Every single result in week 8 went the 1937 New York Yankees’ way. Brooklyn being swept, and Chicago winning only once, meant that New York could clinch the pennant with a sweep of the bottom-dwelling 1934 St. Louis Cardinals. And sweep they did, as the Yankees won all four against the Cardinals to claim the Season 3 championship.
The Yankees (21-11) had to come from behind to win games one, two and three. In all three contests, they scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning. They won in a rout in game four, their 10th victory in the last 12 games of the season.
New York has the bye in week 9, so although the season is over for the Yankees, the rest of the league still has to complete their schedule.
Bill Dickey hit .429 (6-for-14) with six RBI to lead the Yankees in the series. Lou Gehrig homered twice to finish the season with 11, tied with Joe DiMaggio for the league lead. Joe Medwick batted .462 (6-for-13) for the Cardinals (8-20).
Game #1: New York 2, St. Louis 1
The Cardinals got on the board in the fourth inning when Joe Medwick led off with a single and later scored on Ernie Orsatti’s RBI single. Dizzy Dean was excellent, but made one costly pitch in the eighth inning. With two outs and a runner on, Lou Gehrig hit a two-run homer to give the Yankees the lead. Spud Chandler pitched three solid innings in relief to pick up the win for New York.
1937 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI 1934 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Jake Powell 3 1 1 0 Pepper Martin 4 0 1 0
Red Rolfe 2 0 0 0 Jack Rothrock 4 0 0 0
Joe DiMaggio 4 0 0 0 Frankie Frisch 3 0 1 0
Lou Gehrig 3 1 1 2 Joe Medwick 4 1 1 0
Bill Dickey 2 0 1 0 Ripper Collins 4 0 0 0
Myril Hoag 4 0 0 0 Virgil Davis 2 0 0 0
Frank Crosetti 4 0 1 0 Ernie Orsatti 4 0 1 1
Tony Lazzeri 4 0 0 0 Leo Durocher 3 0 0 0
Red Ruffing BXZ 2 0 0 0 Dizzy Dean AKZ 3 0 1 0
George Selkirk 1 0 0 0 Bill DeLancey 1 0 0 0
Spud Chandler BYZ 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 2 4 2 TOTALS 32 1 5 1
1937 NEW YORK YANKEES 000 000 020 -- 2
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 100 000 -- 1
LOB--1937 NEW YORK YANKEES 7, 1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 8.
ERR--Frank Crosetti (2). 2B--Bill Dickey, Jake Powell, Dizzy
Dean AKZ. HR--Lou Gehrig. HBP--Virgil Davis. SACB--Red
Rolfe.
1937 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Red Ruffing BXZ 6.00 4 1 1 2 1 0
Spud Chandler BYZ [W] 3.00 1 0 0 1 2 0
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Dizzy Dean AKZ [L] 9.00 4 2 2 5 12 1
Game #2: New York 8, St. Louis 3
The Cardinals went up 2-0 in this one on Joe Medwick’s two-run single in the third inning. The Yankees tied it on another two-run homer by Lou Gehrig in the fourth. In the top of the eighth, New York broke open the game with a five-run inning, which included a bases-loaded walk to Bill Dickey and a bases-loaded triple by Myril Hoag.
1937 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI 1934 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Jake Powell 4 2 1 1 Pepper Martin 5 1 2 0
Red Rolfe 3 0 1 0 Jack Rothrock 4 0 1 0
Joe DiMaggio 4 2 1 1 Frankie Frisch 4 0 0 0
Lou Gehrig 3 2 1 2 Joe Medwick 4 1 2 3
Bill Dickey 4 1 1 1 Ripper Collins 2 0 0 0
Myril Hoag 3 0 1 3 Virgil Davis 4 0 0 0
Frank Crosetti 4 0 0 0 Ernie Orsatti 4 0 0 0
Tony Lazzeri 4 1 1 0 Leo Durocher 4 0 1 0
Monte Pearson BX 3 0 0 0 Bill Walker BYW 3 1 0 0
Bill DeLancey 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 8 7 8 TOTALS 34 3 6 3
1937 NEW YORK YANKEES 000 200 051 -- 8
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 002 000 010 -- 3
LOB--1937 NEW YORK YANKEES 6, 1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 8.
ERR--Lou Gehrig, Leo Durocher. 2B--Pepper Martin. 3B--Myril
Hoag. HR--Lou Gehrig, Joe Medwick. SACB--Monte Pearson BX.
1937 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Monte Pearson BX [W] 9.00 6 3 3 4 3 1
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Bill Walker BYW [L] 7.67 3 7 2 7 5 1
Jesse Haines CRZ 0.33 1 0 0 0 0 0
Dazzy Vance DX 1.00 3 1 1 1 0 0
Game #3: New York 6, St. Louis 4
This time, the Yankees took an early 2-0 lead. But the Cardinals put together a four-run sixth inning, which included a two-run single from Chick Fullis and an RBI single by Ernie Orsatti. Once again, the eighth inning was the rallying point for the Yankees, as they scored four runs of their own to go back in front. Joe DiMaggio had an RBI double, Myril Hoag had a two-run single and Tony Lazzeri had an RBI single.
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1937 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI
Pepper Martin 5 1 2 0 Jake Powell 5 1 2 0
Jack Rothrock 5 0 0 0 Red Rolfe 2 0 1 1
Frankie Frisch 4 0 0 0 Joe DiMaggio 4 1 2 1
Joe Medwick 1 0 1 0 Lou Gehrig 3 2 1 0
Chick Fullis 3 1 2 2 Bill Dickey 4 0 0 0
Ripper Collins 3 1 0 0 Myril Hoag 4 1 1 2
Virgil Davis 3 0 1 0 Frank Crosetti 3 0 1 1
Ernie Orsatti 3 0 1 1 Tony Lazzeri 3 0 1 1
Leo Durocher 1 0 0 0 Bump Hadley CY 0 1 0 0
Burgess Whitehead 3 0 1 0 George Selkirk 1 0 0 0
Tex Carleton CYZ 3 1 1 0 Johnny Murphy C 0 0 0 0
Bill DeLancey 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 4 9 3 TOTALS 29 6 9 6
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 004 000 -- 4
1937 NEW YORK YANKEES 001 100 04x -- 6
LOB--1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 7, 1937 NEW YORK YANKEES 7.
ERR--Jake Powell. 2B--Myril Hoag, Joe DiMaggio. HBP--Lou
Gehrig. SACF--Red Rolfe. SB--Pepper Martin, Tony Lazzeri,
Lou Gehrig, Jake Powell.
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tex Carleton CYZ [L] 7.67 8 6 6 5 2 0
Jesse Haines CRZ 0.33 1 0 0 1 0 0
1937 NEW YORK YANKEES
Bump Hadley CY 7.00 7 4 4 2 3 0
Johnny Murphy C [W] 2.00 2 0 0 1 0 0
Game #4: New York 11, St. Louis 4
To clinch the pennant, the Yankees left no doubt by scoring early and often, getting at least one run in six of their eight at-bats. Before the Cardinals finally scored, it was 7-0 after five innings. Bill Dickey got it started with a solo home run in the second inning. He went 4-for-4 with five RBI, also getting a two-run single in the sixth inning and RBI singles in the third and eighth innings. Tony Lazzeri had a two-run homer in the fifth inning. Lefty Gomez picked up his fifth win of the season.
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1937 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI
Pepper Martin 4 0 0 0 Jake Powell 5 1 2 0
Jack Rothrock 4 1 1 1 Red Rolfe 4 1 2 2
Frankie Frisch 4 1 1 0 Joe DiMaggio 3 2 2 0
Joe Medwick 4 1 2 1 Lou Gehrig 4 2 2 1
Ripper Collins 4 1 1 2 Bill Dickey 4 2 4 5
Virgil Davis 3 0 1 0 Myril Hoag 5 0 2 1
Ernie Orsatti 4 0 1 0 Frank Crosetti 5 0 0 0
Burgess Whitehead 4 0 0 0 Tony Lazzeri 5 1 1 2
Paul Dean BKZ 0 0 0 0 Lefty Gomez AKZ 3 2 1 0
Bill DeLancey 1 0 0 0 George Selkirk 1 0 0 0
Chick Fullis 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 4 7 4 TOTALS 39 11 16 11
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 001 210 -- 4
1937 NEW YORK YANKEES 013 122 02x -- 11
LOB--1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 4, 1937 NEW YORK YANKEES 9.
ERR--Ernie Orsatti, Tony Lazzeri. 2B--Joe Medwick, Virgil
Davis, Jake Powell. 3B--Joe Medwick, Lou Gehrig. HR--Jack
Rothrock, Ripper Collins, Bill Dickey, Tony Lazzeri.
HBP--Joe DiMaggio. SACF--Red Rolfe. SACB--Paul Dean BKZ.
SB--Joe DiMaggio, Lefty Gomez AKZ, Red Rolfe.
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Dean BKZ [L] 5.00 9 7 4 2 6 2
Bill Hallahan CYW 1.00 3 2 2 1 0 0
Jim Lindsey DY 1.33 4 2 2 0 0 0
Jesse Haines CRZ 0.67 0 0 0 0 1 0
1937 NEW YORK YANKEES
Lefty Gomez AKZ [W] 7.00 5 3 3 1 4 2
Ivy Andrews CZ 2.00 2 1 1 0 2 0
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