1932 Boston Braves | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Braves Field |
City | Boston, Massachusetts |
Record | 77–77 (.500) |
League place | 5th |
Owners | Emil Fuchs |
Managers | Bill McKechnie |
Radio | WNAC (Fred Hoey) |
The 1932 Boston Braves season was the 62nd season of the franchise.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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C | Al Spohrer | 104 | 335 | 90 | .269 | 0 | 33 |
1B | Art Shires | 82 | 298 | 71 | .238 | 5 | 30 |
2B | Rabbit Maranville | 149 | 571 | 134 | .235 | 0 | 37 |
SS | Billy Urbanski | 136 | 563 | 153 | .272 | 8 | 46 |
3B | Fritz Knothe | 89 | 344 | 82 | .238 | 1 | 36 |
OF | Wes Schulmerich | 119 | 404 | 105 | .260 | 11 | 57 |
OF | Wally Berger | 145 | 602 | 185 | .307 | 17 | 73 |
OF | Red Worthington | 105 | 435 | 132 | .303 | 8 | 61 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Randy Moore | 107 | 351 | 103 | .293 | 3 | 43 |
Freddy Leach | 84 | 223 | 55 | .247 | 1 | 29 |
Pinky Hargrave | 82 | 217 | 57 | .263 | 4 | 33 |
Buck Jordan | 49 | 212 | 68 | .321 | 2 | 29 |
Dutch Holland | 39 | 156 | 46 | .295 | 1 | 18 |
Hod Ford | 40 | 95 | 26 | .274 | 0 | 6 |
Bill Akers | 36 | 93 | 24 | .258 | 1 | 17 |
Bucky Walters | 22 | 75 | 14 | .187 | 0 | 4 |
Earl Clark | 50 | 44 | 11 | .250 | 0 | 4 |
Johnny Schulte | 10 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 1 | 2 |
Ox Eckhardt | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ed Brandt | 35 | 254.0 | 16 | 16 | 3.97 | 79 |
Huck Betts | 31 | 221.2 | 13 | 11 | 2.80 | 32 |
Bob Brown | 35 | 213.0 | 14 | 7 | 3.30 | 110 |
Tom Zachary | 32 | 212.0 | 12 | 11 | 3.10 | 67 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ben Cantwell | 37 | 146.0 | 13 | 11 | 2.96 | 33 |
Socks Seibold | 28 | 136.2 | 3 | 10 | 4.68 | 33 |
Fred Frankhouse | 37 | 108.2 | 4 | 6 | 3.56 | 35 |
Hub Pruett | 18 | 63.0 | 1 | 5 | 5.14 | 27 |
Bruce Cunningham | 18 | 47.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.45 | 21 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Leo Mangum | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.23 | 3 |
Bill Sherdel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Farm system
[edit]Level | Team | League | Manager |
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B | Harrisburg Senators | New York–Pennsylvania League | Eddie Onslow |
References
[edit]- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
External links
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