1932 Philadelphia Athletics season

1932 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909)
Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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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
New York Yankees	107	47	.695	--
Philadelphia Athletics	94	60	.610	13
Washington Senators	93	61	.603	14
Cleveland Indians	87	65	.572	19
Detroit Tigers	76	75	.503	29½
St. Louis Browns	63	91	.409	44
Chicago White Sox	49	102	.325	56½
Boston Red Sox	43	111	.279	64

Record vs. opponents

1932 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	12–10	4–18	6–16	5–17	4–18	7–15	5–17
Chicago	10–12	—	7–14–1	8–12	5–17	7–15	8–14	4–18
Cleveland	18–4	14–7–1	—	11–10	7–15	10–12	16–6	11–11
Detroit	16–6	12–8	10–11	—	5–17–2	7–15	15–7	11–11
New York	17–5	17–5	15–7	17–5–2	—	14–8	16–6	11–11
Philadelphia	18–4	15–7	12–10	15–7	8–14	—	16–6	10–12
St. Louis	15–7	14–8	6–16	7–15	6–16	6–16	—	9–13
Washington	17–5	18–4	11–11	11–11	11–11	12–10	13–9	—

Notable transactions

• September 28, 1932: Al Simmons was purchased from the Athletics by the Chicago White Sox.^[2]

Roster

1932 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 17 Joe Bowman 16 Sugar Cain 19 Jimmie DeShong 11 George Earnshaw 19 Tony Freitas 10 Lefty Grove 18 Lew Krausse 15 Roy Mahaffey 16,24 Tim McKeithan 14 Eddie Rommel 17 Irv Stein 12 Rube Walberg		Catchers  2 Mickey Cochrane 20 Johnnie Heving 21 Ed Madjeski Infielders  4 Max Bishop 24 Joe Boley  5 Jimmy Dykes  3 Jimmie Foxx 22 Eric McNair 24 Al Reiss 23 Oscar Roettger 6,23 Dib Williams		Outfielders 17 Ed Coleman 26 Doc Cramer  8 Mule Haas 23 John Jones  9 Bing Miller  7 Al Simmons Other batters 42 Ed Cihocki		Manager Connie Mack Coaches 31 Eddie Collins 30 Kid Gleason 32 Earle Mack

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	Cochrane, MickeyMickey Cochrane	139	518	160	.349	23	112
1B	Foxx, JimmieJimmie Foxx	154	585	213	.364	58	169
2B	Bishop, MaxMax Bishop	114	409	104	.254	5	37
3B	Dykes, JimmyJimmy Dykes	153	558	148	.265	7	90
SS	McNair, EricEric McNair	135	554	158	.285	18	95
OF	Simmons, AlAl Simmons	154	670	216	.322	35	151
OF	Haas, MuleMule Haas	143	558	170	.305	6	65
OF	Cramer, DocDoc Cramer	92	384	129	.336	3	46

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
Miller, BingBing Miller	95	305	90	.295	7	58
Coleman, EdEd Coleman	26	73	25	.342	1	13
Madjeski, EdEd Madjeski	17	35	8	.229	0	3
Jones, JohnJohn Jones	4	6	1	.167	0	0
Cihocki, EdEd Cihocki	1	1	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
Grove, LeftyLefty Grove	44	291.2	25	10	2.84	188
Walberg, RubeRube Walberg	42	272	17	10	4.73	96
Earnshaw, GeorgeGeorge Earnshaw	36	245.1	19	13	4.77	109
Mahaffey, RoyRoy Mahaffey	37	222.2	13	13	5.09	106
Freitas, TonyTony Freitas	23	150.1	12	5	3.83	31

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
Krausse, LewLew Krausse	20	57	4	1	4.58	16
Cain, SugarSugar Cain	10	45	3	4	5.00	24

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
Bowman, JoeJoe Bowman	7	0	1	0	8.18	4
DeShong, JimmieJimmie DeShong	6	0	0	0	11.70	5

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]

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

External links

• 1932 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1932 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com