1932 New York Yankees season

1932 New York Yankees
1932 American League Champions 1932 World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1923)
New York City (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jacob Ruppert
General manager(s)	Ed Barrow
Manager(s)	Joe McCarthy
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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The 1932 New York Yankees season was the team's 30th season in New York, and its 32nd season overall. The team finished with a record of 107–47, winning their seventh pennant, finishing 13 games ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. New York was managed by future Hall of Famer Joe McCarthy. A record nine future Hall of Famers played on the team (Earle Combs, Bill Dickey, Lou Gehrig, Lefty Gomez, Tony Lazzeri, Herb Pennock, Red Ruffing, Babe Ruth, Joe Sewell).

The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they swept the Chicago Cubs.

Regular season

• June 3, 1932: Lou Gehrig became the first player in the 20th century to hit four home runs in one game.^[1]
• June 3, 1932: Tony Lazzeri had a natural cycle (hit a single, double, triple and home run in that order) that was also completed with a grand slam.^[2] This event is often overlooked because it was the same game in which Lou Gehrig hit four home runs.

Miller Huggins

Huggins's monument at Monument Park.

On May 30, 1932, the Yankees dedicated a monument to their former manager, Miller Huggins. Huggins was the first of many Yankees personnel granted this honor. The monument was placed in front of the flagpole in center field at Yankee Stadium. an area which eventually became "Monument Park", dedicated in 1976. The monument calls Huggins "A splendid character who made priceless contributions to baseball."

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	107	47	.695	--
Philadelphia Athletics	94	60	.610	13
Washington Senators	93	61	.603	14
Cleveland Indians	87	65	.572	19
Detroit Tigers	76	75	.503	29½
St. Louis Browns	63	91	.409	44
Chicago White Sox	49	102	.325	56½
Boston Red Sox	43	111	.279	64

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	—

Roster

1932 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 18 Johnny Allen 28 Ivy Andrews 19 Jumbo Brown 20 Charlie Devens 11 Lefty Gomez 17 Hank Johnson 17 Danny MacFayden 16 Wilcy Moore 20 Johnny Murphy 12 Herb Pennock 10 George Pipgras 16 Gordon Rhodes 15 Red Ruffing 14 Ed Wells		Catchers  8 Bill Dickey 26 Joe Glenn  9 Art Jorgens 32 Eddie Phillips Infielders  5 Frankie Crosetti 22 Doc Farrell  4 Lou Gehrig  2 Lyn Lary 23 Tony Lazzeri  7 Jack Saltzgaver -- Roy Schalk 21 Joe Sewell		Outfielders 24 Sammy Byrd  6 Ben Chapman  1 Earle Combs 27 Myril Hoag  3 Babe Ruth Other batters 32 Dusty Cooke		Manager -- Joe McCarthy Coaches 30 Jimmy Burke 29 Art Fletcher 31 Cy Perkins

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
C	Dickey, BillBill Dickey	108	423	131	.310	15	84
1B	Gehrig, LouLou Gehrig	156	596	208	.349	34	151
2B	Lazzeri, TonyTony Lazzeri	142	510	153	.300	15	113
3B	Sewell, JoeJoe Sewell	125	503	137	.272	11	68
SS	Crosetti, FrankieFrankie Crosetti	116	398	96	.241	5	57
OF	Chapman, BenBen Chapman	151	581	174	.299	10	107
OF	Combs, EarleEarle Combs	144	591	190	.321	9	65
OF	Ruth, BabeBabe Ruth	133	457	156	.341	41	137

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
Lary, LynLyn Lary	91	280	65	.232	3	39
Byrd, SammySammy Byrd	105	209	62	.297	8	30
Jorgens, ArtArt Jorgens	56	151	33	.219	2	19
Farrell, DocDoc Farrell	26	63	11	.175	0	4
Hoag, MyrilMyril Hoag	46	54	20	.370	1	7
Saltzgaver, JackJack Saltzgaver	20	47	6	.128	0	5
Phillips, EddieEddie Phillips	9	31	9	.290	2	4
Glenn, JoeJoe Glenn	6	16	2	.125	0	0
Schalk, RoyRoy Schalk	3	12	3	.250	0	0
Cooke, DustyDusty Cooke	3	0	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
Gomez, LeftyLefty Gomez	37	265.1	14	9	4.21	176
Ruffing, RedRed Ruffing	35	259	18	7	3.09	190
Pipgras, GeorgeGeorge Pipgras	32	219	16	9	4.19	111
Pennock, HerbHerb Pennock	38	146.2	9	5	4.60	54
MacFayden, DannyDanny MacFayden	17	121.1	7	5	3.93	53
Johnson, HankHank Johnson	5	31.1	2	2	4.88	27
Devens, CharlieCharlie Devens	1	9	1	0	2.00	4

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
Allen, JohnnyJohnny Allen	33	192	17	4	3.70	109
Brown, JumboJumbo Brown	19	55.2	5	2	4.53	31
Rhodes, GordonGordon Rhodes	10	24	1	2	7.88	15
Andrews, IvyIvy Andrews	7	24.2	2	1	1.82	7

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
Wells, EdEd Wells	22	3	3	2	4.26	13
Moore, WilcyWilcy Moore	10	2	0	4	2.52	8
Murphy, JohnnyJohnny Murphy	2	0	0	0	16.20	2

1932 World Series

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (NYY-CHI)	Attendance
1	September 28	Chicago Cubs	6	New York Yankees	12	1–0	41,459
2	September 29	Chicago Cubs	2	New York Yankees	5	2–0	50,709
3	October 1	New York Yankees	7	Chicago Cubs	5	3–0	49,986
4	October 2	New York Yankees	13	Chicago Cubs	6	4–0	49,844
New York Yankees win 4–0

Babe Ruth's called shot

Babe Ruth's called shot was the home run hit by Babe Ruth in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, held on October 1, 1932 at Wrigley Field in Chicago. During the at bat, Ruth made a pointing gesture, which existing film confirms, but the exact nature of his gesture is ambiguous. Although neither fully confirmed nor refuted, the story goes that Ruth pointed to the center field bleachers during the at bat. It was supposedly a declaration that he would hit a home run to this part of the park. On the next pitch, Ruth hit a home run to center field.

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Newark Bears	International League	Al Mamaux
A	Springfield Rifles	Eastern League	Billy Meyer
B	Erie Sailors	Central League	Chief Bender and Bill McCorry
B	Binghamton Triplets	New York–Pennsylvania League	Heinie Groh and Billy Meyer
C	Cumberland Colts	Middle Atlantic League	Leo Mackey

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Newark

Eastern League folded, July 17, 1932

Notes

1. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 258, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
2. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats16d.shtml

References

• 1932 New York Yankees
• 1932 World Series
• 1932 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com