1932 Washington Senators season

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.

1932 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkGriffith Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersClark Griffith and William Richardson
ManagersWalter Johnson
← 1931 Seasons 1933 →

Regular season edit

The 1932 Washington Senators were the last team in the 20th century to have 100 triples in one season.[1]

Season standings edit

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
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 edit


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


Roster edit

1932 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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 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 edit

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
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 edit

Starting pitchers edit

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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 edit

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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 edit

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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 edit

Level Team League Manager
A Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Bert Niehoff

References edit

  1. ^ 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 edit