1932 Detroit Tigers season

1932 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Navin Field (since 1912); Detroit, Michigan (since 1901);
Other information
Owner(s)	Frank Navin
Manager(s)	Bucky Harris
Local 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

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 Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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 Chief 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

Bob Coleman

Jewel Ens

Player stats

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

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	16	12	4.54	81
Vic Sorrell	32	234.1	14	14	4.03	84
Tommy Bridges	34	201	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
Chief Hogsett	47	178	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 went 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

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
Foxsports; ‘Perfect Games Lost on 27th Batter or Later’

External links

1932 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

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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’

1932 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1932 World Series