1932 Boston Braves season

1932 Boston Braves
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Braves Field (since 1915)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871)
Results
Record	77–77 (.500)
League place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Emil Fuchs
Manager(s)	Bill McKechnie
Local television	none
Local radio	WNAC (Fred Hoey)
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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	—

Roster

1932 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers 19 Huck Betts 11 Ed Brandt 18 Bob Brown 15 Ben Cantwell 17 Bruce Cunningham 16 Fred Frankhouse 27 Leo Mangum 21 Hub Pruett 12 Socks Seibold -- Bill Sherdel 14 Tom Zachary		Catchers  9 Pinky Hargrave 23 Johnny Schulte  8 Al Spohrer Infielders  6 Bill Akers 24 Hod Ford  5 Buck Jordan  7 Fritz Knothe  1 Rabbit Maranville  5 Art Shires 10 Billy Urbanski  9 Bucky Walters		Outfielders  3 Wally Berger 30 Earl Clark 28 Dutch Holland 22 Freddy Leach 20 Randy Moore  4 Wes Schulmerich  2 Red Worthington Other batters -- Ox Eckhardt		Manager 34 Bill McKechnie Coaches 32 Hank Gowdy 33 Duffy Lewis

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	Spohrer, AlAl Spohrer	104	335	90	.269	0	33
2B	Maranville, RabbitRabbit Maranville	149	571	134	.235	0	37
OF	Berger, WallyWally Berger	145	602	185	.307	17	73

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
Clark, EarlEarl Clark	50	44	11	.250	0	4
Eckhardt, OxOx Eckhardt	8	8	2	.250	0	1

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
Brandt, EdEd Brandt	35	254	16	16	3.97	79
Betts, HuckHuck Betts	31	221.2	13	11	2.80	32
Brown, BobBob Brown	35	213	14	7	3.30	110

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
Seibold, SocksSocks Seibold	28	136.2	3	10	4.68	33

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

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
B	Harrisburg Senators	New York–Pennsylvania League	Eddie Onslow

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References

1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

External links

• 1932 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference