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1932 Major League Baseball season

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This article is about the 1932 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1932 in baseball.
1932 MLB season
LeagueMajor League Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationApril 11 – October 2, 1932
Regular season
Season championsAL: New York Yankees
NL: Chicago Cubs
Season MVPAL: Jimmie Foxx (PHA)
NL: Chuck Klein (PHI)
World Series
ChampionsNew York Yankees
  Runners-upChicago Cubs
MLB seasons

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.

Awards and honors

Events

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
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 107 47 .695 — 62‍–‍15 45‍–‍32
Philadelphia Athletics 94 60 .610 13 51‍–‍26 43‍–‍34
Washington Senators 93 61 .604 14 51‍–‍26 42‍–‍35
Cleveland Indians 87 65 .572 19 43‍–‍33 44‍–‍32
Detroit Tigers 76 75 .503 29½ 42‍–‍34 34‍–‍41
St. Louis Browns 63 91 .409 44 33‍–‍42 30‍–‍49
Chicago White Sox 49 102 .325 56½ 28‍–‍49 21‍–‍53
Boston Red Sox 43 111 .279 64 27‍–‍50 16‍–‍61

National League final standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 90 64 .584 — 53‍–‍24 37‍–‍40
Pittsburgh Pirates 86 68 .558 4 45‍–‍31 41‍–‍37
Brooklyn Dodgers 81 73 .526 9 44‍–‍34 37‍–‍39
Philadelphia Phillies 78 76 .506 12 45‍–‍32 33‍–‍44
Boston Braves 77 77 .500 13 44‍–‍33 33‍–‍44
St. Louis Cardinals 72 82 .468 18 42‍–‍35 30‍–‍47
New York Giants 72 82 .468 18 37‍–‍40 35‍–‍42
Cincinnati Reds 60 94 .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.


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