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1937 MLB Season

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Hank GreenbergBAT20.9
  2. 2Joe DiMaggioBAT20.8
  3. 3Lou GehrigBAT20.8
  4. 4Joe MedwickBAT19.4
  5. 5Jimmie FoxxBAT17
  6. 6Johnny MizeBAT16.8
  7. 7Bill DickeyBAT16.6
  8. 8Harlond CliftBAT16.5
  9. 9Cliff MeltonPITCH16.3
  10. 10Hal Trosky Sr.BAT16.1
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Bobby Doerr2B166.6
  2. 2Roy CampanellaC139.6
  3. 3Tommy HenrichRF125.2
  4. 4Ken Keltner3B116.7
  5. 5Johnny Vander MeerP93.4
  6. 6Kirby HigbeP87.7
  7. 7Vince DiMaggioCF82.2
  8. 8Chet LaabsLF77

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Rogers Hornsby2B258.7
  2. 2Frankie Frisch2B180.4
  3. 3Jim Bottomley1B173.3
  4. 4Jesse HainesP141.3
  5. 5Pie Traynor3B140
  6. 6Mickey CochraneC127.7
  7. 7Rube WalbergP121.6
  8. 8Chick HafeyLF115.1

Teams · 28

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
New York Yankees102-52244Joe DiMaggioPlayoffs
San Francisco Giants95-57223.8Cliff MeltonPlayoffs
Chicago Cubs93-61227.5Frank Demaree
Homestead Grays40-1152.3Ray Brown
Detroit Tigers89-65202.7Hank Greenberg
Kansas City Monarchs40-1618.2Willard Brown
Pittsburgh Pirates86-68223.3Cy Blanton
Chicago White Sox86-68190.2Zeke Bonura
Cleveland Indians83-71208.2Hal Trosky Sr.
Boston Red Sox80-72169.5Jimmie Foxx
St. Louis Cardinals80-73198.8Joe Medwick
Newark Eagles19-127.8Mule Suttles
Atlanta Black Crackers79-73167.8Jim Turner
Birmingham Black Barons14-14——
Washington Elite Giants16-2016Wild Bill Wright
Philadelphia Stars16-206.9Curtis Harris
Detroit Stars7-13——
Minnesota Twins73-80140.7Buddy Lewis
Chicago American Giants19-2619.8Bill Foster
New York Black Yankees14-2112.5Clint Thomas
Pittsburgh Crawfords13-258.6Buddy Burbage
St. Louis Stars6-20——
Memphis Red Sox4-19——
Los Angeles Dodgers62-91169.5Luke Hamlin
Philadelphia Phillies61-91172.8Dolph Camilli
Cincinnati Tigers78-114187.8Lee Grissom
Indianapolis Athletics63-109160.8Bob Johnson
Baltimore Orioles46-108132.5Harlond Clift

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.