1932 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1932 Pittsburgh Pirates
1932 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss, Bill Benswanger
Managers	George Gibson

The 1932 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 51st season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 46th in the National League. The Pirates finished second in the league standings with a record of 86–68.

Regular season

The Pirates' starting lineup included four future Hall of Famers: Pie Traynor, Arky Vaughan, Lloyd Waner, and Paul Waner. At just 20 years old, Vaughan was the youngest player in the majors in 1932.

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	—

Game log

1932 Game Log: 86–68 (Home: 45–31; Away: 41–37)

April: 6–9 (Home: 3–3; Away: 3–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 12	@ Cardinals	2–10	Rhem	French (0–1)	—	5,924	0–1
2	April 13	@ Cardinals	8–9	Lindsey	Spencer (0–1)	—	—	0–2
3	April 14	@ Cardinals	5–4	French (1–1)	Derringer	—	—	1–2
4	April 15	@ Cardinals	9–7	Brame (1–0)	Johnson	—	1,988	2–2
5	April 16	@ Reds	0–5	Johnson	Harris (0–1)	—	—	2–3
6	April 17	@ Reds	4–3	Spencer (1–1)	Benton	Swift (1)	—	3–3
7	April 18	@ Reds	0–5	Kolp	French (1–2)	—	—	3–4
8	April 20	Cardinals	7–0	Swetonic (1–0)	Hallahan	—	—	4–4
9	April 21	Cardinals	7–6 (10)	French (2–2)	Frey	—	—	5–4
10	April 22	Cardinals	3–5 (10)	Johnson	French (2–3)	—	—	5–5
11	April 23	Cardinals	10–9	Swift (1–0)	Dean	—	—	6–5
12	April 24	@ Cubs	3–12	Root	Spencer (1–2)	—	8,000	6–6
13	April 27	@ Cubs	4–8	Malone	Swetonic (1–1)	—	—	6–7
14	April 28	Reds	6–7	Ogden	French (2–4)	—	—	6–8
15	April 29	Reds	4–6	Rixey	Brame (1–1)	—	—	6–9

May: 14–11 (Home: 7–8; Away: 7–3)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
16	May 1	@ Reds	5–7	Lucas	French (2–5)	—	21,000	6–10
17	May 2	Cubs	2–0	Swetonic (2–1)	Malone	—	—	7–10
18	May 3	Cubs	6–8	Smith	Swift (1–1)	—	—	7–11
19	May 4	Cubs	1–4	Warneke	French (2–6)	—	—	7–12
20	May 6	Phillies	2–4	Elliott	Harris (0–2)	—	—	7–13
21	May 7	Phillies	3–5	Hansen	Spencer (1–3)	Benge	—	7–14
22	May 9	Braves	5–6 (12)	Frankhouse	French (2–7)	Cantwell	—	7–15
23	May 15	@ Dodgers	2–0	Swetonic (3–1)	Shaute	—	25,000	8–15
24	May 16	Dodgers	1–11	Mungo	French (2–8)	—	—	8–16
25	May 17	Dodgers	3–1	Harris (1–2)	Phelps	—	—	9–16
26	May 18	Dodgers	2–4	Clark	Swift (1–2)	—	—	9–17
27	May 19	Dodgers	3–2	Chagnon (1–0)	Shaute	—	—	10–17
28	May 20	@ Cardinals	5–0	French (3–8)	Derringer	—	—	11–17
29	May 22	@ Cardinals	5–1	Swetonic (4–1)	Dean	—	—	12–17
30	May 22	@ Cardinals	3–5	Hallahan	Harris (1–3)	—	—	12–18
31	May 24	@ Reds	5–3 (12)	Spencer (2–3)	Frey	—	—	13–18
32	May 25	@ Reds	9–4	Kremer (1–0)	Carroll	Swift (2)	—	14–18
33	May 26	@ Reds	3–2	Harris (2–3)	Lucas	Swift (3)	11,633	15–18
34	May 27	Cardinals	8–4	French (4–8)	Haines	—	—	16–18
35	May 28	Cardinals	8–6	Swetonic (5–1)	Dean	—	—	17–18
36	May 29	@ Cubs	3–7	Malone	Chagnon (1–1)	—	—	17–19
37	May 29	@ Cubs	2–0	Spencer (3–3)	Smith	—	36,000	18–19
38	May 30	Reds	2–4	Rixey	Harris (2–4)	—	—	18–20
39	May 30	Reds	5–2	Swift (2–2)	Benton	—	—	19–20
40	May 31	Reds	4–1	French (5–8)	Lucas	—	—	20–20

June: 14–7 (Home: 6–1; Away: 8–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
41	June 2	Cubs	5–9	Root	Spencer (3–4)	—	—	20–21
42	June 3	Cubs	6–5 (11)	Swetonic (6–1)	May	—	—	21–21
43	June 4	Cubs	12–4	Meine (1–0)	Grimes	—	—	22–21
44	June 7	@ Phillies	7–4	French (6–8)	Hansen	—	—	23–21
45	June 8	@ Phillies	10–11	Berly	Spencer (3–5)	Benge	—	23–22
46	June 9	@ Phillies	4–3	Swetonic (7–1)	Holley	French (1)	—	24–22
47	June 10	@ Phillies	5–6	Benge	Meine (1–1)	—	—	24–23
48	June 11	@ Giants	4–6	Walker	French (6–9)	—	—	24–24
49	June 15	@ Braves	5–2	Swift (3–2)	Brandt	—	—	25–24
50	June 18	@ Braves	2–0 (11)	Swetonic (8–1)	Brown	—	—	26–24
51	June 18	@ Braves	1–2	Betts	Kremer (1–1)	—	—	26–25
52	June 19	@ Dodgers	2–1	Meine (2–1)	Clark	Swift (4)	18,000	27–25
53	June 20	@ Dodgers	1–2	Mungo	Harris (2–5)	—	—	27–26
54	June 21	@ Dodgers	2–9	Heimach	Swift (3–3)	—	—	27–27
55	June 22	@ Dodgers	7–6	French (7–9)	Shaute	Spencer (1)	—	28–27
56	June 24	Reds	4–3	Meine (3–1)	Rixey	—	—	29–27
57	June 25	Reds	5–4 (11)	Swift (4–3)	Lucas	—	—	30–27
58	June 25	Reds	8–5	Kremer (2–1)	Kolp	Meine (1)	—	31–27
59	June 26	@ Reds	5–0	French (8–9)	Johnson	—	—	32–27
60	June 26	@ Reds	9–5	Swift (5–3)	Carroll	—	—	33–27
61	June 30	Cardinals	9–6	Swift (6–3)	Stout	—	—	34–27

July: 25–13 (Home: 16–9; Away: 9–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
62	July 1	Cardinals	3–5	Dean	Swetonic (8–2)	Lindsey	—	34–28
63	July 2	Cardinals	4–5	Hallahan	Kremer (2–2)	—	—	34–29
64	July 3	@ Cubs	5–4 (6)	Meine (4–1)	Malone	—	18,000	35–29
65	July 4	Cubs	9–6	Harris (3–5)	Grimes	—	—	36–29
66	July 4	Cubs	6–5 (11)	Chagnon (2–1)	Bush	—	—	37–29
67	July 5	Giants	4–3 (10)	Swift (7–3)	Walker	—	—	38–29
68	July 6	Giants	4–2	Swetonic (9–2)	Mooney	—	—	39–29
69	July 6	Giants	3–1	French (9–9)	Luque	—	—	40–29
70	July 7	Giants	3–4	Hoyt	Meine (4–2)	—	—	40–30
71	July 8	Giants	8–7	Chagnon (3–1)	Mooney	—	—	41–30
72	July 9	Dodgers	3–9	Vance	Harris (3–6)	—	—	41–31
73	July 10	@ Dodgers	8–7	Swift (8–3)	Quinn	—	15,000	42–31
74	July 11	Dodgers	5–3	Swetonic (10–2)	Heimach	—	—	43–31
75	July 12	Dodgers	8–7 (12)	Harris (4–6)	Moore	—	—	44–31
76	July 13	Braves	1–5	Brandt	French (9–10)	—	—	44–32
77	July 13	Braves	5–10	Zachary	Chagnon (3–2)	—	—	44–33
78	July 14	Braves	6–1	Swift (9–3)	Seibold	—	—	45–33
79	July 15	Braves	1–0	Kremer (3–2)	Pruett	—	—	46–33
80	July 16	Braves	2–1	Meine (5–2)	Betts	—	—	47–33
81	July 16	Braves	9–8 (10)	Chagnon (4–2)	Brandt	—	—	48–33
82	July 18	Phillies	4–5 (11)	Collins	French (9–11)	—	—	48–34
83	July 19	Phillies	5–2	Swift (10–3)	Hansen	—	—	49–34
84	July 19	Phillies	5–6 (11)	Collins	Harris (4–7)	—	—	49–35
85	July 20	Phillies	2–6	Holley	Meine (5–3)	—	—	49–36
86	July 21	Phillies	3–2	Kremer (4–2)	Elliott	—	—	50–36
87	July 22	Cubs	3–1	Swetonic (11–2)	Malone	—	—	51–36
88	July 23	Cubs	11–8	Brame (2–1)	Smith	Harris (1)	—	52–36
89	July 24	@ Cubs	2–7	Warneke	Meine (5–4)	—	—	52–37
90	July 24	@ Cubs	7–5	Harris (5–7)	Bush	—	48,000	53–37
91	July 26	@ Giants	3–7	Hubbell	French (9–12)	—	20,000	53–38
92	July 26	@ Giants	7–5 (10)	Chagnon (5–2)	Schumacher	—	20,000	54–38
93	July 27	@ Giants	9–8	Harris (6–7)	Gibson	French (2)	—	55–38
94	July 27	@ Giants	4–2	Harris (7–7)	Hoyt	—	—	56–38
95	July 28	@ Giants	10–7	Brame (3–1)	Fitzsimmons	French (3)	10,000	57–38
96	July 28	@ Giants	9–1	Meine (6–4)	Bell	—	—	58–38

August: 10–20 (Home: 9–10; Away: 1–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
100	August 1	@ Phillies	5–18	Rhem	Meine (6–5)	—	—	59–41
101	August 2	@ Phillies	6–11	Elliott	French (9–13)	Hansen	—	59–42
102	August 4	@ Dodgers	4–7	Clark	Swetonic (11–3)	—	—	59–43
103	August 4	@ Dodgers	5–6 (10)	Thurston	Swift (10–5)	—	25,000	59–44
104	August 6	@ Dodgers	1–2	Heimach	Meine (6–6)	—	10,000	59–45
105	August 7	@ Braves	1–2	Brandt	Swetonic (11–4)	—	—	59–46
106	August 7	@ Braves	6–7	Cantwell	Swift (10–6)	—	29,000	59–47
107	August 9	@ Braves	0–4	Betts	Kremer (4–3)	—	—	59–48
108	August 10	@ Braves	5–2	Meine (7–6)	Zachary	—	—	60–48
109	August 10	@ Braves	2–3	Brandt	French (9–14)	—	—	60–49
110	August 11	Cubs	2–3 (10)	Bush	Swetonic (11–5)	—	—	60–50
111	August 13	Reds	0–3	Rixey	Swift (10–7)	—	—	60–51
112	August 15	Dodgers	6–11	Shaute	Meine (7–7)	—	—	60–52
113	August 16	Dodgers	4–0	French (10–14)	Clark	—	—	61–52
114	August 17	Dodgers	1–4	Heimach	Swift (10–8)	Mungo	—	61–53
115	August 19	Giants	4–10	Hubbell	Meine (7–8)	—	6,000	61–54
116	August 20	Giants	3–2	French (11–14)	Walker	—	—	62–54
117	August 20	Giants	1–8	Bell	Harris (8–8)	—	—	62–55
118	August 21	@ Reds	0–2	Rixey	Swift (10–9)	—	—	62–56
119	August 22	Giants	6–1	Meine (8–8)	Mooney	—	—	63–56
120	August 22	Giants	3–4	Hoyt	Chagnon (5–3)	—	—	63–57
121	August 23	Giants	4–3	French (12–14)	Hubbell	—	—	64–57
122	August 24	Phillies	6–9	Collins	Spencer (3–7)	—	—	64–58
123	August 25	Phillies	3–11	Hansen	Meine (8–9)	—	—	64–59
124	August 25	Phillies	5–6 (10)	Elliott	French (12–15)	—	—	64–60
125	August 26	Phillies	8–0	Chagnon (6–3)	Collins	—	—	65–60
126	August 27	Braves	7–4	French (13–15)	Brandt	—	—	66–60
127	August 30	Braves	10–7	Harris (9–8)	Brandt	French (4)	—	67–60
128	August 30	Braves	3–2	Swift (11–9)	Frankhouse	—	—	68–60
129	August 31	Braves	2–1	Chagnon (7–3)	Betts	—	—	69–60

September: 17–8 (Home: 4–0; Away: 13–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
130	September 2	Reds	2–1	French (14–15)	Lucas	—	—	70–60
131	September 3	Reds	7–1	Swift (12–9)	Rixey	—	—	71–60
132	September 4	@ Reds	5–2	Chagnon (8–3)	Benton	Harris (2)	—	72–60
133	September 5	Cardinals	4–3	Meine (9–9)	Stout	—	—	73–60
134	September 5	Cardinals	3–1	French (15–15)	Derringer	—	—	74–60
135	September 7	@ Dodgers	8–3	Swift (13–9)	Mungo	—	12,500	75–60
136	September 7	@ Dodgers	2–4	Heimach	Harris (9–9)	—	12,500	75–61
137	September 8	@ Dodgers	2–12	Clark	Chagnon (8–4)	—	1,000	75–62
138	September 10	@ Phillies	5–2	French (16–15)	Hansen	—	—	76–62
139	September 10	@ Phillies	5–4	Meine (10–9)	Elliott	—	—	77–62
140	September 12	@ Phillies	4–2	Swift (14–9)	Rhem	—	—	78–62
141	September 13	@ Braves	0–3	Brandt	Chagnon (8–5)	—	—	78–63
142	September 14	@ Braves	2–5	Brown	French (16–16)	—	—	78–64
143	September 15	@ Braves	3–2	Meine (11–9)	Betts	—	—	79–64
144	September 17	@ Giants	4–7	Walker	Swift (14–10)	Luque	—	79–65
145	September 18	@ Giants	7–4	French (17–16)	Schumacher	—	15,000	80–65
146	September 18	@ Giants	6–3	Chagnon (9–5)	Parmelee	—	15,000	81–65
147	September 20	@ Cubs	2–5	Bush	Swetonic (11–6)	—	—	81–66
148	September 20	@ Cubs	5–0	Meine (12–9)	Tinning	—	—	82–66
149	September 21	@ Cubs	9–6	Spencer (4–7)	Herrmann	—	—	83–66
150	September 22	@ Cubs	7–0	Smith (1–0)	Grimes	—	—	84–66
151	September 23	@ Cardinals	4–8	Derringer	Chagnon (9–6)	—	—	84–67
152	September 24	@ Cardinals	7–4	French (18–16)	Winford	—	—	85–67
153	September 25	@ Cardinals	7–1	Harris (10–9)	Starr	—	—	86–67
154	September 25	@ Cardinals	4–7	Dean	Spencer (4–8)	—	—	86–68

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1932 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

33 George Gibson

Coaches

34 Doc Crandall
35 Grover Hartley

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	Earl Grace	115	390	107	.274	8	55
1B	Gus Suhr	154	581	153	.263	5	81
2B	Tony Piet	154	574	162	.282	7	85
3B	Pie Traynor	135	513	169	.329	2	68
SS	Arky Vaughan	129	497	158	.318	4	61
OF	Lloyd Waner	134	565	188	.333	2	38
OF	Paul Waner	154	630	215	.341	8	82
OF	Adam Comorosky	108	370	106	.286	4	46

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
Dave Barbee	97	327	84	.257	5	55
Tommy Thevenow	59	194	46	.237	0	26
Tom Padden	47	118	31	.263	0	10
Gus Dugas	55	97	23	.237	3	12
Hal Finney	31	33	7	.212	0	4
Bill Brubaker	7	24	10	.417	0	4
Bill Brenzel	9	24	1	.042	0	2
Howdy Groskloss	17	20	2	.100	0	0
Woody Jensen	5	5	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
Larry French	47	274.1	18	16	3.02	72
Heinie Meine	28	172.1	12	9	3.86	32
Steve Swetonic	24	162.2	11	6	2.82	39
Ray Kremer	11	56.2	4	3	4.29	6

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
Bill Swift	39	214.1	14	10	3.61	64
Bill Harris	37	168.0	10	9	3.64	63
Glenn Spencer	39	137.2	4	8	4.97	35
Leon Chagnon	30	128.0	9	6	3.94	52
Hal Smith	2	12.0	1	0	0.75	4

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
Erv Brame	23	3	1	0	7.41	10

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Tony Piet

#2 in NL in stolen bases (19)

Steve Swetonic

#4 in NL in ERA (2.82)

Paul Waner

#4 in NL in batting average (.341)
#4 in NL in hits (215)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Tulsa Oilers	Western League	Art Griggs

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tulsa

References

^ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.

1932 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1932 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

[1] From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.

[1]