National League Players Who Retired in 1937

The baseball torch is passed from season to season and in some cases, from game to game. In 1911, Cy Young pitched his final Major League game, lost 1-0, and ended the final season of his career with a losing record of 7-9 and an ERA of 3.77. Young's opponent that particular day was a first-year pitcher named Grover Alexander who received the win, added to his league leading shutout total, and went on to begin his career with a winning record of 28-13 and an ERA of 2.57.

Bob Gibson, who was easily one of the most intense competitors of all time, gave up a grand slam to the next-to-last Major League hitter he faced, Pete LaCock of the Chicago Cubs. Fifteen years passed and when the two faced off during an old-timer's game, Gibson hit LaCock on his back with a fastball.

Babe Ruth summed it up when he responded to a question about retirement by saying, "A ballplayer should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill." Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive list of National League League players who hung up their spikes in 1937.

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"You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to: Run forward. Bend. Scoop up the ball. Peg it to the infield. Then your body says, 'Who, me?'" - Retirement comment made by Joe DiMaggio

National League Baseball Players Who Retired in 1937

1937 AL Retirements / 1937 NL Retirements

19 Beauty McGowan 1937 Boston Bees 05-13-1937 35
25 Bob Smith 1937 Boston Bees 08-06-1937 42
2 Billy Urbanski 1937 Boston Bees 04-23-1937 33
22 Link Wasem 1937 Boston Bees 05-23-1937 26
19 Ralph Birkofer 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers 07-11-1937 28
7 Lindsay Brown 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers 10-03-1937 26
27 Ben Cantwell 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers 09-23-1937 35
20 George Cisar 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers 10-03-1937 27
17 Watty Clark 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers 05-09-1937 34
24 Jake Daniel 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers 08-07-1937 26
8 Sid Gautreaux 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers 05-20-1937 25
34 Elmer Klumpp 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers 05-03-1937 30
19 Jim Lindsey 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers 09-27-1937 38
4 Tony Malinosky 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers 07-16-1937 27
27 Eddie Morgan 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers 07-23-1937 22
24 Jim Peterson 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers 04-24-1937 28
28 Eddie Wilson 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers 10-02-1937 28
41 John Bottarini 1937 Chicago Cubs 09-09-1937 28
1, 38 Gus Brittain 1937 Cincinnati Reds 09-15-1937 27
7 Harry Chozen 1937 Cincinnati Reds 09-21-1937 21
17 Double Joe Dwyer 1937 Cincinnati Reds 05-17-1937 34
31 Charlie English 1937 Cincinnati Reds 10-03-1937 27
28 Paul Gehrman 1937 Cincinnati Reds 09-16-1937 25
14 Chick Hafey 1937 Cincinnati Reds 09-30-1937 34
29 Pinky Jorgensen 1937 Cincinnati Reds 09-30-1937 22
37 Dutch Mele 1937 Cincinnati Reds 10-03-1937 22
26 Arnie Moser 1937 Cincinnati Reds 07-03-1937 21
19 Don Brennan 1937 New York Giants 09-29-1937 33
25 Ed Madjeski 1937 New York Giants 10-03-1937 29
41 Bob Allen 1937 Philadelphia Phillies 10-02-1937 23
22 Bill Andrus 1937 Philadelphia Phillies 05-11-1937 29
45 Bobby Burke 1937 Philadelphia Phillies 05-04-1937 30
41 Larry Crawford 1937 Philadelphia Phillies 08-20-1937 23
10 Earl Grace 1937 Philadelphia Phillies 10-03-1937 30
44 Orville Jorgens 1937 Philadelphia Phillies 09-29-1937 29
21 Leo Norris 1937 Philadelphia Phillies 10-03-1937 29
- Leon Pettit 1937 Philadelphia Phillies 06-08-1937 34
47 Walter Stephenson 1937 Philadelphia Phillies 09-30-1937 26
37 Fred Tauby 1937 Philadelphia Phillies 06-02-1937 31
14 Fred Schulte 1937 Pittsburgh Pirates 10-03-1937 36
20 Pie Traynor 1937 Pittsburgh Pirates 08-14-1937 38
27 Sheriff Blake 1937 St. Louis Cardinals 09-26-1937 38
31 Johnnie Chambers 1937 St. Louis Cardinals 05-14-1937 25
3 Frankie Frisch 1937 St. Louis Cardinals 08-05-1937 39
16 Jesse Haines 1937 St. Louis Cardinals 09-10-1937 44
24 Nub Kleinke 1937 St. Louis Cardinals 10-03-1937 26
22 Randy Moore 1937 St. Louis Cardinals 09-07-1937 31
9 Bruce Ogrodowski 1937 St. Louis Cardinals 10-03-1937 25
22 Abe White 1937 St. Louis Cardinals 07-18-1937 33

National League Baseball Players Who Retired in 1937

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Find out which players made their Major League debut in the National League during the 1937 season as this group of players bid farewell to their field's of dreams.

Stan Musial ended his Major League career on September 29, 1963. His final hit was a single during the sixth inning off Jim Maloney which drove in his last RBI (which was Curt Flood).

On July 28, 1976, Blue Moon Odom pitched the final five innings of his Major League career. He was relieved by Francisco Barrios in the sixth inning and the two White Sox combined to pitch a 2-1 no-hitter versus the Oakland Athletics.