1932 St. Louis Browns season

1932  St. Louis Browns
League	American League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	63–91 (.409)
League place	6th
Owners	Phil Ball
Managers	Bill Killefer
Radio	KMOX (France Laux)
←  1931 Seasons 1933  →

The 1932 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 63 wins and 91 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	107	47	0.695	—	62–15	45–32
Philadelphia Athletics	94	60	0.610	13	51–26	43–34
Washington Senators	93	61	0.604	14	51–26	42–35
Cleveland Indians	87	65	0.572	19	43–33	44–32
Detroit Tigers	76	75	0.503	29½	42–34	34–41
St. Louis Browns	63	91	0.409	44	33–42	30–49
Chicago White Sox	49	102	0.325	56½	28–49	21–53
Boston Red Sox	43	111	0.279	64	27–50	16–61

Record vs. opponents

1932 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	12–10	4–18	6–16	5–17	4–18	7–15	5–17
Chicago	10–12	—	7–14–1	8–12	5–17	7–15	8–14	4–18
Cleveland	18–4	14–7–1	—	11–10	7–15	10–12	16–6	11–11
Detroit	16–6	12–8	10–11	—	5–17–2	7–15	15–7	11–11
New York	17–5	17–5	15–7	17–5–2	—	14–8	16–6	11–11
Philadelphia	18–4	15–7	12–10	15–7	8–14	—	16–6	10–12
St. Louis	15–7	14–8	6–16	7–15	6–16	6–16	—	9–13
Washington	17–5	18–4	11–11	11–11	11–11	12–10	13–9	—

Notable transactions

• April 27, 1932: Red Kress was traded by the Browns to the Chicago White Sox for Bruce Campbell and Bump Hadley. ^[1]
• September 9, 1932: Chad Kimsey was purchased from the Browns by the Chicago White Sox. ^[2]

Roster

1932 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers 12 George Blaeholder 16 Dick Coffman 20 Bob Cooney 16 Carl Fischer 15 Sam Gray  9 Bump Hadley 19 Wally Hebert 17 Chad Kimsey 21 Lou Polli 14 Lefty Stewart		Catchers 10 Benny Bengough  8 Rick Ferrell 18 Johnny Schulte Infielders  2 Jack Burns 24 Ed Grimes -- Red Kress  1 Jim Levey -- Jim McLaughlin  5 Ski Melillo -- Art Scharein  7 Lin Storti		Outfielders 23 Larry Bettencourt  4 Bruce Campbell -- Showboat Fisher -- Debs Garms  3 Goose Goslin 26 Tom Jenkins 25 Nap Kloza  6 Fred Schulte		Manager 33 Bill Killefer Coaches 28 Jimmy Austin 29 Allen Sothoron

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Rick Ferrell	126	438	138	.315	2	65
1B	Jack Burns	150	617	188	.305	11	70
2B	Ski Melillo	154	612	148	.242	3	66
SS	Jim Levey	152	568	159	.280	4	63
3B	Art Scharein	81	303	92	.304	0	42
OF	Fred Schulte	146	565	166	.294	9	73
OF	Goose Goslin	150	572	171	.299	17	104
OF	Bruce Campbell	139	593	169	.285	14	85

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Lin Storti	53	193	50	.259	3	26
Benny Bengough	54	139	35	.252	0	15
Debs Garms	34	134	38	.284	1	8
Ed Grimes	31	68	16	.235	0	13
Tom Jenkins	25	62	20	.323	0	5
Red Kress	14	52	9	.173	2	9
Larry Bettencourt	27	30	4	.133	1	3
Johnny Schulte	15	24	5	.208	0	3
Showboat Fisher	18	22	4	.182	0	2
Nap Kloza	19	13	2	.154	0	2
Jim McLaughlin	1	1	0	.000	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Lefty Stewart	41	259.2	15	19	4.61	86
George Blaeholder	42	258.1	14	14	4.70	80
Bump Hadley	40	229.2	13	20	5.53	132

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Sam Gray	52	206.2	7	12	4.53	79
Wally Hebert	35	108.1	1	12	6.48	29
Carl Fischer	24	97.0	3	7	5.57	35
Dick Coffman	9	61.0	5	3	3.10	14

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Chad Kimsey	33	4	2	3	4.02	13
Bob Cooney	23	1	2	1	6.97	23
Lou Polli	5	0	0	0	5.40	5

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Wichita Falls Spudders/Longview Cannibals	Texas League	Hank Severeid
C	Fort Smith Twins/Muskogee Chiefs	Western Association	Jerry Mallett and Runt Marr
D	Rock Island Islanders	Mississippi Valley League	George Young and Riley Parker

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rock Island
Wichita Falls transferred to Longview and renamed, May 20; Fort Smith franchise transferred to Muskogee and renamed, July 1, 1932 ^[3]

Notes

1. Red Kress page at Baseball-Reference
2. Chad Kimsey page at Baseball-Reference
3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

• 1932 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1932 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com