1932 Washington Senators season

1932 Washington Senators
1932 Washington Senators
League	American League
Ballpark	Griffith Stadium
City	Washington, D.C.
Owners	Clark Griffith and William Richardson
Managers	Walter Johnson

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.^[1]

Season standings

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American 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 record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

1932 Washington Senators

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

25 Walter Johnson

Coaches

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