1932 Detroit Tigers season

The 1932 Detroit Tigers season ended with them placing fifth in the American League with a record of 76–75, 29½ games behind the New York Yankees.

1932 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Navin Field (since 1912) Detroit, Michigan (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Frank Navin
Manager(s)	Bucky Harris
Local radio	WWJ (AM) (Ty Tyson)
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Regular season

Season standings

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 Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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	—

Roster

1932 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers 16 Tommy Bridges 21 Izzy Goldstein 18 Art Herring 17 Chief Hogsett 29 Buck Marrow 22 Rip Sewell 11 Vic Sorrell 14 George Uhle 15 Earl Whitehill 12 Whit Wyatt		Catchers 25 Gene Desautels 23 Ray Hayworth  9 Muddy Ruel 24 George Susce Infielders  4 Dale Alexander 26 Harry Davis  2 Charlie Gehringer  5 Billy Rhiel  8 Nolen Richardson  6 Billy Rogell 33 Heinie Schuble		Outfielders -- Frank Doljack  1 Roy Johnson  7 Bill Lawrence  3 John Stone 27 Gee Walker  4 Earl Webb 28 Jo-Jo White		Manager 32 Bucky Harris Coaches Bob Coleman Jewel Ens

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
1B	Harry Davis	141	590	159	.269	4	74

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
Bill Lawrence	25	46	10	.217	0	3
George Susce	2	0	0	----	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
Tommy Bridges	34	201	14	12	3.36	108

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
Izzy Goldstein	16	56.1	3	2	4.47	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
Art Herring	12	1	2	2	5.24	12

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Toronto Maple Leafs	International League	Tom Daly and Lena Blackburne
A	Beaumont Exporters	Texas League	Del Baker
B	Decatur Commodores	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Bob Coleman
C	Huntington Red Birds	Middle Atlantic League	Johnny Stuart
D	Moline Plowboys	Mississippi Valley League	Dutch Lorbeer

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Beaumont

Decatur club folded, July 12, 1932[1]

Notable events

• On August 5 against the Washington Senators, pitcher Tommy Bridges went within one out of a perfect game, retiring the first 26 batters before the Senators' Dave Harris hit a pinch-hit single. Bridges retired the 28th batter, Sam Rice and the Tigers won 13–nil.[2] No MLB pitcher was subsequently to come so close to a perfect game until Don Larsen achieved the feat in the 1956 World Series.

Notes

1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
2. Foxsports; ‘Perfect Games Lost on 27th Batter or Later’

External links

• 1932 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference