1932 Philadelphia Phillies season

1932 Philadelphia Phillies
League	National League
Ballpark	Baker Bowl
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners	Charlie Ruch
Managers	Burt Shotton
Seasons

The 1932 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 48th in franchise history. They finished fourth in the National League with a 78–76 record. It was the Phillies' only winning season between 1917 and 1949.

Don Hurst led the National League this season with 143 runs batted in.

Regular season

On August 15, 1932, the Phillies defeated a team of Grand Rapids All-Stars 2 to 0 at Ramona Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan in a mid season exhibition.^[1]

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

1932 National League record v t e 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

1932 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers 29 Bob Adams 16 Ray Benge 17 Jack Berly 20 Stew Bolen 18 Phil Collins 19 Clise Dudley 20 Hal Elliott 21 Jumbo Elliott 28 Reggie Grabowski 22 Snipe Hansen 24 Ed Holley 30 Ad Liska 18 Chet Nichols 25 Flint Rhem		Catchers  7 Spud Davis  8 Harry McCurdy  9 Al Todd Infielders  2 Dick Bartell 10 Eddie Delker 11 Bernie Friberg 15 Cliff Heathcote  4 Don Hurst 23 George Knothe 12 Les Mallon  5 Pinky Whitney		Outfielders 28 Rube Bressler 14 Fred Brickell  1 Kiddo Davis  3 Chuck Klein  6 Hal Lee 25 Russ Scarritt Other batters -- Doug Taitt 20 Hugh Willingham		Manager 26 Burt Shotton Coaches Newt Hunter Jack Onslow

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	Spud Davis	125	402	135	.336	14	70
1B	Don Hurst	150	579	196	.339	24	143
2B	Les Mallon	103	347	90	.259	5	31
SS	Dick Bartell	154	614	189	.308	1	53
3B	Pinky Whitney	154	624	186	.298	13	124
OF	Kiddo Davis	137	576	178	.309	5	57
OF	Chuck Klein	154	650	226	.348	38	137
OF	Hal Lee	149	595	180	.303	18	85

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
Bernie Friberg	61	154	37	.240	0	14
Harry McCurdy	62	136	32	.235	1	14
Rube Bressler	27	83	19	.229	0	6
Al Todd	33	70	16	.229	0	9
Fred Brickell	45	66	22	.333	0	2
Eddie Delker	30	62	10	.161	1	7
Cliff Heathcote	30	39	11	.282	1	5
George Knothe	6	12	1	.083	0	0
Russ Scarritt	11	11	2	.182	0	0
Doug Taitt	4	2	0	.000	0	1
Hugh Willingham	4	2	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
Ed Holley	34	228.0	11	14	3.95	87
Ray Benge	41	222.1	13	12	4.05	89
Flint Rhem	26	168.2	11	7	3.74	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
Snipe Hansen	39	191.0	10	10	3.72	56
Phil Collins	43	184.1	14	12	5.27	66
Jumbo Elliott	39	166.0	11	10	5.42	62
Hal Elliott	16	57.2	2	4	5.77	13

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
Jack Berly	21	1	2	2	7.63	15
Reggie Grabowski	14	2	2	0	3.67	15
Clise Dudley	13	1	1	1	7.13	5
Chet Nichols Sr.	11	0	2	1	6.98	5
Ad Liska	8	2	0	1	1.69	6
Stew Bolen	5	0	0	0	2.81	3
Bob Adams	4	0	0	0	1.50	2

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
B	Durham Bulls	Piedmont League	Possum Whitted

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Notes

1. "Phils Outhit, But Top Grand Rapids in Exhibition Tilt". Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 12.
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

• 1932 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference