1932 Detroit Wolves season

1932 Detroit Wolves
LeagueEast–West League
BallparkHamtramck Stadium
CityHamtramck, Michigan
Record29–9 (.757)
League place1st
OwnersCumberland Posey
ManagersDizzy Dismukes

The 1932 Detroit Wolves baseball team was a Negro league baseball team that competed in the East–West League (EWL) during the 1932 baseball season. The team compiled a 28–9 record (26–5 against EWL opponents) and won the EWL pennant, finishing six-and-a-half games ahead of the second-place team.[1][2] The Wolves played their home games at Hamtramck Stadium in Hamtramck, Michigan.[1]

The team included on its roster five players who were later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: center fielder Cool Papa Bell, first baseman Mule Suttles, shortstop Willie "The Devil" Wells, and pitchers Ray Brown and Smokey Joe Williams.[3][4]

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  2. ^ "1932 East-West League Standings". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  3. ^ Lester, Larry; Miller, Sammy J.; Clark, Dick (2000). "Detroit's Most Talented Team?". Black Baseball in Detroit. Arcadia. pp. 69–76. ISBN 0738507075.
  4. ^ "1932 Detroit Wolves". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2020.