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The 1932 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1932 season. The 29th edition of the World Series, it matched the American League champion New York Yankees versus the National League champions Chicago Cubs. The Yankees won in a four-game sweep.
The other concerned Cubs player Mark Koenig, who had been a big part of the Yankees' World Championships in 1927 & 1928 and had been traded to the Cubs mid-season in 1932. Using his mid-season arrival as the reason, the Cubs players voted that Koenig would only get half of his World Series bonus, which his old Yankee teammates saw as an insult ...
This never occurred against the Cardinals, but did happen in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series versus the Cubs. [27] In the film, Gehrig meets Eleanor Twitchell early in his career and marries her shortly after his first World Series. Actually the two met in 1931, well after Gehrig was an established star. They were married in 1933.
AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (0) " Babe Ruth's called shot " was the home run hit by Babe Ruth in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 1932 World Series , held on October 1, 1932, at Wrigley Field in Chicago .
The 1932 New York Yankees season was the team's 30th season. The team finished with a record of 107–47, winning their seventh pennant, finishing 13 games ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics . New York was managed by future Hall of Famer Joe McCarthy .
The 1932 major league baseball season began on April 11, 1932. The regular season ended on September 25, with the Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively.
A silent film starring Gloria Swanson. The Busher: 1919 Comedy Small-town ballplayer gets a big head after joining the St. Paul Pink Sox. Headin' Home: 1920 Biographical A silent film about young Babe Ruth, who stars as himself. Life's Greatest Game: 1924 Drama Chicago Cubs pitcher Jack Donovan refuses to throw a game. The Battling Orioles ...
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 ...