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
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1932 Detroit Tigers 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 Ray Hayworth 109 338 99 .293 2 46 1B 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 25 46 10 .217 0 3 Frank Doljack 8 26 10 .385 1 7 Dale Alexander 23 16 4 .250 0 4 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 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 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 12 1 2 2 5.24 12 Rip Sewell 5 0 0 0 12.66 2
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Beaumont
Decatur club folded, July 12, 1932Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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.Foxsports; ‘Perfect Games Lost on 27th Batter or Later’ 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