1932 Brooklyn Dodgers season explained

Brooklyn Dodgers
Season:	1932
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Ebbets Field
City:	Brooklyn, New York
Owners:	Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company
President:	Frank York
Managers:	Max Carey
Prev Season:	1931 Brooklyn Robins season

The 1932 Brooklyn Dodgers season was the first season the franchise was officially known as the Dodgers, with the name making its first appearance on some of the team's jerseys. The Dodgers nickname had been in use since the 1890s and was used interchangeably with other nicknames in media reports, particularly "Robins" in reference to longtime manager Wilbert Robinson. With Robinson's retirement after the 1931 season and the arrival of Max Carey, the nickname "Robins" was no longer used. The team wound up finishing the season in third place.

Offseason

• January 23, 1932: Bob Parham (minors) and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Hack Wilson.^[1]
• March 14, 1932: Babe Herman, Wally Gilbert and Ernie Lombardi were traded by the Robins to the Cincinnati Reds for Tony Cuccinello, Joe Stripp and Clyde Sukeforth.^[2]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• May 7, 1932: Danny Taylor was purchased by the Dodgers from the Chicago Cubs.^[3]

Roster

1932 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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		126	404	111	.275	1	43
1B		64	202	49	.243	4	22
2B		154	597	168	.281	12	77
3B		138	534	162	.303	6	64
SS		127	446	122	.274	11	60
OF		105	395	128	.324	11	48
OF		148	595	219	.368	21	90
OF		135	481	143	.297	23	123

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
	118	384	115	.299	16	56
	79	250	60	.240	1	23
	53	196	60	.306	0	16
	65	189	45	.238	0	14
	59	111	26	.234	0	12
	41	70	18	.257	1	11
	34	39	14	.359	2	7
	9	32	5	.156	0	1
	13	21	3	.143	0	2
	7	11	1	.091	0	2
	3	8	0	.000	0	0
	6	7	2	.286	0	0
	1	4	1	.250	0	0
	3	1	0	.000	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
	40	273.0	20	12	3.49	99
	39	223.1	13	11	4.43	107
	27	175.2	12	11	4.20	103
	28	153.0	12	8	4.06	35

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
	36	167.2	9	4	3.97	30
	34	117.0	7	7	4.54	32
	20	79.1	4	5	5.90	21
	8	26.2	1	3	7.76	7
	7	17.0	0	1	7.41	9
	5	10.0	0	1	5.40	5

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
	42	3	7	9	3.30	28
	20	0	3	0	4.81	21
	1	0	0	0	18.00	0

Awards and honors

• TSN Major League All-Star Team
  • Lefty O'Doul

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1932 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wilsoha01.shtml Hack Wilson page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cuccito01.shtml Tony Cuccinello page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tayloda01.shtml Danny Taylor page at Baseball Reference