1932 Cleveland Indians season

The 1932 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 87–65, 19 games behind the New York Yankees.

1932 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
League Park (Since 1901) Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1936) Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Alva Bradley
General manager(s)	Billy Evans
Manager(s)	Roger Peckinpaugh
Local radio	WHK (Jack Graney)
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Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	107	47	0.695	—	62–15	45–32
Philadelphia Athletics	94	60	0.610	13	51–26	43–34
Washington Senators	93	61	0.604	14	51–26	42–35
Cleveland Indians	87	65	0.572	19	43–33	44–32
Detroit Tigers	76	75	0.503	29½	42–34	34–41
St. Louis Browns	63	91	0.409	44	33–42	30–49
Chicago White Sox	49	102	0.325	56½	28–49	21–53
Boston Red Sox	43	111	0.279	64	27–50	16–61

Record vs. opponents

1932 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 17 Pete Appleton 16 Clint Brown 15 Sarge Connally 14 Wes Ferrell 18 Mel Harder 19 Oral Hildebrand 12 Willis Hudlin 24,21 Leo Moon 24 Monte Pearson 17 Jack Russell 21 Ralph Winegarner		Catchers  9 Glenn Myatt 11 Frankie Pytlak  8 Luke Sewell Infielders 22 Boze Berger 22 Joe Boley  1 Johnny Burnett  4 Bill Cissell 37 Bruce Connatser  4 Johnny Hodapp  5 Willie Kamm  7 Ed Montague 33 Ed Morgan		Outfielders  3 Earl Averill 28 Charlie Jamieson  2 Dick Porter 31 Mike Powers 31 Bob Seeds  6 Joe Vosmik		Manager 10 Roger Peckinpaugh Coaches 20 Howie Shanks 30 Earl Wolgamot

Player stats

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	Luke Sewell	87	300	76	.253	2	52
1B	Ed Morgan	144	532	156	.293	4	68
2B	Bill Cissell	131	541	173	.320	6	93
SS	Johnny Burnett	129	512	152	.297	4	53
3B	Willie Kamm	148	524	150	.286	3	83
OF	Joe Vosmik	153	621	194	.312	10	97
OF	Earl Averill	153	631	198	.314	32	124
OF	Dick Porter	146	621	191	.308	4	60

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
Glenn Myatt	85	252	62	.246	8	46
Ed Montague	68	192	47	.245	0	24
Bruce Connatser	64	60	14	.233	0	4
Frankie Pytlak	33	29	7	.241	0	4
Mike Powers	14	33	6	.182	0	5
Charlie Jamieson	16	16	1	.063	0	0
Johnny Hodapp	7	16	2	.125	0	0
Bob Seeds	2	4	0	.000	0	0
Joe Boley	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Boze Berger	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Wes Ferrell	38	287.2	23	13	3.66	105
Clint Brown	37	262.2	15	12	4.08	59
Mel Harder	39	254.2	15	13	3.75	90
Willis Hudlin	33	181.2	12	8	4.71	65
Oral Hildebrand	27	129.1	8	6	3.69	49
Jack Russell	18	113.0	5	7	4.70	27

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
Ralph Winegarner	5	17.1	1	0	1.04	5
Leo Moon	1	5.2	0	0	11.12	1
Pete Appleton	4	5.0	0	0	16.20	1

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
Sarge Connally	35	8	6	3	4.33	32
Monte Pearson	23	0	0	0	10.13	5

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Toledo Mud Hens	American Association	Bibb Falk
B	Fort Wayne Chiefs	Central League	Bill Wambsganss
B	Quincy Indians	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Sylvester Simon
B	Williamsport Grays	New York–Pennsylvania League	Herbie Moran, Harry Hinchman and Glenn Killinger
D	Burlington Bees	Mississippi Valley League	Art Mueller and Jack Tesar

Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League folded July 15, 1932[1]

References

1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 1932 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference