1932 New York Yankees season

1932 New York Yankees
1932 American League Champions
1932 World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • 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. They are the only major-league team ever to go an entire season without being shut out.

Regular season

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 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 9128065.232339
Byrd, SammySammy Byrd 10520962.297830
Jorgens, ArtArt Jorgens 5615133.219219
Farrell, DocDoc Farrell 266311.17504
Hoag, MyrilMyril Hoag 465420.37017
Saltzgaver, JackJack Saltzgaver 20476.12805
Phillips, EddieEddie Phillips 9319.29024
Glenn, JoeJoe Glenn 6162.12500
Schalk, RoyRoy Schalk 3123.25000
Cooke, DustyDusty Cooke 300.00000

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

Main article: 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

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