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:1932 Major League Baseball season

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{{MLBseason|year=1932}}

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 1932 MLB season

| league = American League (AL)
National League (NL)

| sport = Baseball

| duration = Regular season:{{Bulleted list

| {{nowrap|April 11 – September 25, 1932 (AL)}}

| {{nowrap|April 12 – September 25, 1932 (NL)}}}}World Series:{{Bulleted list

| {{nowrap|September 28 – October 2, 1932}}}}

| no_of_games = 154

| no_of_teams = 16 (8 per league)

| season = Regular season

| MVP = AL: Jimmie Foxx (PHA)
NL: Chuck Klein (PHP)

| MVP_link = Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award

| conf1 = AL

| conf1_link =

| conf1_champ = New York Yankees

| conf1_runner-up = Philadelphia Athletics

| conf2 = NL

| conf2_link =

| conf2_champ = Chicago Cubs

| conf2_runner-up = Pittsburgh Pirates

| finals = World Series

| finals_link = 1932 World Series

| finals_champ = New York Yankees

| finals_runner-up = Chicago Cubs

| seasonslist = List of MLB seasons

| seasonslistnames = MLB

| prevseason_link = 1931 Major League Baseball season

| prevseason_year = 1931

| nextseason_link = 1933 Major League Baseball season

| nextseason_year = 1933

}}

{{MLB Team Maps (1932)}}

The 1932 major league baseball season began on April 11, 1932. The regular season ended on September 25, with the Chicago Cubs 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 29th World Series on September 28 and ended with Game 4 on October 2. The Yankees swept the Cubs in four games, capturing their fourth championship in franchise history, since their previous in {{mlby|1928}}. Going into the season, the defending World Series champions were the St. Louis Cardinals from the {{mlby|1931}} season.

In the National League, the Brooklyn Robins reverted to their {{mlby|1913}} name, the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Schedule

{{See also|Major League Baseball schedule}}

The 1932 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 {{mlby|1904}} season (except for {{mlby|1919}}) and would be used until {{mlby|1961}} in the American League and {{mlby|1962}} in the National League.

American League Opening Day took place on April 11 with the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators playing, while National League Opening Day took place the following day. The final day of the regular season was on September 25 and featured all sixteen teams, continuing the trend which began with the {{mlby|1930}} season. The World Series took place between September 28 and October 2.

Teams

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

! scope="col" |League

! scope="col" |Team

! scope="col" |City

! scope="col" |Stadium

! scope="col" |Capacity

! scope="col" |Manager{{Cite web |title=1932 Major League Managers |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1932-managers.shtml |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}

rowspan="9" style="{{Baseball primary style|American League}};" |{{Baseball secondary link|American League|American League}}

! rowspan="2" scope="row" |Boston Red Sox

| rowspan="2" |Boston, Massachusetts

| rowspan="2" |Fenway Park

| rowspan="2" |35,000

|{{sortname|Shano|Collins}}

{{sortname|Marty|McManus}}
scope="row" |Chicago White Sox

|Chicago, Illinois

|Comiskey Park

|52,000

|{{sortname|Lew|Fonseca}}

scope="row" |Cleveland Indians

|Cleveland, Ohio

|Cleveland Stadium

|78,811

|{{sortname|Roger|Peckinpaugh}}

scope="row" |Detroit Tigers

|Detroit, Michigan

|Navin Field

|30,000

|{{sortname|Bucky|Harris}}

scope="row" |New York Yankees

|New York, New York

|Yankee Stadium

|62,000

|{{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|dab=baseball manager}}

scope="row" |Philadelphia Athletics

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

|Shibe Park

|33,000

|{{sortname|Connie|Mack}}

scope="row" |St. Louis Browns

|St. Louis, Missouri

|Sportsman's Park

|34,023

|{{sortname|Bill|Killefer}}

scope="row" |Washington Senators

|Washington, D.C.

|Griffith Stadium

|27,000

|{{sortname|Walter|Johnson}}

rowspan="10" style="{{Baseball primary style|National League}};" |{{Baseball secondary link|National League|National League (baseball)|National League}}

! scope="row" |Boston Braves

|Boston, Massachusetts

|Braves Field

|46,500

|{{sortname|Bill|McKechnie}}

scope="row" |Brooklyn Dodgers

|New York, New York

|Ebbets Field

|32,000

|{{sortname|Max|Carey}}

rowspan="2" scope="row" |Chicago Cubs

| rowspan="2" |Chicago, Illinois

| rowspan="2" |Wrigley Field

| rowspan="2" |40,000

|{{sortname|Rogers|Hornsby}}

{{sortname|Charlie|Grimm}}
scope="row" |Cincinnati Reds

|Cincinnati, Ohio

|Redland Field

|26,060

|{{sortname|Dan|Howley}}

rowspan="2" scope="row" |New York Giants

| rowspan="2" |New York, New York

| rowspan="2" |Polo Grounds

| rowspan="2" |56,000

|{{sortname|John|McGraw}}

{{sortname|Bill|Terry}}
scope="row" |Philadelphia Phillies

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

|Baker Bowl

|18,800

|{{sortname|Burt|Shotton}}

scope="row" |Pittsburgh Pirates

|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

|Forbes Field

|41,000

|{{sortname|George|Gibson|dab=baseball}}

scope="row" |St. Louis Cardinals

|St. Louis, Missouri

|Sportsman's Park

|34,023

|{{sortname|Gabby|Street}}

Standings

{{Flexbox wrap|start}}

=American League=

{{1932 American League standings|highlight=New York Yankees}}

{{Flexbox wrap|break}}

=National League=

{{1932 National League standings|highlight=Chicago Cubs}}

{{Flexbox wrap|end}}

Postseason

The postseason began on September 28 and ended on October 2 with the New York Yankees sweeping the Chicago Cubs in the 1932 World Series in four games.

=Bracket=

{{2TeamBracket

| RD1=World Series

| RD1-seed1=AL

| RD1-team1=New York Yankees

| RD1-score1=4

| RD1-seed2=NL

| RD1-team2=Chicago Cubs

| RD1-score2=0

}}

Managerial changes

=Off-season=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
Team

! Former Manager

! New Manager

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |Brooklyn Dodgers

|Wilbert Robinson

|Max Carey

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |Chicago White Sox

|Donie Bush

|Lew Fonseca

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |Pittsburgh Pirates

|Jewel Ens

|George Gibson

=In-season=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
Team

! Former Manager

! New Manager

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |Boston Red Sox

|Shano Collins

|Marty McManus

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |Chicago Cubs

|Rogers Hornsby

|Charlie Grimm

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |New York Giants

|John McGraw

|Bill Terry

League leaders

Any team shown in {{small|small text}} indicates a previous team a player was on during the season.

=American League=

{{Flexbox wrap|start}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Hitting leaders{{Cite web |title=1932 American League Batting Leaders |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1932-batting-leaders.shtml |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}

style="width:15%;"| Stat

! Player

! style="width:15%;"| Total

AVG

| Dale Alexander (BRS/{{small|DET}})

| .367

OPS

| Jimmie Foxx (PHA)

| 1.218

HR

| Jimmie Foxx (PHA)

| 58

RBI

| Jimmie Foxx (PHA)

| 169

R

| Jimmie Foxx (PHA)

| 151

H

| Al Simmons (PHA)

| 216

SB

| Ben Chapman (NYY)

| 38

{{Flexbox wrap|break}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Pitching leaders{{Cite web |title=1932 American League Pitching Leaders |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1932-pitching-leaders.shtml |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}

style="width:15%;"| Stat

! Player

! style="width:15%;"| Total

W

| Alvin Crowder (WSH)

| 26

L

| Bump Hadley (SLB/{{small|CWS}})

| 21

ERA

| Lefty Grove (PHA)

| 2.84

K

| Red Ruffing (NYY)

| 190

IP

| Alvin Crowder (WSH

| 327.0

SV

| Firpo Marberry (WSH)

| 13

WHIP

| Lefty Grove (PHA)

| 1.193

{{Flexbox wrap|end}}

=National League=

{{Flexbox wrap|start}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Hitting leaders{{Cite web |title=1932 National League Batting Leaders |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1932-batting-leaders.shtml |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}

style="width:15%;"| Stat

! Player

! style="width:15%;"| Total

AVG

| Lefty O'Doul (BKN)

| .368

OPS

| Chuck Klein (PHP)

| 1.050

HR

| Chuck Klein (PHP)
Mel Ott (NYG)

| 38

RBI

| Don Hurst (PHP)

| 143

R

| Chuck Klein (PHP)

| 152

H

| |Chuck Klein (PHP)

| 226

SB

| Chuck Klein (PHP)

| 20

{{Flexbox wrap|break}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Pitching leaders{{Cite web |title=1932 National League Pitching Leaders |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1932-pitching-leaders.shtml |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}

style="width:15%;"| Stat

! Player

! style="width:15%;"| Total

W

| Lon Warneke (CHC)

| 22

L

| Ownie Carroll (CIN)

| 19

ERA

| Lon Warneke (CHC)

| 2.37

K

| Dizzy Dean (SLC)

| 191

IP

| Dizzy Dean (SLC)

| 286.0

SV

| Jack Quinn (BKN)

| 9

WHIP

| Carl Hubbell (NYG)

| 1.056

{{Flexbox wrap|end}}

Awards and honors

=Regular season=

{{Flexbox wrap|start}}

class="wikitable"
colspan="3"|Baseball Writers' Association of America Awards
BBWAA Award

!National League

!American League

Most Valuable Player

| Chuck Klein (PHP)

| Jimmie Foxx (PHA)

{{Flexbox wrap|break}}

class="wikitable"
colspan="3" |The Sporting News Awards
Award

! National League

! American League

Most Valuable Player{{Cite web |title=Most Valuable Player Award by The Sporting News {{!}} Baseball Almanac |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_snmv.shtml |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=www.baseball-almanac.com}}

| Chuck Klein (PHP)

| Jimmie Foxx (PHA)

{{Flexbox wrap|end}}

Home field attendance

class="wikitable sortable"
style="text-align:center; font-size:larger;"
Team name

!Wins

!{{abbr|%±|Percent change}}

!Home attendance

!{{abbr|%±|Percent change}}

!{{abbr|Per game|Average home attendance per game}}

Chicago Cubs{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/attend.shtml|title=Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors|access-date=September 8, 2020|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|90

|7.1%

|974,688

| −10.3%

|12,658

New York Yankees{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/attend.shtml|title=New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors|access-date=September 8, 2020|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|107

|13.8%

|962,320

|5.5%

|12,498

Brooklyn Dodgers{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/attend.shtml|title=Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors|access-date=September 8, 2020|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|81

|2.5%

|681,827

| −9.5%

|8,741

Boston Braves{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ATL/attend.shtml|title=Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors|access-date=September 8, 2020|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|77

|20.3%

|507,606

| −1.4%

|6,592

New York Giants{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/attend.shtml|title=San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors|access-date=September 8, 2020|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|72

| −17.2%

|484,868

| −40.3%

|6,297

Cleveland Indians{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/attend.shtml|title=Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors|access-date=September 8, 2020|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|87

|11.5%

|468,953

| −2.9%

|6,090

Philadelphia Athletics{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/attend.shtml|title=Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors|access-date=September 8, 2020|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|94

| −12.1%

|405,500

| −35.4%

|5,266

Detroit Tigers{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/attend.shtml|title=Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors|access-date=September 8, 2020|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|76

|24.6%

|397,157

| −8.5%

|5,092

Washington Senators{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/attend.shtml|title=Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors|access-date=September 8, 2020|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|93

|1.1%

|371,396

| −24.6%

|4,823

Cincinnati Reds{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/attend.shtml|title=Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors|access-date=September 8, 2020|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|60

|3.4%

|356,950

|35.6%

|4,636

Pittsburgh Pirates{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/attend.shtml|title=Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors|access-date=September 8, 2020|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|86

|14.7%

|287,262

|10.3%

|3,780

St. Louis Cardinals{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/attend.shtml|title=St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors|access-date=September 8, 2020|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|72

| −28.7%

|279,219

| −54.1%

|3,534

Philadelphia Phillies{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/attend.shtml|title=Philadelphia Phillies Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors|access-date=September 8, 2020|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|78

|18.2%

|268,914

| −5.6%

|3,492

Chicago White Sox{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/attend.shtml|title=Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors|access-date=September 8, 2020|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|49

| −12.5%

|233,198

| −42.2%

|3,029

Boston Red Sox{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/attend.shtml|title=Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors|access-date=September 8, 2020|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|43

| −30.6%

|182,150

| −48.1%

|2,366

St. Louis Browns{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/attend.shtml|title=Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors|access-date=September 8, 2020|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|63

|0.0%

|112,558

| −37.2%

|1,501

Events

  • July 10 – Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Eddie Rommel sets a record for the most batters faced by a relief pitcher, after facing 87 batters in an 18–17, 18 innings victory over the Cleveland Indians.{{cite web|title=THT Live|url=http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/blog_article/80th-anniversary-baseballs-wildest-game-18-17-18/|work=hardballtimes.com|access-date=July 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716003846/http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/blog_article/80th-anniversary-baseballs-wildest-game-18-17-18/|archive-date=July 16, 2012|url-status=dead}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1932-schedule.shtml 1932 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference]

{{1932 MLB season by team}}

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