1932 St. Louis Browns season

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1932 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record63–91 (.409)
League place6th
OwnersPhil Ball
ManagersBill Killefer
RadioKMOX
(France Laux)
← 1931 Seasons 1933 →

The 1932 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 63 wins and 91 losses.

Regular season

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:
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 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1932 St. Louis Browns
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 Rick Ferrell 126 438 138 .315 2 65
1B Jack Burns 150 617 188 .305 11 70
2B Ski Melillo 154 612 148 .242 3 66
SS Jim Levey 152 568 159 .280 4 63
3B Art Scharein 81 303 92 .304 0 42
OF Fred Schulte 146 565 166 .294 9 73
OF Goose Goslin 150 572 171 .299 17 104
OF Bruce Campbell 139 593 169 .285 14 85

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
Lin Storti 53 193 50 .259 3 26
Benny Bengough 54 139 35 .252 0 15
Debs Garms 34 134 38 .284 1 8
Ed Grimes 31 68 16 .235 0 13
Tom Jenkins 25 62 20 .323 0 5
Red Kress 14 52 9 .173 2 9
Larry Bettencourt 27 30 4 .133 1 3
Johnny Schulte 15 24 5 .208 0 3
Showboat Fisher 18 22 4 .182 0 2
Nap Kloza 19 13 2 .154 0 2
Jim McLaughlin 1 1 0 .000 0 1

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 Stewart 41 259.2 15 19 4.61 86
George Blaeholder 42 258.1 14 14 4.70 80
Bump Hadley 40 229.2 13 20 5.53 132

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
Sam Gray 52 206.2 7 12 4.53 79
Wally Hebert 35 108.1 1 12 6.48 29
Carl Fischer 24 97.0 3 7 5.57 35
Dick Coffman 9 61.0 5 3 3.10 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
Chad Kimsey 33 4 2 3 4.02 13
Bob Cooney 23 1 2 1 6.97 23
Lou Polli 5 0 0 0 5.40 5

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Wichita Falls Spudders/Longview Cannibals Texas League Hank Severeid
C Fort Smith Twins/Muskogee Chiefs Western Association Jerry Mallett and Runt Marr
D Rock Island Islanders Mississippi Valley League George Young and Riley Parker

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rock Island
Wichita Falls transferred to Longview and renamed, May 20; Fort Smith franchise transferred to Muskogee and renamed, July 1, 1932[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Red Kress page at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Chad Kimsey page at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References


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