1932 Philadelphia Athletics season
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Owner(s) | Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe |
Manager(s) | Connie Mack |
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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.
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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
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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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
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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 | — |
Notable transactions
- September 28, 1932: Al Simmons was purchased from the Athletics by the Chicago White Sox.[2]
Roster
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Pitchers
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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 |
Ed Coleman | 26 | 73 | 25 | .342 | 1 | 13 |
Ed Madjeski | 17 | 35 | 8 | .229 | 0 | 3 |
John Jones | 4 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 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 | 4 | 1 | 4.58 | 16 |
Sugar Cain | 10 | 45 | 3 | 4 | 5.00 | 24 |
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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Joe Bowman | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.18 | 4 |
Jimmie DeShong | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.70 | 5 |
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
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Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Portland Beavers | Pacific Coast League | Spencer Abbott |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Portland[3]
References
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External links
- 1932 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
- 1932 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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- ↑ Baseball Digest, September 1995, Vol. 54, No. 9, ISSN 0005-609X
- ↑ Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007