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 zero.
1932 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 11 – October 2, 1932 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | AL: Jimmie Foxx (PHA) NL: Chuck Klein (PHP) |
AL champions | New York Yankees |
AL runners-up | Philadelphia Athletics |
NL champions | Chicago Cubs |
NL runners-up | Pittsburgh Pirates |
World Series | |
Champions | New York Yankees |
Runners-up | Chicago Cubs |
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.
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World Series | ||||
AL | New York Yankees | 4 | ||
NL | Chicago Cubs | 0 |
Team | Manager | Comments |
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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 |
Team | Manager | Comments |
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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 |
Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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Chicago Cubs[2] | 90 | 7.1% | 974,688 | -10.3% | 12,658 |
New York Yankees[3] | 107 | 13.8% | 962,320 | 5.5% | 12,498 |
Brooklyn Dodgers[4] | 81 | 2.5% | 681,827 | -9.5% | 8,741 |
Boston Braves[5] | 77 | 20.3% | 507,606 | -1.4% | 6,592 |
New York Giants[6] | 72 | -17.2% | 484,868 | -40.3% | 6,297 |
Cleveland Indians[7] | 87 | 11.5% | 468,953 | -2.9% | 6,090 |
Philadelphia Athletics[8] | 94 | -12.1% | 405,500 | -35.4% | 5,266 |
Detroit Tigers[9] | 76 | 24.6% | 397,157 | -8.5% | 5,092 |
Washington Senators[10] | 93 | 1.1% | 371,396 | -24.6% | 4,823 |
Cincinnati Reds[11] | 60 | 3.4% | 356,950 | 35.6% | 4,636 |
Pittsburgh Pirates[12] | 86 | 14.7% | 287,262 | 10.3% | 3,780 |
St. Louis Cardinals[13] | 72 | -28.7% | 279,219 | -54.1% | 3,534 |
Philadelphia Phillies[14] | 78 | 18.2% | 268,914 | -5.6% | 3,492 |
Chicago White Sox[15] | 49 | -12.5% | 233,198 | -42.2% | 3,029 |
Boston Red Sox[16] | 43 | -30.6% | 182,150 | -48.1% | 2,366 |
St. Louis Browns[17] | 63 | 0.0% | 112,558 | -37.2% | 1,501 |