1937 Boston Bees
LeagueNational League
BallparkThe Bee Hive
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record79–73 (.520)
League place5th
OwnersJ.A. Robert Quinn
ManagersBill McKechnie
RadioWAAB
(Fred Hoey)
← 1936
1938 →

The 1937 Boston Bees season was the 67th season of the franchise. They finished the season with 79 wins and 73 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 95 57 0.625 — 50–25 45–32
Chicago Cubs 93 61 0.604 3 46–32 47–29
Pittsburgh Pirates 86 68 0.558 10 46–32 40–36
St. Louis Cardinals 81 73 0.526 15 45–33 36–40
Boston Bees 79 73 0.520 16 43–33 36–40
Brooklyn Dodgers 62 91 0.405 33½ 36–39 26–52
Philadelphia Phillies 61 92 0.399 34½ 29–45 32–47
Cincinnati Reds 56 98 0.364 40 28–51 28–47

Record vs. opponents

1937 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 15–7 9–13 11–11 10–10 14–8 11–11 9–13
Brooklyn 7–15 — 8–14 12–10–1 6–16 10–11 12–10 7–15–1
Chicago 13–9 14–8 — 14–8 12–10 14–8 9–13 17–5
Cincinnati 11–11 10–12–1 8–14 — 8–14 11–11 1–21 7–15
New York 10–10 16–6 10–12 14–8 — 15–7 16–6 14–8
Philadelphia 8–14 11–10 8–14 11–11 7–15 — 11–11 5–17–2
Pittsburgh 11–11 10–12 13–9 21–1 6–16 11–11 — 14–8
St. Louis 13–9 15–7–1 5–17 15–7 8–14 17–5–2 8–14 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1937 Boston Bees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Al López 105 334 68 .204 3 38
1B Elbie Fletcher 148 539 133 .247 1 38
2B Tony Cuccinello 152 575 156 .271 11 80
SS Rabbit Warstler 149 555 124 .223 3 36
3B Gil English 79 269 78 .290 2 37
OF Gene Moore 148 561 159 .283 16 70
OF Vince DiMaggio 132 493 126 .256 13 69
OF Debs Garms 125 478 124 .259 2 37

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Roy Johnson 85 260 72 .277 3 22
Ray Mueller 64 187 47 .251 2 26
Eddie Mayo 65 172 39 .227 1 18
Wally Berger 30 113 31 .274 5 22
Bobby Reis 45 86 21 .244 0 6
Tommy Thevenow 21 34 4 .118 0 2
Beauty McGowan 9 12 1 .083 0 0
Buck Jordan 8 8 2 .250 0 0
Johnny Riddle 2 3 0 .000 0 0
Billy Urbanski 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Link Wasem 2 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Lou Fette 35 259.0 20 10 2.88 70
Jim Turner 33 256.2 20 11 2.38 69
Danny MacFayden 32 246.0 14 14 2.93 70
Milt Shoffner 6 42.2 3 1 2.53 13

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Guy Bush 32 180.2 8 15 3.54 56
Johnny Lanning 32 116.2 5 7 3.93 37
Ira Hutchinson 31 91.2 4 6 3.73 29
Frank Gabler 19 76.0 4 7 5.09 19
Roy Weir 10 33.0 1 1 3.82 8

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bob Smith 18 0 1 3 4.09 14
Bobby Reis 4 0 0 0 1.80 0
Vic Frazier 3 0 0 0 5.63 2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Scranton Miners New York–Pennsylvania League Bob Coleman
B Columbia Senators Sally League Eddie Onslow
C Zanesville Grays Middle Atlantic League Possum Whitted
D South Boston-Halifax Twins Bi-State League Jimmy Shelton
D Salisbury Bees North Carolina State League Blackie Carter
D Beaver Falls Bees Pennsylvania State Association Pep Kennedy

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Notes

  1. ^ Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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