# 1932 St. Louis Browns season

The 1932 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 63 wins and 91 losses.

## 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 27, 1932: Red Kress was traded by the Browns to the Chicago White Sox for Bruce Campbell and Bump Hadley.
* September 9, 1932: Chad Kimsey was purchased from the Browns 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 | Rick Ferrell | 126 | 438 | 138 | .315 | 2 | 65 |
| 1B | Jack Burns | 150 | 617 | 188 | .305 | 11 | 70 |
| 2B | Ski Melillo | 154 | 612 | 148 | .242 | 3 | 66 |
| SS | Jim Levey | 152 | 568 | 159 | .280 | 4 | 63 |
| 3B | Art Scharein | 81 | 303 | 92 | .304 | 0 | 42 |
| OF | Fred Schulte | 146 | 565 | 166 | .294 | 9 | 73 |
| OF | Goose Goslin | 150 | 572 | 171 | .299 | 17 | 104 |
| OF | Bruce Campbell | 139 | 593 | 169 | .285 | 14 | 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 |
| Lin Storti | 53 | 193 | 50 | .259 | 3 | 26 |
| Benny Bengough | 54 | 139 | 35 | .252 | 0 | 15 |
| Debs Garms | 34 | 134 | 38 | .284 | 1 | 8 |
| Ed Grimes | 31 | 68 | 16 | .235 | 0 | 13 |
| Tom Jenkins | 25 | 62 | 20 | .323 | 0 | 5 |
| Red Kress | 14 | 52 | 9 | .173 | 2 | 9 |
| Larry Bettencourt | 27 | 30 | 4 | .133 | 1 | 3 |
| Johnny Schulte | 15 | 24 | 5 | .208 | 0 | 3 |
| Showboat Fisher | 18 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 2 |
| Nap Kloza | 19 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim McLaughlin | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 Stewart | 41 | 259.2 | 15 | 19 | 4.61 | 86 |
| George Blaeholder | 42 | 258.1 | 14 | 14 | 4.70 | 80 |
| Bump Hadley | 40 | 229.2 | 13 | 20 | 5.53 | 132 |

#### 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 |
| Sam Gray | 52 | 206.2 | 7 | 12 | 4.53 | 79 |
| Wally Hebert | 35 | 108.1 | 1 | 12 | 6.48 | 29 |
| Carl Fischer | 24 | 97.0 | 3 | 7 | 5.57 | 35 |
| Dick Coffman | 9 | 61.0 | 5 | 3 | 3.10 | 14 |

#### 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 |
| Chad Kimsey | 33 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4.02 | 13 |
| Bob Cooney | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6.97 | 23 |
| Lou Polli | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 5 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Wichita Falls Spudders/Longview Cannibals | Texas League | Hank Severeid |
| C | Fort Smith Twins/Muskogee Chiefs | Western Association | Jerry Mallett and Runt Marr |
| D | Rock Island Islanders | Mississippi Valley League | George Young and Riley Parker |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rock Island Wichita Falls transferred to Longview and renamed, May 20; Fort Smith franchise transferred to Muskogee and renamed, July 1, 1932