1932 Oakland Athletics
Record: 77-79
Finish: 3rd in AL AL West Division
Runs Scored: 809
Runs Allowed: 796
Exp W-L: 79-77
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 2,164,006
Manager: Pat Flaherty

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 3rd in the AL
AA: 66-71, 5th in the AL
A: 76-61, 3rd in the AL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B *Del Bissonette 32 150 589 100 201 44 2 25 105 0 0 66 48 .341 .406 .550 .956 115.1 25.1 2.2
3B  Ossie Bluege 31 147 562 88 173 19 5 4 78 6 5 61 22 .308 .377 .381 .758 80.8 13.6 3.8
2B *Max Bishop 32 147 503 103 146 28 4 12 55 1 1 123 58 .290 .430 .433 .864 99.1 20.1 4.8
CF  Ben Chapman 23 142 560 85 174 33 11 6 89 7 5 41 42 .311 .357 .441 .798 80.9 14.3 3.5
RF *Butch Weis 31 150 518 83 146 18 1 4 61 8 4 76 83 .282 .372 .344 .715 69.5 10.6 3.0
CF  Tom Oliver 29 148 544 65 163 35 4 6 82 2 0 26 12 .300 .330 .412 .742 67.8 11.2 3.5
C *Mickey Cochrane 29 135 467 71 120 16 2 8 77 1 1 65 23 .257 .349 .351 .700 58.3 8.1 4.6
C  Moe Berg 30 98 388 48 123 15 1 6 61 0 0 9 14 .317 .333 .407 .740 48.1 7.3 4.5
3B  Chuck Dressen 33 103 241 42 67 8 2 4 35 1 2 18 7 .278 .332 .378 .710 29.8 4.2 2.2
CF *Denver Grigsby 31 101 219 26 63 9 2 4 34 1 1 16 18 .288 .340 .402 .742 28.5 4.0 1.4
C *Glenn Myatt 34 98 194 28 51 6 1 3 29 0 0 12 24 .263 .304 .351 .655 21.0 2.4 1.4
2B  Babe Ellison 36 70 197 23 63 2 0 0 23 1 0 9 21 .320 .350 .330 .679 22.3 3.5 1.1
2B #Billy Rogell 27 80 130 16 30 8 2 1 22 1 1 12 9 .231 .294 .346 .640 13.8 1.5 1.5
P  Tim McNamara 33 40 107 9 16 2 0 0 5 1 0 3 26 .150 .173 .168 .341 0.8 0.0 0.0
P *Bunny Hearn 28 42 82 3 15 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 25 .183 .209 .195 .404 2.1 0.0 0.0
P *Lefty Willis 26 31 80 7 14 1 0 0 8 0 0 2 17 .175 .193 .188 .380 2.7 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Harris 32 47 69 3 11 4 0 0 8 0 0 1 16 .159 .171 .217 .389 1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Russell 26 12 32 5 10 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 7 .313 .353 .406 .759 4.5 0.6 0.0
LF  Homer Peel 29 23 12 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .083 .313 .083 .396 0.9 0.0 0.0
P *Sam Gibson 32 44 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Bobby Burke 25 17 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Osborn 29 83 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Gordon Rhodes 24 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.7 1941 5501 809 1588 249 37 84 781 30 20 550 474 .289 .353 .393 .747 747.6 126.5 37.6
  Rank among 8 AL teams 5 3 4 8 8 4 3 4 6 3 5 4 2 4 3 3  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Tim McNamara 33 17 17 .500 40 40 0 316.0 366 148 24 65 40 4.22 14.8
*Bunny Hearn 28 15 17 .469 42 42 0 269.3 256 137 13 148 136 4.58 12.2
*Lefty Willis 26 14 11 .560 31 31 0 221.7 217 103 14 92 71 4.18 12.2
 Bill Harris 32 9 13 .409 47 30 1 221.0 269 122 15 75 61 4.97 7.4
 Bob Osborn 29 5 8 .385 83 1 6 100.3 125 53 5 54 23 4.75 4.1
 Jack Russell 26 5 5 .500 12 12 0 91.7 131 55 1 21 17 5.40 1.8
 Sam Gibson 32 1 2 .333 44 0 3 55.7 64 31 4 21 15 5.01 2.6
 Gordon Rhodes 24 8 2 .800 33 0 12 36.0 31 12 2 16 9 3.00 7.7
 Harry Kelley 26 2 1 .667 34 0 1 33.0 30 14 4 13 6 3.82 2.5
*Bobby Burke 25 0 1 .000 17 0 0 25.7 32 14 1 16 6 4.91 0.8
 Frank Shellenback 33 1 2 .333 18 0 1 18.3 22 10 0 2 1 4.91 0.7
Team Totals 28.5 77 79 .494 401 156 24 1388.6 1543 699 83 523 385 4.53 66.8
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 3 5 8 2 5 3 6 7 4  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 38.7
M.Cochrane 1057.7 115 129 296 37 5 2 .985 41.2
G.Myatt 331.0 41 41 110 7 2 0 .983 25.0
M.Berg 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1389.4 156 171 406 44 7 2 .985 38.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.52
D.Bissonette 1272.7 142 150 1656 137 14 181 .992 12.68
B.Ellison 116.0 14 15 158 14 1 22 .994 13.34
Team Total 1388.7 156 165 1814 151 15 203 .992 12.74
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 6.55
M.Bishop 1171.3 129 145 318 592 21 145 .977 6.99
B.Ellison 217.3 27 29 53 93 3 23 .980 6.05
Team Total 1388.7 156 174 371 685 24 168 .978 6.84
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 3.01
O.Bluege 1216.7 137 145 96 318 22 41 .950 3.06
C.Dressen 164.0 18 25 11 48 1 5 .983 3.24
B.Rogell 8.0 1 1 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.63
Team Total 1388.7 156 171 108 370 23 47 .954 3.10
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 5.63
M.Berg 848.3 94 97 163 411 27 82 .955 6.09
C.Dressen 315.7 33 46 50 142 8 29 .960 5.47
B.Rogell 236.0 28 32 43 123 5 25 .971 6.33
B.Ellison 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1402.0 155 176 256 678 40 136 .959 6.00
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.16
T.Oliver 1239.3 143 146 304 13 0 4 1.000 2.30
D.Grigsby 115.0 12 21 27 1 0 0 1.000 2.19
B.Weis 16.0 1 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
H.Peel 15.3 0 10 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.35
B.Chapman 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1388.7 156 184 339 14 0 4 1.000 2.29
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.83
B.Chapman 1180.0 134 136 335 12 15 6 .959 2.65
D.Grigsby 194.7 22 26 64 0 1 0 .985 2.96
T.Oliver 8.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
H.Peel 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1388.7 156 167 404 12 16 6 .963 2.70
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.30
B.Weis 1202.0 139 143 293 2 1 1 .997 2.21
D.Grigsby 137.0 16 19 35 1 0 0 1.000 2.36
B.Ellison 32.7 1 11 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.48
G.Myatt 10.0 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
B.Chapman 7.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
Team Total 1388.7 156 180 342 3 1 1 .997 2.24
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.51
T.McNamara 316.0 40 40 19 56 2 8 .974 2.14
B.Hearn 269.3 42 42 17 58 1 5 .987 2.51
L.Willis 221.7 31 31 13 61 1 3 .987 3.00
B.Harris 221.0 30 47 11 40 1 1 .981 2.08
B.Osborn 100.3 1 83 8 20 1 1 .966 2.51
J.Russell 91.7 12 12 7 29 1 3 .973 3.53
S.Gibson 55.7 0 44 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.10
G.Rhodes 36.0 0 33 5 6 0 2 1.000 2.75
H.Kelley 33.0 0 34 3 9 0 1 1.000 3.27
B.Burke 25.7 0 17 1 5 1 0 .857 2.10
F.Shellenback 18.3 0 18 4 5 0 0 1.000 4.42
Team Total 1388.6 156 401 93 297 8 24 .980 2.53
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bissonette .341
On-Base Pct Bishop .430
Slugging Pct Bissonette .550
OPS Bissonette .956
XR Bissonette 115.1
Games Bissonette, Weis 150
At-Bats Bissonette 589
Runs Bishop 103
Hits Bissonette 201
Total Bases Bissonette 324
Singles Bluege 145
Doubles Bissonette 44
Triples Chapman 11
Homeruns Bissonette 25
RBIs Bissonette 105
Stolen Bases Weis 8
Caught Stealing Bluege, Chapman 5
Walks Bishop 123
Strikeouts Weis 83
ERA Willis 4.18
Wins McNamara 17
Losses Hearn, McNamara 17
Winning Pct Willis .560
Saves Rhodes 12
Games Pitched Osborn 83
Games Started Hearn 42
Complete Games McNamara 22
Shutouts McNamara 3
Innings Pitched McNamara 316.0
Hits Allowed McNamara 366
Homeruns Allowed McNamara 24
Strikeouts Hearn 136
Walks Allowed Hearn 148
Walks per 9IP McNamara 1.9
Hits per 9IP Hearn 8.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Hearn 4.5
WHiP McNamara 1.36
OAVG Hearn .255
OOBP McNamara .326
OSLG Hearn .367
OOPS Willis .701
Team All-Stars
Moe Berg
Ben Chapman
Bunny Hearn
Lefty Willis
Player Salaries
Bunny Hearn $ 8,000,000
Tim McNamara $ 8,000,000
Del Bissonette $ 7,000,000
Max Bishop $ 6,436,800
Ossie Bluege $ 6,000,000
Mickey Cochrane $ 6,000,000
Butch Weis $ 4,812,700
Jack Russell $ 4,657,143
Bill Harris $ 4,556,200
Glenn Myatt $ 3,500,000
Babe Ellison $ 2,500,001
Lefty Willis $ 2,500,000
Denver Grigsby $ 2,500,000
Chuck Dressen $ 1,778,571
Gordon Rhodes $ 1,662,857
Billy Rogell $ 1,500,000
Bob Osborn $ 500,000
Sam Gibson $ 450,000
Homer Peel $ 350,000
Bobby Burke $ 350,000
Harry Kelley $ 350,000
Tom Oliver $ 300,000
Ben Chapman $ 300,000
Frank Shellenback $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
6/16 Signed     Frank Shellenback
7/31 Traded Moe Berg Pittsburgh Jack Russell