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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 .
Babe Ruth's called shot is the home run hit by Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees against the Chicago Cubs in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, held on October 1, 1932, at Wrigley Field in Chicago. During his at-bat, Ruth made a pointing gesture before hitting the home run to deep center field.
Before the 1932 season, the Cubs traded Wilson, hoping that this would help Malone stop partying so much. [2] On May 7, Malone struck out a season-high eight batters in a 3–0 shutout win over the Brooklyn Dodgers. [24] His record was just 10–10 through July, and the rest of the ballclub was playing mediocrely.
Ruth's famed, debated and often imitated “called shot” came as the Yankees and Chicago Cubs faced off in Game 3 of the World Series at Chicago's Wrigley Field on Oct. 1, 1932.
Babe Ruth's Yankees jersey from his 'called shot' home run in the 1932 World Series sells for $24 million, becoming the most valuable piece of sports memorabilia.
The jersey Ruth wore in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, when he legendarily "called his shot" and homered off Chicago Cubs pitcher Charlie Root, sold at auction Saturday night for $24.12 million ...
He appeared in 10 games in the major leagues, with the Chicago Cubs in 1932, batting.125 (1-for-8) with one run scored. [1] The Cubs released Taylor to the Reading Keystones of the International League at the end of May 1932. [2] Late in his career, he served as player-manager of the Tiffin Mud Hens in 1941 and Jackson Senators in 1942. [3] [1]
Fred Hayner, sports editor of the Chicago Daily News, was among the first to use the name of Cubs." (TSNBBG) The 2007 Arcadia book called Chicago Cubs: Tinker to Evers to Chance, by Art Ahrens, contains a series of facts in various places on pages 9–56 that add up to an explanation of the gradual transition from "Colts" to "Cubs":