Hob2 - 1932 Recap

Tiger Fan · 06-23-2002, 12:30 AM

1932 Amateur Draft
Not a banner year for talent but here are the first round picks:



    Cincinnati pick:  P  Tex Carleton

    Washington pick:  P  Ray Starr

    Chicago (A) pick:  P  Monte Pearson

    Detroit pick:  SS Arky Vaughan

    St Louis(A) pick:  C  Bill Delancey

    Pittsburgh pick:  P  Bill Swift

    Brooklyn pick:  P  Rip Sewell

    St. Louis (N) pick:  P  Johnny Allen

    Boston (N) pick:  LF Joe Medwick

    Chicago (N) pick:  RF Frank Demaree

    Cleveland pick:  P  Tony Freitas

    New York pick:  P  Charlie Devens

    New York (N) pick:  2B Andy Spognardi

    Philadelphia (A) pick:  3B Stan Hack

    Philadelphia (N) pick:  P  Joe Bowman

    Boston (A) pick:  P  Sugar Cain

1932 FREE AGENT MOVEMENT
The biggest news in the offseason was homerun king Babe Ruth leaving Cleveland to sign with the New York Yankees. Ruth, who has never played in a postseason game, hopes to get his first World Series ring in New York. Cleveland replaced Ruth in the outfield by signing Lloyd Waner away from the White Sox. The Indians also added second baseman Charlie Gehringer as a free agent signing and acquired former 20 game winner John Bogart in trade with Brooklyn.
Another preseason deal saw Pittsburgh sign ex-Yankee outfielder Heinie Mueller but then immediately send him to the Braves for second baseman Johnny Hodapp.

1932 HOB2 RECAP
TRIBE FINALLY WINS A PENNANT - WITHOUT RUTH
The Cleveland Indians won the American League pennant in 1921 but a World Series loss to the Cubs convinced the Tribe to shell out big money for prize free agent Babe Ruth. Ruth was supposed to hit tons of homers and lead Cleveland to multiple pennants. He did the former, socking 493 homers in a Cleveland uniform, but the Tribe never won an American League pennant during the Babe's tenure.

In 1932, Ruth bolted for bigger money in a bigger market and signed with the Yankees. Cleveland replaced Ruth with batting champ Lloyd Waner and smartly added Charlie Gehringer and John Bogart to the mix. The result - Cleveland's first pennant since the year before Ruth arrived, 1921.

You can't blame the Tribe's lack of success on Ruth as it was usually shaky pitching that did the Indians in. That's what made the acquisition of John Bogart so important. Bogart (20-12, 3.73) gave Cleveland a legitimate number 1 starter and with the pressure off of Freddie Fitzsimmons (20-8,3.32) to be the stopper he responded with a career year. Rookie Tony Freitas (12-13, 4.73) was a pleasant surprise making the majors in his draft year but it was more out of necessity. 38 year old Cliff Markle (9-6, 4.22) broke down in midseason and the Tribe had no other consistant starter to speak of. Offensive has never been a problem for the Indians and even without Ruth that did not change. Lloyd Waner did not miss a beat with the move to Cleveland, winning his fourth batting crown. Joe Hauser (.297,29,131) and Bob Meusel (.289,23,113), brought in a few years ago to complement Ruth, flourished in the Babe's absence. Add in Kiki Cuyler, Luke Appling, Charlie Gehringer, Sammy Hale and Pat Collins and you have one of the best offenses ever assembled.

The lack of pitching depth nearly cost the Indians the pennant, as the Philadelphia Athletics mounted a late charge but fell 2 games short. Clint Brown,a midseason pickup from the White Sox, stunned the league by going 14-5 down the stretch for his new club. Brown, who was just 9-13 in his first full season last year, finished 21-14 to win the Markle Award. Frank Shellenback (19-11) had another strong year as did Hack Wilson (.317,26,112). Wilson, like Brown, was picked up midseason in a deal that sent Wally Berger to the Cardinals.

As usual Babe Ruth (.287,51,127) won the MVP Award. It was the 12th of his career. Ruth did not get a lot of offensive support in New York so the Yankees could finish no better than third despite the pitching of Carl Hubbell (20-11), Tim McCabe (20-13) and Pat Caraway (18-17).

Fouth place was a big accomplishment in St Louis as the Browns finished at .500 for only the second time since 1906. Arky Vaughn of Detroit was named the league's top newcomer. The 20 year old shortstop batted .358 after stealing the starting job from John Kerr.

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Tiger Fan · 06-23-2002, 12:38 AM

NATIONAL LEAGUE RACE GOES DOWN TO THE WIRE
The Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants battled for National League supremacy all season but in the end the Dodgers won their league record 8th pennant by a two game margin. Veteran pitchers Charlie Eckert (19-11, 3.32) and Emil Yde (18-8, 3.42) along with outfielders Chuck Klien (.303,19,112) and Goose Goslin (.324,12,89) led a balanced Brooklyn squad. The Giants relied on a rotation featuring sensational sophomore Dizzy Dean (20-16, 3.97), Waite Hoyt (20-15, 3.73) and Larry Benton (17-14, 3.39). Al Simmons (.309,28,143), Jim Bottomley (.301,25,101) and Paul Waner (.313, 21sb) ignited the offense.

Cardinals third baseman Specs Toporcer (.369,4,90) won the National League batting crown and despite numerous injuries to the pitching staff, St Louis finished just 4 games back. Johnny Allen (19-10, 3.22) was a pleasant surprise winning the rookie of the year award.

Lou Gehrig (.351,34,130) almost singlehandedly carried the Reds offense. Gehrig was named National League MVP for the 4th time. The top pitcher was Ted Lyons of Pittsburgh. Lyons also won his award for the 4th time in his career.



   American League       W   L   PCT    GB   AVG  ERA

   Cleveland            93  61  .604    --  .284  3.80 

   Philadelphia (A)     91  63  .591     2  .281  3.73 

   New York             84  70  .545     9  .271  3.80 

   St Louis(A)          77  77  .500    16  .272  4.32 

   Boston (A)           75  79  .487    18  .271  4.15 

   Detroit              73  81  .474    20  .287  4.14 

   Chicago (A)          64  90  .416    29  .273  4.26 

   Washington           59  95  .383    34  .253  4.50 

 

  National League        W   L   PCT    GB   AVG  ERA

   Brooklyn             88  66  .571    --  .277  3.88 

   New York (N)         86  68  .558     2  .276  3.81 

   St. Louis (N)        84  70  .545     4  .290  4.22 

   Cincinnati           80  74  .519     8  .274  4.62 

   Philadelphia (N)     74  80  .481    14  .282  3.94 

   Boston (N)           69  85  .448    19  .265  4.51 

   Pittsburgh           69  85  .448    19  .274  4.11 

   Chicago (N)          66  88  .429    22  .270  3.88

1932 ALL-STAR GAME
Babe Herman's 3 run double in the 7th inning led the National League to a 6-4 triumph in the 32nd allstar game. The Chicago Cubs first baseman entered the game in the 7th replacing Cincinnati's Lou Gehrig, who had gone 3-for-3 with a home run. Gehrig, who drove in the other 3 National League runs, was named the game's MVP for his efforts. It was Gehrig's second allstar game MVP award of his career.

Jimmie Foxx of the White Sox had 3 hits in a losing cause, while Boston's Tony Lazzeri homered for the AL. Ted Blankenship of Cincinnati got the win despite allowing 2 runs in his 2 innings work. Charlie Eckert of Brooklyn pitched the final two innings to earn the save. The losing pitcher was the Browns Wilcy Moore, who surrendered Herman's big blow.

The National League leads the series alltime 18-14. The NL stars have won 7 of the last 10 games.

1932 NEWS AND NOTES
Art Shires of the Philadelphia Phillies became the first player ever to get 7 hits in a game. In the most lopsided game in history, the Phillies pounded the Cardinals 29-1 on June 13th. Shires had 6 singles and a double off of 3 St Louis pitchers. Teammate Luke Sewell had 6 hits in the game and Spencer Adams added 5.

1932 WORLD SERIES - CLEVELAND INDIANS vs BROOKLYN DODGERS
The Indians are making their 6th World Series appearance, having won 3 times - 1908, 1915 and 1916. The Dodgers have been in the World Series 7 times before, winning just twice - 1914 and 1924. Cleveland and Brooklyn met in both the 1914 and 1915 series, with each team winning once. The Dodgers are back in the series for the first time in 8 years. It has been 11 years since Cleveland last played a meaningful game in October.

The Indians enter the series with everyone healthy and ready to go. The Dodgers, on the other hand, will be forced to play without Goose Goslin who dislocated his shoulder in mid September.

GAME 1 - Freddie Fitzsimmons and Lon Warneke hook up in a duel in Brooklyn. Each club scores once in the fifth inning but that is all the offense thru 8, as the two clubs have combined for just 9 hits. In the top of the ninth Tribe leadoff man Kiki Cuyler reaches on a throwing error by Brooklyn SS Lyn Lary. It would prove costly as Charlie Gehringer draws a walk and then the bases are loaded on an error by 1B Chick Tolson. Pinch hitter Billy Sullivan singles in Cuyler but Gehringer is nailed at the plate on a strong throw from Chuck Klein. The inning ends without further damage but the 2-1 lead is good enough for Fitzsimmons as he holds off the Dodgers in the bottom of the ninth.

GAME 2 - Bob Meusel's first inning double scores Joe Hauser to give the Indians a quick lead. Cleveland would score again in the fifth inning and that is more than enough for Johnny Bogart, who blanks the Dodgers on 6 hits. Wes Ferrell takes the loss despite allowing just 6 hits himself. The 2-0 victory in the game equals the series score as we head west to Cleveland for game 3.

GAME 3 - Brooklyn scores twice in the first capitalizing on some rookie nerves from Tribe hurler Tony Freitas. Freitas settles down and the Indians fight back to knot the game at 2 in the 7th inning. In the top of the 8th Dick Porter hits a one-out triple off of Freitas and scores on a Johnny Vergaz flyball giving the Dodgers their first lead of the series. With little confidence in their bullpen the Dodgers leave starter Wally Hebert on the mound in the bottom of the ninth. Hebert is trying to protect a 3-2 lead but is in trouble early as Bob Meusel leads off with a double. Joe Hauser is given a free pass but the move backfires when Kiki Cuyler follows with a signle to score Meusel and move Hauser into scoring position. The next batter, catcher Pat Collins ends the game with a single to left that scores pinch runner Adam Comorosky easily. The Indians take game 3 by a 4-3 score and take a commanding 3-0 series lead.

GAME 4 - Cleveland fans get out the brooms early as Charlie Gehringer drives in two runs with a first inning single. The Indians add 3 more in the 5th and win 5-0 on a 3-hitter from Freddie Fitzsimmons. Warneke takes his second loss of the series.

Fitzsimmons, who surrendered just 9 hits and 1 run in 18 innings work, is named the series MVP.

Here is World Series MVP Freddie Fitzsimmons

JimServo · 06-23-2002, 01:11 PM

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. BTW, what version of the database are you using (ankit's, ect...)?

Tiger Fan · 06-23-2002, 01:16 PM

I am using ScottVib's corrected 4.5 db but I edit fielding ratings and pitching roles myself.

06-23-2002, 12:30 AM	#1
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	Hob2 - 1932 Recap 1932 Amateur Draft Not a banner year for talent but here are the first round picks: Cincinnati pick: P Tex Carleton Washington pick: P Ray Starr Chicago (A) pick: P Monte Pearson Detroit pick: SS Arky Vaughan St Louis(A) pick: C Bill Delancey Pittsburgh pick: P Bill Swift Brooklyn pick: P Rip Sewell St. Louis (N) pick: P Johnny Allen Boston (N) pick: LF Joe Medwick Chicago (N) pick: RF Frank Demaree Cleveland pick: P Tony Freitas New York pick: P Charlie Devens New York (N) pick: 2B Andy Spognardi Philadelphia (A) pick: 3B Stan Hack Philadelphia (N) pick: P Joe Bowman Boston (A) pick: P Sugar Cain 1932 FREE AGENT MOVEMENT The biggest news in the offseason was homerun king Babe Ruth leaving Cleveland to sign with the New York Yankees. Ruth, who has never played in a postseason game, hopes to get his first World Series ring in New York. Cleveland replaced Ruth in the outfield by signing Lloyd Waner away from the White Sox. The Indians also added second baseman Charlie Gehringer as a free agent signing and acquired former 20 game winner John Bogart in trade with Brooklyn. Another preseason deal saw Pittsburgh sign ex-Yankee outfielder Heinie Mueller but then immediately send him to the Braves for second baseman Johnny Hodapp. 1932 HOB2 RECAP TRIBE FINALLY WINS A PENNANT - WITHOUT RUTH The Cleveland Indians won the American League pennant in 1921 but a World Series loss to the Cubs convinced the Tribe to shell out big money for prize free agent Babe Ruth. Ruth was supposed to hit tons of homers and lead Cleveland to multiple pennants. He did the former, socking 493 homers in a Cleveland uniform, but the Tribe never won an American League pennant during the Babe's tenure. In 1932, Ruth bolted for bigger money in a bigger market and signed with the Yankees. Cleveland replaced Ruth with batting champ Lloyd Waner and smartly added Charlie Gehringer and John Bogart to the mix. The result - Cleveland's first pennant since the year before Ruth arrived, 1921. You can't blame the Tribe's lack of success on Ruth as it was usually shaky pitching that did the Indians in. That's what made the acquisition of John Bogart so important. Bogart (20-12, 3.73) gave Cleveland a legitimate number 1 starter and with the pressure off of Freddie Fitzsimmons (20-8,3.32) to be the stopper he responded with a career year. Rookie Tony Freitas (12-13, 4.73) was a pleasant surprise making the majors in his draft year but it was more out of necessity. 38 year old Cliff Markle (9-6, 4.22) broke down in midseason and the Tribe had no other consistant starter to speak of. Offensive has never been a problem for the Indians and even without Ruth that did not change. Lloyd Waner did not miss a beat with the move to Cleveland, winning his fourth batting crown. Joe Hauser (.297,29,131) and Bob Meusel (.289,23,113), brought in a few years ago to complement Ruth, flourished in the Babe's absence. Add in Kiki Cuyler, Luke Appling, Charlie Gehringer, Sammy Hale and Pat Collins and you have one of the best offenses ever assembled. The lack of pitching depth nearly cost the Indians the pennant, as the Philadelphia Athletics mounted a late charge but fell 2 games short. Clint Brown,a midseason pickup from the White Sox, stunned the league by going 14-5 down the stretch for his new club. Brown, who was just 9-13 in his first full season last year, finished 21-14 to win the Markle Award. Frank Shellenback (19-11) had another strong year as did Hack Wilson (.317,26,112). Wilson, like Brown, was picked up midseason in a deal that sent Wally Berger to the Cardinals. As usual Babe Ruth (.287,51,127) won the MVP Award. It was the 12th of his career. Ruth did not get a lot of offensive support in New York so the Yankees could finish no better than third despite the pitching of Carl Hubbell (20-11), Tim McCabe (20-13) and Pat Caraway (18-17). Fouth place was a big accomplishment in St Louis as the Browns finished at .500 for only the second time since 1906. Arky Vaughn of Detroit was named the league's top newcomer. The 20 year old shortstop batted .358 after stealing the starting job from John Kerr. Continued in next post since I have surpassed max message length __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

06-23-2002, 12:38 AM	#2
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	NATIONAL LEAGUE RACE GOES DOWN TO THE WIRE The Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants battled for National League supremacy all season but in the end the Dodgers won their league record 8th pennant by a two game margin. Veteran pitchers Charlie Eckert (19-11, 3.32) and Emil Yde (18-8, 3.42) along with outfielders Chuck Klien (.303,19,112) and Goose Goslin (.324,12,89) led a balanced Brooklyn squad. The Giants relied on a rotation featuring sensational sophomore Dizzy Dean (20-16, 3.97), Waite Hoyt (20-15, 3.73) and Larry Benton (17-14, 3.39). Al Simmons (.309,28,143), Jim Bottomley (.301,25,101) and Paul Waner (.313, 21sb) ignited the offense. Cardinals third baseman Specs Toporcer (.369,4,90) won the National League batting crown and despite numerous injuries to the pitching staff, St Louis finished just 4 games back. Johnny Allen (19-10, 3.22) was a pleasant surprise winning the rookie of the year award. Lou Gehrig (.351,34,130) almost singlehandedly carried the Reds offense. Gehrig was named National League MVP for the 4th time. The top pitcher was Ted Lyons of Pittsburgh. Lyons also won his award for the 4th time in his career. American League W L PCT GB AVG ERA Cleveland 93 61 .604 -- .284 3.80 Philadelphia (A) 91 63 .591 2 .281 3.73 New York 84 70 .545 9 .271 3.80 St Louis(A) 77 77 .500 16 .272 4.32 Boston (A) 75 79 .487 18 .271 4.15 Detroit 73 81 .474 20 .287 4.14 Chicago (A) 64 90 .416 29 .273 4.26 Washington 59 95 .383 34 .253 4.50 National League W L PCT GB AVG ERA Brooklyn 88 66 .571 -- .277 3.88 New York (N) 86 68 .558 2 .276 3.81 St. Louis (N) 84 70 .545 4 .290 4.22 Cincinnati 80 74 .519 8 .274 4.62 Philadelphia (N) 74 80 .481 14 .282 3.94 Boston (N) 69 85 .448 19 .265 4.51 Pittsburgh 69 85 .448 19 .274 4.11 Chicago (N) 66 88 .429 22 .270 3.88 1932 ALL-STAR GAME Babe Herman's 3 run double in the 7th inning led the National League to a 6-4 triumph in the 32nd allstar game. The Chicago Cubs first baseman entered the game in the 7th replacing Cincinnati's Lou Gehrig, who had gone 3-for-3 with a home run. Gehrig, who drove in the other 3 National League runs, was named the game's MVP for his efforts. It was Gehrig's second allstar game MVP award of his career. Jimmie Foxx of the White Sox had 3 hits in a losing cause, while Boston's Tony Lazzeri homered for the AL. Ted Blankenship of Cincinnati got the win despite allowing 2 runs in his 2 innings work. Charlie Eckert of Brooklyn pitched the final two innings to earn the save. The losing pitcher was the Browns Wilcy Moore, who surrendered Herman's big blow. The National League leads the series alltime 18-14. The NL stars have won 7 of the last 10 games. 1932 NEWS AND NOTES Art Shires of the Philadelphia Phillies became the first player ever to get 7 hits in a game. In the most lopsided game in history, the Phillies pounded the Cardinals 29-1 on June 13th. Shires had 6 singles and a double off of 3 St Louis pitchers. Teammate Luke Sewell had 6 hits in the game and Spencer Adams added 5. 1932 WORLD SERIES - CLEVELAND INDIANS vs BROOKLYN DODGERS The Indians are making their 6th World Series appearance, having won 3 times - 1908, 1915 and 1916. The Dodgers have been in the World Series 7 times before, winning just twice - 1914 and 1924. Cleveland and Brooklyn met in both the 1914 and 1915 series, with each team winning once. The Dodgers are back in the series for the first time in 8 years. It has been 11 years since Cleveland last played a meaningful game in October. The Indians enter the series with everyone healthy and ready to go. The Dodgers, on the other hand, will be forced to play without Goose Goslin who dislocated his shoulder in mid September. GAME 1 - Freddie Fitzsimmons and Lon Warneke hook up in a duel in Brooklyn. Each club scores once in the fifth inning but that is all the offense thru 8, as the two clubs have combined for just 9 hits. In the top of the ninth Tribe leadoff man Kiki Cuyler reaches on a throwing error by Brooklyn SS Lyn Lary. It would prove costly as Charlie Gehringer draws a walk and then the bases are loaded on an error by 1B Chick Tolson. Pinch hitter Billy Sullivan singles in Cuyler but Gehringer is nailed at the plate on a strong throw from Chuck Klein. The inning ends without further damage but the 2-1 lead is good enough for Fitzsimmons as he holds off the Dodgers in the bottom of the ninth. GAME 2 - Bob Meusel's first inning double scores Joe Hauser to give the Indians a quick lead. Cleveland would score again in the fifth inning and that is more than enough for Johnny Bogart, who blanks the Dodgers on 6 hits. Wes Ferrell takes the loss despite allowing just 6 hits himself. The 2-0 victory in the game equals the series score as we head west to Cleveland for game 3. GAME 3 - Brooklyn scores twice in the first capitalizing on some rookie nerves from Tribe hurler Tony Freitas. Freitas settles down and the Indians fight back to knot the game at 2 in the 7th inning. In the top of the 8th Dick Porter hits a one-out triple off of Freitas and scores on a Johnny Vergaz flyball giving the Dodgers their first lead of the series. With little confidence in their bullpen the Dodgers leave starter Wally Hebert on the mound in the bottom of the ninth. Hebert is trying to protect a 3-2 lead but is in trouble early as Bob Meusel leads off with a double. Joe Hauser is given a free pass but the move backfires when Kiki Cuyler follows with a signle to score Meusel and move Hauser into scoring position. The next batter, catcher Pat Collins ends the game with a single to left that scores pinch runner Adam Comorosky easily. The Indians take game 3 by a 4-3 score and take a commanding 3-0 series lead. GAME 4 - Cleveland fans get out the brooms early as Charlie Gehringer drives in two runs with a first inning single. The Indians add 3 more in the 5th and win 5-0 on a 3-hitter from Freddie Fitzsimmons. Warneke takes his second loss of the series. Fitzsimmons, who surrendered just 9 hits and 1 run in 18 innings work, is named the series MVP. Here is World Series MVP Freddie Fitzsimmons __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 12:38 AM.

06-23-2002, 01:11 PM	#3
JimServo Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Near Philadelphia, PA Posts: 418	Standard top of the line reporting from Tigerfan . BTW, what version of the database are you using (ankit's, ect...)? __________________ "When I was a small boy in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing and as we sat there in the warmth of the summer afternoon on a river bank, we talked about what we wanted to do when we grew up. I told him that I wanted to be a real major league baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner. My friend said that he'd like to be President of the United States. Neither of us got our wish." -Dwight D. Eisenhower

06-23-2002, 01:16 PM	#4
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	I am using ScottVib's corrected 4.5 db but I edit fielding ratings and pitching roles myself. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles