1932 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1932 American League Navin Field Detroit, Michigan 76 75 y 5th Frank Navin Bucky Harris WWJ (AM)(Ty Tyson) The 1932 Detroit Tigers season ended with them placing fifth in the American League with a record of 76–75, 29½ games behind the New York Yankees. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents DET Roster 1932 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 16 Tommy Bridges 21 Izzy Goldstein 18 Art Herring 17 Elon Hogsett 29 Buck Marrow 22 Rip Sewell 11 Vic Sorrell 14 George Uhle 15 Earl Whitehill 12 Whit Wyatt Catchers 25 Gene Desautels 23 Ray Hayworth  9 Muddy Ruel 24 George Susce Infielders  4 Dale Alexander 26 Harry Davis  2 Charlie Gehringer  5 Billy Rhiel  8 Nolen Richardson  6 Billy Rogell 33 Heinie Schuble Outfielders -- Frank Doljack  1 Roy Johnson  7 Bill Lawrence  3 John Stone 27 Gee Walker  4 Earl Webb 28 Jo-Jo White Manager 32 Bucky Harris Coaches 24 Bob Coleman 31 Jewel Ens 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 Ray Hayworth 109 338 99 .293 2 46 1B Harry Davis Harry Davis (1930s first baseman) 141 590 159 .269 4 74 2B Charlie Gehringer 152 618 184 .298 19 104 SS Billy Rogell 144 554 150 .271 9 60 3B Heinie Schuble 102 340 92 .271 5 51 OF Gee Walker 127 480 155 .323 8 76 OF John Stone 145 582 173 .297 17 109 OF Earl Webb 88 338 97 .287 3 51 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 Billy Rhiel 85 250 70 .280 3 38 Jo-Jo White 80 208 54 .260 2 23 Roy Johnson 49 195 49 .251 3 22 Nolen Richardson 69 155 34 .219 0 12 Muddy Ruel 51 136 32 .235 0 19 Gene Desautels 28 72 17 .236 0 2 Bill Lawrence Bill Lawrence (baseball) 25 46 10 .217 0 3 Frank Doljack 8 26 10 .385 1 7 Dale Alexander 23 16 4 .250 0 4 George Susce George Susce (catcher) 2 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 Earl Whitehill 33 244.0 16 12 4.54 81 Vic Sorrell 32 234.1 14 14 4.03 84 Tommy Bridges 34 201.0 14 12 3.36 108 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 Whit Wyatt 43 205.2 9 13 5.03 82 Elon Hogsett 47 178.0 11 9 3.54 56 George Uhle 33 146.2 6 6 4.48 51 Buck Marrow 18 63.2 2 5 4.81 31 Izzy Goldstein 16 56.1 3 2 4.47 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 Art Herring 12 1 2 2 5.24 12 Rip Sewell 5 0 0 0 12.66 2 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Toronto Maple Leafs International League Tom Daly and Lena Blackburne A Beaumont Exporters Texas League Del Baker B Decatur Commodores Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Bob Coleman C Huntington Red Birds Middle Atlantic League Johnny Stuart D Moline Plowboys Mississippi Valley League Dutch Lorbeer LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Beaumont Decatur club folded, July 12, 1932Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 Notable events On August 5 against the Washington Senators, pitcher Tommy Bridges came within one out of a perfect game, retiring the first 26 batters before the Senators' Dave Harris hit a pinch-hit single. Bridges retired the 28th batter, Sam Rice and the Tigers won 13–0.Foxsports; ‘Perfect Games Lost on 27th Batter or Later’ No MLB pitcher was subsequently to come so close to a perfect game until Don Larsen achieved the feat in the 1956 World Series. Notes External links Baseball 1932 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tigers Category:1932 in Detroit