The Hindenburg disaster occurred in New Jersey.
Midale and Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan, record the highest temperature ever in Canada, with a record high of 45 °C (113 °F).
George Selkirk of the New York Yankees and Jeff Heath of the Cleveland Indians were the lone Canadian-born players in the major leagues.
Arnold & Quigley, runners-up during the 1937 regular league schedule, upended the pennant-winning Athletics four games to two to annex the Vancouver Senior City League title. The Asahis, who began the campaign as members of the aforementioned circuit but dropped out midway to re-join the Vancouver Commercial League, were successful in taking the playoff crown within the latter loop.
The Army & Navy Cardinals were the class of the 1937 Edmonton Senior Baseball League.
The Broadview Buffaloes, first-year entrants in the competitive South Saskatchewan Baseball League, upgraded their roster with a number of Negro imports and captured the 1937 league pennant but were denied playoff status by the S.A.B.A. as one of their American imports had been declared a professional the year previous. The Weyburn Beavers emerged as playoff champions and went on to down the Saskatoon Maroons to cop the provincial tiara.
The Greater Winnipeg Senior Baseball finals featured the St. Boniface Native Sons and Transcona with the Saints copping the 1937 title, their fourth in succession, by taking the Railroad Towners into camp four games to three.