1937 Newark Bears Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 109-43
Finished 1st in the IL
Manager: Ossie Vitt (109-43)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Newark, New Jersey
Ballpark: Ruppert Stadium
Attendance: 267,729, Avg. 3,523

1937 Newark Bears Roster

Playoffs - Newark Bears 4 games, Syracuse Chiefs 0
Finals - Newark Bears 4 games, Baltimore Orioles 0

The Newark Bears of the International League ended the 1937 season with a record of 109 wins and 43 losses, finishing first in the IL.

Ossie Vitt served as manager.

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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
Joe Beggs	21	4	.840	2.61	34	18					179.0	160	67	52		48
Atley Donald	19	2	.905	3.22	28	26					207.0	189	94	74		75
Vito Tamulis	18	6	.750	3.98	27	25					190.0	217	92	84		57
Steve Sundra	15	4	.789	3.09	27	25					201.0	194	83	69		57
Jack Fallon	9	7	.562	2.80	25	13					132.0	117	51	41		66
Marius Russo	8	8	.500	3.63	27	13					119.0	129	59	48		45
Kemp Wicker	7	2	.778	2.42	11	11					93.0	83	31	25		23
Al Piechota	3	1	.750	0.00	7						34.0	27				14
Phil Page	3	1	.750	2.90	7						31.0	26	11	10		10
Johnny Niggeling	2	2	.500	6.10	7						31.0	44	26	21		15
Marv Breuer	1	2	.333	3.72	9						29.0	30	21	12		10
Spud Chandler	1	2	.333	4.05	4						20.0	20	11	9		7
William Yocke	0	0			8						0.0
Jack LaRocca	0	1	.000		1						0.0
Totals	107	42	.718	3.16	222	131	0	0	0	0	1266.0	1236	546	445	0	427	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
Charlie Keller	145	536	536		189	34	14	13						.353	.353	.541	.894	290
Joe Gordon	151	635	635		178	33	6	26						.280	.280	.474	.754	301
Bob Seeds	151	568	568		173	31	11	20						.305	.305	.504	.808	286
Jim Gleeson	143	560	560		167	47	10	16						.298	.298	.504	.802	282
Babe Dahlgren	125	482	482		164	34	12	18						.340	.340	.573	.913	276
George McQuinn	114	460	460		152	30	10	21						.330	.330	.576	.907	265
Nolen Richardson	153	533	533		137	18	3	0						.257	.257	.302	.559	161
Willard Hershberger	96	314	314		102	15	3	5						.325	.325	.439	.764	138
Frankie Kelleher	92	294	294		90	15	4	11						.306	.306	.497	.803	146
Buddy Rosar	72	232	232		77	15	3	8						.332	.332	.526	.858	122
Vito Tamulis	35	90	90		28	4	0	0						.311	.311	.356	.667	32
Steve Sundra	28	75	75		17	4	1	1						.227	.227	.347	.573	26
Atley Donald	28	78	78		13	1	0	0						.167	.167	.179	.346	14
Tommy Henrich	7	25	25		11	2	2	0						.440	.440	.680	1.120	17
Joe Beggs	35	67	67		11	1	0	0						.164	.164	.179	.343	12
Marius Russo	28	44	44		7	0	1	0						.159	.159	.205	.364	9
Jack Fallon	25	47	47		7	0	0	0						.149	.149	.149	.298	7
Joe Gallagher	6	17	17		6	0	0	1						.353	.353	.529	.882	9
Merrill May	10	34	34		6	2	0	0						.176	.176	.235	.412	8
Kemp Wicker	11	33	33		3	1	0	0						.091	.091	.121	.212	4
Fern Bell	2	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1457	5125	5125	0	1538	287	80	140	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.469	.769	2405	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
George McQuinn	1B	114	1074	69	7		.994	1.026
Joe Gordon	2B	151	383	481	47		.948	5.722
Babe Dahlgren	3B	85	77	143	22		.909	2.588
Frankie Kelleher	3B	61	44	94	14		.908	2.262
Willard Hershberger	C	85	358	54	5		.988	4.847
Buddy Rosar	C	61	272	25	4		.987	4.869
Bob Seeds	OF	151	370	6	4		.989	2.490
Charlie Keller	OF	145	263	15	11		.962	1.917
Jim Gleeson	OF	139	240	6	8		.969	1.770
Nolen Richardson	SS	153	290	496	32		.961	5.137
Totals		1145	3371	1389	154	0	.969	4.157

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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