# 1932 Chicago Cubs season

The 1932 Chicago Cubs season was the 61st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 57th in the National League and the 17th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished first in the National League with a record of 90–64, four games ahead of the second place Pittsburgh Pirates. The team was swept four games to none by the New York Yankees in the 1932 World Series.

## Regular season
### 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* August 3, 1932: Rogers Hornsby was released by the Cubs.

### 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 | Gabby Hartnett | 121 | 406 | 110 | .271 | 12 | 52 |
| 1B | Charlie Grimm | 149 | 570 | 175 | .307 | 7 | 80 |
| 2B | Billy Herman | 154 | 656 | 206 | .314 | 1 | 51 |
| SS | Billy Jurges | 115 | 396 | 100 | .253 | 2 | 52 |
| 3B | Woody English | 127 | 522 | 142 | .272 | 3 | 47 |
| OF | Riggs Stephenson | 147 | 583 | 189 | .324 | 4 | 85 |
| OF | Kiki Cuyler | 110 | 446 | 130 | .291 | 10 | 77 |
| OF | Johnny Moore | 119 | 443 | 135 | .305 | 13 | 64 |

#### 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 |
| Stan Hack | 72 | 178 | 42 | .236 | 2 | 19 |
| Rollie Hemsley | 60 | 151 | 36 | .238 | 4 | 20 |
| Lance Richbourg | 44 | 148 | 38 | .257 | 1 | 21 |
| Vince Barton | 36 | 134 | 30 | .224 | 3 | 15 |
| Mark Koenig | 33 | 102 | 36 | .353 | 3 | 11 |
| Marv Gudat | 60 | 94 | 24 | .255 | 1 | 15 |
| Rogers Hornsby | 19 | 58 | 13 | .224 | 1 | 7 |
| Frank Demaree | 23 | 56 | 14 | .250 | 0 | 6 |
| Zach Taylor | 21 | 30 | 6 | .200 | 0 | 3 |
| Danny Taylor | 6 | 22 | 5 | .227 | 0 | 3 |
| Harry Taylor | 10 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 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 |
| Lon Warneke | 35 | 277.0 | 22 | 6 | 2.37 | 106 |
| Guy Bush | 40 | 238.2 | 19 | 11 | 3.21 | 73 |
| Pat Malone | 37 | 237.0 | 15 | 17 | 3.38 | 120 |

#### 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 |
| Charlie Root | 39 | 216.1 | 15 | 10 | 3.58 | 96 |
| Burleigh Grimes | 30 | 141.1 | 6 | 11 | 4.78 | 36 |
| Bob Smith | 34 | 119.0 | 4 | 3 | 4.61 | 35 |
| Bud Tinning | 24 | 93.1 | 5 | 3 | 2.80 | 30 |

#### 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 |
| Jakie May | 35 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4.36 | 20 |
| Leroy Herrmann | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.39 | 5 |
| Carroll Yerkes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 |
| Ed Baecht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Bobo Newsome | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## 1932 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (0)
"Babe Ruth's called shot" was the home run hit by Babe Ruth in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, held on October 1, 1932, at Wrigley Field in Chicago. During the at bat, which came against Charlie Root, Ruth made a pointing gesture, which existing film confirms, but the exact nature of his gesture is ambiguous. Although neither fully confirmed nor refuted, the story goes that Ruth pointed to the center field bleachers during the at bat. It was supposedly a declaration that he would hit a home run to this part of the park. On the next pitch, Ruth hit a home run to center field.
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
| 1 | Cubs – 6, Yankees – 12 | September 28 | Yankee Stadium | 41,459 |
| 2 | Cubs – 2, Yankees – 5 | September 29 | Yankee Stadium | 50,709 |
| 3 | Yankees – 7, Cubs – 5 | October 1 | Wrigley Field | 49,986 |
| 4 | Yankees – 13, Cubs – 6 | October 2 | Wrigley Field | 49,844 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Los Angeles Angels | Pacific Coast League | Jack Lelivelt |
| A | Wichita Aviators | Western League | Jimmy Payton |