1932 in Baseball - Deaths

Deaths

  • February 5 - Barney Dreyfuss, 66, owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates since 1900 who was principal force in creation of the World Series; Pirates won six NL pennants and two World Series (1909, 1925) under his leadership; built Forbes Field, first modern steel and concrete stadium, in 1909
  • February 21 - John Peters, 48, catcher for the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Phillies between 1915 and 1922
  • March 3 - Ed Morris, 32, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox between 1922 and 1931, who won 19 games for the last place Red Sox in 1928
  • March 23 - Charles F. Daniels, 83, one of the NL's original 1876 umpires; career of 25 years included ten major league seasons
  • April 2 - Honest John Morrill, 79, first baseman and manager of Boston's 1883 NL champions who batted .300 twice and was among first ten players to reach 1000 hits
  • April 10 - Fred Pfeffer, 72, second baseman for Chicago and Louisville who in 1884 was one of first players to hit 20 home runs; led league in putouts nine times and double plays seven times
  • April 16 - Johnny Lucas, 29, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox from 1931-32
  • April 18 - Ike Benners, 75, left fielder for the 1884 Brooklyn Atlantics and the Wilmington Quicksteps.
  • April 23 - Lon Knight, 78, right fielder and manager of Philadelphia's 1883 American Association champions
  • July 21 - Bill Gleason, 73, shortstop for three different teams of the American Association from 1882-89, and a member of three St. Louis Browns champion teams from 1885-87
  • August 2 - Dan Brouthers, 74, first baseman who was 19th century's greatest slugger, winning five batting titles and retiring with a .342 lifetime average; .519 career slugging percentage was record until 1920s, led NL in HRs twice and doubles three times; third player to hit 100 home runs and fourth to reach 2000 hits; batted .338 with league-leading 153 runs for 1887 Detroit champions
  • August 16 - Candy LaChance, 63, first baseman of the 1903 World's championship team Boston Americans
  • September 19 - Otto Neu, 38, shortstop for the 1917 St. Louis Browns

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