1932 Philadelphia Athletics season
1932 Philadelphia Athletics | |
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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
| W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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
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Pitchers
| Catchers
Infielders
| Outfielders
Other batters
| Manager Coaches
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
- 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)
- AL leader in ERA (2.84)
- #2 in AL in wins (25)
- #2 in AL in strikeouts (188)
- #2 in AL in RBI (151)
- #2 in AL in runs scored (144)
- #3 in AL in home runs (35)
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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
External links
- 1932 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
- 1932 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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