1932 Detroit Tigers season

1932 Detroit Tigers
League	American League
Ballpark	Navin Field
City	Detroit, Michigan
Owners	Frank Navin
Managers	Bucky Harris
Radio	WWJ (AM) (Ty Tyson)
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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.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	107	47	0.695	—	62–15	45–32
Philadelphia Athletics	94	60	0.610	13	51–26	43–34
Washington Senators	93	61	0.604	14	51–26	42–35
Cleveland Indians	87	65	0.572	19	43–33	44–32
Detroit Tigers	76	75	0.503	29½	42–34	34–41
St. Louis Browns	63	91	0.409	44	33–42	30–49
Chicago White Sox	49	102	0.325	56½	28–49	21–53
Boston Red Sox	43	111	0.279	64	27–50	16–61

Record vs. opponents

1932 American League record v t e 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 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers 16 Tommy Bridges 21 Izzy Goldstein 18 Art Herring 17 Elon Hogsett 29 Buck Marrow 22 Rip Sewell 11 Vic Sorrell 14 George Uhle 15 Earl Whitehill 12 Whit Wyatt		Catchers 25 Gene Desautels 23 Ray Hayworth  9 Muddy Ruel 24 George Susce Infielders  4 Dale Alexander 26 Harry Davis  2 Charlie Gehringer  5 Billy Rhiel  8 Nolen Richardson  6 Billy Rogell 33 Heinie Schuble		Outfielders -- Frank Doljack  1 Roy Johnson  7 Bill Lawrence  3 John Stone 27 Gee Walker  4 Earl Webb 28 Jo-Jo White		Manager 32 Bucky Harris Coaches 24 Bob Coleman 31 Jewel Ens

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	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

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

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
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

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

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

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

• On August 5 against the Washington Senators, pitcher Tommy Bridges came within one out of a perfect game, retiring the first 26 batters before the Senators' Dave Harris hit a pinch-hit single. Bridges retired the 28th batter, Sam Rice and the Tigers won 13–0.^[2] No MLB pitcher was subsequently to come so close to a perfect game until Don Larsen achieved the feat in the 1956 World Series.

Notes

External links

• 1932 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference