1932 Boston Red Sox season

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1932  Boston Red Sox
League American League
Ballpark Fenway Park
City Boston, Massachusetts
Record43–111 (.279)
League place8th
Owners J. A. Robert Quinn
Managers Shano Collins and Marty McManus
Radio WNAC
(Fred Hoey)
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
  1931 Seasons 1933  

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.

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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
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10747.69562154532
Philadelphia Athletics 9460.6101351264334
Washington Senators 9361.6041451264235
Cleveland Indians 8765.5721943334432
Detroit Tigers 7675.50329½42343441
St. Louis Browns 6391.4094433423049
Chicago White Sox 49102.32556½28492153
Boston Red Sox 43111.2796427501661

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 12–104–186–165–174–187–155–17
Chicago 10–127–14–18–125–177–158–144–18
Cleveland 18–414–7–111–107–1510–1216–611–11
Detroit 16–612–810–115–17–27–1515–711–11
New York 17–517–515–717–5–214–816–611–11
Philadelphia 18–415–712–1015–78–1416–610–12
St. Louis 15–714–86–167–156–166–169–13
Washington 17–518–411–1111–1111–1112–1013–9

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
PitchersCatchers

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Bennie Tate 8127367.245226
1B Dale Alexander 101376140.372856
2B Marv Olson 115403100.248025
SS Rabbit Warstler 11538882.211034
3B Urbane Pickering 132457119.260240
OF Tom Oliver 122455120.264037
OF Smead Jolley 137531164.3091899
OF Roy Johnson 94349104.2981147

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Marty McManus 9330271.235524
Johnny Watwood 9526666.248030
Ed Connolly 7522250.225021
Hal Rhyne 7120747.227014
Earl Webb 5219254.281527
George Stumpf 7916934.201118
Al Van Camp 3410323.22306
Jack Rothrock 124810.20800
Johnny Reder 17375.13503
Andy Spognardi 173410.29401
Charlie Berry 10326.18806
Howie Storie 683.37500
Otis L. Miller 220.00000
Hank Patterson 110.00000
Johnny Lucas 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ivy Andrews 25141.2863.8130
Gordon Rhodes 1279.1185.1122
Danny MacFayden 1277.21105.1029

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bob Weiland 43195.26164.5163
Ed Durham 34175.16133.8052
Bob Kline 47172.011135.2831
John Michaels 2880.2165.1316
Hod Lisenbee 1973.1045.6513
Johnny Welch 2072.1465.2326
Larry Boerner 2161.0045.0219
Pete Appleton 1146.0034.1115
Jack Russell 1139.2176.817
Ed Gallagher 923.20312.556
Gordon McNaughton 621.0016.436
Pete Donohue 412.2017.821

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Wilcy Moore 3741045.2328
Regis Leheny 200016.881
Jud McLaughlin 100015.000

Farm system

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

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