The 1937 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 56th season of the

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franchise; the 51st in the

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. The Pirates finished third in the league standings with a record of 86–68.

Offseason

* December 4, 1936:

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were traded by the Pirates to the

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for

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Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

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, , 6–3 , , Tobin (6–3) , , Hollingsworth , , — , , 852 , , 83–68 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 152 , , October 2 , ,

, , 4–3 (11) , , Swift (9–10) , , Vander Meer , , — , , 1,020 , , 84–68 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 153 , , October 3 , ,

, , 4–3 , , Heintzelman (1–0) , , Kleinhans , , — , , — , , 85–68 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 154 , , October 3 , ,

, , 4–0 (7) , , Brown (7–2) , , Davis , , — , , 2,064 , , 86–68 , - , - , ''Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member''

Opening Day lineup

Roster

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''

Other batters

''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Pitching

Starting pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Other pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Relief pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Savannah

References

External links

1937 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference

1937 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac

''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'' cartoon on the pennant race
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