1932 Major League Baseball season

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1932 MLB season
League American League (AL)
National League (NL)
Sport Baseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 11 – September 25, 1932 (AL)
  • April 12 – September 25, 1932 (NL)
World Series:
  • September 28 – October 2, 1932
Games154
Teams16 (8 per league)
Regular season
Season MVP AL: Jimmie Foxx (PHA)
NL: Chuck Klein (PHI)
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
MLB seasons
Locations of teams for the 1932 American League season
ButtonRed.svg American League
Locations of teams for the 1932–1935 National League seasons
ButtonBlue.svg National League

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.

Contents

In the National League, the Brooklyn Robins reverted to their 1913 name, the Brooklyn Dodgers.

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

An asterisk (*) denotes the ballpark a team played the minority of their home games at

LeagueTeamCityStadiumCapacityManager [1]
American League Boston Red Sox Boston, Massachusetts Fenway Park 35,000 Shano Collins
Braves Field*46,500* Marty McManus
Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois Comiskey Park 52,000 Lew Fonseca
Cleveland Indians Cleveland, Ohio League Park 21,414 Roger Peckinpaugh
Cleveland Stadium*78,811*
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

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10747.695—62‍–‍1545‍–‍32
Philadelphia Athletics 9460.6101351‍–‍2643‍–‍34
Washington Senators 9361.6041451‍–‍2642‍–‍35
Cleveland Indians 8765.5721943‍–‍3344‍–‍32
Detroit Tigers 7675.50329½42‍–‍3434‍–‍41
St. Louis Browns 6391.4094433‍–‍4230‍–‍49
Chicago White Sox 49102.32556½28‍–‍4921‍–‍53
Boston Red Sox 43111.2796427‍–‍5016‍–‍61

National League

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 9064.584—53‍–‍2437‍–‍40
Pittsburgh Pirates 8668.558445‍–‍3141‍–‍37
Brooklyn Dodgers 8173.526944‍–‍3437‍–‍39
Philadelphia Phillies 7876.5061245‍–‍3233‍–‍44
Boston Braves 7777.5001344‍–‍3333‍–‍44
St. Louis Cardinals 7282.4681842‍–‍3530‍–‍47
New York Giants 7282.4681837‍–‍4035‍–‍42
Cincinnati Reds 6094.3903033‍–‍4427‍–‍50

Tie games

5 tie games (3 in AL, 2 in NL), which are not factored into winning percentage or games behind (and were often replayed again) occurred throughout the season.

American League

  • Chicago White Sox, 1
  • Cleveland Indians, 1
  • Detroit Tigers, 2
  • New York Yankees, 2

National League

  • Boston Braves, 1
  • Cincinnati Reds, 1
  • St. Louis Cardinals, 2

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

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

In-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew 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]
StatPlayerTotal
AVG Dale Alexander (BOS/ 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]
StatPlayerTotal
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]
StatPlayerTotal
AVG Lefty O'Doul (BRO).368
OPS Chuck Klein (PHI)1.050
HR Chuck Klein (PHI)
Mel Ott (NYG)		38
RBI Don Hurst (PHI)143
R Chuck Klein (PHI)152
H Chuck Klein (PHI)226
SB Chuck Klein (PHI)20
Pitching leaders [5]
StatPlayerTotal
W Lon Warneke (CHC)22
L Ownie Carroll (CIN)19
ERA Lon Warneke (CHC)2.37
K Dizzy Dean (STL)191
IP Dizzy Dean (STL)286.0
SV Jack Quinn (BRO)9
WHIP Carl Hubbell (NYG)1.056

Awards and honors

Regular season

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
Chicago Cubs [7] 907.1%974,688−10.3%12,658
New York Yankees [8] 10713.8%962,3205.5%12,498
Brooklyn Dodgers [9] 812.5%681,827−9.5%8,741
Boston Braves [10] 7720.3%507,606−1.4%6,592
New York Giants [11] 72−17.2%484,868−40.3%6,297
Cleveland Indians [12] 8711.5%468,953−2.9%6,090
Philadelphia Athletics [13] 94−12.1%405,500−35.4%5,266
Detroit Tigers [14] 7624.6%397,157−8.5%5,092
Washington Senators [15] 931.1%371,396−24.6%4,823
Cincinnati Reds [16] 603.4%356,95035.6%4,636
Pittsburgh Pirates [17] 8614.7%287,26210.3%3,780
St. Louis Cardinals [18] 72−28.7%279,219−54.1%3,534
Philadelphia Phillies [19] 7818.2%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] 630.0%112,558−37.2%1,501

Venues

Across 77 homes games, the Boston Red Sox played their Tuesday, April 19 doubleheader against the New York Yankees and their first four of their 16 Sunday games at the Boston Braves home field of Braves Field (the remaining 71 home games were played at Fenway Park). [23] [24] This was the last of four consecutive season playing some (mostly Sunday) games at Braves Field.

Following their July 30 game against the Philadelphia Athletics, the Cleveland Indians leave League Park after playing 45 home games, and play the rest of their 32 home games at Cleveland Stadium, with the hopes of permanently moving in, starting with a game against the Athletics on July 31 (due to falling attendance, the Indians would move back to League Park full-time in 1934. The stadium was previously home of the single-season National Football League team that was also named the Cleveland Indians. This would be the 1st of 12 seasons since that saw the Indians play at both venues, occurring again in every season from 1936 to 1946. To this point, the Indians played all 32 of their seasons since their inaugural 1901 season at League Park.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1932 Major League Managers". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  2. ↑ "1932 American League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  3. ↑ "1932 American League Pitching Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  4. ↑ "1932 National League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  5. ↑ "1932 National League Pitching Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Most Valuable Player Award by The Sporting News | Baseball Almanac". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  8. ↑ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  11. ↑ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  17. ↑ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  18. ↑ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  19. ↑ "Philadelphia Phillies Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  20. ↑ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  21. ↑ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  22. ↑ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  23. ↑ "Seamheads.com Ballparks Database — 1932 Season". www.seamheads.com. Retrieved November 17, 2025.
  24. ↑ "Seamheads.com Ballparks Database". seamheads.com. Retrieved November 17, 2025.
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