1937 Pittsburgh Pirates season

This article is about the baseball team. For the NFL team, see 1937 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season.

1937 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh^[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Benswanger
Manager(s)	Pie Traynor
Local radio	KDKA Rosey Rowswell, Jack Craddock
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The 1937 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 56th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 51st in the National League. The Pirates finished third in the league standings with a record of 86–68.

Offseason

December 4, 1936: Ralph Birkofer and Cookie Lavagetto were traded by the Pirates to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Ed Brandt.^[2]

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	—

Game log

1937 Game Log: 86–68 (Home: 46–32; Away: 40–36)

April: 5–2 (Home: 3–1; Away: 2–1)

May: 18–10 (Home: 5–6; Away: 13–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
8	May 1	@ Reds	3–1	Lucas (1–0)	Hallahan	—	4,846	6–2
9	May 2	@ Reds	7–2	Bowman (2–0)	Grissom	—	17,488	7–2
10	May 4	@ Dodgers	10–3	Brandt (2–0)	Henshaw	Swift (1)	6,255	8–2
11	May 5	@ Dodgers	5–1	Blanton (2–1)	Frankhouse	—	4,362	9–2
12	May 6	@ Dodgers	5–9	Mungo	Lucas (1–1)	—	5,847	9–3
13	May 7	@ Phillies	8–3	Bowman (3–0)	LaMaster	—	—	10–3
14	May 9	@ Bees	6–3	Brandt (3–0)	Weir	—	—	11–3
15	May 10	@ Bees	4–1	Swift (2–0)	Fette	—	1,846	12–3
16	May 11	@ Bees	3–0	Blanton (3–1)	MacFayden	—	2,316	13–3
17	May 12	@ Giants	6–5	Bowman (4–0)	Smith	Swift (2)	12,018	14–3
18	May 13	@ Giants	2–5	Hubbell	Hoyt (1–1)	—	8,672	14–4
19	May 14	Cardinals	14–4	Brown (1–0)	Dean	—	10,000	15–4
20	May 15	Cardinals	2–4	Harrell	Swift (2–1)	Dean	13,000	15–5
21	May 16	Cardinals	2–1	Bowman (5–0)	Weiland	—	39,571	16–5
22	May 18	Phillies	2–1	Blanton (4–1)	Mulcahy	—	—	17–5
23	May 19	Phillies	4–5	Walters	Brandt (3–1)	—	—	17–6
24	May 20	Phillies	5–2	Swift (3–1)	LaMaster	—	—	18–6
25	May 21	Bees	3–6	MacFayden	Bowman (5–1)	—	—	18–7
26	May 22	Bees	5–2	Lucas (2–1)	Bush	Swift (3)	7,000	19–7
27	May 23	Giants	5–6	Schumacher	Hoyt (1–2)	Melton	29,486	19–8
28	May 24	Giants	3–4	Hubbell	Brandt (3–2)	Coffman	17,000	19–9
29	May 25	Dodgers	1–2	Mungo	Swift (3–2)	—	2,880	19–10
30	May 28	@ Cardinals	10–3	Lucas (3–1)	Harrell	Hoyt (1)	—	20–10
31	May 29	@ Cardinals	9–4	Blanton (5–1)	Dean	—	—	21–10
32	May 29	@ Cardinals	1–2	Weiland	Brandt (3–3)	—	—	21–11
33	May 30	@ Cardinals	7–4	Swift (4–2)	Harrell	—	12,495	22–11
34	May 31	@ Reds	3–8	Davis	Bowman (5–2)	Grissom	—	22–12
35	May 31	@ Reds	7–5	Tobin (1–0)	Moore	Hoyt (2)	14,352	23–12

June: 12–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
36	June 2	@ Bees	2–0	Blanton (6–1)	Hutchinson	—	2,636	24–12
37	June 3	@ Bees	0–6	Fette	Brandt (3–4)	—	2,139	24–13
38	June 4	@ Bees	1–9	Turner	Swift (4–3)	—	3,294	24–14
39	June 5	@ Giants	5–7	Smith	Bowman (5–3)	Melton	15,333	24–15
40	June 6	@ Giants	5–9	Schumacher	Blanton (6–2)	Hubbell	—	24–16
41	June 7	@ Giants	2–5	Gumbert	Brandt (3–5)	—	—	24–17
42	June 8	@ Phillies	8–1	Bauers (1–1)	LaMaster	—	—	25–17
43	June 9	@ Phillies	1–8	Passeau	Tobin (1–1)	—	—	25–18
44	June 10	@ Phillies	4–5	Walters	Swift (4–4)	—	—	25–19
45	June 12	@ Dodgers	8–3	Blanton (7–2)	Henshaw	—	8,137	26–19
46	June 13	@ Dodgers	2–6	Mungo	Bauers (1–2)	—	—	26–20
47	June 13	@ Dodgers	1–4	Fitzsimmons	Swift (4–5)	—	30,109	26–21
48	June 15	Giants	7–5	Lucas (4–1)	Hubbell	—	—	27–21
49	June 16	Giants	4–5	Schumacher	Blanton (7–3)	—	6,500	27–22
50	June 18	Dodgers	6–4	Brown (2–0)	Mungo	—	—	28–22
51	June 19	Dodgers	3–4	Fitzsimmons	Weaver (0–1)	—	4,211	28–23
52	June 20	Dodgers	4–2	Bowman (6–3)	Hamlin	—	—	29–23
53	June 20	Dodgers	2–4	Frankhouse	Lucas (4–2)	Mungo	23,222	29–24
54	June 22	Bees	4–1	Blanton (8–3)	Turner	—	2,500	30–24
55	June 23	Bees	8–5	Bauers (2–2)	MacFayden	—	2,331	31–24
56	June 24	Bees	6–9	Fette	Swift (4–6)	—	5,373	31–25
57	June 25	Phillies	5–10	LaMaster	Bowman (6–4)	Jorgens	—	31–26
58	June 26	Phillies	6–7 (13)	Walters	Blanton (8–4)	—	—	31–27
59	June 27	Phillies	4–3	Lucas (5–2)	Passeau	—	—	32–27
60	June 29	@ Reds	2–1	Bowman (7–4)	Derringer	—	—	33–27
61	June 29	@ Reds	13–6	Bauers (3–2)	Vander Meer	—	—	34–27
62	June 30	@ Reds	6–0	Blanton (9–4)	Grissom	—	15,568	35–27

July: 12–15 (Home: 7–4; Away: 5–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
63	July 2	@ Cubs	7–8	Davis	Lucas (5–3)	—	23,998	35–28
64	July 3	@ Cubs	5–10	Carleton	Bowman (7–5)	—	11,665	35–29
65	July 4	@ Cubs	5–8	Root	Blanton (9–5)	—	—	35–30
66	July 4	@ Cubs	7–6	Swift (5–6)	Parmelee	Bowman (1)	36,744	36–30
67	July 5	Reds	3–1	Weaver (1–1)	Schott	—	—	37–30
68	July 5	Reds	5–1	Brandt (4–5)	Derringer	Brown (1)	—	38–30
69	July 9	Cubs	13–1	Bowman (8–5)	Carleton	—	—	39–30
70	July 10	Cubs	0–2	French	Blanton (9–6)	—	8,000	39–31
71	July 11	Cubs	3–2	Swift (6–6)	Lee	—	14,705	40–31
72	July 12	Cardinals	5–6	Johnson	Bauers (3–3)	—	—	40–32
73	July 14	@ Giants	2–4	Hubbell	Bowman (8–6)	—	—	40–33
74	July 16	@ Giants	4–3 (11)	Brown (3–0)	Melton	—	—	41–33
75	July 17	@ Phillies	8–9	Mulcahy	Brown (3–1)	—	—	41–34
76	July 18	@ Phillies	2–5	Passeau	Lucas (5–4)	—	—	41–35
77	July 18	@ Phillies	6–5 (11)	Swift (7–6)	Mulcahy	—	—	42–35
78	July 19	@ Phillies	6–5	Weaver (2–1)	Walters	Brandt (1)	—	43–35
79	July 20	@ Dodgers	1–2 (10)	Butcher	Blanton (9–7)	—	1,926	43–36
80	July 21	@ Dodgers	0–6	Jeffcoat	Bowman (8–7)	—	—	43–37
81	July 22	@ Dodgers	10–1	Lucas (6–4)	Henshaw	—	2,551	44–37
82	July 24	@ Bees	0–9	Turner	Swift (7–7)	—	5,236	44–38
83	July 25	@ Bees	2–5	Bush	Blanton (9–8)	—	—	44–39
84	July 25	@ Bees	5–7	Fette	Bowman (8–8)	Gabler	—	44–40
85	July 27	Phillies	4–1	Lucas (7–4)	Walters	—	—	45–40
86	July 28	Phillies	6–4	Weaver (3–1)	Passeau	Brown (2)	—	46–40
87	July 29	Phillies	7–11	Jorgens	Swift (7–8)	Johnson	—	46–41
88	July 30	Bees	1–0	Brandt (5–5)	Bush	—	4,126	47–41
89	July 31	Bees	7–9	Hutchinson	Swift (7–9)	Smith	4,116	47–42

August: 15–16 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
90	August 1	Bees	8–4	Bauers (4–3)	MacFayden	—	—	48–42
91	August 3	Dodgers	5–4	Weaver (4–1)	Frankhouse	—	—	49–42
92	August 3	Dodgers	10–4	Brown (4–1)	Butcher	Bauers (1)	6,588	50–42
93	August 4	Dodgers	7–10	Fitzsimmons	Brandt (5–6)	Lindsey	159	50–43
94	August 5	Dodgers	6–9	Hoyt	Blanton (9–9)	—	—	50–44
95	August 6	Giants	3–6	Hubbell	Lucas (7–5)	—	—	50–45
96	August 8	Giants	2–10	Melton	Brown (4–2)	—	—	50–46
97	August 8	Giants	3–0	Weaver (5–1)	Gumbert	—	34,000	51–46
98	August 10	@ Cubs	6–5	Blanton (10–9)	Shoun	Brown (3)	12,516	52–46
99	August 11	@ Cubs	1–5	Bryant	Lucas (7–6)	—	11,363	52–47
100	August 12	@ Cubs	16–6	Bauers (5–3)	Carleton	—	—	53–47
101	August 13	@ Cardinals	1–4	Weiland	Weaver (5–2)	—	—	53–48
102	August 14	@ Cardinals	6–5	Weaver (6–2)	Ryba	Tobin (1)	—	54–48
103	August 15	@ Cardinals	8–4	Blanton (11–9)	Warneke	—	—	55–48
104	August 15	@ Cardinals	4–0	Bauers (6–3)	Johnson	—	—	56–48
105	August 17	Cubs	4–2	Brandt (6–6)	French	Brown (4)	—	57–48
106	August 18	Cubs	7–6	Bauers (7–3)	Shoun	—	5,581	58–48
107	August 19	Cubs	3–7	Davis	Weaver (6–3)	—	—	58–49
108	August 20	Cardinals	7–4	Blanton (12–9)	Johnson	—	—	59–49
109	August 21	Cardinals	7–3	Bauers (8–3)	Harrell	—	—	60–49
110	August 22	Cardinals	0–12	Weiland	Lucas (7–7)	—	—	60–50
111	August 22	Cardinals	7–9	Dean	Brandt (6–7)	—	—	60–51
112	August 24	@ Bees	0–1	Turner	Blanton (12–10)	—	2,162	60–52
113	August 25	@ Bees	6–0	Bauers (9–3)	Gabler	—	3,507	61–52
114	August 27	@ Giants	1–0	Brandt (7–7)	Melton	Brown (5)	—	62–52
115	August 27	@ Giants	2–3	Smith	Swift (7–10)	—	—	62–53
116	August 28	@ Giants	4–9	Coffman	Weaver (6–4)	—	—	62–54
117	August 28	@ Giants	1–3	Schumacher	Bauers (9–4)	—	42,438	62–55
118	August 29	@ Dodgers	3–5	Hoyt	Lucas (7–8)	—	—	62–56
119	August 29	@ Dodgers	3–6	Hamlin	Tobin (1–2)	—	—	62–57
120	August 31	@ Phillies	0–3	Walters	Brandt (7–8)	—	2,500	62–58

September: 20–10 (Home: 13–8; Away: 7–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
121	September 1	@ Phillies	3–5	Passeau	Weaver (6–5)	—	—	62–59
122	September 2	@ Phillies	11–8	Brown (5–2)	LaMaster	Brandt (2)	—	63–59
123	September 5	@ Cubs	7–0	Lucas (8–8)	French	—	—	64–59
124	September 5	@ Cubs	4–1	Brandt (8–8)	Bryant	Brown (6)	34,091	65–59
125	September 6	@ Cardinals	1–4	Weiland	Blanton (12–11)	—	—	65–60
126	September 6	@ Cardinals	5–4	Bauers (10–4)	Johnson	—	—	66–60
127	September 8	Reds	7–6 (10)	Weaver (7–5)	Derringer	—	—	67–60
128	September 8	Reds	8–2	Tobin (2–2)	Mooty	—	—	68–60
129	September 9	Reds	1–0	Brandt (9–8)	Schott	—	—	69–60
130	September 10	Reds	7–6	Brown (6–2)	Hallahan	—	—	70–60
131	September 11	Cubs	4–5	Davis	Bauers (10–5)	—	—	70–61
132	September 12	Cubs	0–5	French	Lucas (8–9)	—	—	70–62
133	September 12	Cubs	4–2	Tobin (3–2)	Lee	—	25,000	71–62
134	September 14	Giants	2–12	Hubbell	Brandt (9–9)	—	—	71–63
135	September 14	Giants	6–2	Blanton (13–11)	Smith	—	10,000	72–63
136	September 15	Giants	2–7	Schumacher	Bauers (10–6)	—	1,621	72–64
137	September 16	Giants	0–3	Melton	Tobin (3–3)	—	3,750	72–65
138	September 17	Dodgers	10–4	Brandt (10–9)	Hamlin	—	927	73–65
139	September 18	Dodgers	3–2	Blanton (14–11)	Fitzsimmons	—	—	74–65
140	September 19	Phillies	1–8	Mulcahy	Lucas (8–10)	—	—	74–66
141	September 19	Phillies	5–1	Bauers (11–6)	Kelleher	—	—	75–66
142	September 21	Bees	9–2	Tobin (4–3)	Fette	—	1,066	76–66
143	September 22	Bees	2–3 (10)	Shoffner	Brandt (10–10)	—	1,103	76–67
144	September 23	Bees	1–2	Turner	Blanton (14–12)	—	1,031	76–68
145	September 24	@ Reds	8–2	Bauers (12–6)	Schott	—	301	77–68
146	September 26	@ Reds	5–4	Tobin (5–3)	Schott	—	—	78–68
147	September 26	@ Reds	2–1	Swift (8–10)	Grissom	—	3,058	79–68
148	September 28	Cardinals	6–2	Brandt (11–10)	Johnson	—	—	80–68
149	September 29	Cardinals	7–5	Weaver (8–5)	Warneke	Brown (7)	—	81–68
150	September 30	Cardinals	4–3	Bauers (13–6)	Weiland	—	—	82–68

October: 4–0 (Home: 4–0; Away: 0–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1937 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

51 Russ Bauers

46 Cy Blanton

27 Joe Bowman

49 Ed Brandt

47 Mace Brown

44 Ken Heintzelman

48 Waite Hoyt

40 Red Lucas

45 Bill Swift

50 Jim Tobin

43 Jim Weaver

Catchers

48 Ray Berres

31 Tom Padden

30 Al Todd

Infielders

25 Bill Brubaker

22 Lee Handley

32 Bill Schuster

24 Gus Suhr

20 Pie Traynor

21 Arky Vaughan

26 Pep Young

Outfielders

15 Johnny Dickshot

16 Woody Jensen

14 Fred Schulte

10 Lloyd Waner

11 Paul Waner

Manager

20 Pie Traynor

Coaches

33 Jewel Ens

34 Johnny Gooch

36 Honus Wagner

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

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
Traynor, PiePie Traynor	5	12	2	.167	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
Brandt, EdEd Brandt	33	176.1	11	10	3.11	74

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
Bauers, RussRuss Bauers	34	187.2	13	6	2.88	118
Weaver, JimJim Weaver	32	109.2	8	5	3.20	44

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

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Montreal Royals	International League	Walter "Rabbit" Maranville
B	Savannah Indians	Sally League	Bill Steinecke and Chick Autry
C	Hutchinson Larks	Western Association	Dick Goldberg, Dick Klinger and Hugh McMullen
D	Mt. Airy Reds	Bi-State League	Frank Packard and Walt Novak
D	Paducah Indians	KITTY League	Hugh McMullen, Ervin Brame, Lee Keller, Ralph Bishop, George Block and Pete Mondino

References

↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
↑ Ralph Birkofer page at Baseball-Reference

External links

1937 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1937 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette cartoon on the pennant race
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

1937 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1937 All-Star Game 1937 World Series

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (136)

1880s	1880 · 1881 · 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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