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1932 Boston Braves season

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1932 Boston Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkBraves Field
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record77–77 (.500)
League place5th
OwnersEmil Fuchs
ManagersBill McKechnie
RadioWNAC
(Fred Hoey)
← 1931
1933 →

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

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 90 64 .584 53‍–‍24 37‍–‍40
Pittsburgh Pirates 86 68 .558 4 45‍–‍31 41‍–‍37
Brooklyn Dodgers 81 73 .526 9 44‍–‍34 37‍–‍39
Philadelphia Phillies 78 76 .506 12 45‍–‍32 33‍–‍44
Boston Braves 77 77 .500 13 44‍–‍33 33‍–‍44
St. Louis Cardinals 72 82 .468 18 42‍–‍35 30‍–‍47
New York Giants 72 82 .468 18 37‍–‍40 35‍–‍42
Cincinnati Reds 60 94 .390 30 33‍–‍44 27‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

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1932 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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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

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

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References

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