The 1937 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 83–71, 19 games behind the New York Yankees.

Regular season April 20, 1937: Gee Walker of the Detroit Tigers' became the first (and to date only) man to hit for the cycle on Opening Day. Walker did it in reverse order (home run, triple, double, single) to lead the Tigers past the Indians 4–3 on April 20, 1937.SI.com – Statitudes – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1937 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

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 RBICFrankie Pytlak125397125.3151441BHal Trosky153601179.298321282BJohn Kroner8628367.237226SSLyn Lary156644187.2908773BOdell Hale154561150.267682OFMoose Solters152589190.32320109 OF 134 448 135 .301 4 61OFEarl Averill156609182.2992192

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 RBIRoy Hughes10434696.277140 72 168 48 .286 3 22Roy Weatherly5313427.201513Jeff Heath206114.23008Joe Becker183311.33302Hugh Alexander7111.09100Blas Monaco572.28602Ken Keltner110.00001Bill Sodd110.00000

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 SOMel Harder38233.215124.2895Denny Galehouse36200.29144.5778Willis Hudlin35175.212114.1031 24 173.0 15 1 2.55 87Bob Feller26148.2973.39150Earl Whitehill33147.0886.4953

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 Ken Jungels 2 3.0 0 0 0.00 0Carl Fischer20.20127.001

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SOJoe Heving408454.8335 31 2 6 0 6.55 32Whit Wyatt292304.4452Ivy Andrews203404.3716

Awards and honors All Star Game

Earl Averill, outfielder (starter)

Mel Harder, pitcher

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

External links 1937 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference