1932 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record43–111 (.279)
League place8th (64 GB)
OwnersJ. A. Robert Quinn
ManagersShano Collins and Marty McManus
RadioWNAC
(Fred Hoey)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons

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

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10747 0.695 — 62–15 45–32
Philadelphia Athletics 9460 0.610 13 51–26 43–34
Washington Senators 9361 0.604 14 51–26 42–35
Cleveland Indians 8765 0.572 19 43–33 44–32
Detroit Tigers 7675 0.503 29½ 42–34 34–41
St. Louis Browns 6391 0.409 44 33–42 30–49
Chicago White Sox 49102 0.325 56½ 28–49 21–53
Boston Red Sox 43111 0.279 64 27–50 16–61

Record vs. opponents

1932 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston —12–104–186–165–174–187–155–17
Chicago 10–12—7–14–18–125–177–158–144–18
Cleveland 18–414–7–1—11–107–1510–1216–611–11
Detroit 16–612–810–11—5–17–27–1515–711–11
New York 17–517–515–717–5–2—14–816–611–11
Philadelphia 18–415–712–1015–78–14—16–610–12
St. Louis 15–714–86–167–156–166–16—9–13
Washington 17–518–411–1111–1111–1112–1013–9—

Opening Day lineup

12Jack RothrockLF
  4Hal RhyneSS
  3Marty McManus2B
15Earl WebbRF
  7Urbane Pickering3B
  1Al Van Camp1B
14Tom OliverCF
  9Charlie BerryC
18Danny MacFayden  P

Roster

1932 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Managers

Coaches

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
CBennie Tate8127367.245226
1BDale Alexander101376140.372856
2BMarv Olson115403100.248025
SSRabbit Warstler11538882.211034
3BUrbane Pickering132457119.260240
OFTom Oliver122455120.264037
OFSmead Jolley137531164.3091899
OFRoy Johnson94349104.2981147

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 McManus9330271.235524
Johnny Watwood9526666.248030
Ed Connolly7522250.225021
Hal Rhyne7120747.227014
Earl Webb5219254.281527
George Stumpf7916934.201118
Al Van Camp3410323.22306
Jack Rothrock124810.20800
Johnny Reder17375.13503
Andy Spognardi173410.29401
Charlie Berry10326.18806
Howie Storie683.37500
Otis L. Miller220.00000
Hank Patterson110.00000
Johnny Lucas110.00000

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 Andrews25141.2863.8130
Gordon Rhodes1279.1185.1122
Danny MacFayden1277.21105.1029

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 Weiland43195.26164.5163
Ed Durham34175.16133.8052
Bob Kline47172.011135.2831
John Michaels2880.2165.1316
Hod Lisenbee1973.1045.6513
Johnny Welch2072.1465.2326
Larry Boerner2161.0045.0219
Pete Appleton1146.0034.1115
Jack Russell1139.2176.817
Ed Gallagher923.20312.556
Gordon McNaughton621.0016.436
Pete Donohue412.2017.821

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 Moore3741045.2328
Regis Leheny200016.881
Jud McLaughlin100015.000

Farm system

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

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



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