1937 Season
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1937 National League Rookie of the Year Award

by Votes
 
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
The Rookie of the Year Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim Turner
BSN
SP
33.9
6.1
26.0
16.7
2 Lou Fette
BSN
SP
30.3
4.4
22.2
12.9
3 Cliff Melton
NY1
SP
25.5
4.1
25.5
16.5
4 Russ Bauers
PIT
SP
23.1
4.1
17.1
10.4
5 Vince DiMaggio
BSN
CF
24.8
2.1
17.6
6.3
6 Don Padgett
SLN
RF
25.6
1.9
15.6
6.8
7 Jim Tobin
PIT
SP
24.5
1.9
9.3
6.2
8 Morrie Arnovich
PHI
LF
26.6
1.7
9.6
1.3
9 Hersh Martin
PHI
CF
27.8
1.4
15.4
2.1
10 Gibby Brack
BRO
CF
29.3
1.3
11.5
3.5
11 Johnny McCarthy
NY1
1B
27.5
1.3
11.2
3.2
12 Joe Marty
CHN
CF
23.8
1.2
8.9
2.2
13 Johnny Vander Meer
CIN
SP
22.7
0.8
3.7
0.7
14 Don Gutteridge
SLN
3B
25.0
0.8
14.3
4.3
15 Wayne LaMaster
PHI
SP
30.4
0.8
9.9
2.0
16 Jimmy Brown
SLN
2B
27.2
0.8
11.2
-1.1
17 Earl Browne
PHI
RF
26.3
0.6
6.6
0.1
18 Lee Handley
PIT
2B
23.9
0.6
10.9
-0.3
19 Tom Sunkel
SLN
RP
24.9
0.6
2.4
1.4
20 Bill McGee
SLN
SW
27.6
0.5
1.4
0.9
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1937 American League Rookie of the Year Award

by Votes
 
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
The Rookie of the Year Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Eddie Smith
PHA
SP
23.5
4.1
12.8
5.8
2 Rudy York
DET
C
23.9
3.5
17.6
8.8
3 Archie McKain
BOS
SP
26.1
1.9
8.9
4.1
4 Tommy Henrich
NYA
LF
24.4
1.7
10.1
5.7
5 Spud Chandler
NYA
SP
29.8
1.6
7.7
4.8
6 Bill Phebus
WS1
SP
27.9
1.3
4.4
3.0
7 Earle Brucker
PHA
C
36.2
1.3
6.3
-2.1
8 Joe Krakauskas
WS1
SP
22.3
1.1
4.0
2.6
9 Bud Thomas
PHA
SP
26.8
1.1
7.0
1.1
10 Boots Poffenberger
DET
SP
22.0
1.0
9.8
5.0
11 George Gill
DET
SP
28.4
0.9
9.7
5.1
12 Bill Cox
CHA
SP
24.0
0.8
2.2
1.7
13 Slick Coffman
DET
SW
26.6
0.7
6.9
3.3
14 Ken Chase
WS1
SP
23.7
0.6
4.3
1.7
15 Buster Mills
BOS
LF
28.8
0.5
11.9
1.8
16 Julio Bonetti
SLA
SP
26.0
0.5
4.8
-0.2
17 Joe Gonzales
BOS
SW
22.3
0.5
2.1
0.9
18 Gene Hasson
PHA
1B
21.9
0.4
2.9
1.0
19 Joe Vance
NYA
SP
31.8
0.4
1.4
0.9
20 John Mihalic
WS1
2B
25.6
0.4
2.7
0.1
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James