The Yankees ran away with their second straight pennant and then trashed the Giants in the World Series, clearly dominating the baseball world. The Yanks were in first to stay by June, and by August had the race well in hand. Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland and Boston all finished over .500, Washington was mediocre, while Philadelphia lost 97 games and St. Louis lost 108. The Yankees scored about a run more and allowed about a run less than the average AL team, finishing first both ways.
Charlie Gehringer won the batting title at .371, Joe DiMaggio led in slugging, and Lou Gehrig in on-base and OPS. DiMaggio led with 156 runs and 46 homers, Beau Bell of St. Louis with 218 hits and 51 doubles, and Hank Greenberg with 183 RBI. Mike Kreevich and Dixie Walker tied with 16 triples, and Ben Chapman and Billy Werber tied with 35 steals.
Lefty Gomez topped the pitching categories, with 21 wins to teammate Red Ruffing's 20, a 2.33 ERA to Monte Stratton's 2.40, and 194 strikeouts to Bobo Newsom's 166. Clint Brown of Chicago had 18 saves.
Win Shares leaders, players: Joe DiMaggio (New York) 39, Lou Gehrig (New York) 36, Hank Greenberg (Detroit) and Bill Dickey (New York) 33, Charlie Gehringer (Detroit) 30, Luke Appling (Chicago) 28, Joe Cronin (Boston), Earl Averill and Hal Trosky (Cleveland) 24, Jimmie Foxx (Boston), Mike Kreevich (Chicago), Lyn Lary (Cleveland) and Harlond Clift (St. Louis) 23.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers: Lefty Gomez (New York) 29, Lefty Grove (Boston) 27, Red Ruffing (New York) 24, Elden Auker (Detroit) 22, Jack Wilson (Boston) and Johnny Allen (Cleveland) 20, Monte Stratton (Chicago) and Tommy Bridges (Detroit) 19.
WARP3 scores: DiMaggio 10.5, Gehringer 9.6, Dickey 9.4, Gehrig 8.1, Greenberg 7.8, Cecil Travis (Washington) 6.7, Bob Johnson (Philadelphia) 6.4, Appling 6.1, Wally Moses (Philadelphia) 4.7, Kreevich 4.6 (best year), Red Rolfe (New York) and Billy Rogell (Detroit) 4.5.
Pitchers, Grove 8.1, Gomez 7.9, Allen 5.8 (as he went 15-1), Ruffing and Wilson (career year) 5.1, Stratton 4.9 (best year), Auker and Mel Harder (Cleveland) 4.6, Johnny Marcum (Boston) 4.3, Eddie Smith (Philadelphia) 4.1.
WAR leaders, position players: DiMaggio 10.1, Gehrig 9.5, Greenberg 9.2, Gehringer 8.4, Clift and Dickey 7.7, Appling 7.0, Johnson 6.3, Travis 5.6, Moses 5.5, Stone 5.3. Pitchers: Gomez 8.9, Grove 8.0, Ruffing 6.3, Allen 6.1, Stratton 4.9, Wilson 4.5, Auker 4.3, Lee 4.1, Bridges 3.7, Harder and Smith 3.4.
Actual award voting: MVP Top 10 | Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+---------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
1 Charlie Gehringer DET 6 78 80 0.98 | 564 209 14 .371 .978 11
2 Joe DiMaggio NYY 2 74 80 0.92 | 621 215 46 .346 1.085 3
3 Hank Greenberg DET 0 48 80 0.60 | 594 200 40 .337 1.105 8
4 Lou Gehrig NYY 0 42 80 0.52 | 569 200 37 .351 1.116 4
5 Bill Dickey NYY 0 22 80 0.28 | 530 176 29 .332 .987 3
5 Luke Sewell CHW 0 22 80 0.28 | 412 111 1 .269 .700 4
7 Joe Cronin BOS 0 19 80 0.24 | 570 175 18 .307 .887 5
8 Red Ruffing NYY 0 18 80 0.22 | 129 26 1 .202 .523 0| 20-7 256 2.98 1.210 131
9 Lefty Gomez NYY 0 14 80 0.18 | 105 21 0 .200 .455 1| 21-11 278 2.33 1.171 194
10 Mike Kreevich CHW 0 13 80 0.16 | 583 176 12 .302 .818 10
Best player: Joe DiMaggio, who put up an impressive .346-46-167 line. Gehringer won the actual vote over DiMaggio, but Joltin' Joe was the AL's best player. Gehrig posted a .351-37-159 line, Gehringer a .371 average and 133 runs, Greenberg drove in 183 runs, Dickey was .332-29-133.
#1 Joe DiMaggio, #2 Lou Gehrig, #3 Charlie Gehringer, #4 Hank Greenberg, #5 Bill Dickey.
Best pitcher: Lefty Gomez won the pitching triple crown and is clearly the best of 1937. Grove and Ruffing had big years.
#1 Lefty Gomez, #2 Lefty Grove, #3 Red Ruffing, #4 Eldon Auker, #5 Johnny Allen.
Best rookie: There is a serious lack of rookies who played a full season, but the best of the group is Spud Chandler, 7-4 with a 2.84 record for the Yankees in 12 games. Tommy Henrich hit .320 in 206 AB to rank second.
Best manager: Joe McCarthy is the only serious candidate here.
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