1932 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1932 Philadelphia Athletics Jersey Logo (1928 to 1949).svg American League Shibe Park Philadelphia 94 60 y 2nd Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe Connie Mack The 1932 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing second in the American League with a record of 94 wins and 60 losses. The team finished 13 games behind the New York Yankees, breaking their streak of three straight AL championships. Regular season Jimmie Foxx had an impressive offensive season – 58 home runs, 169 RBI, and a .364 batting average – and missed the triple crown by just three BA points. He was voted the American League Most Valuable Player. Mickey Cochrane became the first catcher in Major League Baseball history to score 100 runs and have 100 RBI in the same season.Baseball Digest, September 1995, Vol. 54, No. 9, 0005-609X Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA Notable transactions September 28, 1932: Al Simmons was purchased from the Athletics by the Chicago White Sox.Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference Roster 1932 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers 17 Joe Bowman 16 Sugar Cain 19 Jimmie DeShong 11 George Earnshaw 19 Tony Freitas 10 Lefty Grove 18 Lew Krausse 15 Roy Mahaffey 16,24 Tim McKeithan 14 Eddie Rommel 17 Irv Stein 12 Rube Walberg Catchers  2 Mickey Cochrane 20 Johnnie Heving 21 Ed Madjeski Infielders  4 Max Bishop 24 Joe Boley  5 Jimmy Dykes  3 Jimmie Foxx 22 Eric McNair 24 Al Reiss 23 Oscar Roettger 6,23 Dib Williams Outfielders 17 Ed Coleman 26 Doc Cramer  8 Mule Haas 23 John Jones  9 Bing Miller  7 Al Simmons Other batters 42 Ed Cihocki Manager Connie Mack Coaches 31 Eddie Collins 30 Kid Gleason 32 Earle Mack 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 Mickey Cochrane 139 518 160 .349 23 112 1B Jimmie Foxx 154 585 213 .364 58 169 2B Max Bishop 114 409 104 .254 5 37 3B Jimmy Dykes 153 558 148 .265 7 90 SS Eric McNair 135 554 158 .285 18 95 OF Al Simmons 154 670 216 .322 35 151 OF Mule Haas 143 558 170 .305 6 65 OF Doc Cramer 92 384 129 .336 3 46 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 Bing Miller 95 305 90 .295 7 58 Dib Williams 62 215 54 .251 4 24 Johnnie Heving 33 77 21 .273 0 10 Ed Coleman Ed Coleman (baseball) 26 73 25 .342 1 13 Oscar Roettger 26 60 14 .233 0 6 Ed Madjeski 17 35 8 .229 0 3 Joe Boley 10 34 7 .206 0 4 John Jones John Jones (baseball) 4 6 1 .167 0 0 Al Reiss 9 5 1 .200 0 1 Ed Cihocki 1 1 0 .000 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 Lefty Grove 44 291.2 25 10 2.84 188 Rube Walberg 42 272.0 17 10 4.73 96 George Earnshaw 36 245.1 19 13 4.77 109 Roy Mahaffey 37 222.2 13 13 5.09 106 Tony Freitas 23 150.1 12 5 3.83 31 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 Lew Krausse Lew Krausse, Sr. 20 57.0 4 1 4.58 16 Sugar Cain 10 45.0 3 4 5.00 24 Tim McKeithan 4 12.2 0 1 7.11 0 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 Eddie Rommel 17 1 2 2 5.51 16 Joe Bowman baseball 7 0 1 0 8.18 4 Jimmie DeShong 6 0 0 0 11.70 5 Irv Stein 1 0 0 0 12.00 0 Awards and honors League top five finishers Jimmie Foxx AL leader in home runs (58) AL leader in RBI (169) AL leader in runs scored (151) AL leader in slugging percentage (.749) #2 in AL in batting average (.364) #2 in AL in on-base percentage (.469) Lefty Grove AL leader in ERA (2.84) #2 in AL in wins (25) #2 in AL in strikeouts (188) Al Simmons #2 in AL in RBI (151) #2 in AL in runs scored (144) #3 in AL in home runs (35) Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Spencer Abbott LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: PortlandJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 See also Philadelphia Athletics 18, Cleveland Indians 17 (1932) Record-setting game from this season References 2 External links 1932 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1932 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Oakland