1932 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1932 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss, Bill Benswanger
Manager(s)	George Gibson
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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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

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 Records Sources:
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)

May: 14–11 (Home: 7–8; Away: 7–3)

June: 14–7 (Home: 6–1; Away: 8–6)

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

Roster

1932 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

48 Erv Brame

46 Leon Chagnon

42 Larry French

44 Bill Harris

40 Ray Kremer

41 Heinie Meine

-- Hal Smith

47 Glenn Spencer

43 Steve Swetonic

45 Bill Swift

Catchers

-- Bill Brenzel

32 Hal Finney

30 Earl Grace

31 Tom Padden

Infielders

25 Bill Brubaker

26 Howdy Groskloss

22 Tony Piet

24 Gus Suhr

25 Tommy Thevenow

20 Pie Traynor

21 Arky Vaughan

Outfielders

14 Dave Barbee

12 Adam Comorosky

15 Gus Dugas

-- Woody Jensen

10 Lloyd Waner

11 Paul Waner

Manager

33 George Gibson

Coaches

Doc Crandall

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	Grace, EarlEarl Grace	115	390	107	.274	8	55
1B	Suhr, GusGus Suhr	154	581	153	.263	5	81
2B	Piet, TonyTony Piet	154	574	162	.282	7	85
3B	Traynor, PiePie Traynor	135	513	169	.329	2	68
SS	Vaughan, ArkyArky Vaughan	129	497	158	.318	4	61
OF	Waner, LloydLloyd Waner	134	565	188	.333	2	38
OF	Waner, PaulPaul Waner	154	630	215	.341	8	82

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
Barbee, DaveDave Barbee	97	327	84	.257	5	55
Finney, HalHal Finney	31	33	7	.212	0	4

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
French, LarryLarry French	47	274.1	18	16	3.02	72
Swetonic, SteveSteve Swetonic	24	162.2	11	6	2.82	39

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
Swift, BillBill Swift	39	214.1	14	10	3.61	64
Chagnon, LeonLeon Chagnon	30	128	9	6	3.94	52

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
Brame, ErvErv 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

References

↑ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore 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.

1932 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1932 World Series

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (136)

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1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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