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The 1932 Chicago Cubs season was the 61st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 57th in the National League and the 17th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished first in the National League with a record of 90–64, four games ahead of the second place Pittsburgh Pirates .
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.
The Chicago Cubs baseball club is an original member of the National League (1876 to date), established in 1874 or 1870. Here is a list of players who appeared in at least one regular season game beginning 1874. (Their 1870–1871 players are in Category:Chicago White Stockings players among many others to about 1890.)
The Cubs ended the year 84–70 in third place, 17 games behind the repeat league champion Cardinals. Between 1903 and 1942 the Cubs and Chicago White Sox would almost annually face off in a postseason "City Series" when neither team was playing in the World Series. [9] The series was officially sanctioned by Major League Baseball beginning in ...
Babe Ruth's game-worn New York Yankees "called shot" jersey from the 1932 World Series against the Chicago Cubs sold for $24 million on Sunday. ... 1932, including one from the Chicago Daily News, ...
The 2016 championship came with a cost as the Cubs dealt some of their minor-league prospects to opposing teams to fill in a few holes on the roster. Those moves, compacted with several other ...
September 19 – The Chicago White Sox lose their 100th game of the season, 9–6 to the Philadelphia Athletics. September 28 The Chicago Cubs jump out to a 2–0 lead in game one of the 1932 World Series, however, a three-run fourth inning capped off by a two-run home run by Lou Gehrig gives the Yankees the lead, as they take game one, 12–6.
No matter how you slice it, the Chicago Cubs were one of the most disappointing teams of 2024. Improved play in the second half enabled a winning record and a second-place finish in the NL Central ...