1932 Major League Baseball season

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

The 1932 Major League Baseball season.

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/BOS	.367	Lefty O'Doul BRO	.368
HR	Jimmie Foxx PHA	58	Chuck Klein PHI Mel Ott NYG	38
RBI	Jimmie Foxx PHA	169	Don Hurst PHI	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 STL	191
SV	Firpo Marberry WSH	13	Jack Quinn BRO	8
SB	Ben Chapman NYY	38	Chuck Klein PHI	20

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
New York Yankees	107	47	.695	--
Philadelphia Athletics	94	60	.610	13
Washington Senators	93	61	.604	14
Cleveland Indians	87	65	.572	19
Detroit Tigers	76	75	.503	29.5
St. Louis Browns	63	91	.409	44
Chicago White Sox	49	102	.325	56.5
Boston Red Sox	43	111	.279	64

National League final standings

National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Chicago Cubs	90	64	.584	--
Pittsburgh Pirates	86	68	.558	4
Brooklyn Dodgers	81	73	.526	9
Philadelphia Phillies	78	76	.506	12
Boston Braves	77	77	.500	13
New York Giants	72	82	.468	18
St. Louis Cardinals	72	82	.468	18
Cincinnati Reds	60	94	.390	30

References

↑ "THT Live". hardballtimes.com. Retrieved July 17, 2012.

External links

1932 season at Baseball-reference.com

1932 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1932 World Series

Major League Baseball seasons

Pre-modern era

Beginnings	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881

Competition	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891

NL monopoly	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

Modern era

Deadball era	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920

Liveball era	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941

World War II	1942 1943 1944 1945

Postwar	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960

First expansion	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Birth of division play	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

Wildcard begins	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Wildcard expansion	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

See also

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