1932 Boston Red Sox season

1932 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Fenway Park (since 1912); Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901);
Other information
Owner(s)	J.A. Robert Quinn
Manager(s)	Shano Collins and Marty McManus
Local radio	WNAC; (Fred Hoey)
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The 1932 Boston Red Sox season was the 32nd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the eight-team American League (AL) with a record of 43 wins and 111 losses. The team's home field was Fenway Park.

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 team set franchise records for fewest wins, most losses, and lowest winning percentage (.279) in a season—these records still stand through the end of the 2019 season.[5]

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 Records Sources:
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

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