1932 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1932 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 51st season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 46th in the National League. The Pirates finished second in the league standings with a record of 86–68.

1932 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss, Bill Benswanger
ManagersGeorge Gibson
Local televisionnone
Local radionone
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Regular season

The Pirates' starting lineup included four future Hall of Famers: Pie Traynor, Arky Vaughan, Lloyd Waner, and Paul Waner. At just 20 years old, Vaughan was the youngest player in the majors in 1932.

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 9064 0.584 — 53–24 37–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 8668 0.558 4 45–31 41–37
Brooklyn Dodgers 8173 0.526 9 44–34 37–39
Philadelphia Phillies 7876 0.506 12 45–32 33–44
Boston Braves 7777 0.500 13 44–33 33–44
St. Louis Cardinals 7282 0.468 18 42–35 30–47
New York Giants 7282 0.468 18 37–40 35–42
Cincinnati Reds 6094 0.390 30 33–44 27–50

Record vs. opponents
1932 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —15–78–149–1311–1111–1110–1213–9–1
Brooklyn 7–15—10–1215–715–78–1412–1014–8
Chicago 14–812–10—12–1015–716–69–1312–10
Cincinnati 13–97–1510–12—7–159–138–146–16–1
New York 11–117–157–1515–7—11–117–1514–8
Philadelphia 11–1114–86–1613–911–11—14–89–13
Pittsburgh 12–1010–1213–914–815–78–14—14–8
St. Louis 9–13–18–1410–1216–6–18–1413–98–14—

Game log
1932 Game Log: 86–68 (Home: 45–31; Away: 41–37)
April: 6–9 (Home: 3–3; Away: 3–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 12@ Cardinals2–10RhemFrench (0–1)—5,9240–1
2April 13@ Cardinals8–9LindseySpencer (0–1)——0–2
3April 14@ Cardinals5–4French (1–1)Derringer——1–2
4April 15@ Cardinals9–7Brame (1–0)Johnson—1,9882–2
5April 16@ Reds0–5JohnsonHarris (0–1)——2–3
6April 17@ Reds4–3Spencer (1–1)BentonSwift (1)—3–3
7April 18@ Reds0–5KolpFrench (1–2)——3–4
8April 20Cardinals7–0Swetonic (1–0)Hallahan——4–4
9April 21Cardinals7–6 (10)French (2–2)Frey——5–4
10April 22Cardinals3–5 (10)JohnsonFrench (2–3)——5–5
11April 23Cardinals10–9Swift (1–0)Dean——6–5
12April 24@ Cubs3–12RootSpencer (1–2)—8,0006–6
13April 27@ Cubs4–8MaloneSwetonic (1–1)——6–7
14April 28Reds6–7OgdenFrench (2–4)——6–8
15April 29Reds4–6RixeyBrame (1–1)——6–9
May: 14–11 (Home: 7–8; Away: 7–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
16May 1@ Reds5–7LucasFrench (2–5)—21,0006–10
17May 2Cubs2–0Swetonic (2–1)Malone——7–10
18May 3Cubs6–8SmithSwift (1–1)——7–11
19May 4Cubs1–4WarnekeFrench (2–6)——7–12
20May 6Phillies2–4ElliottHarris (0–2)——7–13
21May 7Phillies3–5HansenSpencer (1–3)Benge—7–14
22May 9Braves5–6 (12)FrankhouseFrench (2–7)Cantwell—7–15
23May 15@ Dodgers2–0Swetonic (3–1)Shaute—25,0008–15
24May 16Dodgers1–11MungoFrench (2–8)——8–16
25May 17Dodgers3–1Harris (1–2)Phelps——9–16
26May 18Dodgers2–4ClarkSwift (1–2)——9–17
27May 19Dodgers3–2Chagnon (1–0)Shaute——10–17
28May 20@ Cardinals5–0French (3–8)Derringer——11–17
29May 22@ Cardinals5–1Swetonic (4–1)Dean——12–17
30May 22@ Cardinals3–5HallahanHarris (1–3)——12–18
31May 24@ Reds5–3 (12)Spencer (2–3)Frey——13–18
32May 25@ Reds9–4Kremer (1–0)CarrollSwift (2)—14–18
33May 26@ Reds3–2Harris (2–3)LucasSwift (3)11,63315–18
34May 27Cardinals8–4French (4–8)Haines——16–18
35May 28Cardinals8–6Swetonic (5–1)Dean——17–18
36May 29@ Cubs3–7MaloneChagnon (1–1)——17–19
37May 29@ Cubs2–0Spencer (3–3)Smith—36,00018–19
38May 30Reds2–4RixeyHarris (2–4)——18–20
39May 30Reds5–2Swift (2–2)Benton——19–20
40May 31Reds4–1French (5–8)Lucas——20–20
June: 14–7 (Home: 6–1; Away: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
41June 2Cubs5–9RootSpencer (3–4)——20–21
42June 3Cubs6–5 (11)Swetonic (6–1)May——21–21
43June 4Cubs12–4Meine (1–0)Grimes——22–21
44June 7@ Phillies7–4French (6–8)Hansen——23–21
45June 8@ Phillies10–11BerlySpencer (3–5)Benge—23–22
46June 9@ Phillies4–3Swetonic (7–1)HolleyFrench (1)—24–22
47June 10@ Phillies5–6BengeMeine (1–1)——24–23
48June 11@ Giants4–6WalkerFrench (6–9)——24–24
49June 15@ Braves5–2Swift (3–2)Brandt——25–24
50June 18@ Braves2–0 (11)Swetonic (8–1)Brown——26–24
51June 18@ Braves1–2BettsKremer (1–1)——26–25
52June 19@ Dodgers2–1Meine (2–1)ClarkSwift (4)18,00027–25
53June 20@ Dodgers1–2MungoHarris (2–5)——27–26
54June 21@ Dodgers2–9HeimachSwift (3–3)——27–27
55June 22@ Dodgers7–6French (7–9)ShauteSpencer (1)—28–27
56June 24Reds4–3Meine (3–1)Rixey——29–27
57June 25Reds5–4 (11)Swift (4–3)Lucas——30–27
58June 25Reds8–5Kremer (2–1)KolpMeine (1)—31–27
59June 26@ Reds5–0French (8–9)Johnson——32–27
60June 26@ Reds9–5Swift (5–3)Carroll——33–27
61June 30Cardinals9–6Swift (6–3)Stout——34–27
July: 25–13 (Home: 16–9; Away: 9–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
62July 1Cardinals3–5DeanSwetonic (8–2)Lindsey—34–28
63July 2Cardinals4–5HallahanKremer (2–2)——34–29
64July 3@ Cubs5–4 (6)Meine (4–1)Malone—18,00035–29
65July 4Cubs9–6Harris (3–5)Grimes——36–29
66July 4Cubs6–5 (11)Chagnon (2–1)Bush——37–29
67July 5Giants4–3 (10)Swift (7–3)Walker——38–29
68July 6Giants4–2Swetonic (9–2)Mooney——39–29
69July 6Giants3–1French (9–9)Luque——40–29
70July 7Giants3–4HoytMeine (4–2)——40–30
71July 8Giants8–7Chagnon (3–1)Mooney——41–30
72July 9Dodgers3–9VanceHarris (3–6)——41–31
73July 10@ Dodgers8–7Swift (8–3)Quinn—15,00042–31
74July 11Dodgers5–3Swetonic (10–2)Heimach——43–31
75July 12Dodgers8–7 (12)Harris (4–6)Moore——44–31
76July 13Braves1–5BrandtFrench (9–10)——44–32
77July 13Braves5–10ZacharyChagnon (3–2)——44–33
78July 14Braves6–1Swift (9–3)Seibold——45–33
79July 15Braves1–0Kremer (3–2)Pruett——46–33
80July 16Braves2–1Meine (5–2)Betts——47–33
81July 16Braves9–8 (10)Chagnon (4–2)Brandt——48–33
82July 18Phillies4–5 (11)CollinsFrench (9–11)——48–34
83July 19Phillies5–2Swift (10–3)Hansen——49–34
84July 19Phillies5–6 (11)CollinsHarris (4–7)——49–35
85July 20Phillies2–6HolleyMeine (5–3)——49–36
86July 21Phillies3–2Kremer (4–2)Elliott——50–36
87July 22Cubs3–1Swetonic (11–2)Malone——51–36
88July 23Cubs11–8Brame (2–1)SmithHarris (1)—52–36
89July 24@ Cubs2–7WarnekeMeine (5–4)——52–37
90July 24@ Cubs7–5Harris (5–7)Bush—48,00053–37
91July 26@ Giants3–7HubbellFrench (9–12)—20,00053–38
92July 26@ Giants7–5 (10)Chagnon (5–2)Schumacher—20,00054–38
93July 27@ Giants9–8Harris (6–7)GibsonFrench (2)—55–38
94July 27@ Giants4–2Harris (7–7)Hoyt——56–38
95July 28@ Giants10–7Brame (3–1)FitzsimmonsFrench (3)10,00057–38
96July 28@ Giants9–1Meine (6–4)Bell——58–38
August: 10–20 (Home: 9–10; Away: 1–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
100August 1@ Phillies5–18RhemMeine (6–5)——59–41
101August 2@ Phillies6–11ElliottFrench (9–13)Hansen—59–42
102August 4@ Dodgers4–7ClarkSwetonic (11–3)——59–43
103August 4@ Dodgers5–6 (10)ThurstonSwift (10–5)—25,00059–44
104August 6@ Dodgers1–2HeimachMeine (6–6)—10,00059–45
105August 7@ Braves1–2BrandtSwetonic (11–4)——59–46
106August 7@ Braves6–7CantwellSwift (10–6)—29,00059–47
107August 9@ Braves0–4BettsKremer (4–3)——59–48
108August 10@ Braves5–2Meine (7–6)Zachary——60–48
109August 10@ Braves2–3BrandtFrench (9–14)——60–49
110August 11Cubs2–3 (10)BushSwetonic (11–5)——60–50
111August 13Reds0–3RixeySwift (10–7)——60–51
112August 15Dodgers6–11ShauteMeine (7–7)——60–52
113August 16Dodgers4–0French (10–14)Clark——61–52
114August 17Dodgers1–4HeimachSwift (10–8)Mungo—61–53
115August 19Giants4–10HubbellMeine (7–8)—6,00061–54
116August 20Giants3–2French (11–14)Walker——62–54
117August 20Giants1–8BellHarris (8–8)——62–55
118August 21@ Reds0–2RixeySwift (10–9)——62–56
119August 22Giants6–1Meine (8–8)Mooney——63–56
120August 22Giants3–4HoytChagnon (5–3)——63–57
121August 23Giants4–3French (12–14)Hubbell——64–57
122August 24Phillies6–9CollinsSpencer (3–7)——64–58
123August 25Phillies3–11HansenMeine (8–9)——64–59
124August 25Phillies5–6 (10)ElliottFrench (12–15)——64–60
125August 26Phillies8–0Chagnon (6–3)Collins——65–60
126August 27Braves7–4French (13–15)Brandt——66–60
127August 30Braves10–7Harris (9–8)BrandtFrench (4)—67–60
128August 30Braves3–2Swift (11–9)Frankhouse——68–60
129August 31Braves2–1Chagnon (7–3)Betts——69–60
September: 17–8 (Home: 4–0; Away: 13–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
130September 2Reds2–1French (14–15)Lucas——70–60
131September 3Reds7–1Swift (12–9)Rixey——71–60
132September 4@ Reds5–2Chagnon (8–3)BentonHarris (2)—72–60
133September 5Cardinals4–3Meine (9–9)Stout——73–60
134September 5Cardinals3–1French (15–15)Derringer——74–60
135September 7@ Dodgers8–3Swift (13–9)Mungo—12,50075–60
136September 7@ Dodgers2–4HeimachHarris (9–9)—12,50075–61
137September 8@ Dodgers2–12ClarkChagnon (8–4)—1,00075–62
138September 10@ Phillies5–2French (16–15)Hansen——76–62
139September 10@ Phillies5–4Meine (10–9)Elliott——77–62
140September 12@ Phillies4–2Swift (14–9)Rhem——78–62
141September 13@ Braves0–3BrandtChagnon (8–5)——78–63
142September 14@ Braves2–5BrownFrench (16–16)——78–64
143September 15@ Braves3–2Meine (11–9)Betts——79–64
144September 17@ Giants4–7WalkerSwift (14–10)Luque—79–65
145September 18@ Giants7–4French (17–16)Schumacher—15,00080–65
146September 18@ Giants6–3Chagnon (9–5)Parmelee—15,00081–65
147September 20@ Cubs2–5BushSwetonic (11–6)——81–66
148September 20@ Cubs5–0Meine (12–9)Tinning——82–66
149September 21@ Cubs9–6Spencer (4–7)Herrmann——83–66
150September 22@ Cubs7–0Smith (1–0)Grimes——84–66
151September 23@ Cardinals4–8DerringerChagnon (9–6)——84–67
152September 24@ Cardinals7–4French (18–16)Winford——85–67
153September 25@ Cardinals7–1Harris (10–9)Starr——86–67
154September 25@ Cardinals4–7DeanSpencer (4–8)——86–68
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster
1932 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CEarl Grace115390107.274855
1BGus Suhr154581153.263581
2BTony Piet154574162.282785
3BPie Traynor135513169.329268
SSArky Vaughan129497158.318461
OFLloyd Waner134565188.333238
OFPaul Waner154630215.341882
OFAdam Comorosky108370106.286446

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
Dave Barbee9732784.257555
Tommy Thevenow5919446.237026
Tom Padden4711831.263010
Gus Dugas559723.237312
Hal Finney31337.21204
Bill Brubaker72410.41704
Bill Brenzel9241.04202
Howdy Groskloss17202.10000
Woody Jensen550.00000

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
Larry French47274.118163.0272
Heinie Meine28172.11293.8632
Steve Swetonic24162.21162.8239
Ray Kremer1156.2434.296

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
Bill Swift39214.114103.6164
Bill Harris37168.01093.6463
Glenn Spencer39137.2484.9735
Leon Chagnon30128.0963.9452
Hal Smith212.0100.754

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
Erv Brame233107.4110

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Tony Piet

  • #2 in NL in stolen bases (19)

Steve Swetonic

  • #4 in NL in ERA (2.82)

Paul Waner

  • #4 in NL in batting average (.341)
  • #4 in NL in hits (215)

Farm system
See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Tulsa Oilers Western League Art Griggs

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tulsa

References
  1. From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  • 1932 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1932 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
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