1932 New York Yankees season

1932 New York Yankees
American League Champions World Series Champions
League	American League
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Owners	Jacob Ruppert
General managers	Ed Barrow
Managers	Joe McCarthy
Seasons

The 1932 New York Yankees season was the team's 30th season. The team finished with a record of 107–47, winning their seventh pennant, finishing 13 games ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. New York was managed by future Hall of Famer Joe McCarthy. A record nine future Hall of Famers played on the team (Earle Combs, Bill Dickey, Lou Gehrig, Lefty Gomez, Tony Lazzeri, Herb Pennock, Red Ruffing, Babe Ruth, and Joe Sewell).

The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they swept the Chicago Cubs.

The 1932 Yankees became the first team in MLB history to go an entire season without being shut out. Only two teams since, the 2000 Cincinnati Reds and 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers have gone an entire season without being shut out, though the Dodgers' season was shortened to 60 games.

Regular season

• June 3, 1932: Lou Gehrig became the first player in the 20th century to hit four home runs in one game.
• June 3, 1932: Tony Lazzeri had a natural cycle (hit a single, double, triple and home run in that order) that was also completed with a grand slam. This event is often overlooked because it was the same game in which Lou Gehrig hit four home runs.

Miller Huggins

Huggins's monument at Monument Park.

On May 30, 1932, the Yankees dedicated a monument to their former manager, Miller Huggins. Huggins was the first of many Yankees personnel granted this honor. The monument was placed in front of the flagpole in center field at Yankee Stadium. an area which eventually became "Monument Park", dedicated in 1976. The monument calls Huggins "A splendid character who made priceless contributions to baseball."

Season standings

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

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 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 18 Johnny Allen 28 Ivy Andrews 19 Jumbo Brown 20 Charlie Devens 11 Lefty Gomez 17 Hank Johnson 17 Danny MacFayden 16 Wilcy Moore 20 Johnny Murphy 12 Herb Pennock 10 George Pipgras 16 Gordon Rhodes 15 Red Ruffing 14 Ed Wells		Catchers  8 Bill Dickey 26 Joe Glenn  9 Arndt Jorgens 32 Eddie Phillips Infielders  5 Frankie Crosetti 22 Doc Farrell  4 Lou Gehrig  2 Lyn Lary 23 Tony Lazzeri  7 Jack Saltzgaver -- Roy Schalk 21 Joe Sewell		Outfielders 24 Sammy Byrd  6 Ben Chapman  1 Earle Combs 27 Myril Hoag  3 Babe Ruth Other batters 32 Dusty Cooke		Manager -- Joe McCarthy Coaches 30 Jimmy Burke 29 Art Fletcher 31 Cy Perkins

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	Bill Dickey	108	423	131	.310	15	84
1B	Lou Gehrig	156	596	208	.349	34	151
2B	Tony Lazzeri	142	510	153	.300	15	113
3B	Joe Sewell	125	503	137	.272	11	68
SS	Frankie Crosetti	116	398	96	.241	5	57
OF	Ben Chapman	151	581	174	.299	10	107
OF	Earle Combs	144	591	190	.321	9	65
OF	Babe Ruth	133	457	156	.341	41	137

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
Lyn Lary	91	280	65	.232	3	39
Sammy Byrd	105	209	62	.297	8	30
Arndt Jorgens	56	151	33	.219	2	19
Doc Farrell	26	63	11	.175	0	4
Myril Hoag	46	54	20	.370	1	7
Jack Saltzgaver	20	47	6	.128	0	5
Eddie Phillips	9	31	9	.290	2	4
Joe Glenn	6	16	2	.125	0	0
Roy Schalk	3	12	3	.250	0	0
Dusty Cooke	3	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
Lefty Gomez	37	265.1	24	9	4.21	176
Red Ruffing	35	259.0	18	7	3.09	190
George Pipgras	32	219.0	16	9	4.19	111
Herb Pennock	38	146.2	9	5	4.60	54
Danny MacFayden	17	121.1	7	5	3.93	53
Hank Johnson	5	31.1	2	2	4.88	27
Charlie Devens	1	9.0	1	0	2.00	4

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
Johnny Allen	33	192.0	17	4	3.70	109
Jumbo Brown	19	55.2	5	2	4.53	31
Ivy Andrews	7	24.2	2	1	1.82	7
Gordon Rhodes	10	24.0	1	2	7.88	15

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
Ed Wells	22	3	3	2	4.26	13
Wilcy Moore	10	2	0	4	2.52	8
Johnny Murphy	2	0	0	0	16.20	2

1932 World Series

Main article: 1932 World Series

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (NYY-CHI)	Attendance
1	September 28	Chicago Cubs	6	New York Yankees	12	1–0	41,459
2	September 29	Chicago Cubs	2	New York Yankees	5	2–0	50,709
3	October 1	New York Yankees	7	Chicago Cubs	5	3–0	49,986
4	October 2	New York Yankees	13	Chicago Cubs	6	4–0	49,844
New York Yankees win 4–0

Babe Ruth's called shot

Babe Ruth's called shot was the home run hit by Babe Ruth in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, held on October 1, 1932, at Wrigley Field in Chicago. During the at bat, Ruth made a pointing gesture, which existing film confirms, but the exact nature of his gesture is ambiguous. It was confirmed 88 years later in a radio clip by none other than Lou Gehrig, Ruth pointed to the center field bleachers during the at-bat. It was supposedly a declaration that he would hit a home run to this part of the park. On the next pitch, Ruth hit a home run to center field.

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Newark Bears	International League	Al Mamaux
A	Springfield Rifles	Eastern League	Billy Meyer
B	Erie Sailors	Central League	Chief Bender and Bill McCorry
B	Binghamton Triplets	New York–Pennsylvania League	Heinie Groh and Billy Meyer
C	Cumberland Colts	Middle Atlantic League	Leo Mackey

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Newark

Eastern League folded, July 17, 1932

References

• 1932 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
• 1932 World Series
• 1932 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com