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1932 Philadelphia Athletics season

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1932 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersConnie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
ManagersConnie Mack
← 1931
1933 →

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

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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

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 107 47 .695 62‍–‍15 45‍–‍32
Philadelphia Athletics 94 60 .610 13 51‍–‍26 43‍–‍34
Washington Senators 93 61 .604 14 51‍–‍26 42‍–‍35
Cleveland Indians 87 65 .572 19 43‍–‍33 44‍–‍32
Detroit Tigers 76 75 .503 29½ 42‍–‍34 34‍–‍41
St. Louis Browns 63 91 .409 44 33‍–‍42 30‍–‍49
Chicago White Sox 49 102 .325 56½ 28‍–‍49 21‍–‍53
Boston Red Sox 43 111 .279 64 27‍–‍50 16‍–‍61

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB 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

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Roster

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1932 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Mickey Cochrane 139 518 160 .349 23 112
1B Jimmie Foxx 154 585 213 .364 58 169
2B Max Bishop 114 409 104 .254 5 37
3B Jimmy Dykes 153 558 148 .265 7 90
SS Eric McNair 135 554 158 .285 18 95
OF Al Simmons 154 670 216 .322 35 151
OF Mule Haas 143 558 170 .305 6 65
OF Doc Cramer 92 384 129 .336 3 46

Other batters

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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
Bing Miller 95 305 90 .295 7 58
Dib Williams 62 215 54 .251 4 24
Johnnie Heving 33 77 21 .273 0 10
Ed Coleman 26 73 25 .342 1 13
Oscar Roettger 26 60 14 .233 0 6
Ed Madjeski 17 35 8 .229 0 3
Joe Boley 10 34 7 .206 0 4
John Jones 4 6 1 .167 0 0
Al Reiss 9 5 1 .200 0 1
Ed Cihocki 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Lefty Grove 44 291.2 25 10 2.84 188
Rube Walberg 42 272.0 17 10 4.73 96
George Earnshaw 36 245.1 19 13 4.77 109
Roy Mahaffey 37 222.2 13 13 5.09 106
Tony Freitas 23 150.1 12 5 3.83 31

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Lew Krausse 20 57.0 4 1 4.58 16
Sugar Cain 10 45.0 3 4 5.00 24
Tim McKeithan 4 12.2 0 1 7.11 0

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Eddie Rommel 17 1 2 2 5.51 16
Joe Bowman 7 0 1 0 8.18 4
Jimmie DeShong 6 0 0 0 11.70 5
Irv Stein 1 0 0 0 12.00 0

Awards and honors

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League top five finishers

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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

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Level Team League Manager
AA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Spencer Abbott

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Portland[3]

See also

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References

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  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
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