1932 Cleveland Indians season
The 1932 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 87–65, 19 games behind the New York Yankees.
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Owners | Alva Bradley |
General managers | Billy Evans |
Managers | Roger Peckinpaugh |
Local radio | WHK (Jack Graney) |
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Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 107 | 47 | 0.695 | — | 62–15 | 45–32 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 94 | 60 | 0.610 | 13 | 51–26 | 43–34 |
Washington Senators | 93 | 61 | 0.604 | 14 | 51–26 | 42–35 |
Cleveland Indians | 87 | 65 | 0.572 | 19 | 43–33 | 44–32 |
Detroit Tigers | 76 | 75 | 0.503 | 29½ | 42–34 | 34–41 |
St. Louis Browns | 63 | 91 | 0.409 | 44 | 33–42 | 30–49 |
Chicago White Sox | 49 | 102 | 0.325 | 56½ | 28–49 | 21–53 |
Boston Red Sox | 43 | 111 | 0.279 | 64 | 27–50 | 16–61 |
Record vs. opponents
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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 | — |
Roster
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Player stats
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 |
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C | Luke Sewell | 87 | 300 | 76 | .253 | 2 | 52 |
1B | Ed Morgan | 144 | 532 | 156 | .293 | 4 | 68 |
2B | Bill Cissell | 131 | 541 | 173 | .320 | 6 | 93 |
SS | Johnny Burnett | 129 | 512 | 152 | .297 | 4 | 53 |
3B | Willie Kamm | 148 | 524 | 150 | .286 | 3 | 83 |
OF | Joe Vosmik | 153 | 621 | 194 | .312 | 10 | 97 |
OF | Earl Averill | 153 | 631 | 198 | .314 | 32 | 124 |
OF | Dick Porter | 146 | 621 | 191 | .308 | 4 | 60 |
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 |
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Glenn Myatt | 85 | 252 | 62 | .246 | 8 | 46 |
Ed Montague | 68 | 192 | 47 | .245 | 0 | 24 |
Bruce Connatser | 64 | 60 | 14 | .233 | 0 | 4 |
Mike Powers | 14 | 33 | 6 | .182 | 0 | 5 |
Frankie Pytlak | 33 | 29 | 7 | .241 | 0 | 4 |
Charlie Jamieson | 16 | 16 | 1 | .063 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Hodapp | 7 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Seeds | 2 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Boley | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Boze Berger | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Wes Ferrell | 38 | 287.2 | 23 | 13 | 3.66 | 105 |
Clint Brown | 37 | 262.2 | 15 | 12 | 4.08 | 59 |
Mel Harder | 39 | 254.2 | 15 | 13 | 3.75 | 90 |
Willis Hudlin | 33 | 181.2 | 12 | 8 | 4.71 | 65 |
Oral Hildebrand | 27 | 129.1 | 8 | 6 | 3.69 | 49 |
Jack Russell | 18 | 113.0 | 5 | 7 | 4.70 | 27 |
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 |
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Ralph Winegarner | 5 | 17.1 | 1 | 0 | 1.04 | 5 |
Leo Moon | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 11.12 | 1 |
Pete Appleton | 4 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 1 |
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 |
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Sarge Connally | 35 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4.33 | 32 |
Monte Pearson | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 5 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Toledo Mud Hens | American Association | Bibb Falk |
B | Fort Wayne Chiefs | Central League | Bill Wambsganss |
B | Quincy Indians | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Sylvester Simon |
B | Williamsport Grays | New York–Pennsylvania League | Herbie Moran, Harry Hinchman and Glenn Killinger |
D | Burlington Bees | Mississippi Valley League | Art Mueller and Jack Tesar |
Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League folded July 15, 1932[1]
References
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
See also
- Philadelphia Athletics 18, Cleveland Indians 17 (1932) Record-setting game from this season