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	Hartnett, GabbyGabby Hartnett	121	406	110	.271	12	52
1B	Grimm, CharlieCharlie Grimm	149	570	175	.307	7	80
2B	Herman, BillyBilly Herman	154	656	206	.314	1	51
SS	Jurges, BillyBilly Jurges	115	396	100	.253	2	52
3B	English, WoodyWoody English	127	522	142	.272	3	47
OF	Stephenson, RiggsRiggs Stephenson	147	583	189	.324	4	85
OF	Cuyler, KikiKiki Cuyler	110	446	130	.291	10	77
OF	Moore, JohnnyJohnny 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
Hornsby, RogersRogers Hornsby	19	58	13	.224	1	7
Taylor, HarryHarry 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
Bush, GuyGuy Bush	40	238.2	19	11	3.21	73

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
Root, CharlieCharlie Root	39	216.1	15	10	3.58	96
Grimes, BurleighBurleigh Grimes	30	141.1	6	11	4.78	36
Smith, BobBob Smith	34	119	4	3	4.61	35

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
Baecht, EdEd Baecht	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

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

References

• 1932 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference