1932 Philadelphia Phillies | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Baker Bowl | |
City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
Owners | Charlie Ruch | |
Managers | Burt Shotton | |
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The 1932 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 48th in franchise history. They finished fourth in the National League with a 78–76 record. It was the Phillies' only winning season between 1917 and 1949.
Don Hurst led the National League this season with 143 runs batted in.
Regular season
On August 15, 1932, the Phillies defeated a team of Grand Rapids All-Stars 2 to 0 at Ramona Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan in a mid season exhibition.[1]
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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 | — |
Roster
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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 | Spud Davis | 125 | 402 | 135 | .336 | 14 | 70 |
1B | Don Hurst | 150 | 579 | 196 | .339 | 24 | 143 |
2B | Les Mallon | 103 | 347 | 90 | .259 | 5 | 31 |
SS | Dick Bartell | 154 | 614 | 189 | .308 | 1 | 53 |
3B | Pinky Whitney | 154 | 624 | 186 | .298 | 13 | 124 |
OF | Kiddo Davis | 137 | 576 | 178 | .309 | 5 | 57 |
OF | Chuck Klein | 154 | 650 | 226 | .348 | 38 | 137 |
OF | Hal Lee | 149 | 595 | 180 | .303 | 18 | 85 |
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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Bernie Friberg | 61 | 154 | 37 | .240 | 0 | 14 |
Harry McCurdy | 62 | 136 | 32 | .235 | 1 | 14 |
Rube Bressler | 27 | 83 | 19 | .229 | 0 | 6 |
Al Todd | 33 | 70 | 16 | .229 | 0 | 9 |
Fred Brickell | 45 | 66 | 22 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
Eddie Delker | 30 | 62 | 10 | .161 | 1 | 7 |
Cliff Heathcote | 30 | 39 | 11 | .282 | 1 | 5 |
George Knothe | 6 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
Russ Scarritt | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Taitt | 4 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Hugh Willingham | 4 | 2 | 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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Ed Holley | 34 | 228.0 | 11 | 14 | 3.95 | 87 |
Ray Benge | 41 | 222.1 | 13 | 12 | 4.05 | 89 |
Flint Rhem | 26 | 168.2 | 11 | 7 | 3.74 | 35 |
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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Snipe Hansen | 39 | 191.0 | 10 | 10 | 3.72 | 56 |
Phil Collins | 43 | 184.1 | 14 | 12 | 5.27 | 66 |
Jumbo Elliott | 39 | 166.0 | 11 | 10 | 5.42 | 62 |
Hal Elliott | 16 | 57.2 | 2 | 4 | 5.77 | 13 |
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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Jack Berly | 21 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7.63 | 15 |
Reggie Grabowski | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.67 | 15 |
Clise Dudley | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.13 | 5 |
Chet Nichols Sr. | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.98 | 5 |
Ad Liska | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.69 | 6 |
Stew Bolen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.81 | 3 |
Bob Adams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 2 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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B | Durham Bulls | Piedmont League | Possum Whitted |
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