1932 Washington Senators season
1932 Washington Senators | ||||
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League | American League | |||
Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |||
City | Washington, D.C. | |||
Owners | Clark Griffith and William Richardson | |||
Managers | Walter Johnson | |||
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The 1932 Washington Senators won 93 games, lost 61, and finished in third place in the American League. They were managed by Walter Johnson and played home games at Griffith Stadium.
Regular season
The 1932 Washington Senators were the last team in the 20th century to have 100 triples in one season.[1]
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
1932 American League record
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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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Pitchers
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Infielders
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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 |
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C | Roy Spencer | 102 | 317 | 78 | .246 | 1 | 41 |
1B | Joe Kuhel | 101 | 347 | 101 | .291 | 4 | 52 |
2B | Buddy Myer | 143 | 577 | 161 | .279 | 5 | 52 |
SS | Joe Cronin | 143 | 557 | 177 | .318 | 6 | 116 |
3B | Ossie Bluege | 149 | 507 | 131 | .258 | 5 | 64 |
OF | Carl Reynolds | 102 | 406 | 124 | .305 | 9 | 63 |
OF | Heinie Manush | 149 | 625 | 214 | .342 | 14 | 116 |
OF | Sam West | 146 | 554 | 159 | .287 | 6 | 83 |
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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Joe Judge | 82 | 291 | 75 | .258 | 3 | 29 |
Sam Rice | 106 | 288 | 93 | .323 | 1 | 34 |
Moe Berg | 75 | 195 | 46 | .236 | 1 | 26 |
Dave Harris | 81 | 156 | 51 | .327 | 6 | 29 |
John Kerr | 51 | 132 | 36 | .273 | 0 | 15 |
Howard Maple | 44 | 41 | 10 | .244 | 0 | 7 |
Wes Kingdon | 18 | 34 | 11 | .324 | 0 | 3 |
Danny Musser | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
Jim McLeod | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
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General Crowder | 50 | 327.0 | 26 | 13 | 3.33 | 103 |
Monte Weaver | 43 | 234.0 | 22 | 10 | 4.08 | 83 |
Tommy Thomas | 18 | 117.0 | 8 | 7 | 3.54 | 36 |
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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Lloyd Brown | 46 | 202.2 | 15 | 12 | 4.44 | 53 |
Firpo Marberry | 54 | 197.2 | 8 | 4 | 4.01 | 66 |
Bobby Burke | 22 | 91.0 | 3 | 6 | 5.14 | 32 |
Dick Coffman | 22 | 76.1 | 1 | 6 | 4.83 | 17 |
Carl Fischer | 12 | 50.2 | 3 | 2 | 4.97 | 23 |
Bill McAfee | 8 | 41.1 | 6 | 1 | 3.92 | 10 |
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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Frank Ragland | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.41 | 11 |
Bob Friedrichs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 2 |
Bud Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Ed Edelen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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A | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | Bert Niehoff |
References
- ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.96, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
External links
- 1932 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
- 1932 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com