# 1932 Washington Senators season

The 1932 Washington Senators won 93 games, lost 61, and finished in third place in the American League. They were managed by Walter Johnson and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

## Regular season

The 1932 Washington Senators were the last team in the 20th century to have 100 triples in one 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 | Roy Spencer | 102 | 317 | 78 | .246 | 1 | 41 |
| 1B | Joe Kuhel | 101 | 347 | 101 | .291 | 4 | 52 |
| 2B | Buddy Myer | 143 | 577 | 161 | .279 | 5 | 52 |
| SS | Joe Cronin | 143 | 557 | 177 | .318 | 6 | 116 |
| 3B | Ossie Bluege | 149 | 507 | 131 | .258 | 5 | 64 |
| OF | Carl Reynolds | 102 | 406 | 124 | .305 | 9 | 63 |
| OF | Heinie Manush | 149 | 625 | 214 | .342 | 14 | 116 |
| OF | Sam West | 146 | 554 | 159 | .287 | 6 | 83 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Judge | 82 | 291 | 75 | .258 | 3 | 29 |
| Sam Rice | 106 | 288 | 93 | .323 | 1 | 34 |
| Moe Berg | 75 | 195 | 46 | .236 | 1 | 26 |
| Dave Harris | 81 | 156 | 51 | .327 | 6 | 29 |
| John Kerr | 51 | 132 | 36 | .273 | 0 | 15 |
| Howard Maple | 44 | 41 | 10 | .244 | 0 | 7 |
| Wes Kingdon | 18 | 34 | 11 | .324 | 0 | 3 |
| Danny Musser | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim McLeod | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| General Crowder | 50 | 327.0 | 26 | 13 | 3.33 | 103 |
| Monte Weaver | 43 | 234.0 | 22 | 10 | 4.08 | 83 |
| Tommy Thomas | 18 | 117.0 | 8 | 7 | 3.54 | 36 |

#### 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 |
| Lloyd Brown | 46 | 202.2 | 15 | 12 | 4.44 | 53 |
| Firpo Marberry | 54 | 197.2 | 8 | 4 | 4.01 | 66 |
| Bobby Burke | 22 | 91.0 | 3 | 6 | 5.14 | 32 |
| Dick Coffman | 22 | 76.1 | 1 | 6 | 4.83 | 17 |
| Carl Fischer | 12 | 50.2 | 3 | 2 | 4.97 | 23 |
| Bill McAfee | 8 | 41.1 | 6 | 1 | 3.92 | 10 |

#### 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 |
| Frank Ragland | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.41 | 11 |
| Bob Friedrichs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 2 |
| Bud Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Ed Edelen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | Bert Niehoff |