Champions World Series: New York Yankees over Chicago Cubs (4–0)
Awards and honors MLB Most Valuable Player Award Jimmie Foxx, Philadelphia Athletics, 1B Chuck Klein, Philadelphia Phillies, OF
Statistical leaders Any team shown in indicates a previous team a player was on during the season.
American League National League East–West League Negro Southern League Stat Player Total Player Total Player Total Player Total AVG Dale Alexander (BOS/DET) .367 Lefty O'Doul (BRO) .368 Dick Lundy (BBS) .381 Leroy Morney (MON) .378 HR Jimmie Foxx (PHA) 58 Chuck Klein (PHI)Mel Ott (NYG) 38 Tom Finley (BBS) 7 Steel Arm Davis (CAG)Turkey Stearnes (CAG) 4 RBI Jimmie Foxx (PHA) 169 Don Hurst (PHI) 143 Mule Suttles (WPI/) 48 Roy Parnell (MON) 50 W Alvin Crowder (WSH) 26 Lon Warneke (CHC) 22 Bertrum Hunter (HOM/) 10 Dick Matthews (MON) 11 ERA Lefty Grove (PHA) 2.84 Lon Warneke (CHC) 2.37 Joseph Strong (HOM) 2.07 Roy Parnell (MON) 0.83 K Red Ruffing (NYY) 190 Dizzy Dean (STL) 191 Bertrum Hunter (HOM/) 72 Barney Morris (MON) 81
Major league baseball final standings American League final standings
National League final standings
Negro leagues final standings All Negro leagues standings below are per MLB and Seamheads. East–West League standings
Negro Southern League standings 1932 was the only time the Negro Southern League was considered a major league. Chicago won the first half while Nashville won the second half. They matched up against each other in a best-of-seven postseason series, which Chicago won four to three.
Independent teams final standings A loose confederation of teams existed that were not part of either established leagues. vs. All Teams Independent Clubs W L T Pct. GBKansas City Monarchs13505½Cuban Stars (East)4208½Pittsburgh Crawfords55362—New York Black Yankees171418Philadelphia Bacharach Giants23010Donaldson's All Stars16012Foster Memorial Giants / Cleveland Cubs115016½
Events January–May January 23 – The St. Louis Cardinals trade Hack Wilson to the Brooklyn Dodgers for a minor leaguer and $45,000. February 27 – Waite Hoyt joins the Brooklyn Dodgers. March 14 – The Brooklyn Dodgers trade Wally Gilbert, Babe Herman and Ernie Lombardi to the Cincinnati Reds for Tony Cuccinello, Joe Stripp and Clyde Sukeforth. April 11 – The first game of the season goes extra innings. Heinie Manush's tenth inning double carries the Washington Senators to a 1–0 victory over the Boston Red Sox. April 17 – New York Giants First baseman Bill Terry ties a National League record with 21 putouts in the New York Giants' 6–0 victory over the Boston Braves. May 12 – Carey Selph of the Chicago White Sox collects his ninth strikeout of the season. But it won't happen again. Selph will go another 89 games without striking out, to set a major league record, hitting a .283 average in 396 at-bats in his second and last season. Selph's record will last until when another White Sox, Nellie Fox, sets a new mark with 98 consecutive games without striking out. May 16 – The New York Yankees defeat the Cleveland Indians, 8–0, for their fourth shut out in a row. May 19 – With first place in the American League on the line, the Washington Senators sweep both games from the New York Yankees to advance to first place by half a game. The Yankees, however, win the following day's game, and both games of the May 21 double header to end the series up 2.5 games. They maintain first place for the rest of the season. May 20 – The Pirates' Paul Waner hits four doubles, tying a major league record held by many players. May 30 – The New York Yankees unveil a plaque dedicated to former manager Miller Huggins. It is the first of what will eventually be a large number of plaques and other monuments to Yankee personnel.
June–July June 3: Lou Gehrig hits four home runs and narrowly misses a fifth, while Tony Lazzeri hits for the cycle as the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Athletics, 20–13. Gehrig becomes the third player to accomplish the feat in Major League history and the first to do so in the American League in 36 years. The Yankees set a major league record for total bases with 50 and both teams set a still-standing record for extra bases with 41. New York Giants manager John McGraw resigns. He had been the team's manager since the 1902 season. June 9 – In a pitchers transaction, the St. Louis Browns send Dick Coffman to the Washington Senators in exchange for Carl Fischer. Both teams trade the two hurlers back for each other on December 13. June 22 – National League club presidents approve the addition of numbers on player uniforms. The New York Yankees had initiated the concept in in the American League. June 23 – Pitcher Waite Hoyt joins the New York Giants. July 10 – Philadelphia Athletics, manager Connie Mack brings only two pitchers to face the Cleveland Indians. As luck would have it, Philadelphia's starter Lew Krausse is lifted after giving up four hits in the first inning, and is replaced by Eddie Rommel. A slugfest emerges, with the Athletics taking a 15–14 lead in the ninth inning only to have the Indians tie it in the bottom of the inning. The A's score two more in the sixteenth only to have Cleveland score two as well in the bottom of the inning. The A's eventually win it in eighteen, 18–17. While Rommel gives up 29 hits, he is still the winning pitcher. Johnny Burnett goes 9-for-11 for the Indians, setting a Major League record for most hits in a single game. Rommel sets a record for the most batters faced by a relief pitcher, after facing 87 batters in an 18–17, 18 innings victory over the Cleveland Indians. July 31 – The Cleveland Indians lose the inaugural game in Cleveland Municipal Stadium, 1–0, to the Philadelphia Athletics.
August–September August 2 – Rogers Hornsby is fired as manager of the Chicago Cubs. August 5 – Against the Washington Senators at Navin Field, Tommy Bridges of the Detroit Tigers has a bid for a perfect game broken up with two out in the ninth on a Dave Harris single. The hit is the only one Bridges allows in defeating the Senators 13–0. August 14 – Despite a woeful 27–85 record, the Boston Red Sox defeat the Philadelphia Athletics 2–0 behind the pitching of Johnny Welch. It is one of only two shut outs the A's endure all season (July 9 against the Chicago White Sox). August 17 – The New York Yankees defeat the Detroit Tigers, 8–3, for their tenth victory in a row. September 11 – The St. Louis Browns defeat the Boston Red Sox 7–1 in the first game of a double header to give Boston their 100th loss of the season. The BoSox come back to win the second game, but go on to lose 111 games by the end of the season. September 13 – The New York Yankees defeat the Cleveland Indians 9–3 for their 100th win of the season. September 18 – The St. Louis Browns defeat the New York Yankees 2–1. It is the eleventh time all season the Yankees are held to just one run. The Yankees are never shut out all season. September 19 – The Chicago White Sox lose their 100th game of the season, 9–6 to the Philadelphia Athletics. September 28: The Chicago Cubs jump out to a 2–0 lead in game one of the 1932 World Series, however, a three-run fourth inning capped off by a two-run home run by Lou Gehrig gives the Yankees the lead, as they take game one, 12–6. The Philadelphia A's sell Mule Haas, Al Simmons & Jimmy Dykes to the Chicago White Sox for $100,000. September 29 – The Cubs again score in the first; however, their lead is short lived, as the Yankees score two in the bottom of the inning, and go on to win 5–2.
October–December October 1 – Lou Gehrig hits two home runs, as does teammate Babe Ruth, as the New York Yankees defeat the Chicago Cubs, 7–5 in Game 3 of the World Series. It is Ruth's second home run that is historic. Batting against Charlie Root in the fifth inning, with two strikes, Ruth is seen to gesture, according to some toward the outfield fence, before hitting the home run. While it is not universally accepted that Ruth was predicting a home run, it is referred to as "Babe Ruth's called shot". October 2 – The New York Yankees defeat the Chicago Cubs, 13–6, in Game four of the World Series to win their fourth World Championship, four games to none. This would be Ruth's tenth, and final, World Series appearance. October 19 – The Baseball Writers' Association of America MVP awards are announced, with Athletics' Jimmie Foxx winning in the American League and Phillies' Chuck Klein in the National League. October 25 – Rogers Hornsby rejoins the St. Louis Cardinals. November 10 – Donie Bush, who managed the Minneapolis Millers to the American Association this past season, is named to manage the Cincinnati Reds the next year. November 22 – St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Charlie Gelbert shatters his leg in a hunting accident. He will return as a part-time infielder in 1935, playing until 1940. November 29 – The New York Giants release pitcher Waite Hoyt. December 12 – In a rarity for 1932, a three team trade is struck between the New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates. The Phillies send Kiddo Davis to the Giants, and receive Chick Fullis from the Giants. The Giants sent Freddie Lindstrom to the Pirates, and the Pirates sent Glenn Spencer to the New York Giants and Gus Dugas to the Phillies. December 15 – Farm systems, originally known as "Chain store baseball" is approved by a joint meeting of American and National League owners despite objections by Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis. December 17 – The St. Louis Cardinals trade Jim Bottomley to the Chicago Cubs for Ownie Carroll and Estel Crabtree.
Births January January 3 – George Piktuzis January 15 – Georges Maranda January 18 – Mike Fornieles January 24 – Ernie Oravetz
February February 6 – Bill Koski February 9 – Tatsuro Hirooka February 10 – Jim Stump February 15 – Footer Johnson February 19 – Don Taussig February 23 – Jim Bolger
March March 1 – Dom Zanni March 2 – Chico Fernández March 9: Ron Kline Paul Martin March 16 – Don Blasingame March 18: Anna Kunkel Lee Tate March 22: Nancy DeShone Al Schroll March 23: Jack Meyer Helen Nordquist March 25: Walt Craddock Woodie Held March 27 – Wes Covington
May May 1: Félix Torres Kazuhiro Yamauchi May 2 – Ed Bressoud May 5 – Chuck Locke May 6 – Charlie Rabe May 9: Tony Bartirome Tom Yewcic May 16: Isora del Castillo Mary Louise Kolanko May 17: Billy Hoeft Ozzie Virgil, Sr. May 21 – Earl Hersh May 25 – Jim Archer May 26: Joe Altobelli Delores Brumfield May 27 – Mack Pride May 28 – Carl Thomas
June June 1 – Chuck Templeton June 2 – Lou Skizas June 4 – John McNamara June 7 – Mary Moore June 13: Tom Gastall Billy Williams June 17 – Bennie Daniels June 18 – Ron Necciai June 20 – Cuno Barragan June 27 – Eddie Kasko
July July 9: Bud Black Tex Clevenger Coot Veal July 22 – Carl Duser July 25 – Jack McMahan July 26 – Dick Brodowski July 27 – Johnny Kucks
August August 2 – John Pregenzer August 4 – Jim Coates August 6 – Donna Becker August 8 – Vicente Amor August 11 – Steve Korcheck August 15 – Jim Snyder August 24 – Hal Woodeshick August 27 – Jim King August 29: Eric MacKenzie Roger McCardell
September September 6 – Marguerite Pearson September 8 – Casey Wise September 11 – Donna Jogerst September 18 – Barbara Payne September 29 – Paul Giel September 30 – Johnny Podres
October October 2 – Maury Wills October 3 – Phil Clark October 7 – Bud Daley October 10 – Hal Raether October 13 – Dick Barone October 27 – Dolores Moore
November November 1 – Jim Pyburn November 6 – John Oldham November 7 – Dick Stuart November 9 – Connie Grob November 18 – Bob Mitchell November 14 – Marty Kutyna November 16 – Harry Chiti November 18 – Danny McDevitt November 21 – Bill Valentine November 24 – Betty Jane Cornett
December December 10 – Ed Donnelly December 22 – Norma Berger
Deaths January January 1 – Tom Parrott, 63, pitcher who played from 1893 through 1896 for the Chicago Colts, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Browns.