1932 Brooklyn Dodgers season

This article is about the baseball team. For the NFL team, see 1932 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) season.

1932 Brooklyn Dodgers
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Ebbets Field (since 1913)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Stephen McKeever
Manager(s)	Max Carey
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With the retirement of longtime manager Wilbert Robinson and the arrival of Max Carey, the 1932 team was renamed the Dodgers. They wound up finishing the season in third place.

Offseason

• January 23, 1932: Bob Parham (minors) and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Hack Wilson.
• March 14, 1932: Babe Herman, Wally Gilbert and Ernie Lombardi were traded by the Robins to the Cincinnati Reds for Tony Cuccinello, Joe Stripp and Clyde Sukeforth.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Chicago Cubs	90	64	--	.584
Pittsburgh Pirates	86	68	4	.558
Brooklyn Dodgers	81	73	9	.526
Philadelphia Phillies	78	76	12	.506
Boston Braves	77	77	13	.500
New York Giants	72	82	18	.468
St. Louis Cardinals	72	82	18	.468
Cincinnati Reds	60	94	30	.390

Record vs. opponents

1932 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	15–7	8–14	9–13	11–11	11–11	10–12	13–9–1
Brooklyn	7–15	—	10–12	15–7	15–7	8–14	12–10	14–8
Chicago	14–8	12–10	—	12–10	15–7	16–6	9–13	12–10
Cincinnati	13–9	7–15	10–12	—	7–15	9–13	8–14	6–16–1
New York	11–11	7–15	7–15	15–7	—	11–11	7–15	14–8
Philadelphia	11–11	14–8	6–16	13–9	11–11	—	14–8	9–13
Pittsburgh	12–10	10–12	13–9	14–8	15–7	8–14	—	14–8
St. Louis	9–13–1	8–14	10–12	16–6–1	8–14	13–9	8–14	—

Notable transactions

• May 7, 1932: Danny Taylor was purchased by the Dodgers from the Chicago Cubs.

Roster

1932 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 17 Watty Clark 18 Fred Heimach -- Waite Hoyt 24 Art Jones 24 Cy Moore 16 Van Mungo 19 Ray Phelps 24 Ed Pipgras 22 Jack Quinn 21 Joe Shaute 26 Fay Thomas 20 Sloppy Thurston 15 Dazzy Vance		Catchers 10 Al Lopez 12 Val Picinich -- Paul Richards 11 Clyde Sukeforth Infielders -- Bruce Caldwell 14 Bud Clancy  5 Tony Cuccinello  2 Neal Finn 14 George Kelly 24 Bobby Reis 28 Dick Siebert  8 Gordon Slade  3 Joe Stripp  7 Glenn Wright		Outfielders -- Ike Boone -- Alta Cohen  1 Johnny Frederick  6 Lefty O'Doul 25 Max Rosenfeld  9 Danny Taylor  4 Hack Wilson Other batters -- Fresco Thompson		Manager 33 Max Carey Coaches 32 Otto Miller 31 Casey Stengel

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	Al Lopez	126	404	111	.275	1	43
1B	George Kelly	64	202	49	.243	4	22
2B	Tony Cuccinello	154	597	168	.281	12	77
3B	Joe Stripp	138	534	162	.303	6	64
SS	Glenn Wright
OF	Danny Taylor
OF	Lefty O'Doul
OF	Hack Wilson	135	481	143	.297	23	123

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
Johnny Frederick
Gordon Slade
Bud Clancy
Neal Finn
Clyde Sukeforth	59	111	26	.234	0	12
Val Picinich
Max Rosenfeld
Alta Cohen
Ike Boone
Bruce Caldwell
Paul Richards
Dick Siebert
Bobby Reis
Fresco Thompson

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
Watty Clark	40	273	20	12	3.49	99
Van Mungo
Dazzy Vance
Sloppy Thurston

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
Fred Heimach	36	167.2	9	4	3.97	30
Joe Shaute
Ray Phelps
Waite Hoyt	8	26.2	1	3	7.76	7
Fay Thomas
Ed Pipgras

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
Jack Quinn
Cy Moore
Art Jones

Awards and honors

• TSN Major League All-Star Team
  • Lefty O'Doul

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Jersey City Skeeters	International League	Hans Lobert/Charley Moore
A	Hartford Senators	Eastern League	Charley Moore/Bill Marlotte

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1932 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet