The 1932 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 48th in franchise history. They finished fourth in the National League with a 78–76 record. It was the Phillies' only winning season between 1917 and 1949. This was the first season the Philadelphia Phillies wore numbers on the team's uniforms, allowing staff, coaches, and spectators to more easily identify players at a distance.

Don Hurst led the National League this season with 143 runs batted in.

Regular season On August 15, 1932, the Phillies defeated a team of Grand Rapids All-Stars 2 to 0 at Ramona Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan in a mid season exhibition.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1932 Philadelphia Phillies Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

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 Spud Davis 125 402 135 .336 14 70 1B Don Hurst 150 579 196 .339 24 143 2B Les Mallon 103 347 90 .259 5 31 SS Dick Bartell 154 614 189 .308 1 53 3B Pinky Whitney 154 624 186 .298 13 124 OF Kiddo Davis 137 576 178 .309 5 57 OF 154 650 226 .348 38 137 OF Hal Lee 149 595 180 .303 18 85

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 Bernie Friberg 61 154 37 .240 0 14 Harry McCurdy 62 136 32 .235 1 14 Rube Bressler 27 83 19 .229 0 6 Al Todd 33 70 16 .229 0 9 Fred Brickell 45 66 22 .333 0 2 Eddie Delker 30 62 10 .161 1 7 30 39 11 .282 1 5 George Knothe 6 12 1 .083 0 0 Russ Scarritt 11 11 2 .182 0 0 Doug Taitt 4 2 0 .000 0 1 Hugh Willingham 4 2 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 Ed Holley 34 228.0 11 14 3.95 87 Ray Benge 41 222.1 13 12 4.05 89 Flint Rhem 26 168.2 11 7 3.74 35

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 39 191.0 10 10 3.72 56 Phil Collins 43 184.1 14 12 5.27 66 Jumbo Elliott 39 166.0 11 10 5.42 62 Hal Elliott 16 57.2 2 4 5.77 13

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 21 1 2 2 7.63 15 Reggie Grabowski 14 2 2 0 3.67 15 Clise Dudley 13 1 1 1 7.13 5 Chet Nichols Sr. 11 0 2 1 6.98 5 Ad Liska 8 2 0 1 1.69 6 Stew Bolen 5 0 0 0 2.81 3 4 0 0 0 1.50 2

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

References 1932 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference