1932 Brooklyn Dodgers season

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

1932 Brooklyn Dodgers
LeagueNational League
BallparkEbbets Field
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersStephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company
PresidentFrank York
ManagersMax Carey
← 1931
1933 →

The 1932 Brooklyn Dodgers season was the first season the franchise was officially known as the Dodgers, with the name making its first appearance on some of the team's jerseys. The Dodgers nickname had been in use since the 1890s and was used interchangeably with other nicknames in media reports, particularly "Robins" in reference to longtime manager Wilbert Robinson. With Robinson's retirement after the 1931 season and the arrival of Max Carey, the nickname "Robins" was no longer used. The team wound up finishing the season in third place.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 90 64 .584 — 53‍–‍24 37‍–‍40
Pittsburgh Pirates 86 68 .558 4 45‍–‍31 41‍–‍37
Brooklyn Dodgers 81 73 .526 9 44‍–‍34 37‍–‍39
Philadelphia Phillies 78 76 .506 12 45‍–‍32 33‍–‍44
Boston Braves 77 77 .500 13 44‍–‍33 33‍–‍44
St. Louis Cardinals 72 82 .468 18 42‍–‍35 30‍–‍47
New York Giants 72 82 .468 18 37‍–‍40 35‍–‍42
Cincinnati Reds 60 94 .390 30 33‍–‍44 27‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

1932 National League record

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

Roster

1932 Brooklyn Dodgers
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 Al López 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 127 446 122 .274 11 60
OF Danny Taylor 105 395 128 .324 11 48
OF Lefty O'Doul 148 595 219 .368 21 90
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 118 384 115 .299 16 56
Gordon Slade 79 250 60 .240 1 23
Bud Clancy 53 196 60 .306 0 16
Neal Finn 65 189 45 .238 0 14
Clyde Sukeforth 59 111 26 .234 0 12
Val Picinich 41 70 18 .257 1 11
Max Rosenfeld 34 39 14 .359 2 7
Alta Cohen 9 32 5 .156 0 1
Ike Boone 13 21 3 .143 0 2
Bruce Caldwell 7 11 1 .091 0 2
Paul Richards 3 8 0 .000 0 0
Dick Siebert 6 7 2 .286 0 0
Bobby Reis 1 4 1 .250 0 0
Fresco Thompson 3 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
Watty Clark 40 273.0 20 12 3.49 99
Van Mungo 39 223.1 13 11 4.43 107
Dazzy Vance 27 175.2 12 11 4.20 103
Sloppy Thurston 28 153.0 12 8 4.06 35

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 34 117.0 7 7 4.54 32
Ray Phelps 20 79.1 4 5 5.90 21
Waite Hoyt 8 26.2 1 3 7.76 7
Fay Thomas 7 17.0 0 1 7.41 9
Ed Pipgras 5 10.0 0 1 5.40 5

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 42 3 7 9 3.30 28
Cy Moore 20 0 3 0 4.81 21
Art Jones 1 0 0 0 18.00 0

Awards and honors

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

Notes

  1. ^ Hack Wilson page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Tony Cuccinello page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Danny Taylor page at Baseball Reference

References