sorrell | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Russell | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .560 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Schoolboy Rowe | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boots Poffenberger | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 32 | 1 | 3 | .976 | 1.379 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat McLaughlin | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Logan | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Roxie Lawson | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 33 | 2 | 2 | .961 | 1.324 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clyde Hatter | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Gill | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 3 | .946 | 1.129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Coffman | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Bridges | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 46 | 1 | 2 | .984 | 1.765 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elden Auker | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 72 | 3 | 4 | .967 | 2.231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Rogell | SS | 146 | 0 | 0.0 | 323 | 451 | 26 | 103 | .968 | 5.301 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Gelbert | SS | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 35 | 4 | 7 | .934 | 3.563 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flea Clifton | SS | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1577 | 0 | 0.0 | 4139 | 1825 | 147 | 407 | .976 | 3.782 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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