1932 Major League Baseball season

The 1932 Major League Baseball season was the thirty-second season of modern Major League baseball since the foundation of the American League. The Brooklyn Robins, as they had been known since 1914, reverted to the name “Dodgers”, which they had originally been known by between 1910 and 1913, for this season.

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

1932 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 11 – October 2, 1932
Regular season
Season champions	AL: New York Yankees NL: Chicago Cubs
Season MVP	AL: Jimmie Foxx (PHA) NL: Chuck Klein (PHI)
World Series
Champions	New York Yankees
Runners-up	Chicago Cubs

Awards and honors

• MLB Most Valuable Player Award
  • Jimmie Foxx, Philadelphia Athletics, 1B
  • Chuck Klein, Philadelphia Phillies, OF

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.[1]

MLB statistical leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Dale Alexander DET/BSR .367 Lefty O'Doul BKN .368 HR Jimmie Foxx PHA 58 Chuck Klein PHP Mel Ott NYG 38 RBI Jimmie Foxx PHA 169 Don Hurst PHP 143 Wins Alvin Crowder WSH 26 Lon Warneke CHC 22 ERA Lefty Grove PHA 2.84 Lon Warneke CHC 2.37 SO Red Ruffing NYY 190 Dizzy Dean SLC 191 SV Firpo Marberry WSH 13 Jack Quinn BKN 8 SB Ben Chapman NYY 38 Chuck Klein PHP 20

Major league baseball final standings

American League final 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

National League final standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	90	64	0.584	—	53–24	37–40
Pittsburgh Pirates	86	68	0.558	4	45–31	41–37
Brooklyn Dodgers	81	73	0.526	9	44–34	37–39
Philadelphia Phillies	78	76	0.506	12	45–32	33–44
Boston Braves	77	77	0.500	13	44–33	33–44
St. Louis Cardinals	72	82	0.468	18	42–35	30–47
New York Giants	72	82	0.468	18	37–40	35–42
Cincinnati Reds	60	94	0.390	30	33–44	27–50

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Shano Collins and Marty McManus
Chicago White Sox	Lew Fonseca
Cleveland Indians	Roger Peckinpaugh
Detroit Tigers	Bucky Harris
New York Yankees	Joe McCarthy
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns	Bill Killefer
Washington Senators	Walter Johnson

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Braves	Bill McKechnie
Brooklyn Dodgers	Max Carey
Chicago Cubs	Rogers Hornsby and Charlie Grimm
Cincinnati Reds	Dan Howley
New York Giants	John McGraw and Bill Terry
Philadelphia Phillies	Burt Shotton
Pittsburgh Pirates	George Gibson
St. Louis Cardinals	Gabby Street

References

1. "THT Live". hardballtimes.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2012.

External links

• 1932 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference