1932 Boston Red Sox season
The 1932 Boston Red Sox season was the 32nd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball 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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Record | 43–111 (.279) |
League place | 8th (64 GB) |
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Owner(s) | J. A. Robert Quinn |
Manager(s) | Shano Collins and Marty McManus |
Local radio | WNAC (Fred Hoey) |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference |
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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]
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | 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
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Player stats
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 |
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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 |
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Marty McManus | 93 | 302 | 71 | .235 | 5 | 24 |
Jack Rothrock | 12 | 48 | 10 | .208 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Ivy Andrews | 25 | 141.2 | 8 | 6 | 3.81 | 30 |
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 |
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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 |
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Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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B | Hazleton Mountaineers | New York–Pennsylvania League | Jake Pitler |
B | Wilmington Pirates | Piedmont League | Hal Weafer and Tweet Walsh |
See also
References
- "1932 Log For Braves Field in Boston, MA". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- "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.
- "Braves Field American League Lasts". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- 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.
- "Boston Red Sox Year-by-Year Results". MLB.com. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
- 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