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The 1932 season of the National League was the fifty-seventh season of the league.

[edit] Season summary

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Chicago Cubs	154	90	64	0	.584	-.-	720 (4.68)	633 (4.11)	0.278	0.327	0.392	3.44	0.973
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	154	86	68	0	.558	4.0	701 (4.55)	711 (4.62)	0.285	0.329	0.395	3.75	0.969
3	Brooklyn Dodgers	154	81	73	0	.526	9.0	752 (4.88)	747 (4.85)	0.283	0.331	0.420	4.27	0.971
4	Philadelphia Phillies	154	78	76	0	.506	12.0	844 (5.48)	796 (5.17)	0.292	0.345	0.442	4.47	0.968
5	Boston Braves	155	77	77	1	.497	13.0	649 (4.19)	655 (4.23)	0.265	0.309	0.366	3.53	0.976
6	St. Louis Cardinals	156	72	82	2	.462	18.0	684 (4.38)	717 (4.60)	0.269	0.321	0.385	3.97	0.972
7	New York Giants	154	72	82	0	.468	18.0	755 (4.90)	706 (4.58)	0.276	0.319	0.406	3.83	0.969
8	Cincinnati Reds	155	60	94	1	.387	30.0	575 (3.71)	715 (4.61)	0.263	0.317	0.362	3.79	0.971

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	10 players tied		154
At Bats	Hughie Critz	New York Giants	659
Runs Scored	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	152
Hits	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	226
Doubles	Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	62
Triples	Babe Herman	Cincinnati Reds	19
Home Runs	Chuck Klein Mel Ott	Philadelphia Phillies New York Giants	38
Total Bases	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	420
Runs Batted In	Don Hurst	Philadelphia Phillies	143
Stolen Bases	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	20
Walks	Mel Ott	New York Giants	100
Hit by Pitch	George Watkins	St. Louis Cardinals	8
Strikeouts	Hack Wilson	Brooklyn Dodgers	85
Sacrifice Hits	Dick Bartell	Philadelphia Phillies	35
Batting Average	Lefty O'Doul	Brooklyn Dodgers	0.368
On-Base Percentage	Mel Ott	New York Giants	0.424
Slugging Percentage	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	0.646
On-Base plus Slugging	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	1.050
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Mel Ott	New York Giants	174

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Lon Warneke	Chicago Cubs	22
Losses	Ownie Carroll	Cincinnati Reds	19
Win-Loss Percentage	Lon Warneke	Chicago Cubs	0.786
Appearances	Larry French	Pittsburgh Pirates	47
Games Started	Watty Clark	Brooklyn Dodgers	36
Complete Games	Red Lucas	Cincinnati Reds	28
Shutouts	Dizzy Dean Steve Swetonic Lon Warneke	St. Louis Cardinals Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago Cubs	4
Games Finished	Jack Quinn	Brooklyn Dodgers	31
Saves	Jack Quinn	Brooklyn Dodgers	8
Innings Pitched	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	286.0
Batters Faced	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	1203
Hits Allowed	Larry French	Pittsburgh Pirates	301
Home Runs Allowed	Bill Walker	New York Giants	23
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Van Mungo	Brooklyn Dodgers	115
Hit Batsmen	Ownie Carroll	Cincinnati Reds	9
Strikeouts	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	191
Wild Pitches	Paul Derringer	St. Louis Cardinals	9
Balks	Phil Collins Dizzy Dean	Philadelphia Phillies St. Louis Cardinals	2
Runs Allowed	Paul Derringer	St. Louis Cardinals	133
Earned Runs Allowed	Freddie Fitzsimmons	New York Giants	117
Earned Run Average	Lon Warneke	Chicago Cubs	2.37
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	1.056

In the World Series, the National League champion Chicago Cubs were defeated by the American League's New York Yankees, 4 games to 0.

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Chuck Klein, an outfielder with the Philadelphia Phillies. In the award's voting, he had 78 out of a possible 80 points and 6 first place votes.