1937 Brooklyn Dodgers season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969‎
name = Brooklyn Dodgers
season = 1937
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1890
Uniform
ballpark = Ebbets Field
y4 = 1913
city = Brooklyn, New York
y5 = 1883
owners = Stephen McKeever
managers = Burleigh Grimes
television = none
radio = none|Former Dodgers pitcher Burleigh Grimes was brought in to manage the 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers, but the team continued to struggle, finishing in sixth place.

eason standings

1937 Roster

Batting Stats

1937 Awards

*1937 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
**Van Mungo reserve

1937 Transactions

*November 19: Purchased Tony Malinosky from the Pittsburgh Pirates
*December 4: Traded Ed Brandt to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Cookie Lavagetto and Ralph Birkofer
*December 5: Traded Lonny Frey to the Chicago Cubs for Roy Henshaw and Woody English
*May 2: Purchased Roy Spencer from the New York Giants
*May 24: Traded Randy Moore to the St. Louis Cardinals for Paul Chervinko
*June 11: Traded Tom Baker to the New York Giants for Freddie Fitzsimmons
*June 12: Purchased Waite Hoyt from the Pittsburgh Pirates
*July 11: Traded Ralph Birkofer to the Detroit Tigers for Lindsay Brown and cash
*July 23: Traded Frank Skaff and cash to the Washington Senators for Jake Daniel
*August 9: Purchased Ben Cantwell from the New York Giants
*September 10: Purchased Tot Pressnell from the Cleveland Indians
*September 10: Traded Ben Geraghty and Jack Radtke to the Washington Senators for Fred Chapman
*October 4: Traded Johnny Cooney, Jim Bucher, Joe Stripp and Roy Henshaw to the St. Louis Cardinals for Leo Durocher

1937 Minor League Teams

*A1: Knoxville Smokies (managed by Neil Caldwell) - Southern Association
*A: Elmira Pioneers (managed by Bruno Betzel) - Eastern League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*A: Davenport Blue Sox (managed by John Fitzpatrick) - Western League
*B: Clinton Owls (managed by Clyde Sukeforth) - Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League
*C: Greenwood Dodgers (managed by Elmer Yoter) - Cotton States League
*D: Pocomoke City Red Sox (managed by Vic Keene) - Eastern Shore League
*D: Cordele Reds (managed by Ivy Griffin) - Georgia-Florida League
*D: Americus Cardinals (managed by Dixie Parker/Bill Porter/Guy Lacy) - Georgia-Florida League
*D: Beatrice Blues (managed by Leon Riley) - Nebraska State League
*D: Greensburg Green Sox (managed by Wilbur Cooper) - Pennsylvania State Association

External links

* [http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/detail_page.asp?fileName=nl_1937_brooklyn.gif&Entryid=586 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform]
* [http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/bdodgers/brooklyn.html Brooklyn Dodgers reference site]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1937.shtml Baseball-Reference season page]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1937&t=BRO Baseball Almanac season page]
* [http://pressbox.mlb.com/pressbox/downloads/y2007/la/history_records.pdf Dodgers Media Guide History]
* [http://www.acmewebpages.com/dodgers/ Acme Dodgers page]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/ Retrosheet]