1932 Major League Baseball season
# 1932 Major League Baseball season

The 1932 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 11 to October 2, 1932. The Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Yankees then defeated the Cubs in the World Series, four games to none.

The Brooklyn team in the National League, known as the Robins since 1914, reverted to the name Dodgers, which they had last used in 1913.

## Awards and honors

* MLB Most Valuable Player Award
   * Jimmie Foxx, Philadelphia Athletics, 1B
   * Chuck Klein, Philadelphia Phillies, OF

## Events

* July 10 – Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Eddie Rommel sets a record for the most batters faced by a relief pitcher, after facing 87 batters in an 18–17, 18 innings victory over the Cleveland Indians.

## MLB statistical leaders

| | American League | American League | National League |
| - | - | - | - |
| Type | Name | Stat | Name | Stat |
| AVG | Dale Alexander DET/BSR | .367 | Lefty O'Doul BKN | .368 |
| HR | Jimmie Foxx PHA | 58 | Chuck Klein PHP Mel Ott NYG | 38 |
| RBI | Jimmie Foxx PHA | 169 | Don Hurst PHP | 143 |
| Wins | Alvin Crowder WSH | 26 | Lon Warneke CHC | 22 |
| ERA | Lefty Grove PHA | 2.84 | Lon Warneke CHC | 2.37 |
| SO | Red Ruffing NYY | 190 | Dizzy Dean SLC | 191 |
| SV | Firpo Marberry WSH | 13 | Jack Quinn BKN | 8 |
| SB | Ben Chapman NYY | 38 | Chuck Klein PHP | 20 |

## Postseason

### Bracket

| World Series | World Series | World Series |
| - | - | - |
| AL | New York Yankees | 4 |
| NL | Chicago Cubs | 0 |

## Managers

### American League

| Team | Manager | Comments |
| - | - | - |
| Boston Red Sox | Shano Collins and Marty McManus | |
| Chicago White Sox | Lew Fonseca | |
| Cleveland Indians | Roger Peckinpaugh | |
| Detroit Tigers | Bucky Harris | |
| New York Yankees | Joe McCarthy | Won World Series |
| Philadelphia Athletics | Connie Mack | Finished 2nd |
| St. Louis Browns | Bill Killefer | |
| Washington Senators | Walter Johnson | Finished 3rd |

### National League

| Team | Manager | Comments |
| - | - | - |
| Boston Braves | Bill McKechnie | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | Max Carey | Finished 3rd |
| Chicago Cubs | Rogers Hornsby and Charlie Grimm | Won NL pennant |
| Cincinnati Reds | Dan Howley | |
| New York Giants | John McGraw and Bill Terry | |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Burt Shotton | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | George Gibson | Finished 2nd |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Gabby Street | |

## Home field attendance

| Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chicago Cubs | 90 | 7.1% | 974,688 | -10.3% | 12,658 |
| New York Yankees | 107 | 13.8% | 962,320 | 5.5% | 12,498 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 81 | 2.5% | 681,827 | -9.5% | 8,741 |
| Boston Braves | 77 | 20.3% | 507,606 | -1.4% | 6,592 |
| New York Giants | 72 | -17.2% | 484,868 | -40.3% | 6,297 |
| Cleveland Indians | 87 | 11.5% | 468,953 | -2.9% | 6,090 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 94 | -12.1% | 405,500 | -35.4% | 5,266 |
| Detroit Tigers | 76 | 24.6% | 397,157 | -8.5% | 5,092 |
| Washington Senators | 93 | 1.1% | 371,396 | -24.6% | 4,823 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 60 | 3.4% | 356,950 | 35.6% | 4,636 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 86 | 14.7% | 287,262 | 10.3% | 3,780 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 72 | -28.7% | 279,219 | -54.1% | 3,534 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 78 | 18.2% | 268,914 | -5.6% | 3,492 |
| Chicago White Sox | 49 | -12.5% | 233,198 | -42.2% | 3,029 |
| Boston Red Sox | 43 | -30.6% | 182,150 | -48.1% | 2,366 |
| St. Louis Browns | 63 | 0.0% | 112,558 | -37.2% | 1,501 |
