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1937 Major League Baseball season

1937 MLB season
LeagueAmerican League (AL)
National League (NL)
SportBaseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 9 – October 3, 1937
World Series:
  • October 6–10, 1937
Number of games154
Number of teams16 (8 per league)
Regular season
Season MVPAL: Charlie Gehringer (DET)
NL: Joe Medwick (SLC)
AL championsNew York Yankees
  AL runners-upDetroit Tigers
NL championsNew York Giants
  NL runners-upChicago Cubs
World Series
ChampionsNew York Yankees
  Runners-upNew York Giants
Locations of teams for the 1934–1939 American League seasons
American League

The 1937 major league baseball season began on April 19, 1937. The regular season ended on October 3, with the New York Giants and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 34th World Series on October 6 and ended with Game 5 on October 10. In the fifth iteration of this World Series matchup (and a rematch of the previous year), the Yankees defeated the Giants, four games to one.

The fifth Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on July 7, hosted by the Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., with the American League winning, 8–3.


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