On This Day

Friday, September 23, 1932

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 107 46 .699 --
Athletics 94 58 .618 12.5
Senators 91 61 .599 15.5
Indians 86 64 .573 19.5
Tigers 74 75 .497 31.0
Browns 62 89 .411 44.0
White Sox 48 101 .322 57.0
Red Sox 42 110 .276 64.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 89 63 .586 --
Pirates 84 67 .556 4.5
Dodgers 80 72 .526 9.0
Phillies 77 73 .513 11.0
Braves 76 76 .500 13.0
Cardinals 71 80 .470 17.5
Giants 69 81 .460 19.0
Reds 59 93 .388 30.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Frank Doljack 4
1 Jo-Jo White 4
3 Bill Cissell 3
3 Harry Davis 3
3 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bruce Campbell 1
1 Mule Haas 1
1 Joe Kuhel 1
1 Jimmie Reese 1
1 3 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Earl Averill 4
1 Jo-Jo White 4
3 Frank Doljack 3
3 Jimmie Reese 3
3 3 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Davis 2
1 Joe Medwick 2
3 Ray Blades 1
3 Bruce Connatser 1
3 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jumbo Brown 0.60
2 Earl Whitehill 0.50
3 Bump Hadley 0.36
4 Leon Chagnon 0.33
4 George Uhle 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jumbo Brown 1
1 Paul Derringer 1
1 Wes Ferrell 1
1 Roy Mahaffey 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jumbo Brown 6
2 Sam Gray 5
2 Bump Hadley 5
4 Wes Ferrell 3
4 Roy Mahaffey 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Clint Brown 1
1 Lefty Grove 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lefty O'Doul .368
2 Jimmie Foxx .360
3 Chuck Klein .354
4 Bill Terry .351
5 Lou Gehrig .346

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 56
2 Babe Ruth 40
3 Chuck Klein 38
3 Mel Ott 38
5 Al Simmons 35

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 163
2 Al Simmons 151
3 Lou Gehrig 148
4 Don Hurst 140
5 Babe Ruth 136

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ben Chapman 37
2 Gee Walker 30
3 Roy Johnson 20
4 Bill Cissell 19
4 2 others tied 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lon Warneke 2.27
2 Carl Hubbell 2.55
3 Lefty Grove 2.65
4 Huck Betts 2.81
5 Steve Swetonic 2.88

Wins

Rk Player W
1 General Crowder 25
1 Lefty Grove 25
3 Lefty Gomez 24
4 Wes Ferrell 23
5 2 tied 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Ruffing 190
2 Dizzy Dean 189
2 Lefty Grove 189
4 Lefty Gomez 175
5 Bump Hadley 144

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 13
2 Jack Quinn 9
3 Wilcy Moore 8
4 Lefty Grove 7
4 Chief Hogsett 7

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Terry .493
2 Arky Vaughan .438
3 Shanty Hogan .432
4 Chuck Klein .415
5 Wally Berger .412

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mel Ott 6
2 Jimmie Foxx 5
2 Gabby Hartnett 5
4 Bruce Campbell 4
4 Mickey Cochrane 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mel Ott 19
2 Willie Kamm 17
3 Jimmie Foxx 16
4 Ben Chapman 14
4 3 others tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Gee Walker 6
2 Ossie Bluege 4
2 Harry Davis 4
2 Danny Taylor 4
5 8 tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ad Liska 0.00
2 Phil Collins 0.69
3 Hal Smith 0.75
3 Ray Starr 0.75
5 Jumbo Brown 0.96

Wins

Rk Player W
1 General Crowder 5
2 Jumbo Brown 3
2 Watty Clark 3
2 Wes Ferrell 3
2 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dizzy Dean 25
2 Carl Hubbell 18
3 Sam Gray 16
4 Watty Clark 15
4 4 others tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lloyd Brown 4
2 Lefty Grove 2
3 Larry Benton 1
3 Clint Brown 1
3 8 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Terry .431
2 Sam Rice .398
3 Al Simmons .394
4 Arky Vaughan .393
5 Dale Alexander .387

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 12
2 Mel Ott 11
3 Eric McNair 9
4 Al Simmons 8
5 3 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Kiki Cuyler 35
2 Al Simmons 31
3 Bill Cissell 28
3 Jimmie Foxx 28
3 2 others tied 28

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Gee Walker 11
2 Ben Chapman 6
2 Danny Taylor 6
4 Ossie Bluege 5
5 7 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jumbo Brown 0.96
2 Ben Cantwell 1.21
3 Dick Coffman 1.42
4 Tom Zachary 1.66
5 Danny MacFayden 1.80

Wins

Rk Player W
1 General Crowder 8
2 Watty Clark 6
2 Dizzy Dean 6
2 Lefty Grove 6
5 5 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dizzy Dean 48
2 Lefty Grove 36
3 Tex Carleton 33
4 Watty Clark 29
5 2 tied 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lloyd Brown 6
2 Joe Shaute 3
3 Lefty Grove 2
3 Wilcy Moore 2
3 George Uhle 2