1932 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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.

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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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) # 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

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

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

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

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	10	9	3.64	63
Glenn Spencer	39	137.2	4	8	4.97	35
Leon Chagnon	30	128	9	6	3.94	52
Hal Smith	2	12	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

1. 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.