# 1932 Cleveland Indians season

The 1932 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 87–65, 19 games behind the New York Yankees.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 107 | 47 | .695 | — | 62‍–‍15 | 45‍–‍32 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 94 | 60 | .610 | 13 | 51‍–‍26 | 43‍–‍34 |
| Washington Senators | 93 | 61 | .604 | 14 | 51‍–‍26 | 42‍–‍35 |
| Cleveland Indians | 87 | 65 | .572 | 19 | 43‍–‍33 | 44‍–‍32 |
| Detroit Tigers | 76 | 75 | .503 | 29½ | 42‍–‍34 | 34‍–‍41 |
| St. Louis Browns | 63 | 91 | .409 | 44 | 33‍–‍42 | 30‍–‍49 |
| Chicago White Sox | 49 | 102 | .325 | 56½ | 28‍–‍49 | 21‍–‍53 |
| Boston Red Sox | 43 | 111 | .279 | 64 | 27‍–‍50 | 16‍–‍61 |

### Record vs. opponents

1932 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 12–10 | 4–18 | 6–16 | 5–17 | 4–18 | 7–15 | 5–17 |
| Chicago | 10–12 | — | 7–14–1 | 8–12 | 5–17 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 4–18 |
| Cleveland | 18–4 | 14–7–1 | — | 11–10 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 11–11 |
| Detroit | 16–6 | 12–8 | 10–11 | — | 5–17–2 | 7–15 | 15–7 | 11–11 |
| New York | 17–5 | 17–5 | 15–7 | 17–5–2 | — | 14–8 | 16–6 | 11–11 |
| Philadelphia | 18–4 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 8–14 | — | 16–6 | 10–12 |
| St. Louis | 15–7 | 14–8 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 6–16 | 6–16 | — | 9–13 |
| Washington | 17–5 | 18–4 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 13–9 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | Luke Sewell | 87 | 300 | 76 | .253 | 2 | 52 |
| 1B | Ed Morgan | 144 | 532 | 156 | .293 | 4 | 68 |
| 2B | Bill Cissell | 131 | 541 | 173 | .320 | 6 | 93 |
| SS | Johnny Burnett | 129 | 512 | 152 | .297 | 4 | 53 |
| 3B | Willie Kamm | 148 | 524 | 150 | .286 | 3 | 83 |
| OF | Joe Vosmik | 153 | 621 | 194 | .312 | 10 | 97 |
| OF | Earl Averill | 153 | 631 | 198 | .314 | 32 | 124 |
| OF | Dick Porter | 146 | 621 | 191 | .308 | 4 | 60 |

#### 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 |
| Glenn Myatt | 85 | 252 | 62 | .246 | 8 | 46 |
| Ed Montague | 68 | 192 | 47 | .245 | 0 | 24 |
| Bruce Connatser | 64 | 60 | 14 | .233 | 0 | 4 |
| Mike Powers | 14 | 33 | 6 | .182 | 0 | 5 |
| Frankie Pytlak | 33 | 29 | 7 | .241 | 0 | 4 |
| Charlie Jamieson | 16 | 16 | 1 | .063 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Hodapp | 7 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Seeds | 2 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Boley | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Boze Berger | 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 |
| Wes Ferrell | 38 | 287.2 | 23 | 13 | 3.66 | 105 |
| Clint Brown | 37 | 262.2 | 15 | 12 | 4.08 | 59 |
| Mel Harder | 39 | 254.2 | 15 | 13 | 3.75 | 90 |
| Willis Hudlin | 33 | 181.2 | 12 | 8 | 4.71 | 65 |
| Oral Hildebrand | 27 | 129.1 | 8 | 6 | 3.69 | 49 |
| Jack Russell | 18 | 113.0 | 5 | 7 | 4.70 | 27 |

#### 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 |
| Ralph Winegarner | 5 | 17.1 | 1 | 0 | 1.04 | 5 |
| Leo Moon | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 11.12 | 1 |
| Pete Appleton | 4 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Sarge Connally | 35 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4.33 | 32 |
| Monte Pearson | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 5 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Toledo Mud Hens | American Association | Bibb Falk |
| B | Fort Wayne Chiefs | Central League | Bill Wambsganss |
| B | Quincy Indians | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Sylvester Simon |
| B | Williamsport Grays | New York–Pennsylvania League | Herbie Moran, Harry Hinchman and Glenn Killinger |
| D | Burlington Bees | Mississippi Valley League | Art Mueller and Jack Tesar |
Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League folded July 15, 1932