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1937 in baseball
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Champions
Major League Baseball
Other champions
Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: East, 7-2
Awards and honors
MLB Most Valuable Player Award
The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
Statistical Leaders
1American League Triple Crown Pitching Winner
Major League Baseball final standings
American League final standings
National League final standings
Negro League Baseball final standings
Negro National League final standings
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.
Births
January 10 - Jim O'Toole
January 14 - Sonny Siebert
February 2 - Don Buford
February 7 - Juan Pizarro
February 9 - Clete Boyer
April 2 - Dick Radatz
April 21 - Gary Peters
May 7 - Claude Raymond
May 8 - Mike Cuellar
May 10 - Jim Hickman
May 18 - Brooks Robinson
July 7 - George Smith
August 14 - Joe Horlen
August 25 - Choo Choo Coleman
August 31 - Tracy Stallard
September 2 - Peter Ueberroth
September 17 - Orlando Cepeda
September 20 - Tom Tresh
October 20 - Juan Marichal
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
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.
November 16 - Dick Burns, 73, pitcher/outfielder for three seasons. Pitched no-hitter on August 26, 1884.
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