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1932 in the Negro Leagues

Standings

BOLD indicates League Champion

East-West League

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Rank	Team	G	W	T	L	WPCT	GB
1	Detroit Wolves	31	26	5	0	.839	--
2	Homestead Grays	31	24	16	1	.600	6.5
3	Baltimore Black Sox	55	29	26	0	.527	9.0
4	Pollock's Cuban Stars	22	10	12	0	.455	11.5
5	Newark Browns	4	0	4	0	.000	12.5
6	Cleveland Stars	17	5	11	1	.312	13.5
7	Hilldale Club	29	11	18	0	.379	14.0
8	Washington Pilots	47	17	30	0	.362	17.0

See 1932 East-West League for more details

Negro Southern League

Source: The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, John Holway

Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT
1	Chicago American Giants	41	34	7	.829
2	Monroe Monarchs	40	33	7	.825
3	Nashville Elite Giants	37	24	13	.649
4	Montgomery Grey Sox	39	22	17	.564
5	Cleveland Cubs	40	22	18	.550
6	Memphis Red Sox	44	22	22	.500
7	Louisville Black Caps	30	13	17	.433
8	Indianapolis ABCs	33	14	19	.424
10	Little Rock Greys	6	3	3	.500
11	Atlanta Black Crackers	8	1	7	.125
	Kansas City Monarchs	20	11	9	.550
	Birmingham Black Barons	19	8	11	.421

Both the Columbus Blue Birds and Cuban House of David were league associate members.

See 1932 Negro Southern League for more details

Independent Teams

Source: Teams list from The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester; records are from The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, John Holway

• Atlantic City Bacharach Giants
• Brooklyn Royal Giants: 32 - 26 (0.552)
• Cole's CAG
• Cuban House of David
• Cuban Stars (West)
• Foster Memorial Giants
• Gilkerson's Union Giants
• Harrisburg Giants
• Kansas City Monarchs
• New York Black Yankees
• Pennsylvania Red Caps of NY
• Pittsburgh Crawfords
• Philadelphia Stars
• Pittsburgh Homestead Grays

Leading Players

Individual Accomplishments

The Crawfords' Satchel Paige pitched his first career no-hitter on July 15, beating the New York Black Yankees 6-0 at Greenlee Field in Pittsburgh.

Postseason

The championship of the Negro Southern League was disputed, with just percentage points separating Cole's American Giants and the Monroe Monarchs. No playoff was held, but the Monarchs played a postseason series with the independent Pittsburgh Crawfords, the Crawfords prevailing five games to one. It was referred to as a Negro World Series by both teams, but is not considered so by Negro League historians and researchers. The American Giants, who are generally considered to have won the NSL championship, and the Detroit Wolves, who won the East-West League title that year, did not engage in any post-season series.

Further Reading

• Thomas Aiello: The Kings of Casino Park: Black Baseball in the Lost Season of 1932, University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, AL, 2011.