1932 St. Louis Browns season

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

1932 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1902) St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902)
Results
Record	63–91 (.409)
League place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	Phil Ball
Manager(s)	Bill Killefer
Local radio	KMOX (France Laux)
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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	—

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 -- Jimmy Austin -- 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
1B	Jack Burns	150	617	188	.305	11	70
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
Tom Jenkins	25	62	20	.323	0	5
Red Kress	14	52	9	.173	2	9
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
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
Carl Fischer	24	97	3	7	5.57	35
Dick Coffman	9	61	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

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