1932 World Series
| 1932 World Series | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | September 28 – October 2 | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Bill Dinneen (AL), Bill Klem (NL), Roy Van Graflan (AL), George Magerkurth (NL) | ||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers |
Umpire: Bill Klem Yankees: Joe McCarthy (mgr.), Earle Combs, Bill Dickey, Lou Gehrig, Lefty Gomez, Tony Lazzeri, Herb Pennock, Red Ruffing, Babe Ruth, Joe Sewell. Cubs: Rogers Hornsby‡ (mgr.), Kiki Cuyler, Burleigh Grimes, Gabby Hartnett. ‡ elected as a player. |
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| Radio | NBC, CBS | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers |
NBC: Hal Totten, Tom Manning, Graham McNamee CBS: Bob Elson, Pat Flanagan, Ted Husing |
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| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| New York Yankees (4) | Joe McCarthy | 107–47, .695, GA: 13 | |
| Chicago Cubs (0) | Rogers Hornsby, Charlie Grimm | 90–64, .584, GA: 4 |
The 1932 World Series was a four-game sweep by the American League champions New York Yankees over the National League champions Chicago Cubs. By far its most noteworthy moment was Babe Ruth's called shot home run, in his 10th and last World Series. It was punctuated by fiery arguments between the two teams, heating up the atmosphere before the World Series even began.
A record 13 future Hall of Famers played in this Series, which was also the first in which both teams wore uniforms with numbers on the backs of the shirts.
AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (0)
The Cubs opened the scoring with two runs in the top of the first inning, but the Yankees jumped ahead 3–2 on a home run by Lou Gehrig. New York scored nine runs in the last three innings to win 12–6 on only eight hits. Yankee starter Red Ruffing pitched a complete game, striking out 10 Cubs but walking six and giving up six runs, only three of which were earned.
Chicago got nine hits but only two runs off Lefty Gomez, and went back to Wrigley behind two games to none.
This was the last World Series game Babe Ruth ever played in Yankee Stadium, with a single in his last Fall Classic home at-bat.
Roughly 50,000 Cubs fans showed up for Game 3, a very large crowd for the time made possible by the construction of temporary bleachers fronting Waveland and Sheffield Avenues. In a prelude of things to come, Ruth and Gehrig put on an impressive batting display in batting practice. Ruth launched nine balls into the outfield stands, while Gehrig hit seven. As reported in the first edition of A Day at the Park, by William Hartel, p. 82, Ruth said while batting: "I'd play for half my salary if I could bat in this dump all the time!"
Cub starter Charlie Root struggled in the opening frame. The first two Yankees reached base, and Ruth followed with a homer into the right-center-field bleachers to put the Yanks up 3–0. The existing newsreel footage showed Gehrig giving Ruth a friendly swat on the buttocks as Ruth crossed the plate. Gehrig hit a solo home run of his own in the top of the third, bringing back memories of one he had hit in a prep game at Wrigley in high school. This put the Yankees up 4–1. The Cubs battled back with two in the third and one in the fourth, tying the score at four. Joe Judge, who scored the tying run in the fourth, had doubled to right after Ruth's futile dive for the ball.
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