1932 American League

The 1932 season of the American League was the thirty-second season of the league.

Season summary[edit]

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	New York Yankees	156	107	47	2	.686	-.-	1002 (6.42)	724 (4.64)	0.286	0.373	0.454	3.98	0.969
2	Philadelphia Athletics	154	94	60	0	.610	13.0	981 (6.37)	752 (4.88)	0.290	0.364	0.457	4.45	0.980
3	Washington Senators	154	93	61	0	.604	14.0	840 (5.45)	716 (4.65)	0.284	0.344	0.408	4.16	0.979
4	Cleveland Indians	153	87	65	1	.569	19.0	845 (5.52)	747 (4.88)	0.285	0.353	0.413	4.12	0.969
5	Detroit Tigers	153	76	75	2	.497	29.5	799 (5.22)	787 (5.14)	0.273	0.333	0.401	4.30	0.969
6	St. Louis Browns	154	63	91	0	.409	44.0	736 (4.78)	898 (5.83)	0.276	0.337	0.388	5.01	0.969
7	Chicago White Sox	152	49	102	1	.322	56.5	667 (4.39)	897 (5.90)	0.267	0.325	0.360	4.82	0.957
8	Boston Red Sox	154	43	111	0	.279	64.0	566 (3.68)	915 (5.94)	0.251	0.312	0.351	5.02	0.963

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	156
At Bats	Al Simmons	Philadelphia Athletics	670
Runs Scored	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	151
Hits	Al Simmons	Philadelphia Athletics	216
Doubles	Eric McNair	Philadelphia Athletics	47
Triples	Joe Cronin	Washington Senators	18
Home Runs	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	58
Total Bases	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	438
Runs Batted In	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	169
Stolen Bases	Ben Chapman	New York Yankees	38
Caught Stealing	Ben Chapman	New York Yankees	18
Walks	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	130
Hit by Pitch	Earl Averill Bruce Campbell	Cleveland Indians Chicago White Sox/St. Louis Browns	6
Strikeouts	Bruce Campbell	Chicago White Sox/St. Louis Browns	104
Sacrifice Hits	Mule Haas	Philadelphia Athletics	27
Batting Average	Dale Alexander	Detroit Tigers/Boston Red Sox	0.367
On-Base Percentage	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	0.489
Slugging Percentage	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	0.749
On-Base plus Slugging	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	1.218
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	205

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Alvin Crowder	Washington Senators	26
Losses	Bump Hadley	Chicago White Sox/St. Louis Browns	21
Win-Loss Percentage	Johnny Allen	New York Yankees	0.810
Appearances	Firpo Marberry	Washington Senators	54
Games Started	Alvin Crowder	Washington Senators	39
Complete Games	Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	27
Shutouts	Tommy Bridges Lefty Grove	Detroit Tigers Philadelphia Athletics	4
Games Finished	Chad Kimsey	St. Louis Browns/Chicago White Sox	29
Saves	Firpo Marberry	Washington Senators	13
Innings Pitched	Alvin Crowder	Washington Senators	327.0
Batters Faced	Alvin Crowder	Washington Senators	1356
Hits Allowed	Alvin Crowder	Washington Senators	319
Home Runs Allowed	George Earnshaw	Philadelphia Athletics	28
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Bump Hadley	Chicago White Sox/St. Louis Browns	171
Hit Batsmen	Bump Hadley	Chicago White Sox/St. Louis Browns	8
Strikeouts	Red Ruffing	New York Yankees	190
Wild Pitches	George Earnshaw	Philadelphia Athletics	9
Balks	Ed Durham Vic Frazier Firpo Marberry Lefty Stewart	Boston Red Sox Chicago White Sox Washington Senators St. Louis Browns	2
Runs Allowed	Bump Hadley	Chicago White Sox/St. Louis Browns	168
Earned Runs Allowed	Bump Hadley	Chicago White Sox/St. Louis Browns	149
Earned Run Average	Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	2.84
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	1.193

In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees defeated the National League's Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 0.

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Jimmie Foxx, a first baseman with the Philadelphia Athletics. In the award's voting, he had 75 out of a possible 80 points and 5 first place votes.