1932 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkNavin Field
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersFrank Navin
ManagersBucky Harris
RadioWWJ (AM)
(Ty Tyson)
← 1931 Seasons 1933 →

The 1932 Detroit Tigers season ended with them placing fifth in the American League with a record of 76–75, 29½ games behind the New York Yankees.

Regular season

Season standings

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

1932 American League record

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

1932 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
C Ray Hayworth 109 338 99 .293 2 46
1B Harry Davis 141 590 159 .269 4 74
2B Charlie Gehringer 152 618 184 .298 19 104
SS Billy Rogell 144 554 150 .271 9 60
3B Heinie Schuble 102 340 92 .271 5 51
OF Gee Walker 127 480 155 .323 8 76
OF John Stone 145 582 173 .297 17 109
OF Earl Webb 88 338 97 .287 3 51

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
Billy Rhiel 85 250 70 .280 3 38
Jo-Jo White 80 208 54 .260 2 23
Roy Johnson 49 195 49 .251 3 22
Nolen Richardson 69 155 34 .219 0 12
Muddy Ruel 51 136 32 .235 0 19
Gene Desautels 28 72 17 .236 0 2
Bill Lawrence 25 46 10 .217 0 3
Frank Doljack 8 26 10 .385 1 7
Dale Alexander 23 16 4 .250 0 4
George Susce 2 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
Earl Whitehill 33 244.0 16 12 4.54 81
Vic Sorrell 32 234.1 14 14 4.03 84
Tommy Bridges 34 201.0 14 12 3.36 108

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
Whit Wyatt 43 205.2 9 13 5.03 82
Elon Hogsett 47 178.0 11 9 3.54 56
George Uhle 33 146.2 6 6 4.48 51
Buck Marrow 18 63.2 2 5 4.81 31
Izzy Goldstein 16 56.1 3 2 4.47 14

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
Art Herring 12 1 2 2 5.24 12
Rip Sewell 5 0 0 0 12.66 2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Toronto Maple Leafs International League Tom Daly and Lena Blackburne
A Beaumont Exporters Texas League Del Baker
B Decatur Commodores Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Bob Coleman
C Huntington Red Birds Middle Atlantic League Johnny Stuart
D Moline Plowboys Mississippi Valley League Dutch Lorbeer

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Beaumont

Decatur club folded, July 12, 1932[1]

Notable events

Notes

  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  2. ^ Foxsports; ‘Perfect Games Lost on 27th Batter or Later’

External links

1932 MLB season by team
Detroit Tigers
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