1937 Philadelphia Athletics

54-97 • 0.358 Win% • 7th in AL

📊 Season Record

54 Wins
97 Losses
0.358 Win %
7th Rank
699 R 854 RA
Diff -155

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699 Runs Scored
854 Runs Allowed
-155 Run Diff
523K Attendance

📈 vs. 1937 AL Average

Batting Avg .267 5% below the 1937 league average (.281)
OBP .340 3% below the 1937 league average (.352)
SLG .321 5% below the 1937 league average (.337)
Team ERA 4.85 5% worse than the 1937 league average (4.62)
Runs Scored 699 14% below the 1937 league average (813 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 79
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Total Attendance 523,065
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Avg per Game 6,621

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Lynn Nelson 0.354 2 Wally Moses 0.320 3 Gene Hasson 0.306 4 Bob Johnson 0.306 5 Jesse Hill 0.293

Home Runs

1 Bob Johnson 25 2 Wally Moses 25 3 Frankie Hayes 10 4 Billy Werber 7 5 Earle Brucker 6

RBI

1 Bob Johnson 108 2 Wally Moses 86 3 Billy Werber 70 4 Rusty Peters 43 5 Frankie Hayes 38
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Wally Moses 154 649 113 208 0 0 25 86 54 38 9 0.320
Billy Werber 128 493 85 144 0 0 7 70 74 39 35 0.292
Bob Johnson 138 477 91 146 0 0 25 108 98 65 9 0.306
Skeeter Newsome 122 438 53 111 0 0 1 30 37 22 11 0.253
Lou Finney 92 379 53 95 0 0 1 20 20 16 2 0.251
Rusty Peters 116 339 39 88 0 0 3 43 41 59 4 0.260
Earle Brucker 102 317 40 82 0 0 6 37 48 30 1 0.259
Chubby Dean 104 309 36 81 0 0 2 31 42 10 2 0.262
Jesse Hill 70 242 32 71 0 0 1 37 31 20 16 0.293
Jack Rothrock 88 232 28 62 0 0 0 21 28 15 1 0.267
Frankie Hayes 60 188 24 49 0 0 10 38 29 34 0 0.261
Wayne Ambler 56 162 3 35 0 0 0 11 13 8 1 0.216
Bill Cissell 34 117 15 31 0 0 1 14 17 10 0 0.265
Lynn Nelson 74 113 18 40 0 0 4 29 6 13 1 0.354
Gene Hasson 28 98 12 30 0 0 3 14 13 14 0 0.306
Ace Parker 38 94 8 11 0 0 2 13 4 17 0 0.117
George Caster 37 90 6 19 0 0 0 11 2 24 0 0.211
Eddie Smith 40 73 4 17 0 0 0 3 2 11 1 0.233
Harry Kelley 41 71 6 16 0 0 0 8 2 5 0 0.225
Bill Conroy 26 60 4 12 0 0 0 3 7 9 1 0.200
Warren Huston 38 54 5 7 0 0 0 3 2 9 0 0.130
Buck Ross 28 49 6 5 0 0 0 0 5 24 0 0.102
Bud Thomas 35 47 3 6 0 0 1 5 4 25 0 0.128
Babe Barna 14 36 10 14 0 0 2 9 2 6 1 0.389
George Turbeville 31 26 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0.231
Herman Fink 28 24 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0.208
Al Williams 16 24 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 13 0 0.083
Doyt Morris 6 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.154
Eddie Yount 4 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.286
Bill Kalfass 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Randy Gumpert 10 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Fred Archer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Hal Wagner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Eddie Smith 3.94 2 Herman Fink 4.05 3 George Caster 4.43 4 George Turbeville 4.77 5 Buck Ross 4.89

Wins

1 Harry Kelley 13 2 George Caster 12 3 Bud Thomas 8 4 Buck Ross 5 5 Lynn Nelson 4

Strikeouts

1 George Caster 100 2 Eddie Smith 79 3 Harry Kelley 68 4 Bud Thomas 54 5 Lynn Nelson 49
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
George Caster 12 19 4.43 34 33 0 231.2 107 100
Harry Kelley 13 21 5.36 41 29 0 205.0 79 68
Eddie Smith 4 17 3.94 38 23 5 196.2 90 79
Bud Thomas 8 15 4.99 35 26 0 169.2 52 54
Buck Ross 5 10 4.89 28 22 0 147.1 63 37
Lynn Nelson 4 9 5.90 30 4 2 116.0 51 49
Herman Fink 2 1 4.05 28 3 1 80.0 35 18
George Turbeville 0 4 4.77 31 3 0 77.1 56 17
Al Williams 4 1 5.38 16 8 1 75.1 49 27
Randy Gumpert 0 0 12.00 10 1 0 12.0 15 5
Bill Kalfass 1 0 3.00 3 1 0 12.0 10 9
Chubby Dean 1 0 4.00 2 1 0 9.0 6 4
Fred Archer 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 3.0 0 2

👥 Roster (33)

Wayne Ambler Fred Archer Babe Barna Earle Brucker George Caster Bill Cissell Bill Conroy Chubby Dean Herman Fink Lou Finney Randy Gumpert Gene Hasson +21 more

33 players

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