1932 Chicago Cubs season

1932 Chicago Cubs
	1932 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1876);
Location
	Wrigley Field (since 1914); Chicago, Illinois (since 1870);
Other information
Owner(s)	William Wrigley Jr., Philip K. Wrigley
Manager(s)	Rogers Hornsby, Charlie Grimm
Local television	none
Local radio	WGN; (Bob Elson); WBBM; (Pat Flanagan); WMAQ; (Hal Totten); WJKS; (John O'Hara)
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The 1932 Chicago Cubs season was the 61st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 57th in the National League and the 17th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished first in the National League with a record of 90–64, four games ahead of the second place Pittsburgh Pirates. The team was swept four games to none by the New York Yankees in the 1932 World Series.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	90	64	0.584	—	53–24	37–40
Pittsburgh Pirates	86	68	0.558	4	45–31	41–37
Brooklyn Dodgers	81	73	0.526	9	44–34	37–39
Philadelphia Phillies	78	76	0.506	12	45–32	33–44
Boston Braves	77	77	0.500	13	44–33	33–44
St. Louis Cardinals	72	82	0.468	18	42–35	30–47
New York Giants	72	82	0.468	18	37–40	35–42
Cincinnati Reds	60	94	0.390	30	33–44	27–50

Record vs. opponents

1932 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	15–7	8–14	9–13	11–11	11–11	10–12	13–9–1
Brooklyn	7–15	—	10–12	15–7	15–7	8–14	12–10	14–8
Chicago	14–8	12–10	—	12–10	15–7	16–6	9–13	12–10
Cincinnati	13–9	7–15	10–12	—	7–15	9–13	8–14	6–16–1
New York	11–11	7–15	7–15	15–7	—	11–11	7–15	14–8
Philadelphia	11–11	14–8	6–16	13–9	11–11	—	14–8	9–13
Pittsburgh	12–10	10–12	13–9	14–8	15–7	8–14	—	14–8
St. Louis	9–13–1	8–14	10–12	16–6–1	8–14	13–9	8–14	—

Notable transactions

August 3, 1932: Rogers Hornsby was released by the Cubs.[1]

Roster

1932 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

16 Ed Baecht

14 Guy Bush

16 Burleigh Grimes

23 Leroy Herrmann

15 Pat Malone

19 Jakie May

27 Bobo Newsom

12 Charlie Root

18 Bob Smith

21 Bud Tinning

17 Lon Warneke

41 Carroll Yerkes

Catchers

7 Gabby Hartnett

8 Rollie Hemsley

34 Zack Taylor

Infielders

1 Woody English

6 Charlie Grimm

31 Stan Hack

2 Billy Herman

11 Billy Jurges

9 Mark Koenig

19 Harry Taylor

Outfielders

49 Vince Barton

3 Kiki Cuyler

51 Frank Demaree

22 Marv Gudat

9 Rogers Hornsby

5 Johnny Moore

56 Lance Richbourg

4 Riggs Stephenson

-- Danny Taylor

Manager

6 Charlie Grimm

9 Rogers Hornsby

Coaches

41 Red Corriden

42 Charley O'Leary

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	Gabby Hartnett	121	406	110	.271	12	52
1B	Charlie Grimm	149	570	175	.307	7	80
2B	Billy Herman	154	656	206	.314	1	51
SS	Billy Jurges	115	396	100	.253	2	52
3B	Woody English	127	522	142	.272	3	47
OF	Riggs Stephenson	147	583	189	.324	4	85
OF	Kiki Cuyler	110	446	130	.291	10	77
OF	Johnny Moore	119	443	135	.305	13	64

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
Stan Hack	72	178	42	.236	2	19
Rollie Hemsley	60	151	36	.238	4	20
Lance Richbourg	44	148	38	.257	1	21
Vince Barton	36	134	30	.224	3	15
Marv Gudat	60	94	24	.255	1	15
Mark Koenig	33	102	36	.353	3	11
Rogers Hornsby	19	58	13	.224	1	7
Frank Demaree	23	56	14	.250	0	6
Zach Taylor	21	30	6	.200	0	3
Danny Taylor	6	22	5	.227	0	3
Harry Taylor	10	8	1	.125	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
Lon Warneke	35	277	22	6	2.37	106
Guy Bush	40	238.2	19	11	3.21	73
Pat Malone	37	237	15	17	3.38	120

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
Charlie Root	39	216.1	15	10	3.58	96
Burleigh Grimes	30	141.1	6	11	4.78	36
Bob Smith	34	119	4	3	4.61	35
Bud Tinning	24	93.1	5	3	2.80	30

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
Jakie May	35	2	2	1	4.36	20
Leroy Herrmann	7	2	1	0	6.39	5
Carroll Yerkes	2	0	0	0	3.00	4
Ed Baecht	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Bobo Newsome	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

1932 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (0)

"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, which came against Charlie Root, 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.

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Cubs – 6, Yankees – 12	September 28	Yankee Stadium	41,459
2	Cubs – 2, Yankees – 5	September 29	Yankee Stadium	50,709
3	Yankees – 7, Cubs – 5	October 1	Wrigley Field	49,986
4	Yankees – 13, Cubs – 6	October 2	Wrigley Field	49,844

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Los Angeles Angels	Pacific Coast League	Jack Lelivelt
A	Wichita Aviators	Western League	Jimmy Payton

[2]

Notes

Rogers Hornsby page at Baseball Reference
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

References

1932 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

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[1] Rogers Hornsby page at Baseball Reference

[2] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

1932 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1932 World Series