1932 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs 1932 National League champions 1920 cub logo.svg National League Wrigley Field Chicago 90 64 y 1st William Wrigley Jr., Philip K. Wrigley Rogers Hornsby, Charlie Grimm WGN(Bob Elson)WBBM(Pat Flanagan)WMAQ(Hal Totten)WJKS(Johnny O'Hara) 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 Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC Notable transactions August 3, 1932: Rogers Hornsby was released by the Cubs.Rogers Hornsby page at Baseball Reference Roster 1932 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers 16 Ed Baecht 14 Guy Bush 16 Burleigh Grimes 23 Leroy Herrmann 15 Pat Malone 19 Jakie May 27 Bobo Newsom 12 Charlie Root 18 Bob Smith 21 Bud Tinning 17 Lon Warneke 41 Carroll Yerkes Catchers  7 Gabby Hartnett  8 Rollie Hemsley 34 Zack Taylor Infielders  1 Woody English  6 Charlie Grimm 31 Stan Hack  2 Billy Herman 11 Billy Jurges  9 Mark Koenig 19 Harry Taylor Outfielders 49 Vince Barton  3 Kiki Cuyler 51 Frank Demaree 22 Marv Gudat  9 Rogers Hornsby  5 Johnny Moore 56 Lance Richbourg  4 Riggs Stephenson -- Danny Taylor Manager  6 Charlie Grimm  9 Rogers Hornsby Coaches 41 Red Corriden 42 Charley O'Leary 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 Johnny Moore (baseball) 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 Zack Taylor (baseball) 21 30 6 .200 0 3 Danny Taylor Danny Taylor (baseball) 6 22 5 .227 0 3 Harry Taylor Harry Taylor (1930s first baseman) 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 Bob Smith (pitcher, born 1895) 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 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. GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Cubs – 6, Yankees – 12 September 28Yankee Stadium 41,4592 Cubs – 2, Yankees – 5 September 29Yankee Stadium 50,7093 Yankees – 7, Cubs – 5 October 1Wrigley Field 49,9864 Yankees – 13, Cubs – 6 October 2Wrigley Field 49,844 Farm system Minor league baseball AA Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League Jack Lelivelt A Wichita Aviators Western League Jimmy PaytonJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007 Notes References 1932 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Category:National League champion seasons Chicago Cubs