1932 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersConnie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
ManagersConnie Mack

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.

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 Home Road
New York Yankees 10747 0.695 — 62–15 45–32
Philadelphia Athletics 9460 0.610 13 51–26 43–34
Washington Senators 9361 0.604 14 51–26 42–35
Cleveland Indians 8765 0.572 19 43–33 44–32
Detroit Tigers 7675 0.503 29½ 42–34 34–41
St. Louis Browns 6391 0.409 44 33–42 30–49
Chicago White Sox 49102 0.325 56½ 28–49 21–53
Boston Red Sox 43111 0.279 64 27–50 16–61

Record vs. opponents

1932 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB 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—

Notable transactions

Roster

1932 Philadelphia Athletics
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
CMickey Cochrane139518160.34923112
1BJimmie Foxx154585213.36458169
2BMax Bishop114409104.254537
3BJimmy Dykes153558148.265790
SSEric McNair135554158.2851895
OFAl Simmons154670216.32235151
OFMule Haas143558170.305665
OFDoc Cramer92384129.336346

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
Bing Miller9530590.295758
Dib Williams6221554.251424
Johnnie Heving337721.273010
Ed Coleman267325.342113
Oscar Roettger266014.23306
Ed Madjeski17358.22903
Joe Boley10347.20604
John Jones461.16700
Al Reiss951.20001
Ed Cihocki110.00000

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 Grove44291.225102.84188
Rube Walberg42272.017104.7396
George Earnshaw36245.119134.77109
Roy Mahaffey37222.213135.09106
Tony Freitas23150.11253.8331

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
Lew Krausse2057.0414.5816
Sugar Cain1045.0345.0024
Tim McKeithan412.2017.110

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
Eddie Rommel171225.5116
Joe Bowman70108.184
Jimmie DeShong600011.705
Irv Stein100012.000

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Jimmie Foxx

  • 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)

Lefty Grove

  • AL leader in ERA (2.84)
  • #2 in AL in wins (25)
  • #2 in AL in strikeouts (188)

Al Simmons

  • #2 in AL in RBI (151)
  • #2 in AL in runs scored (144)
  • #3 in AL in home runs (35)

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Spencer Abbott

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Portland[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Baseball Digest, September 1995, Vol. 54, No. 9, ISSN 0005-609X
  2. ↑ Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007


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