1932 Chicago White Sox season

The 1932 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 32nd season in the major leagues, and their 33rd season overall. They finished with a record 49–102, good enough for seventh place in the American League, 56.5 games behind the first place New York Yankees. The 1932 season was their worst ever (by winning percentage).

1932 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)J. Louis Comiskey
Manager(s)Lew Fonseca
Local radioWGN (AM)
(Bob Elson)
WMAQ (AM)
(Hal Totten)
WJKS
(John O'Hara)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10747 0.695 — 62–15 45–32
Philadelphia Athletics 9460 0.610 13 51–26 43–34
Washington Senators 9361 0.604 14 51–26 42–35
Cleveland Indians 8765 0.572 19 43–33 44–32
Detroit Tigers 7675 0.503 29½ 42–34 34–41
St. Louis Browns 6391 0.409 44 33–42 30–49
Chicago White Sox 49102 0.325 56½ 28–49 21–53
Boston Red Sox 43111 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 —12–104–186–165–174–187–155–17
Chicago 10–12—7–14–18–125–177–158–144–18
Cleveland 18–414–7–1—11–107–1510–1216–611–11
Detroit 16–612–810–11—5–17–27–1515–711–11
New York 17–517–515–717–5–2—14–816–611–11
Philadelphia 18–415–712–1015–78–14—16–610–12
St. Louis 15–714–86–167–156–166–16—9–13
Washington 17–518–411–1111–1111–1112–1013–9—

Notable transactions
  • April 27, 1932: Bruce Campbell and Bump Hadley were traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Red Kress.[2]
  • September 9, 1932: Chad Kimsey was purchased by the White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.[3]
  • September 11, 1932: The White Sox traded players to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals for Evar Swanson. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Carey Selph and Jack Rothrock to the Cardinals on November 2.[1]
  • September 28, 1932: Al Simmons was purchased by the White Sox from the Philadelphia Athletics.[4]

Roster
1932 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers
  • 18 Ed Walsh
 Catchers

Infielders

  • 49 Billy Sullivan
 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • Bill Cunningham

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
3BCarey Selph116396112.283051

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
Red Kress135515147.285957
Billy Sullivan9330797.316145
Jack Rothrock396412.18806
Evar Swanson145216.30808
Bruce Campbell7184.22202

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
Sam Jones30200.110154.2264
Ed Walsh420.1028.417

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
Pat Caraway1964.2266.8213
Bill Chamberlain1241.1054.5711
Charlie Biggs624.2116.931
Bump Hadley318.2113.8613

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
Chad Kimsey71122.456
Grant Bowler400015.632
Les Bartholomew30005.061

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
D Waterloo Hawks Mississippi Valley League Doc Bennett

[5]

Notes
  1. Carey Selph page at Baseball Reference
  2. Red Kress page at Baseball Reference
  3. Chad Kimsey page at Baseball-Reference
  4. Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference
  5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References


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