1937 Boston Bees season

1937 Boston Bees
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
The Bee Hive (since 1915)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871)
Results
Record	79–73 (.520)
League place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	J.A. Robert Quinn
Manager(s)	Bill McKechnie
Local radio	WAAB (Fred Hoey)
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The 1937 Boston Bees baseball team 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 Records Sources:
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

• May 1, 1937: Billy Urbanski was traded by the Bees to the New York Giants for Tommy Thevenow.^[1]

Roster

1937 Boston Bees
Roster
Pitchers 18 Guy Bush 16 Lou Fette 15 Vic Frazier 19 Frank Gabler 20 Ira Hutchinson 17 Johnny Lanning 14 Danny MacFayden -- Milt Shoffner 25 Bob Smith 23 Jim Turner 11 Roy Weir		Catchers  7 Al Lopez 10 Ray Mueller -- Johnny Riddle 22 Link Wasem Infielders  3 Tony Cuccinello  2 Gil English  5 Elbie Fletcher 29 Eddie Mayo 32 Tommy Thevenow  8 Rabbit Warstler		Outfielders  4 Wally Berger  6 Vince DiMaggio  9 Debs Garms 12 Roy Johnson 19 Beauty McGowan  1 Gene Moore 24 Bobby Reis Other batters 12 Buck Jordan -- Billy Urbanski		Manager 33 Bill McKechnie Coaches 31 Hank Gowdy

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	Lopez, AlAl Lopez	105	334	68	.204	3	38
3B	English, GilGil English	79	269	78	.290	2	37
OF	Moore, GeneGene Moore	148	561	159	.283	16	70
OF	DiMaggio, VinceVince DiMaggio	132	493	126	.256	13	69
OF	Garms, DebsDebs 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
Johnson, RoyRoy Johnson	85	260	72	.277	3	22
Berger, WallyWally Berger	30	113	31	.274	5	22
Reis, BobbyBobby Reis	45	86	21	.244	0	6
Thevenow, TommyTommy Thevenow	21	34	4	.118	0	2
Jordan, BuckBuck Jordan	8	8	2	.250	0	0
Riddle, JohnnyJohnny Riddle	2	3	0	.000	0	0
Urbanski, BillyBilly Urbanski	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Wasem, LinkLink 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
Fette, LouLou Fette	35	259	20	10	2.88	70
Turner, JimJim Turner	33	256.2	20	11	2.38	69
MacFayden, DannyDanny MacFayden	32	246	14	14	2.93	70
Shoffner, MiltMilt 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
Bush, GuyGuy Bush	32	180.2	8	15	3.54	56
Lanning, JohnnyJohnny Lanning	32	116.2	5	7	3.93	37
Hutchinson, IraIra Hutchinson	31	91.2	4	6	3.73	29
Gabler, FrankFrank Gabler	19	76	4	7	5.09	19
Weir, RoyRoy Weir	10	33	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
Smith, BobBob Smith	18	0	1	3	4.09	14
Reis, BobbyBobby Reis	4	0	0	0	1.80	0
Frazier, VicVic Frazier	3	0	0	0	5.63	2

Farm system

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

^[2]

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

References

• 1937 Boston Bees season at Baseball Reference