1932 Boston Braves season

1932  Boston Braves
League	National League
Ballpark	Braves Field
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	77–77 (.500)
League place	5th
Owners	Emil Fuchs
Managers	Bill McKechnie
Radio	WNAC (Fred Hoey)
←  1931 1933  →

The 1932 Boston Braves season was the 62nd season of the franchise.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	90	64	0.584	—	53–24	37–40
Pittsburgh Pirates	86	68	0.558	4	45–31	41–37
Brooklyn Dodgers	81	73	0.526	9	44–34	37–39
Philadelphia Phillies	78	76	0.506	12	45–32	33–44
Boston Braves	77	77	0.500	13	44–33	33–44
St. Louis Cardinals	72	82	0.468	18	42–35	30–47
New York Giants	72	82	0.468	18	37–40	35–42
Cincinnati Reds	60	94	0.390	30	33–44	27–50

Record vs. opponents

1932 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	15–7	8–14	9–13	11–11	11–11	10–12	13–9–1
Brooklyn	7–15	—	10–12	15–7	15–7	8–14	12–10	14–8
Chicago	14–8	12–10	—	12–10	15–7	16–6	9–13	12–10
Cincinnati	13–9	7–15	10–12	—	7–15	9–13	8–14	6–16–1
New York	11–11	7–15	7–15	15–7	—	11–11	7–15	14–8
Philadelphia	11–11	14–8	6–16	13–9	11–11	—	14–8	9–13
Pittsburgh	12–10	10–12	13–9	14–8	15–7	8–14	—	14–8
St. Louis	9–13–1	8–14	10–12	16–6–1	8–14	13–9	8–14	—

Roster

1932 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers 19 Huck Betts 11 Ed Brandt 18 Bob Brown 15 Ben Cantwell 17 Bruce Cunningham 16 Fred Frankhouse 27 Leo Mangum 21 Hub Pruett 12 Socks Seibold -- Bill Sherdel 14 Tom Zachary		Catchers  9 Pinky Hargrave 23 Johnny Schulte  8 Al Spohrer Infielders  6 Bill Akers 24 Hod Ford  5 Buck Jordan  7 Fritz Knothe  1 Rabbit Maranville  5 Art Shires 10 Billy Urbanski  9 Bucky Walters		Outfielders  3 Wally Berger 30 Earl Clark 28 Dutch Holland 22 Freddy Leach 20 Randy Moore  4 Wes Schulmerich  2 Red Worthington Other batters -- Ox Eckhardt		Manager 34 Bill McKechnie Coaches 32 Hank Gowdy 33 Duffy Lewis

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	Al Spohrer	104	335	90	.269	0	33
1B	Art Shires	82	298	71	.238	5	30
2B	Rabbit Maranville	149	571	134	.235	0	37
SS	Billy Urbanski	136	563	153	.272	8	46
3B	Fritz Knothe	89	344	82	.238	1	36
OF	Wes Schulmerich	119	404	105	.260	11	57
OF	Wally Berger	145	602	185	.307	17	73
OF	Red Worthington	105	435	132	.303	8	61

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
Randy Moore	107	351	103	.293	3	43
Freddy Leach	84	223	55	.247	1	29
Pinky Hargrave	82	217	57	.263	4	33
Buck Jordan	49	212	68	.321	2	29
Dutch Holland	39	156	46	.295	1	18
Hod Ford	40	95	26	.274	0	6
Bill Akers	36	93	24	.258	1	17
Bucky Walters	22	75	14	.187	0	4
Earl Clark	50	44	11	.250	0	4
Johnny Schulte	10	9	2	.222	1	2
Ox Eckhardt	8	8	2	.250	0	1

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
Ed Brandt	35	254.0	16	16	3.97	79
Huck Betts	31	221.2	13	11	2.80	32
Bob Brown	35	213.0	14	7	3.30	110
Tom Zachary	32	212.0	12	11	3.10	67

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
Ben Cantwell	37	146.0	13	11	2.96	33
Socks Seibold	28	136.2	3	10	4.68	33
Fred Frankhouse	37	108.2	4	6	3.56	35
Hub Pruett	18	63.0	1	5	5.14	27
Bruce Cunningham	18	47.0	1	0	3.45	21

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
Leo Mangum	7	0	0	0	5.23	3
Bill Sherdel	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
B	Harrisburg Senators	New York–Pennsylvania League	Eddie Onslow

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References

1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

External links

• 1932 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference