A sacrifice fly by Chick Hafey in the 9th gives the Reds a 3 – 2 win over the Cubs. Hafey makes his first appearance since retiring in May 1935.
On May 9, 1937, future Hall of Famer Ernie Lombardi goes 6-for-6 and ties the modern major league record with six hits (5 singles and a double) in six consecutive times at bat. Alex Kampouris hits 3 home runs including a grand slam driving in eight runs, helping the Cincinnati Reds to a 21-10 blowout…
At the Polo Grounds, Carl Hubbell wins his 4th straight and his 20th in a row, subduing the Cubs, 4 – 1. The game is scoreless for six innings. Hubbell matches the mark of Rube Marquard, who won one game in 1911 and 19 straight more in 1912.
Washington’s Bobo Newsom, who will pitch in four decades, hits his only major league homer. It comes in Detroit off Tiger ace Schoolboy Rowe as the “Talkative One” wins, 8 – 3.
On April 27, 1937, Cardinals’ trainer Doc Weaver uses a video camera to record his team in action during a practice. Manager Frankie Frisch later uses the film to work with his players on their fundamentals. It’s one of the earliest uses of video for training purposes in the major leagues.
On April 25, 1937, New York Giants rookie Cliff Melton becomes the first rookie to fan at least ten batters in his major league debut, finishing with 13 strikeouts in a complete-game loss to the Boston Bees at the Polo Grounds. The 25-year-old southpaw, who loses the 3-1 contest due to the weak defense of…
1937 – Gee Walker hits for the cycle on Opening Day to lead the Tigers to a 4 – 3 victory over Cleveland. Walker hits the cycle in reverse order: home run, triple, double and single.
The Reds sell Babe Herman to the Tigers. The 34 year-old outfielder, batting .300 for his new team, will appear in only 17 contests with Detroit before effectively retiring from the game, although he will return to play briefly for the war-time Dodgers in 1945.
Bobby Doerr at spring training in Sarasota, Florida – 1937.
Joe McCarthy’s 1937 Yankees fell short of the 1936 club’s exploits in a couple areas. AL champions by 19 1/2 games in ’36, the Yanks had to settle for a mere 13-game margin in ’37. And whereas the Yanks boasted five 100-RBIs men in ’36 — Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Tony Lazzeri, Bill Dickey…
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