1932 Chicago Cubs season

1932 Chicago Cubs
National League Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkWrigley Field
CityChicago, Illinois
OwnersWilliam Wrigley Jr., Philip K. Wrigley
ManagersRogers Hornsby, Charlie Grimm
RadioWGN
(Bob Elson)
WBBM
(Pat Flanagan)
WMAQ
(Hal Totten)
WJKS
(Johnny O'Hara)
← 1931 Seasons 1933 →

The 1932 Chicago Cubs season was the 61st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 57th in the National League and the 17th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished first in the National League with a record of 90–64, four games ahead of the second place Pittsburgh Pirates. The team was swept four games to none by the New York Yankees in the 1932 World Series.

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 90 64 .584 — 53‍–‍24 37‍–‍40
Pittsburgh Pirates 86 68 .558 4 45‍–‍31 41‍–‍37
Brooklyn Dodgers 81 73 .526 9 44‍–‍34 37‍–‍39
Philadelphia Phillies 78 76 .506 12 45‍–‍32 33‍–‍44
Boston Braves 77 77 .500 13 44‍–‍33 33‍–‍44
St. Louis Cardinals 72 82 .468 18 42‍–‍35 30‍–‍47
New York Giants 72 82 .468 18 37‍–‍40 35‍–‍42
Cincinnati Reds 60 94 .390 30 33‍–‍44 27‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

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1932 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 15–7 8–14 9–13 11–11 11–11 10–12 13–9–1
Brooklyn 7–15 — 10–12 15–7 15–7 8–14 12–10 14–8
Chicago 14–8 12–10 — 12–10 15–7 16–6 9–13 12–10
Cincinnati 13–9 7–15 10–12 — 7–15 9–13 8–14 6–16–1
New York 11–11 7–15 7–15 15–7 — 11–11 7–15 14–8
Philadelphia 11–11 14–8 6–16 13–9 11–11 — 14–8 9–13
Pittsburgh 12–10 10–12 13–9 14–8 15–7 8–14 — 14–8
St. Louis 9–13–1 8–14 10–12 16–6–1 8–14 13–9 8–14 —


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1932 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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 Gabby Hartnett 121 406 110 .271 12 52
1B Charlie Grimm 149 570 175 .307 7 80
2B Billy Herman 154 656 206 .314 1 51
SS Billy Jurges 115 396 100 .253 2 52
3B Woody English 127 522 142 .272 3 47
OF Riggs Stephenson 147 583 189 .324 4 85
OF Kiki Cuyler 110 446 130 .291 10 77
OF Johnny Moore 119 443 135 .305 13 64

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
Stan Hack 72 178 42 .236 2 19
Rollie Hemsley 60 151 36 .238 4 20
Lance Richbourg 44 148 38 .257 1 21
Vince Barton 36 134 30 .224 3 15
Mark Koenig 33 102 36 .353 3 11
Marv Gudat 60 94 24 .255 1 15
Rogers Hornsby 19 58 13 .224 1 7
Frank Demaree 23 56 14 .250 0 6
Zach Taylor 21 30 6 .200 0 3
Danny Taylor 6 22 5 .227 0 3
Harry Taylor 10 8 1 .125 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
Lon Warneke 35 277.0 22 6 2.37 106
Guy Bush 40 238.2 19 11 3.21 73
Pat Malone 37 237.0 15 17 3.38 120

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
Charlie Root 39 216.1 15 10 3.58 96
Burleigh Grimes 30 141.1 6 11 4.78 36
Bob Smith 34 119.0 4 3 4.61 35
Bud Tinning 24 93.1 5 3 2.80 30

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
Jakie May 35 2 2 1 4.36 20
Leroy Herrmann 7 2 1 0 6.39 5
Carroll Yerkes 2 0 0 0 3.00 4
Ed Baecht 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Bobo Newsome 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

1932 World Series

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Main article: 1932 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (0)

"Babe Ruth's called shot" was the home run hit by Babe Ruth in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, held on October 1, 1932, at Wrigley Field in Chicago. During the at bat, which came against Charlie Root, Ruth made a pointing gesture, which existing film confirms, but the exact nature of his gesture is ambiguous. Although neither fully confirmed nor refuted, the story goes that Ruth pointed to the center field bleachers during the at bat. It was supposedly a declaration that he would hit a home run to this part of the park. On the next pitch, Ruth hit a home run to center field.

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Cubs – 6, Yankees – 12 September 28 Yankee Stadium 41,459
2 Cubs – 2, Yankees – 5 September 29 Yankee Stadium 50,709
3 Yankees – 7, Cubs – 5 October 1 Wrigley Field 49,986
4 Yankees – 13, Cubs – 6 October 2 Wrigley Field 49,844

Farm system

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See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League Jack Lelivelt
A Wichita Aviators Western League Jimmy Payton

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Notes

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  1. ^ Rogers Hornsby page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

References

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