The 1932 Chicago Cubs season was the 61st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 57th in the National League and the 17th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished first in the National League with a record of 90–64, four games ahead of the second place Pittsburgh Pirates. The team was swept four games to none by the New York Yankees in the 1932 World Series.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions August 3, 1932: Rogers Hornsby was released by the Cubs.Rogers Hornsby page at Baseball Reference
Roster 1932 Chicago Cubs 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 121 406 110 .271 12 52 1B 149 570 175 .307 7 80 2B 154 656 206 .314 1 51 SS 115 396 100 .253 2 52 3B 127 522 142 .272 3 47 OF 147 583 189 .324 4 85 OF 110 446 130 .291 10 77 OF 119 443 135 .305 13 64
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 72 178 42 .236 2 19 60 151 36 .238 4 20 44 148 38 .257 1 21 36 134 30 .224 3 15 33 102 36 .353 3 11 60 94 24 .255 1 15 19 58 13 .224 1 7 23 56 14 .250 0 6 21 30 6 .200 0 3 6 22 5 .227 0 3 10 8 1 .125 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 35 277.0 22 6 2.37 106 40 238.2 19 11 3.21 73 37 237.0 15 17 3.38 120
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 39 216.1 15 10 3.58 96 30 141.1 6 11 4.78 36 34 119.0 4 3 4.61 35 24 93.1 5 3 2.80 30
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 35 2 2 1 4.36 20 7 2 1 0 6.39 5 2 0 0 0 3.00 4 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
1932 World Series
AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (0)
"Babe Ruth's called shot" was the home run hit by Babe Ruth in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, held on October 1, 1932, at Wrigley Field in Chicago. During the at bat, which came against Charlie Root, Ruth made a pointing gesture, which existing film confirms, but the exact nature of his gesture is ambiguous. Although neither fully confirmed nor refuted, the story goes that Ruth pointed to the center field bleachers during the at bat. It was supposedly a declaration that he would hit a home run to this part of the park. On the next pitch, Ruth hit a home run to center field.
GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Cubs – 6, Yankees – 12 September 28Yankee Stadium 41,4592 Cubs – 2, Yankees – 5 September 29Yankee Stadium 50,7093 Yankees – 7, Cubs – 5 October 1Wrigley Field 49,9864 Yankees – 13, Cubs – 6 October 2Wrigley Field 49,844
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
Notes
References 1932 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference