1937 American League

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The 1937 season of the American League was the thirty-seventh season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	New York Yankees	157	102	52	3	.650	-.-	979 (6.24)	671 (4.27)	0.283	0.365	0.456	3.65	0.972
2	Detroit Tigers	155	89	65	1	.574	13.0	935 (6.03)	841 (5.43)	0.292	0.367	0.452	4.87	0.976
3	Chicago White Sox	154	86	68	0	.558	16.0	780 (5.06)	730 (4.74)	0.280	0.348	0.400	4.17	0.971
4	Cleveland Indians	156	83	71	2	.532	19.0	817 (5.24)	768 (4.92)	0.280	0.349	0.423	4.39	0.974
5	Boston Red Sox	154	80	72	2	.519	21.0	821 (5.33)	775 (5.03)	0.281	0.354	0.411	4.48	0.970
6	Washington Senators	158	73	80	5	.462	28.5	757 (4.79)	841 (5.32)	0.279	0.349	0.379	4.58	0.972
7	Philadelphia Athletics	154	54	97	3	.351	46.5	699 (4.54)	854 (5.55)	0.267	0.341	0.397	4.85	0.967
8	St. Louis Browns	156	46	108	2	.295	56.0	715 (4.58)	1023 (6.56)	0.285	0.346	0.399	6.00	0.972

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	157
At Bats	Buddy Lewis	Washington Senators	668
Runs Scored	Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	151
Hits	Beau Bell	St. Louis Browns	218
Doubles	Beau Bell	St. Louis Browns	51
Triples	Mike Kreevich Dixie Walker	Chicago White Sox Chicago White Sox	16
Home Runs	Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	46
Total Bases	Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	418
Runs Batted In	Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	183
Stolen Bases	Ben Chapman Billy Werber	Washington Senators/Boston Red Sox Philadelphia Athletics	35
Caught Stealing	Billy Werber	Philadelphia Athletics	13
Walks	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	127
Hit by Pitch	Frankie Crosetti	New York Yankees	12
Strikeouts	Frankie Crosetti	New York Yankees	105
Sacrifice Hits	Doc Cramer Dixie Walker	Boston Red Sox Chicago White Sox	17
Batting Average	Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	0.371
On-Base Percentage	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	0.473
Slugging Percentage	Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	0.673
On-Base plus Slugging	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	1.116
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	177

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Lefty Gomez	New York Yankees	21
Losses	Harry Kelley	Philadelphia Athletics	21
Win-Loss Percentage	Johnny Allen	Cleveland Indians	'0.938
Appearances	Clint Brown	Chicago White Sox	53
Games Started	Bobo Newsom	Washington Senators/Boston Red Sox	37
Complete Games	Wes Ferrell	Boston Red Sox/Washington Senators	26
Shutouts	Lefty Gomez	New York Yankees	6
Games Finished	Clint Brown	Chicago White Sox	48
Saves	Clint Brown	Chicago White Sox	18
Innings Pitched	Wes Ferrell	Boston Red Sox/Washington Senators	281.0
Batters Faced	Wes Ferrell	Boston Red Sox/Washington Senators	1266
Hits Allowed	Wes Ferrell	Boston Red Sox/Washington Senators	325
Home Runs Allowed	Wes Ferrell Jack Knott	Boston Red Sox/Washington Senators St. Louis Browns	25
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Bobo Newsom	Washington Senators/Boston Red Sox	167
Hit Batsmen	Bill Trotter	St. Louis Browns	7
Strikeouts	Lefty Gomez	New York Yankees	194
Wild Pitches	George Turbeville	Philadelphia Athletics	9
Balks	Slick Coffman Bob Feller Bud Thomas Monte Weaver Earl Whitehill Jack Wilson	Detroit Tigers Cleveland Indians Philadelphia Athletics Washington Senators Cleveland Indians Boston Red Sox	2
Runs Allowed	Wes Ferrell	Boston Red Sox/Washington Senators	177
Earned Runs Allowed	Wes Ferrell	Boston Red Sox/Washington Senators	153
Earned Run Average	Lefty Gomez	New York Yankees	2.33
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Monty Stratton	Chicago White Sox	1.087

All-Star Game

The American League won the fifth midsummer classic at Griffith Stadium in Washington, DC on Wednesday, July 7, 1937 by a score of 8 to 3. The league's manager was Joe McCarthy.

Postseason

In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees defeated the National League's New York Giants, 4 games to 1.

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Charlie Gehringer, a second baseman with the Detroit Tigers. In the award's voting, he had 78 out of a possible 80 points and 6 first place votes.

Umpires

• Steve Basil
• Bill Dinneen
• Harry Geisel
• Cal Hubbard
• Charles Johnston
• Lou Kolls
• Bill McGowan
• George Moriarty
• Red Ormsby
• Brick Owens
• John Quinn
• Bill Summers