1937 Major League Baseball season

The 1937 major league baseball season began on April 19, 1936. 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 the Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., with the American League winning, 8–3.

Schedule
The 1937 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the season (except for ) and would be used until  in the American League and  in the National League.

Opening Day, April 19, featured four teams across both leagues play. The final day of the regular season was on October 3 and featured all sixteen teams, the first since. The World Series took place between October 6 and October 10.

Teams
An asterisk (*) denotes the ballpark a team played the minority of their home games at

Bracket
 

American League
1 American League Triple Crown pitching winner

National League
2 National League Triple Crown batting winner

Awards and honors

 * Baseball Hall of Fame
 * Morgan Bulkeley
 * Ban Johnson
 * Nap Lajoie
 * Connie Mack
 * John McGraw
 * Tris Speaker
 * George Wright
 * Cy Young
 * MLB Most Valuable Player Award
 * American League: Charlie Gehringer, Detroit Tigers, 2B
 * National League: Joe Medwick, St. Louis Cardinals, OF
 * The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
 * Johnny Allen Cleveland Indians
 * The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
 * Bill McKechnie Boston Bees