1932 Boston Red Sox season

1932  Boston Red Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	43–111 (.279)
League place	8th (64 GB)
Owners	J. A. Robert Quinn
Managers	Shano Collins and Marty McManus
Radio	WNAC (Fred Hoey)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 1932 Boston Red Sox season was the 32nd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball (MLB) history. The team's home field was Fenway Park. The Red Sox finished last in the eight-team American League (AL) with a record of 43 wins and 111 losses, 64 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1932 World Series.

The Red Sox initially played their Sunday home games at Braves Field this season, as had been the case since the team's 1929 season, due to Fenway being close to a house of worship. The team played a total of six home games at Braves Field during the 1932 season; an early-season Tuesday doubleheader against the New York Yankees, and four Sunday games. ^[1] A new Massachusetts law was enacted in late May that allowed the team to play at Fenway on Sundays. ^[2] The final game the Red Sox ever played at Braves Field was on May 29, 1932, when they lost the second game of a doubleheader to the Philadelphia Athletics. ^[3] The Red Sox' first Sunday home game at Fenway was played on July 3, 1932, a 13–2 loss to the Yankees. ^[4]

The 1932 team set a franchise record for the lowest winning percentage in a season, .279, which still stands. ^[5] The team allowed 915 runs while only scoring 566, a run differential of -349, the worst in MLB's modern era (since 1900). ^[6]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	107	47	0.695	—	62–15	45–32
Philadelphia Athletics	94	60	0.610	13	51–26	43–34
Washington Senators	93	61	0.604	14	51–26	42–35
Cleveland Indians	87	65	0.572	19	43–33	44–32
Detroit Tigers	76	75	0.503	29½	42–34	34–41
St. Louis Browns	63	91	0.409	44	33–42	30–49
Chicago White Sox	49	102	0.325	56½	28–49	21–53
Boston Red Sox	43	111	0.279	64	27–50	16–61

Record vs. opponents

1932 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	12–10	4–18	6–16	5–17	4–18	7–15	5–17
Chicago	10–12	—	7–14–1	8–12	5–17	7–15	8–14	4–18
Cleveland	18–4	14–7–1	—	11–10	7–15	10–12	16–6	11–11
Detroit	16–6	12–8	10–11	—	5–17–2	7–15	15–7	11–11
New York	17–5	17–5	15–7	17–5–2	—	14–8	16–6	11–11
Philadelphia	18–4	15–7	12–10	15–7	8–14	—	16–6	10–12
St. Louis	15–7	14–8	6–16	7–15	6–16	6–16	—	9–13
Washington	17–5	18–4	11–11	11–11	11–11	12–10	13–9	—

Opening Day lineup

12	Jack Rothrock	LF
4	Hal Rhyne	SS
3	Marty McManus	2B
15	Earl Webb	RF
7	Urbane Pickering	3B
1	Al Van Camp	1B
14	Tom Oliver	CF
9	Charlie Berry	C
18	Danny MacFayden	P

Roster

1932 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers 25 Ivy Andrews 21 Pete Appleton 31 Larry Boerner 25 Pete Donohue 20 Ed Durham  1 Ed Gallagher 24 Bob Kline 25 Regis Leheny 22 Hod Lisenbee 18 Danny MacFayden 16 Jud McLaughlin 16 Gordon McNaughton 27 John Michaels 19 Wilcy Moore 19 Gordon Rhodes 21 Jack Russell 26 Bob Weiland  6 Johnny Welch		Catchers  9 Charlie Berry 10 Ed Connolly 11 Hank Patterson 11 Howie Storie  8 Bennie Tate Infielders 15 Dale Alexander  3 Marty McManus  5 Marv Olson  7 Urbane Pickering 28 Johnny Reder  4 Hal Rhyne  2 Andy Spognardi  1 Al Van Camp  2 Rabbit Warstler		Outfielders 18 Roy Johnson  9 Smead Jolley 14 Tom Oliver 12 Jack Rothrock 17 George Stumpf 12 Johnny Watwood 15 Earl Webb Other batters 16 Johnny Lucas  6 Otto Miller		Managers 31 Shano Collins  3 Marty McManus Coaches 32 Rudy Hulswitt

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bennie Tate	81	273	67	.245	2	26
1B	Dale Alexander	101	376	140	.372	8	56
2B	Marv Olson	115	403	100	.248	0	25
SS	Rabbit Warstler	115	388	82	.211	0	34
3B	Urbane Pickering	132	457	119	.260	2	40
OF	Tom Oliver	122	455	120	.264	0	37
OF	Smead Jolley	137	531	164	.309	18	99
OF	Roy Johnson	94	349	104	.298	11	47

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Marty McManus	93	302	71	.235	5	24
Johnny Watwood	95	266	66	.248	0	30
Ed Connolly	75	222	50	.225	0	21
Hal Rhyne	71	207	47	.227	0	14
Earl Webb	52	192	54	.281	5	27
George Stumpf	79	169	34	.201	1	18
Al Van Camp	34	103	23	.223	0	6
Jack Rothrock	12	48	10	.208	0	0
Johnny Reder	17	37	5	.135	0	3
Andy Spognardi	17	34	10	.294	0	1
Charlie Berry	10	32	6	.188	0	6
Howie Storie	6	8	3	.375	0	0
Otis L. Miller	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Hank Patterson	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Johnny Lucas	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ivy Andrews	25	141.2	8	6	3.81	30
Gordon Rhodes	12	79.1	1	8	5.11	22
Danny MacFayden	12	77.2	1	10	5.10	29

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bob Weiland	43	195.2	6	16	4.51	63
Ed Durham	34	175.1	6	13	3.80	52
Bob Kline	47	172.0	11	13	5.28	31
John Michaels	28	80.2	1	6	5.13	16
Hod Lisenbee	19	73.1	0	4	5.65	13
Johnny Welch	20	72.1	4	6	5.23	26
Larry Boerner	21	61.0	0	4	5.02	19
Pete Appleton	11	46.0	0	3	4.11	15
Jack Russell	11	39.2	1	7	6.81	7
Ed Gallagher	9	23.2	0	3	12.55	6
Gordon McNaughton	6	21.0	0	1	6.43	6
Pete Donohue	4	12.2	0	1	7.82	1

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Wilcy Moore	37	4	10	4	5.23	28
Regis Leheny	2	0	0	0	16.88	1
Jud McLaughlin	1	0	0	0	15.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
B	Hazleton Mountaineers	New York–Pennsylvania League	Jake Pitler
B	Wilmington Pirates	Piedmont League	Hal Weafer and Tweet Walsh

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See also

• List of Boston Red Sox team records

References

1. "1932 Log For Braves Field in Boston, MA". Retrosheet . Retrieved September 18, 2019.
2. "Sunday Games Legal at Red Sox Park". The Berkshire Eagle . Pittsfield, Massachusetts. AP. May 28, 1932. p. 10. Retrieved September 18, 2019– via newspapers.com.
3. "Braves Field American League Lasts". Retrosheet . Retrieved September 18, 2019.
4. Hunt, Marshall (July 4, 1932). "Yanks Score 9 Runs in Sixth To Overwhelm Red Sox, 13-2". New York Daily News . p. 20. Retrieved September 18, 2019– via newspapers.com.
5. "Boston Red Sox Year-by-Year Results". MLB.com . Retrieved October 4, 2020.
6. Jazayerli, Rany (November 3, 2015). "The BP Wayback Machine: Dayton Moore's First Week". baseballprospectus.com.
7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 1932 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1932 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com