1932 Boston Red Sox season

1932 Boston Red Sox
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Owners	J.A. Robert Quinn
Managers	Shano Collins and Marty McManus
Television	none
Radio	WNAC (Fred Hoey)
Seasons

The 1932 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 43 wins and 111 losses.

The 1932 Red Sox set franchise records for fewest wins in a season (43), most losses in a season (111), and lowest winning percentage in a season (.279).

Dale Alexander's .372 batting average in 1932 is tied with Nomar Garciaparra for the 4th highest single-season batting average in franchise history. Note: most online references give Alexander's average as .367, not .372. In any event, there is also a controversy about his being awarded the batting title that year as he had played in only 124 games. He edged out Jimmie Foxx in batting (who had hit .364) and thus deprived him of the Triple Crown. (See Bill James's The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract for further details.)

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 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

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
Jack Rothrock	12	48	10	.208	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

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

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

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

References

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