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30 teams in AL, NAL, NL, NN2 · 1460 regular-season games · 1937-04-11 to 1937-11-07 · attendance 8,940,063

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World Series champion

New York Yankees

MVP

Charlie Gehringer AL
Joe Medwick NL

All-Star Games

1937-07-07 at Griffith Stadium
1937-08-08 at Comiskey Park I
1937-08-22
1937-09-19 at South Side Park III
1937-09-19 at Polo Grounds V
1937-09-21
1937-09-21
1937-09-24 at Forbes Field
1937-09-26 at Terrapin Park
1937-09-26 at Yankee Stadium I

Hall of Fame class of 1937

Ban Johnson, Connie Mack, Cy Young, George Wright, John McGraw, Morgan Bulkeley, Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
World Series	New York Yankees 4–1 New York Giants	5

Standings

AL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Yankees	102	52	.662	—	671	998,148	Joe McCarthy	World Series
2	Detroit Tigers	89	65	.578	13	841	1,072,276	Mickey Cochrane, Del Baker, Mickey Cochrane, Del Baker, Cy Perkins
3	Chicago White Sox	86	68	.558	16	730	589,245	Jimmy Dykes
4	Cleveland Indians	83	71	.539	19	768	564,849	Steve O'Neill
5	Boston Red Sox	80	72	.526	21	775	559,659	Joe Cronin
6	Washington Senators	73	80	.477	28.5	841	397,799	Bucky Harris
7	Philadelphia Athletics	54	97	.358	46.5	854	430,738	Connie Mack, Earle Mack
8	St. Louis Browns	46	108	.299	56	1023	123,121	Rogers Hornsby, Jim Bottomley

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Giants	95	57	.625	—	602	926,887	Bill Terry	Pennant
2	Chicago Cubs	93	61	.604	3	682	895,020	Charlie Grimm
3	Pittsburgh Pirates	86	68	.558	10	646	459,679	Pie Traynor
4	St. Louis Cardinals	81	73	.526	15	733	430,811	Frankie Frisch
5	Boston Bees	79	73	.520	16	556	385,339	Bill McKechnie
6	Brooklyn Dodgers	62	91	.405	33.5	772	482,481	Burleigh Grimes
7	Philadelphia Phillies	61	92	.399	34.5	869	212,790	Jimmie Wilson
8	Cincinnati Reds	56	98	.364	40	707	411,221	Chuck Dressen, Bobby Wallace

Negro American League

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Manager
1	Kansas City Monarchs	51	18	.739	—	180	Andy Cooper	Pennant
2	Cincinnati Tigers	34	19	.642	9	164	Ted Radcliffe
3	Chicago American Giants	35	23	.603	10.5	235	Candy Jim Taylor
4	Indianapolis Athletics	17	21	.447	18.5	131	Ted Strong
5	Birmingham Black Barons	16	23	.410	20	184	A. M. Walker
6	Detroit Stars	15	24	.385	21	166	Percy Miller, Roosevelt Cox, Turkey Stearnes
7	Memphis Red Sox	14	28	.333	23.5	140	Goose Curry, Frank Johnson, Dizzy Dismukes
8	St. Louis Stars	5	31	.139	29.5	244	Dizzy Dismukes

Negro National League (II)

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Manager
1	Homestead Grays	41	17	.707	—	250	Vic Harris	Pennant
2	Newark Eagles	36	22	.621	5	171	Tex Burnett, Dick Lundy
3	Philadelphia Stars	27	31	.466	14	191	Jud Wilson
4	Washington Elite Giants	24	34	.414	17	199	Biz Mackey
5	New York Black Yankees	21	31	.404	17	226	Bob Clarke
6	Pittsburgh Crawfords	18	32	.360	19	278	Oscar Charleston

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Hilton Smith, Kansas City Monarchs vs. Chicago American Giants, 1937-05-16
Bill Dietrich, Chicago White Sox vs. St. Louis Browns, 1937-06-01
Johnny Taylor, Negro League All-Stars vs. Santo Domingo All-Stars, 1937-09-19

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