1932 Philadelphia Athletics season

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1932 Philadelphia Athletics
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (Since 1909) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Since 1901)
1932 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.

Contents

1 Regular season
2 Player stats
- 2.1 Batting
  - 2.1.1 Starters by position
  - 2.1.2 Other batters
- 2.2 Pitching
3 Awards and honors
- 3.1 League top five finishers
4 Farm system
5 References
6 External links

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

Notable transactions

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

Roster

1932 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

42 Ed Cihocki

Manager

Connie 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

References

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

External links

v t e 1932 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1932 World Series

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics
Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

The Franchise

History • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Players • Owners and executives • Managers • Broadcasters • Award winners and league leaders • First-round draft picks

Ballparks

Columbia Park • Shibe Park • Municipal Stadium • Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum • Cashman Field • Cisco Field (proposed)

Spring Training: Barrs Field; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium

Culture

Philadelphia Athletics (football) • Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame • Athletics Nation • Charlie-O • Stomper • $100,000 Infield • "Holy Toledo!" • Billyball • Celebration • White Cleats • Moneyball (book • film)

Lore

The Mack Attack • Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run • 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake • Dallas Braden's perfect game

Rivalries

City Series • Bay Bridge Series

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker Chief Bender Mickey Cochrane Eddie Collins Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter Reggie Jackson Nap Lajoie Connie Mack Eddie Plank Al Simmons Rube Waddell Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman Jack Coombs Jimmy Dykes George Earnshaw Ferris Fain Bob Johnson Eddie Joost Bing Miller Wally Moses Rube Oldring Bobby Shantz Eddie Rommel Elmer Valo Rube Walberg Gus Zernial

Franchise record holders	Don Baylor Bert Campaneris José Canseco Jason Giambi Ben Grieve Dave Kingman Bill Lamar Mark McGwire Cy Morgan Danny Murphy Elmer Myers Roy Grover Blue Moon Odom Scott Perry Vic Power Pete Suder

Retired numbers

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

Minors

AAA: Sacramento River Cats
AA: Midland RockHounds
A: Stockton Ports; Burlington Bees; Vermont Lake Monsters
Rookie: Arizona League Athletics, DSL Athletics

Seasons (112)

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