1932 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1932 throughout the world.  

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See also

Baseball Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Nippon Professional Baseball 1932 in sports

Sources

Baseball Hall of Fame Baseball Almanac Baseball Library Baseball Reference National Pastime The Deadball Era

Contents 1 Champions 2 Awards and honors 3 Statistical Leaders 4 Major League Baseball final standings 4.1 American League final standings 4.2 National League final standings 5 Negro League Baseball final standings 5.1 East-West League final standings 6 Events 7 Births 8 Deaths

[edit] Champions

• World Series: New York Yankees over Chicago Cubs (4-0)
• Negro League World Series: Pittsburgh Crawfords over Monroe Monarchs (5-1)

[edit] Awards and honors

• MLB Most Valuable Player Award
  • Jimmie Foxx, Philadelphia Athletics, 1B
  • Chuck Klein, Philadelphia Phillies, OF

[edit] Statistical Leaders

Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Dale Alexander BOX	.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 PIT	22
ERA	Lefty Grove PHA	2.84	Lon Warneke PIT	2.37
Ks	Red Ruffing NYY	190	Dizzy Dean STL	191

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Negro League Baseball final standings

[edit] East-West League final standings

East-West League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Detroit Wolves	38	12	.760
Homestead Grays	54	28	.659
Baltimore Black Sox	41	41	.500
Cuban Stars	16	19	.471
Philadelphia Hilldale	19	31	.380
Washington Pilots	16	35	.318
Cleveland Stars	5	11	.313
Pittsburgh Crawfords†	54	32	.628
New York Black Yankees†	14	11	.560

† Pittsburgh and New York were not in the league but their games counted in the standings.

[edit] Events

• Babe Ruth played in his last World Series, and hit the famous supposed "called shot".

[edit] Births

• January 18 - Mike Fornieles
• February 10 - Billy O'Dell
• March 2 - Chico Fernandez
• March 9 - Ron Kline
• March 16 - Don Blasingame
• March 25 - Woodie Held
• March 27 - Wes Covington
• May 2 - Eddie Bressoud
• May 17 - Billy Hoeft
• May 26 - Joe Altobelli
• June 27 - Eddie Kasko
• July 9 - Tex Clevenger
• July 26 - Dick Brodowski
• August 4 - Jim Coates
• August 24 - Hal Woodeshick
• September 30 - Johnny Podres
• October 2 - Maury Wills
• October 7 - Bud Daley
• November 7 - Dick Stuart
• November 16 - Harry Chiti

[edit] Deaths

• February 5 - Barney Dreyfuss, 66, owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates since 1900 who was principal force in creation of the World Series; Pirates won six NL pennants and two World Series (1909, 1925) under his leadership; built Forbes Field, first modern steel and concrete stadium, in 1909
• February 21 - John Peters, 48, catcher for the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Phillies between 1915 and 1922
• March 3 - Ed Morris, 32, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox between 1922 and 1931, who won 19 games for the last place Red Sox in 1928
• March 23 - Charles F. Daniels, 83, one of the NL's original 1876 umpires; career of 25 years included ten major league seasons
• April 2 - Honest John Morrill, 79, first baseman and manager of Boston's 1883 NL champions who batted .300 twice and was among first ten players to reach 1000 hits
• April 10 - Fred Pfeffer, 72, second baseman for Chicago and Louisville who in 1884 was one of first players to hit 20 home runs; led league in putouts nine times and double plays seven times
• April 16 - Johnny Lucas, 29, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox from 1931-32
• April 23 - Lon Knight, 78, right fielder and manager of Philadelphia's 1883 American Association champions
• August 2 - Dan Brouthers, 74, first baseman who was 19th century's greatest slugger, winning five batting titles and retiring with a .342 lifetime average; .519 career slugging percentage was record until 1920s, led NL in HRs twice and doubles three times; third player to hit 100 home runs and fourth to reach 2000 hits; batted .338 with league-leading 153 runs for 1887 Detroit champions
• August 16 - Candy LaChance, 63, first baseman of the 1903 World's championship team Boston Americans
• September 19 - Otto Neu, 38, shortstop for the 1917 St. Louis Browns