1932 Philadelphia Athletics season

1932  Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Managers	Connie Mack
←  1931 1933  →

The 1932 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing second in the American League with a record of 94 wins and 60 losses. The team finished 13 games behind the New York Yankees, breaking their streak of three straight AL championships.

Regular season

Jimmie Foxx had an impressive offensive season – 58 home runs, 169 RBI, and a .364 batting average – and missed the triple crown by just three BA points. He was voted the American League Most Valuable Player. Mickey Cochrane became the first catcher in Major League Baseball history to score 100 runs and have 100 RBI in the same season. ^[1]

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

• September 28, 1932: Al Simmons was purchased from the Athletics by the Chicago White Sox. ^[2]

Roster

1932 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 17 Joe Bowman 16 Sugar Cain 19 Jimmie DeShong 11 George Earnshaw 19 Tony Freitas 10 Lefty Grove 18 Lew Krausse 15 Roy Mahaffey 16,24 Tim McKeithan 14 Eddie Rommel 17 Irv Stein 12 Rube Walberg		Catchers  2 Mickey Cochrane 20 Johnnie Heving 21 Ed Madjeski Infielders  4 Max Bishop 24 Joe Boley  5 Jimmy Dykes  3 Jimmie Foxx 22 Eric McNair 24 Al Reiss 23 Oscar Roettger 6,23 Dib Williams		Outfielders 17 Ed Coleman 26 Doc Cramer  8 Mule Haas 23 John Jones  9 Bing Miller  7 Al Simmons Other batters 42 Ed Cihocki		Manager Connie Mack Coaches 31 Eddie Collins 30 Kid Gleason 32 Earle Mack

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	Mickey Cochrane	139	518	160	.349	23	112
1B	Jimmie Foxx	154	585	213	.364	58	169
2B	Max Bishop	114	409	104	.254	5	37
3B	Jimmy Dykes	153	558	148	.265	7	90
SS	Eric McNair	135	554	158	.285	18	95
OF	Al Simmons	154	670	216	.322	35	151
OF	Mule Haas	143	558	170	.305	6	65
OF	Doc Cramer	92	384	129	.336	3	46

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
Bing Miller	95	305	90	.295	7	58
Dib Williams	62	215	54	.251	4	24
Johnnie Heving	33	77	21	.273	0	10
Ed Coleman	26	73	25	.342	1	13
Oscar Roettger	26	60	14	.233	0	6
Ed Madjeski	17	35	8	.229	0	3
Joe Boley	10	34	7	.206	0	4
John Jones	4	6	1	.167	0	0
Al Reiss	9	5	1	.200	0	1
Ed Cihocki	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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 Grove	44	291.2	25	10	2.84	188
Rube Walberg	42	272.0	17	10	4.73	96
George Earnshaw	36	245.1	19	13	4.77	109
Roy Mahaffey	37	222.2	13	13	5.09	106
Tony Freitas	23	150.1	12	5	3.83	31

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
Lew Krausse	20	57.0	4	1	4.58	16
Sugar Cain	10	45.0	3	4	5.00	24
Tim McKeithan	4	12.2	0	1	7.11	0

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
Eddie Rommel	17	1	2	2	5.51	16
Joe Bowman	7	0	1	0	8.18	4
Jimmie DeShong	6	0	0	0	11.70	5
Irv Stein	1	0	0	0	12.00	0

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Jimmie Foxx

• AL leader in home runs (58)
• AL leader in RBI (169)
• AL leader in runs scored (151)
• AL leader in slugging percentage (.749)
• #2 in AL in batting average (.364)
• #2 in AL in on-base percentage (.469)

Lefty Grove

• AL leader in ERA (2.84)
• #2 in AL in wins (25)
• #2 in AL in strikeouts (188)

Al Simmons

• #2 in AL in RBI (151)
• #2 in AL in runs scored (144)
• #3 in AL in home runs (35)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Portland Beavers	Pacific Coast League	Spencer Abbott

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Portland ^[3]

See also

• Philadelphia Athletics 18, Cleveland Indians 17 (1932) Record-setting game from this season

References

1. Baseball Digest, September 1995, Vol. 54, No. 9, ISSN   0005-609X
2. Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference
3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

• 1932 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1932 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com