1932 Detroit Tigers season

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.

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

Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 107 47 .695 62‍–‍15 45‍–‍32
Philadelphia Athletics 94 60 .610 13 51‍–‍26 43‍–‍34
Washington Senators 93 61 .604 14 51‍–‍26 42‍–‍35
Cleveland Indians 87 65 .572 19 43‍–‍33 44‍–‍32
Detroit Tigers 76 75 .503 29½ 42‍–‍34 34‍–‍41
St. Louis Browns 63 91 .409 44 33‍–‍42 30‍–‍49
Chicago White Sox 49 102 .325 56½ 28‍–‍49 21‍–‍53
Boston Red Sox 43 111 .279 64 27‍–‍50 16‍–‍61

Record vs. opponents

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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

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1932 Detroit Tigers
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 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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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

Farm system

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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

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Notes

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  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’
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