# 1932 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1932 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 48th in franchise history. They finished fourth in the National League with a 78–76 record. It was the Phillies' only winning season between 1917 and 1949.
Don Hurst led the National League this season with 143 runs batted in.

## Regular season

On August 15, 1932, the Phillies defeated a team of Grand Rapids All-Stars 2 to 0 at Ramona Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan in a mid season exhibition.

### Season standings

vteNational 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 recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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 | Spud Davis | 125 | 402 | 135 | .336 | 14 | 70 |
| 1B | Don Hurst | 150 | 579 | 196 | .339 | 24 | 143 |
| 2B | Les Mallon | 103 | 347 | 90 | .259 | 5 | 31 |
| SS | Dick Bartell | 154 | 614 | 189 | .308 | 1 | 53 |
| 3B | Pinky Whitney | 154 | 624 | 186 | .298 | 13 | 124 |
| OF | Kiddo Davis | 137 | 576 | 178 | .309 | 5 | 57 |
| OF | Chuck Klein | 154 | 650 | 226 | .348 | 38 | 137 |
| OF | Hal Lee | 149 | 595 | 180 | .303 | 18 | 85 |

#### 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 |
| Bernie Friberg | 61 | 154 | 37 | .240 | 0 | 14 |
| Harry McCurdy | 62 | 136 | 32 | .235 | 1 | 14 |
| Rube Bressler | 27 | 83 | 19 | .229 | 0 | 6 |
| Al Todd | 33 | 70 | 16 | .229 | 0 | 9 |
| Fred Brickell | 45 | 66 | 22 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
| Eddie Delker | 30 | 62 | 10 | .161 | 1 | 7 |
| Cliff Heathcote | 30 | 39 | 11 | .282 | 1 | 5 |
| George Knothe | 6 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
| Russ Scarritt | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Taitt | 4 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
| Hugh Willingham | 4 | 2 | 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 |
| Ed Holley | 34 | 228.0 | 11 | 14 | 3.95 | 87 |
| Ray Benge | 41 | 222.1 | 13 | 12 | 4.05 | 89 |
| Flint Rhem | 26 | 168.2 | 11 | 7 | 3.74 | 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 |
| Snipe Hansen | 39 | 191.0 | 10 | 10 | 3.72 | 56 |
| Phil Collins | 43 | 184.1 | 14 | 12 | 5.27 | 66 |
| Jumbo Elliott | 39 | 166.0 | 11 | 10 | 5.42 | 62 |
| Hal Elliott | 16 | 57.2 | 2 | 4 | 5.77 | 13 |

#### 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 Berly | 21 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7.63 | 15 |
| Reggie Grabowski | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.67 | 15 |
| Clise Dudley | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.13 | 5 |
| Chet Nichols Sr. | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.98 | 5 |
| Ad Liska | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.69 | 6 |
| Stew Bolen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.81 | 3 |
| Bob Adams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| B | Durham Bulls | Piedmont League | Possum Whitted |