1932 New York Giants (MLB) season

1932 New York Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	Charles Stoneham
Managers	John McGraw, Bill Terry
← 1931 Seasons 1933 →

The 1932 New York Giants season was the 50th for the franchise. The team finished in a tie for sixth place in the National League with a 72–82 record, 18 games behind the Chicago Cubs. This was the first season to feature numbers on the uniforms.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	90	64	0.584	—	53–24	37–40
Pittsburgh Pirates	86	68	0.558	4	45–31	41–37
Brooklyn Dodgers	81	73	0.526	9	44–34	37–39
Philadelphia Phillies	78	76	0.506	12	45–32	33–44
Boston Braves	77	77	0.500	13	44–33	33–44
St. Louis Cardinals	72	82	0.468	18	42–35	30–47
New York Giants	72	82	0.468	18	37–40	35–42
Cincinnati Reds	60	94	0.390	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 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers 15 Hi Bell 11 Freddie Fitzsimmons 17 Sam Gibson 19 Waite Hoyt 10 Carl Hubbell 16 Dolf Luque 25 Clarence Mitchell 14 Jim Mooney 35 Roy Parmelee 18 Hal Schumacher 12 Bill Walker		Catchers 24 Francis Healy  7 Shanty Hogan  9 Bob O'Farrell Infielders  1 Hughie Critz 23 Gil English  6 Travis Jackson 20 Sam Leslie 24 Doc Marshall 28 Art McLarney -- Eddie Moore  4 Bill Terry  8 Johnny Vergez		Outfielders 22 Ethan Allen 21 Chick Fullis 31 Len Koenecke  3 Freddie Lindstrom  2 Jo-Jo Moore  5 Mel Ott Other batters 30 Tip Tobin 31 Pat Veltman		Manager -- John McGraw  4 Bill Terry Coaches ?? Dave Bancroft 27 Tommy Clarke 25 Clarence Mitchell ?? Ivy Olson

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	Shanty Hogan	140	502	144	.287	8	77
1B	Bill Terry	154	643	225	.350	28	117
2B	Hughie Critz	151	659	182	.276	2	50
3B	Johnny Vergez	118	376	98	.261	6	43
SS	Doc Marshall	68	226	56	.248	0	28
OF	Mel Ott	154	566	180	.318	38	123
OF	Freddie Lindstrom	144	595	161	.271	15	92
OF	Jo-Jo Moore	86	361	110	.305	2	27

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
Chick Fullis	96	235	70	.298	1	21
Gil English	59	204	46	.225	2	19
Travis Jackson	52	195	50	.256	4	38
Len Koenecke	42	137	35	.255	4	14
Ethan Allen	54	103	18	.175	1	7
Eddie Moore	37	87	23	.264	1	6
Sam Leslie	77	75	22	.293	1	15
Bob O'Farrell	50	67	16	.239	0	8
Francis Healy	14	32	8	.250	0	4
Art McLarney	9	23	3	.130	0	3
Pat Veltman	2	1	0	.000	0	0
Tip Tobin	1	1	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
Carl Hubbell	40	284.0	18	11	2.50	137
Freddie Fitzsimmons	35	237.2	11	11	4.43	65
Bill Walker	31	163.0	8	12	4.14	74
Waite Hoyt	18	97.1	5	7	3.42	29

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
Jim Mooney	29	124.2	6	10	5.05	37
Hi Bell	35	120.0	8	4	3.68	25
Hal Schumacher	27	101.1	5	6	3.55	38
Clarence Mitchell	8	30.1	1	3	4.15	7
Roy Parmelee	8	25.1	0	3	3.91	23

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
Sam Gibson	41	4	8	3	4.85	39
Dolph Luque	38	6	7	5	4.01	32

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Bridgeport Bears	Eastern League	Bud Stapleton and Harry Layne
B	Winston-Salem Twins/High Point Pointers	Piedmont League	Harry Wilke

Eastern League folded, July 17, 1932; Winston-Salem franchise transferred to High Point and renamed, August 20, 1932^[1]

Notes

References

• 1932 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference