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
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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

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

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 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
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

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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