The following are the baseball events of the year 1937 throughout the world.  

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Contents 1 Champions 1.1 Major League Baseball 1.2 Other champions 2 Awards and honors 3 Statistical Leaders 4 Major League Baseball final standings 4.1 American League final standings 4.2 National League final standings 5 Negro League Baseball final standings 5.1 Negro National League final standings 6 Events 7 Births 7.1 January-April 7.2 May-August 7.3 September-December 8 Deaths

Champions

Major League Baseball

• World Series: New York Yankees over New York Giants (4-1)
• All-Star Game, July 7 at Griffith Stadium: American League, 8-3

Other champions

• Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: East, 7-2

Awards and honors

• MLB Most Valuable Player Award
  • American League: Charlie Gehringer, Detroit Tigers, 2B
  • National League: Joe Medwick, St Louis Cardinals, OF
• The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
  • Johnny Allen Cleveland Indians

• The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
  • Bill McKechnie Boston Braves

Statistical Leaders

Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Charlie Gehringer DET	.371	Joe Medwick STL	.374
HR	Joe DiMaggio NYY	46	Joe Medwick STL & Mel Ott	31
RBI	Hank Greenberg DET	183	Joe Medwick STL	154
Wins	Lefty Gomez1 NYY	21	Carl Hubbell NYG	22
ERA	Lefty Gomez1 NYY	2.33	Jim Turner BSB	2.38
Ks	Lefty Gomez1 NYY	194	Carl Hubbell NYG	159

¹American League Triple Crown Pitching Winner

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	New York Yankees	102	52	.662	--
2nd	Detroit Tigers	89	65	.578	13.0
3rd	Chicago White Sox	86	68	.566	16.0
4th	Cleveland Indians	83	71	.539	19.0
5th	Boston Red Sox	80	72	.526	21.0
6th	Washington Senators	73	80	.477	28.5
7th	Philadelphia Athletics	54	97	.358	46.5
8th	St. Louis Browns	46	108	.299	66.0

National League final standings

Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	New York Giants	95	57	.625	--
2nd	Chicago Cubs	93	61	.604	3.0
3rd	Pittsburgh Pirates	86	68	.558	10.0
4th	St. Louis Cardinals	81	73	.526	15.0
5th	Boston Bees	79	73	.526	16.0
6th	Brooklyn Dodgers	62	91	.405	33.5
7th	Philadelphia Phillies	61	92	.399	34.5
8th	Cincinnati Reds	56	98	.364	40.0

Negro League Baseball final standings

Negro National League final standings

Negro National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Homestead Grays	31	13	.705	--
Newark Eagles	26	11	.703	1.5
Washington Elite Giants	27	17	.614	4
Philadelphia Stars	25	27	.481	10
Pittsburgh Crawfords	12	16	.429	11
New York Black Yankees	9	14	.391	11.5

• Homestead beat Pittsburgh in a one-game play-off for the Pennant.

Events

• May 27 - The New York Giants' Mel Ott's ninth-inning home run helps Carl Hubbell win a record 24th straight game in a 3-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field.

• June 1 - Bill Dietrich pitches a no-hitter in an 8-0 Chicago White Sox victory over the St. Louis Browns.

• July 7 - The American League defeats the National League, 8-3, in the All-Star Game, held at Griffith Stadium, home of the Washington Senators.

• October 10 - In a rematch of the 1936 World Series, the New York Yankees defeat the New York Giants, 4-2, in Game 5 of the World Series to win their Major-League-record sixth World Championship, four game to one. The Yankees had been tied with the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox for most championships (they each had five). By the time either of those teams won their next Series, the Yankees had far outdistanced them, with 20 wins as of 1972, and 26 wins as of 2004, respectively.

• November 2 - American League batting champ Charlie Gehringer of the Detroit Tigers is named Most Valuable Player, receiving 78 out of a possible 80 points. New York Yankees Joe DiMaggio is a close second four points behind while Gehringer teammate Hank Greenberg, who had 183 RBI, is a distant third. Gehringer also becomes the third Detroit player in four years to be named MVP.

Births

January-April

• January 10 - Jim O'Toole
• January 14 - Sonny Siebert
• February 2 - Don Buford
• February 7 - Juan Pizarro
• February 9 - Clete Boyer
• March 24 - Bob Tillman
• April 2 - Dick Radatz
• April 4 - Gary Geiger
• April 6 - Phil Regan
• April 21 - Gary Peters

May-August

• May 7 - Claude Raymond
• May 8 - Mike Cuellar
• May 10 - Jim Hickman
• May 18 - Brooks Robinson
• June 23 - Tom Haller
• July 7 - George Smith
• July 26 - Pete Ward
• August 14 - Joe Horlen
• August 17 - Diego Segui
• August 25 - Choo Choo Coleman
• August 31 - Tracy Stallard

September-December

• September 2 - Peter Ueberroth
• September 17 - Orlando Cepeda
• September 19 - Chris Short
• September 20 - Tom Tresh
• October 13 - Lou Clinton
• October 20 - Juan Marichal
• November 15 - Ray Webster
• November 17 - Jim Brewer
• December 8 - Jim Pagliaroni
• December 13 - Ron Taylor

Deaths

• January 18 - Michael Sexton, 73, president of the minor leagues from 1909 to 1931, during which time the minors expanded to record size and success, peaking with 47 leagues
• April 14 - Ned Hanlon, 79, manager of the Baltimore Orioles teams which won NL pennants in 1894-95-96 with their aggressive play, then of the Brooklyn champions of 1899-1900; pioneer of various offensive tactics, previously a center fielder for Detroit Wolverines
• April 15 - Emmett McCann, 35, shortstop for the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox in the 1920s; later a minor league manager from 1931 to 1935
• April 18 - Hick Carpenter, 81, third baseman who played in 12 seasons, eight with the Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association.
• May 23 - Danny Clark, 43, infielder for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals, between 1922 and 1927
• May 27 - Frank Grant, 71, second baseman widely considered to have been the 19th century's greatest black player
• August 16 - Bunk Congalton, 62, Canadian-born outfielder who finished fourth in the American League batting race with a .320 average
• August 21 - George Wright, 90, pioneer of the sport who starred as a shortstop on the first professional team in 1869, then as captain of the powerhouse Boston teams from 1871-78; managed Providence to NL pennant in 1879
• September 20 - Harry Stovey, 80, first baseman and outfielder who was among the American Association's leading hitters; won five home run titles, led league in slugging, runs and triples multiple times; first player to hit 100 home runs, was seventh all-time in hits and first in runs upon retirement
• October 1 - Mickey Devine, 45, catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox and New York Giants between 1918 and 1925
• October 31 - Ed Walsh, Jr., 37, pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, and son of Hall of Famer Ed Walsh. Stopped Joe Dimaggio's 61 game minor league record hitting streak.
• November 12 - Peek-A-Boo Veach, 75, pitcher and first baseman for three seasons; 1884,1887, and 1890.
• November 16 - Dick Burns, 73, pitcher/outfielder for three seasons. Pitched no-hitter on August 26, 1884.
• November 23 - Welday Walker, 77, he and his brother Moses Fleetwood Walker are officially recognized as the first African-Americans to play Major League Baseball. He played in just five games for the 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings.