1932 New York Yankees season

1932 New York Yankees
1932 American League Champions
1932 World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
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Owner(s) Jacob Ruppert
General manager(s) Ed Barrow
Manager(s) Joe McCarthy
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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

  • 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 Yankees10747.695--
Philadelphia Athletics9460.61013
Washington Senators9361.60314
Cleveland Indians8765.57219
Detroit Tigers7675.50329½
St. Louis Browns6391.40944
Chicago White Sox49102.32556½
Boston Red Sox43111.27964

Record vs. opponents

1932 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —12–104–186–165–174–187–155–17
Chicago 10–12—7–14–18–125–177–158–144–18
Cleveland 18–414–7–1—11–107–1510–1216–611–11
Detroit 16–612–810–11—5–17–27–1515–711–11
New York 17–517–515–717–5–2—14–816–611–11
Philadelphia 18–415–712–1015–78–14—16–610–12
St. Louis 15–714–86–167–156–166–16—9–13
Washington 17–518–411–1111–1111–1112–1013–9—

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
CBill Dickey108423131.3101584
1BLou Gehrig156596208.34934151
2BTony Lazzeri142510153.30015113
3BJoe Sewell125503137.2721168
SSFrankie Crosetti11639896.241557
OFBen Chapman151581174.29910107
OFEarle Combs144591190.321965
OFBabe Ruth133457156.34141137

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
Lyn Lary9128065.232339
Sammy Byrd10520962.297830
Art Jorgens5615133.219219
Doc Farrell266311.17504
Myril Hoag465420.37017
Jack Saltzgaver20476.12805
Eddie Phillips9319.29024
Joe Glenn6162.12500
Roy Schalk3123.25000
Dusty Cooke300.00000

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
Lefty Gomez37265.11494.21176
Red Ruffing352591873.09190
George Pipgras322191694.19111
Herb Pennock38146.2954.6054
Danny MacFayden17121.1753.9353
Hank Johnson531.1224.8827
Charlie Devens19102.004

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
Johnny Allen331921743.70109
Jumbo Brown1955.2524.5331
Gordon Rhodes1024127.8815
Ivy Andrews724.2211.827

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
Ed Wells223324.2613
Wilcy Moore102042.528
Johnny Murphy200016.202

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. ↑ "Hitting for the Cycle Records by Baseball Almanac". www.baseball-almanac.com.

References

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