# 1932 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1932 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing second in the American League with a record of 94 wins and 60 losses. The team finished 13 games behind the New York Yankees, breaking their streak of three straight AL championships.

## Regular season

Jimmie Foxx had an impressive offensive season – 58 home runs, 169 RBI, and a .364 batting average – and missed the triple crown by just three BA points. He was voted the American League Most Valuable Player. Mickey Cochrane became the first catcher in Major League Baseball history to score 100 runs and have 100 RBI in the same 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* September 28, 1932: Al Simmons was purchased from the Athletics by the Chicago White Sox.

### 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 | Mickey Cochrane | 139 | 518 | 160 | .349 | 23 | 112 |
| 1B | Jimmie Foxx | 154 | 585 | 213 | .364 | 58 | 169 |
| 2B | Max Bishop | 114 | 409 | 104 | .254 | 5 | 37 |
| 3B | Jimmy Dykes | 153 | 558 | 148 | .265 | 7 | 90 |
| SS | Eric McNair | 135 | 554 | 158 | .285 | 18 | 95 |
| OF | Al Simmons | 154 | 670 | 216 | .322 | 35 | 151 |
| OF | Mule Haas | 143 | 558 | 170 | .305 | 6 | 65 |
| OF | Doc Cramer | 92 | 384 | 129 | .336 | 3 | 46 |

#### 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 |
| Bing Miller | 95 | 305 | 90 | .295 | 7 | 58 |
| Dib Williams | 62 | 215 | 54 | .251 | 4 | 24 |
| Johnnie Heving | 33 | 77 | 21 | .273 | 0 | 10 |
| Ed Coleman | 26 | 73 | 25 | .342 | 1 | 13 |
| Oscar Roettger | 26 | 60 | 14 | .233 | 0 | 6 |
| Ed Madjeski | 17 | 35 | 8 | .229 | 0 | 3 |
| Joe Boley | 10 | 34 | 7 | .206 | 0 | 4 |
| John Jones | 4 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Reiss | 9 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Cihocki | 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 |
| Lefty Grove | 44 | 291.2 | 25 | 10 | 2.84 | 188 |
| Rube Walberg | 42 | 272.0 | 17 | 10 | 4.73 | 96 |
| George Earnshaw | 36 | 245.1 | 19 | 13 | 4.77 | 109 |
| Roy Mahaffey | 37 | 222.2 | 13 | 13 | 5.09 | 106 |
| Tony Freitas | 23 | 150.1 | 12 | 5 | 3.83 | 31 |

#### 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 |
| Lew Krausse | 20 | 57.0 | 4 | 1 | 4.58 | 16 |
| Sugar Cain | 10 | 45.0 | 3 | 4 | 5.00 | 24 |
| Tim McKeithan | 4 | 12.2 | 0 | 1 | 7.11 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Eddie Rommel | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5.51 | 16 |
| Joe Bowman | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.18 | 4 |
| Jimmie DeShong | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.70 | 5 |
| Irv Stein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 0 |

## Awards and honors
### League top five finishers

Jimmie Foxx
* AL leader in home runs (58)
* AL leader in RBI (169)
* AL leader in runs scored (151)
* AL leader in slugging percentage (.749)
* #2 in AL in batting average (.364)
* #2 in AL in on-base percentage (.469)
Lefty Grove
* AL leader in ERA (2.84)
* #2 in AL in wins (25)
* #2 in AL in strikeouts (188)
Al Simmons
* #2 in AL in RBI (151)
* #2 in AL in runs scored (144)
* #3 in AL in home runs (35)

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Portland Beavers | Pacific Coast League | Spencer Abbott |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Portland