1932 Detroit Tigers season explained

Detroit Tigers
Season:	1932
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Navin Field
City:	Detroit, Michigan
Owners:	Frank Navin
Managers:	Bucky Harris
Radio:	WWJ (AM) (Ty Tyson)

The 1932 Detroit Tigers season ended with them placing fifth in the American League with a record of 76–75, 29½ games behind the New York Yankees.

Regular season

Roster

1932 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		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		109	338	99	.293	2	46
1B		141	590	159	.269	4	74
2B		152	618	184	.298	19	104
SS		144	554	150	.271	9	60
3B		102	340	92	.271	5	51
OF		127	480	155	.323	8	76
OF		145	582	173	.297	17	109
OF		88	338	97	.287	3	51

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
	85	250	70	.280	3	38
	80	208	54	.260	2	23
	49	195	49	.251	3	22
	69	155	34	.219	0	12
	51	136	32	.235	0	19
	28	72	17	.236	0	2
	25	46	10	.217	0	3
	8	26	10	.385	1	7
	23	16	4	.250	0	4
	2	0	0	----	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
	33	244.0	16	12	4.54	81
	32	234.1	14	14	4.03	84
	34	201.0	14	12	3.36	108

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
	43	205.2	9	13	5.03	82
	47	178.0	11	9	3.54	56
	33	146.2	6	6	4.48	51
	18	63.2	2	5	4.81	31
	16	56.1	3	2	4.47	14

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
	12	1	2	2	5.24	12
	5	0	0	0	12.66	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Beaumont

Decatur club folded, July 12, 1932^[1]

Notable events

• On August 5 against the Washington Senators, pitcher Tommy Bridges came within one out of a perfect game, retiring the first 26 batters before the Senators' Dave Harris hit a pinch-hit single. Bridges retired the 28th batter, Sam Rice and the Tigers won 13–0.^[2] No MLB pitcher was subsequently to come so close to a perfect game until Don Larsen achieved the feat in the 1956 World Series.

External links

• 1932 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
2. Foxsports; ‘Perfect Games Lost on 27th Batter or Later’