The 1932 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing second in the American League with a record of 94 wins and 60 losses. The team finished 13 games behind the New York Yankees, breaking their streak of three straight AL championships.
Regular season Jimmie Foxx had an impressive offensive season – 58 home runs, 169 RBI, and a .364 batting average – and missed the triple crown by just three BA points. He was voted the American League Most Valuable Player. Mickey Cochrane became the first catcher in Major League Baseball history to score 100 runs and have 100 RBI in the same season.Baseball Digest, September 1995, Vol. 54, No. 9,
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions September 28, 1932: Al Simmons was purchased from the Athletics by the Chicago White Sox.Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference
Roster 1932 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters 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 139 518 160 .349 23 112 1B 154 585 213 .364 58 169 2B 114 409 104 .254 5 37 3B 153 558 148 .265 7 90 SS 135 554 158 .285 18 95 OF 154 670 216 .322 35 151 OF 143 558 170 .305 6 65 OF 92 384 129 .336 3 46
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 95 305 90 .295 7 58 62 215 54 .251 4 24 33 77 21 .273 0 10 26 73 25 .342 1 13 26 60 14 .233 0 6 17 35 8 .229 0 3 10 34 7 .206 0 4 4 6 1 .167 0 0 9 5 1 .200 0 1 1 1 0 .000 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 44 291.2 25 10 2.84 188 42 272.0 17 10 4.73 96 36 245.1 19 13 4.77 109 37 222.2 13 13 5.09 106 23 150.1 12 5 3.83 31
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 20 57.0 4 1 4.58 16 10 45.0 3 4 5.00 24 4 12.2 0 1 7.11 0
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 17 1 2 2 5.51 16 7 0 1 0 8.18 4 6 0 0 0 11.70 5 1 0 0 0 12.00 0
Awards and honors
League top five finishers Jimmie Foxx AL leader in home runs (58) AL leader in RBI (169) AL leader in runs scored (151) AL leader in slugging percentage (.749) #2 in AL in batting average (.364) #2 in AL in on-base percentage (.469)
Lefty Grove AL leader in ERA (2.84) #2 in AL in wins (25) #2 in AL in strikeouts (188)
Al Simmons #2 in AL in RBI (151) #2 in AL in runs scored (144) #3 in AL in home runs (35)
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: PortlandJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
See also Philadelphia Athletics 18, Cleveland Indians 17 (1932) Record-setting game from this season References
External links 1932 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1932 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com