$Unique_ID{BAS00107} $Title{Postseason Play: World Series 1937} $Subtitle{} $Author{ Ivor-Campbell, Frederick} $Subject{World Series 1937 New York Yankees Giants} $Log{} Total Baseball: The Highlights of the Game Postseason Play: World Series 1937 Frederick Ivor-Campbell New York Yankees (AL), 4; New York Giants (NL), 1 GAME 1 AT NY-A OCT 6 ---------------------------------------- NY-N 000 010 000 1 6 2 NY-A 000 007 01X 8 7 0 Pitchers: HUBBELL, Gumbert (6), Coffman (6), Smith (8) vs GOMEZ Home Runs: Lazzeri-NY (A) Attendance: 60,573 GAME 2 AT NY-A OCT 7 ---------------------------------------- NY-N 100 000 000 1 7 0 NY-A 000 024 20X 8 12 0 Pitchers: MELTON, Gumbert (5), Coffman (6) vs RUFFING Attendance: 57,675 GAME 3 AT NY-N OCT 8 ---------------------------------------- NY-A 012 110 000 5 9 0 NY-N 000 000 100 1 5 4 Pitchers: PEARSON, Murphy (9) vs SCHUMACHER, Melton (7), Brennan (9) Attendance: 37,385 GAME 4 AT NY-N OCT 9 ---------------------------------------- NY-A 101 000 001 3 6 0 NY-N 060 000 10X 7 12 3 Pitchers: HADLEY, Andrews (2), Wicker (8) vs HUBBELL Home Runs: Gehrig-NY (A) Attendance: 44,293 GAME 5 AT NY-N OCT 10 ---------------------------------------- NY-A 011 020 000 4 8 0 NY-N 002 000 000 2 10 0 Pitchers: GOMEZ vs MELTON, Smith (6), Brennan (8) Home Runs: DiMaggio-NY (A), Hoag-NY (A), Ott-NY (N) Attendance: 38,216 For the second year in a row, the Yankees overwhelmed the Giants, this time in just five games. Giant ace Carl Hubbell, who took the opener in 1936, was unable to repeat this year. For five innings he held the Yankees to one hit. But in the sixth everything fell apart. Before Hubbell was taken out, two walks, five singles, and a Giant error had let in five runs. And the two runners Hubbell left on base scored later on a second Giant error and two walks by reliever Dick Coffman. The Yankees' Lefty Gomez also yielded six hits, but wider spacing and better field support held the Giants to one run in the fifth. Tony Lazzeri's homer in the eighth made the final score 8-1. The Yankees spread their runs a bit more evenly in Game Two. For the second time the Giants gained a 1-0 lead. Rookie phenom Cliff Melton held the Yankees scoreless through four, but four straight hits for two runs at the start of the fifth drove him out. Reliever Ad Gumbert stopped the Yankees in the rest of the inning but gave up four more hits--and four more runs--in the sixth before Coffman stepped in to stop the assault. But Coffman gave up two final Yankee runs in the seventh, to complete a second straight 8-1 Yankee win, as Red Ruffing held the Giants scoreless through the final eight innings. The Yankees had scored five times off Hal Schumacher in Game Three before the Giants got their one run in the seventh. But Yankee starter Monte Pearson made the game tighter as he yielded a single and two walks to load the bases in the ninth before Johnny Murphy came on to record the final out. Giant bats finally came alive in the second inning of Game Four. Seven singles, plus a walk and a missed play at the plate gave the club a 6-1 lead, which starter Hubbell protected for the only Giant win of the Series. Solo homers by Myril Hoag in the second and Joe DiMaggio in the third gave the Yankees a 2-0 lead early in Game Five, but Giant Mel Ott tied it up with a two-run shot off Lefty Gomez in the last of the third. But Gomez shut the Giants down the rest of the way, and singled in Lazzeri in the fifth with what proved the game winner (scoring himself on Lou Gehrig's double for the final run of the Series). NY (A) ============================================================================== PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ivy Andrews, p .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Frankie Crosetti, ss .048 5 21 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 Bill Dickey, c .211 5 19 3 4 0 1 0 3 2 2 0 Joe Di Maggio, of .273 5 22 2 6 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 Lou Gehrig, 1b .294 5 17 4 5 1 1 1 3 5 4 0 Lefty Gomez, p .167 2 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 Bump Hadley, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Myril Hoag, of .300 5 20 4 6 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 Tony Lazzeri, 2b .400 5 15 3 6 0 1 1 2 3 3 0 Johnny Murphy, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Monte Pearson, p .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Jake Powell, ph .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Red Rolfe, 3b .300 5 20 3 6 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 Red Ruffing, p .500 1 4 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 George Selkirk, of .263 5 19 5 5 1 0 0 6 2 0 0 Kemp Wicker, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL .249 169 28 42 6 4 4 25 21 21 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ivy Andrews 0 0 3.18 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 6 2 4 1 Lefty Gomez 2 0 1.50 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 16 3 2 8 Bump Hadley 0 1 33.75 1 1 0 0 0 1.1 6 5 0 0 Johnny Murphy 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 Monte Pearson 1 0 1.04 1 1 0 0 0 8.2 5 1 2 4 Red Ruffing 1 0 1.00 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 7 1 3 8 Kemp Wicker 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 4 1 2.45 8 5 3 1 0 44.0 40 12 11 21 NY (N) ============================================================================== PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dick Bartell, ss .238 5 21 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 Wally Berger, ph .000 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Don Brennan, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lou Chiozza, of .286 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Dick Coffman, p .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Harry Danning, c .250 3 12 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 Harry Gumbert, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carl Hubbell, p .000 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Hank Leiber, of .364 3 11 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 Sam Leslie, ph .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Gus Mancuso, c-2 .000 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Johnny Mc Carthy, 1b .211 5 19 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 Cliff Melton, p .000 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Jo-Jo Moore, of .391 5 23 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Mel Ott, 3b .200 5 20 1 4 0 0 1 3 1 4 0 Jimmy Ripple, of .294 5 17 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 Blondy Ryan, ph .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Hal Schumacher, p .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Al Smith, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Burgess Whitehead, 2b .250 5 16 1 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 TOTAL .237 169 12 40 6 0 1 12 11 21 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don Brennan 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 1 1 Dick Coffman 0 0 4.15 2 0 0 0 0 4.1 2 2 5 1 Harry Gumbert 0 0 27.00 2 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 4 1 1 Carl Hubbell 1 1 3.77 2 2 1 0 0 14.1 12 6 4 7 Cliff Melton 0 2 4.91 3 2 0 0 0 11.0 12 6 6 7 Hal Schumacher 0 1 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 9 4 4 3 Al Smith 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 0 1 TOTAL 1 4 4.81 14 5 1 0 0 43.0 42 23 21 21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------