1932 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1932 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1932 in baseball.

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 1928. Going into the season, the defending World Series champions were the St. Louis Cardinals from the 1931 season.

1932 MLB season
League	American League (AL) National League (NL)
Sport	Baseball
Duration	Regular season: April 11 – September 25, 1932 (AL) April 12 – September 25, 1932 (NL) World Series: September 28 – October 2, 1932
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16 (8 per league)
Regular season
Season MVP	AL: Jimmie Foxx (PHA) NL: Chuck Klein (PHP)
AL champions	New York Yankees
AL runners-up	Philadelphia Athletics
NL champions	Chicago Cubs
NL runners-up	Pittsburgh Pirates
World Series
Champions	New York Yankees
Runners-up	Chicago Cubs

Red Sox

White Sox  

Indians

Tigers

Athletics

Browns

Yankees

Senators

Locations of teams for the 1932 American League season
American League

Braves

Dodgers

Cubs

Reds

Giants

Phillies

Pirates

Cardinals

Locations of teams for the 1932–1935 National League seasons
National League

In the National League, the Brooklyn Robins reverted to their 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 1904 season (except for 1919) and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 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 1930 season. The World Series took place between September 28 and October 2.

Teams

League	Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Manager[1]
American League	Boston Red Sox	Boston, Massachusetts	Fenway Park	35,000	Shano Collins
					Marty McManus
	Chicago White Sox	Chicago, Illinois	Comiskey Park	52,000	Lew Fonseca
	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland, Ohio	Cleveland Stadium	78,811	Roger Peckinpaugh
	Detroit Tigers	Detroit, Michigan	Navin Field	30,000	Bucky Harris
	New York Yankees	New York, New York	Yankee Stadium	62,000	Joe McCarthy
	Philadelphia Athletics	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Shibe Park	33,000	Connie Mack
	St. Louis Browns	St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	34,023	Bill Killefer
	Washington Senators	Washington, D.C.	Griffith Stadium	27,000	Walter Johnson
National League	Boston Braves	Boston, Massachusetts	Braves Field	46,500	Bill McKechnie
	Brooklyn Dodgers	New York, New York	Ebbets Field	32,000	Max Carey
	Chicago Cubs	Chicago, Illinois	Wrigley Field	40,000	Rogers Hornsby
					Charlie Grimm
	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati, Ohio	Redland Field	26,060	Dan Howley
	New York Giants	New York, New York	Polo Grounds	56,000	John McGraw
					Bill Terry
	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Baker Bowl	18,800	Burt Shotton
	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Forbes Field	41,000	George Gibson
	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	34,023	Gabby Street

Standings

American League

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	107	47	.695	—	62‍–‍15	45‍–‍32
Philadelphia Athletics	94	60	.610	13	51‍–‍26	43‍–‍34
Washington Senators	93	61	.604	14	51‍–‍26	42‍–‍35
Cleveland Indians	87	65	.572	19	43‍–‍33	44‍–‍32
Detroit Tigers	76	75	.503	29½	42‍–‍34	34‍–‍41
St. Louis Browns	63	91	.409	44	33‍–‍42	30‍–‍49
Chicago White Sox	49	102	.325	56½	28‍–‍49	21‍–‍53
Boston Red Sox	43	111	.279	64	27‍–‍50	16‍–‍61

National League

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	90	64	.584	—	53‍–‍24	37‍–‍40
Pittsburgh Pirates	86	68	.558	4	45‍–‍31	41‍–‍37
Brooklyn Dodgers	81	73	.526	9	44‍–‍34	37‍–‍39
Philadelphia Phillies	78	76	.506	12	45‍–‍32	33‍–‍44
Boston Braves	77	77	.500	13	44‍–‍33	33‍–‍44
St. Louis Cardinals	72	82	.468	18	42‍–‍35	30‍–‍47
New York Giants	72	82	.468	18	37‍–‍40	35‍–‍42
Cincinnati Reds	60	94	.390	30	33‍–‍44	27‍–‍50

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

	World Series
	AL	New York Yankees	4
	NL	Chicago Cubs	0

Managerial changes

Off-season

Team	Former Manager	New Manager
Brooklyn Dodgers	Wilbert Robinson	Max Carey
Chicago White Sox	Donie Bush	Lew Fonseca
Pittsburgh Pirates	Jewel Ens	George Gibson

In-season

Team	Former Manager	New Manager
Boston Red Sox	Shano Collins	Marty McManus
Chicago Cubs	Rogers Hornsby	Charlie Grimm
New York Giants	John McGraw	Bill Terry

League leaders

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

American League

Hitting leaders^[2]

Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Dale Alexander (BRS/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

Pitching leaders^[3]

Stat	Player	Total
W	Alvin Crowder (WSH)	26
L	Bump Hadley (SLB/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

National League

Hitting leaders^[4]

Stat	Player	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

Pitching leaders^[5]

Stat	Player	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

Awards and honors

Regular season

Baseball Writers' Association of America Awards
BBWAA Award	National League	American League
Most Valuable Player	Chuck Klein (PHP)	Jimmie Foxx (PHA)

The Sporting News Awards
Award	National League	American League
Most Valuable Player[6]	Chuck Klein (PHP)	Jimmie Foxx (PHA)

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
Chicago Cubs[7]	90	7.1%	974,688	−10.3%	12,658
New York Yankees[8]	107	13.8%	962,320	5.5%	12,498
Brooklyn Dodgers[9]	81	2.5%	681,827	−9.5%	8,741
Boston Braves[10]	77	20.3%	507,606	−1.4%	6,592
New York Giants[11]	72	−17.2%	484,868	−40.3%	6,297
Cleveland Indians[12]	87	11.5%	468,953	−2.9%	6,090
Philadelphia Athletics[13]	94	−12.1%	405,500	−35.4%	5,266
Detroit Tigers[14]	76	24.6%	397,157	−8.5%	5,092
Washington Senators[15]	93	1.1%	371,396	−24.6%	4,823
Cincinnati Reds[16]	60	3.4%	356,950	35.6%	4,636
Pittsburgh Pirates[17]	86	14.7%	287,262	10.3%	3,780
St. Louis Cardinals[18]	72	−28.7%	279,219	−54.1%	3,534
Philadelphia Phillies[19]	78	18.2%	268,914	−5.6%	3,492
Chicago White Sox[20]	49	−12.5%	233,198	−42.2%	3,029
Boston Red Sox[21]	43	−30.6%	182,150	−48.1%	2,366
St. Louis Browns[22]	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.^[23]