Minnesota Twins History - 1937 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1937 Washington Senators	73	80	.462	6^th	29.5	71-87	2	.279	4.58			397,799	$0	$0

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
3B	Buddy Lewis	20	156	668	210	32	6	10	79	107	52	3	10	0	44	11	5	.314	.367	.425	.792	0.0
1B	Joe Kuhel	31	136	547	155	24	11	6	61	73	63	0	4	0	39	6	3	.283	.357	.400	.758	0.0
RF	John Stone	31	139	542	179	33	15	6	88	84	66	0	1	0	36	6	4	.330	.403	.480	.883	0.0
SS	Cecil Travis	23	135	526	181	27	7	3	66	72	39	5	8	0	34	3	2	.344	.395	.439	.834	0.0
2B	Buddy Myer	33	125	430	126	16	10	1	65	54	78	5	6	0	41	2	6	.293	.407	.384	.791	0.0
CF	Mel Almada	24	100	433	134	21	4	4	33	74	38	0	6	0	21	12	4	.309	.365	.404	.769	0.0
LF	Al Simmons	35	103	419	117	21	10	8	84	60	27	4	3	0	35	3	2	.279	.329	.434	.763	0.0
C	Rick Ferrell	31	86	279	64	6	0	1	32	31	50	1	2	0	18	1	1	.229	.348	.262	.610	0.0
RF	Fred Sington	27	78	228	54	15	4	3	36	27	37	2	2	0	33	1	1	.237	.348	.377	.726	0.0
C	Wally Millies	30	59	179	40	7	1	0	28	21	9	0	2	0	15	1	0	.223	.261	.274	.534	0.0
CF	Ben Chapman	28	35	130	34	7	1	0	12	23	26	0	0	0	7	8	0	.262	.385	.331	.715	0.0
SS	Ossie Bluege	36	42	127	36	4	2	1	13	12	13	1	1	0	9	1	1	.283	.355	.370	.725	0.0
2B	John Mihalic	25	38	107	27	5	2	0	8	13	17	0	0	0	9	2	1	.252	.355	.336	.691	0.0
1B	Jimmy Wasdell	23	32	110	28	4	4	2	12	13	7	0	1	0	13	0	1	.255	.299	.418	.717	0.0
P	Wes Ferrell	29	53	106	27	5	0	0	16	7	9	0	2	0	18	0	0	.255	.313	.302	.615	0.0
P	Jimmie DeShong	27	37	94	19	1	1	0	8	9	10	0	4	0	16	0	0	.202	.279	.234	.513	0.0
CF	Jesse Hill	30	33	92	20	2	1	1	4	24	13	0	2	0	16	2	1	.217	.314	.293	.608	0.0
RF	George Case	21	22	90	26	6	2	0	11	14	3	0	0	0	5	2	1	.289	.312	.400	.712	0.0
P	Monte Weaver	31	30	68	14	1	0	0	5	10	6	0	4	0	11	0	0	.206	.270	.221	.491	0.0
C	Shanty Hogan	31	21	66	10	4	0	0	5	4	6	0	1	0	8	0	1	.152	.222	.212	.434	0.0
P	Pete Appleton	33	35	59	11	0	1	0	7	3	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	.186	.186	.220	.407	0.0
2B	Jimmy Bloodworth	19	15	50	11	2	1	0	8	3	5	0	1	0	8	0	1	.220	.291	.300	.591	0.0
P	Ed Linke	25	37	46	10	0	0	0	2	8	5	0	1	0	10	0	0	.217	.294	.217	.512	0.0
P	Ken Chase	23	14	29	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	.034	.034	.034	.069	0.0
C	Johnny Riddle	31	8	26	7	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	.269	.296	.269	.566	0.0
P	Bobo Newsom	29	13	25	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	.120	.154	.240	.394	0.0
P	Carl Fischer	31	17	22	3	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	2	0	6	0	0	.136	.208	.182	.390	0.0
P	Joe Krakauskas	22	5	16	2	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	.125	.176	.250	.426	0.0
P	Syd Cohen	31	33	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	.143	.200	.143	.343	0.0
P	Bill Phebus	27	6	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	1	0	4	0	0	.000	.429	.000	.429	0.0
P	Joe Cascarella	30	10	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	0.0
C	Milt Gray	23	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
P	Joe Kohlman	24	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	0.0
P	Bucky Jacobs	24	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
SS	Frank Trechock	21	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.0
2B	Jerry Lynn	21	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	0.0
C	Herb Crompton	25	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.0
P	Dick Lanahan	25	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0.0
C	Mike Guerra	24	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
P	Red Anderson	25	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
40 Players		27.9	1681	5578	1559	245	84	47	691	757	591	23	67	0	506	61	35	.279	.351	.379	.730	0.0

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP
Jimmie DeShong	27	37	34	14	15	1	4.90	264.3	290	161	144	15	124	86	0	20	0	1.57	.289	0.0
Wes Ferrell	29	25	24	11	13	0	3.94	207.7	214	111	91	11	88	92	0	21	0	1.45	.284	0.0
Monte Weaver	31	30	26	12	9	0	4.20	188.7	197	102	88	21	70	44	0	9	0	1.42	.260	0.0
Pete Appleton	33	35	18	8	15	2	4.39	168.0	167	103	82	16	72	62	0	7	4	1.42	.262	0.0
Ed Linke	25	36	7	6	1	3	5.60	128.7	158	89	80	11	59	61	0	0	0	1.69	.322	0.0
Ken Chase	23	14	9	4	3	0	4.13	76.3	74	41	35	4	60	43	0	4	0	1.76	.286	0.0
Carl Fischer	31	17	11	4	5	2	4.38	72.0	74	43	35	6	31	30	0	2	0	1.46	.283	0.0
Bobo Newsom	29	11	10	3	4	0	5.85	67.7	76	49	44	4	48	39	0	3	0	1.83	.317	0.0
Syd Cohen	31	33	0	2	4	4	3.11	55.0	64	30	19	1	17	22	0	0	0	1.47	.323	0.0
Bill Phebus	27	6	5	3	2	1	2.21	40.7	33	13	10	2	24	12	0	4	1	1.40	.235	0.0
Joe Krakauskas	22	5	4	4	1	0	2.70	40.0	33	14	12	0	22	18	0	3	0	1.38	.258	0.0
Joe Cascarella	30	10	4	0	5	1	8.07	32.3	50	41	29	3	23	10	0	1	0	2.26	.353	0.0
Bucky Jacobs	24	11	1	1	1	0	4.84	22.3	26	12	12	0	11	8	0	0	0	1.66	.317	0.0
Joe Kohlman	24	2	2	1	0	0	4.15	13.0	15	7	6	0	3	3	0	1	0	1.38	.300	0.0
Dick Lanahan	25	6	2	0	1	0	12.71	11.3	16	16	16	2	13	2	0	0	0	2.56	.298	0.0
Red Anderson	25	2	1	0	1	0	6.75	10.7	11	9	8	0	11	3	0	0	0	2.06	.297	0.0
16 Pitchers	28.4	280	158	73	80	14	4.58	1398.7	1498	841	711	96	676	535	0	75	5	1.55	.287	0.0

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Jimmie DeShong	37	34	15	52	2	69	2	.971	264.3	2.28
Wes Ferrell	25	24	5	34	0	40	1	.975	207.7	1.69
Monte Weaver	30	26	3	45	3	52	4	.923	188.7	2.29
Pete Appleton	35	18	8	43	4	52	1	.981	168.0	2.73
Ed Linke	36	7	1	23	1	25	1	.960	128.7	1.68
Ken Chase	14	9	1	13	1	16	2	.875	76.3	1.65
Carl Fischer	17	11	1	5	0	7	1	.857	72.0	0.75
Bobo Newsom	11	10	3	12	1	15	0	1.000	67.7	2.00
Syd Cohen	33	0	3	17	2	21	1	.952	55.0	3.27
Bill Phebus	6	5	1	4	0	6	1	.833	40.7	1.11
Joe Krakauskas	5	4	1	4	0	8	3	.625	40.0	1.12
Joe Cascarella	10	4	2	7	2	9	0	1.000	32.3	2.51
Bucky Jacobs	11	1	1	5	0	6	0	1.000	22.3	2.42
Joe Kohlman	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	13.0	0.69
Dick Lanahan	6	2	1	4	0	5	0	1.000	11.3	3.97
Red Anderson	2	1	0	3	0	4	1	.750	10.7	2.53
Totals	280	158	46	272	16	336	18	.946	1398.7	2.05

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range	PB	RTO%
Rick Ferrell	84	0	341	42	5	388	5	.987	672.0	5.13	6	0.0
Wally Millies	56	0	199	33	7	239	7	.971	448.0	4.66	5	0.0
Shanty Hogan	21	0	76	17	2	95	2	.979	168.0	4.98	1	0.0
Johnny Riddle	8	0	28	6	1	35	1	.971	64.0	4.78	1	0.0
Herb Crompton	2	0	3	1	0	4	0	1.000	16.0	2.25	0	0.0
Milt Gray	2	0	10	0	0	10	0	1.000	16.0	5.62	0	0.0
Mike Guerra	1	0	3	0	0	4	1	.750	8.0	3.38	0	0.0
Alex Sabo	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	8.0	1.12	0	0.0
Totals	175	0	661	99	15	776	16	.979	1400.0	4.89	13	0.0

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Joe Kuhel	136	0	1242	85	141	1336	9	.993	1088.0	10.98
Jimmy Wasdell	21	0	182	10	18	193	1	.995	168.0	10.29
Ossie Bluege	2	0	10	0	0	10	0	1.000	16.0	5.62
Totals	159	0	1434	95	159	1539	10	.994	1272.0	10.82

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Buddy Myer	119	0	308	338	90	669	23	.966	952.0	6.11
John Mihalic	28	0	73	83	24	159	3	.981	224.0	6.27
Jimmy Bloodworth	14	0	28	42	9	74	4	.946	112.0	5.62
Jerry Lynn	1	0	4	3	2	7	0	1.000	8.0	7.88
Totals	162	0	413	466	125	909	30	.967	1296.0	6.10

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Buddy Lewis	156	0	146	293	32	468	29	.938	1248.0	3.17
Ossie Bluege	2	0	1	4	0	5	0	1.000	16.0	2.81
Totals	158	0	147	297	32	473	29	.939	1264.0	3.16

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Cecil Travis	129	0	229	396	99	648	23	.965	1032.0	5.45
Ossie Bluege	28	0	67	91	19	166	8	.952	224.0	6.35
John Mihalic	3	0	2	7	1	9	0	1.000	24.0	3.38
Frank Trechock	1	0	2	4	2	8	2	.750	8.0	6.75
Totals	161	0	300	498	121	831	33	.960	1288.0	5.58

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Al Simmons	98	0	231	7	5	242	4	.983	784.0	2.73
John Stone	37	0	81	4	1	86	1	.988	296.0	2.58
Fred Sington	14	0	26	1	0	28	1	.964	112.0	2.17
George Case	8	0	19	0	0	20	1	.950	64.0	2.67
Jimmy Wasdell	3	0	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	24.0	2.25
Jesse Hill	3	0	10	0	0	10	0	1.000	24.0	3.75
Buddy Myer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	8.0	0.00
Totals	164	0	373	12	6	392	7	.982	1312.0	2.64

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Mel Almada	97	0	299	16	3	327	12	.963	776.0	3.65
Ben Chapman	32	0	87	1	0	92	4	.957	256.0	3.09
Jesse Hill	18	0	63	0	0	64	1	.984	144.0	3.94
John Stone	7	0	15	1	0	16	0	1.000	56.0	2.57
Al Simmons	4	0	9	0	0	9	0	1.000	32.0	2.53
George Case	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	8.0	2.25
Totals	159	0	475	18	3	510	17	.967	1272.0	3.49

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
John Stone	95	0	208	10	2	221	3	.986	760.0	2.58
Fred Sington	50	0	94	3	0	101	4	.960	400.0	2.18
George Case	14	0	32	1	0	35	2	.943	112.0	2.65
Jimmy Wasdell	4	0	8	1	1	9	0	1.000	32.0	2.53
Mel Almada	3	0	9	0	0	9	0	1.000	24.0	3.38
Totals	166	0	351	15	3	375	9	.976	1328.0	2.48

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Cecil Travis	.344
On-Base Percentage	Buddy Myer	.407
Slugging Percentage	John Stone	.480
OPS	John Stone	.883
Games	Buddy Lewis	156
At-Bats	Buddy Lewis	668
Runs	Buddy Lewis	107
Hits	Buddy Lewis	210
Doubles	John Stone	33
Triples	John Stone	15
Home Runs	Buddy Lewis	10
Runs Batted In	John Stone	88
Stolen Bases	Mel Almada	12
Caught Stealing	Buddy Myer	6
Walks	Buddy Myer	78
Strikeouts	Buddy Lewis	44

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Jimmie DeShong	14
Losses	Jimmie DeShong, Pete Appleton	15
Saves	Syd Cohen	4
Games	Jimmie DeShong	37
Games Started	Jimmie DeShong	34
Complete Games	Wes Ferrell	21
Shutouts	Pete Appleton	4
Innings Pitched	Jimmie DeShong	264.3
Hits Allowed	Jimmie DeShong	290
Home Runs Allowed	Monte Weaver	21
Strikeouts	Wes Ferrell	92
Walks Allowed	Jimmie DeShong	124
Earned Run Average	Wes Ferrell	3.94
Walks + Hits per IP	Monte Weaver	1.42
BABIP	Monte Weaver	.260