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.

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 six home games at Braves Field during the 1932 season; an early-season Tuesday doubleheader against the Yankees, and four Sunday games. A new Massachusetts law enacted in late May allowed the team to play at Fenway on Sundays. The final game the Red Sox ever played at Braves Field was on May 29, when they lost the second game of a doubleheader to the Philadelphia Athletics. The Red Sox' first Sunday home game at Fenway was played on July 3, a 13–2 loss to the Yankees.

The 1932 team set a franchise record for the lowest winning percentage in a season, .279, which still stands. The team allowed 915 runs while only scoring 566, a run differential of -349, the second-worst in MLB's modern era (since 1900).

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup 12 Jack Rothrock LF  4 Hal Rhyne SS  3 Marty McManus 2B15 Earl Webb RF  7 Urbane Pickering 3B  1 Al Van Camp 1B14 Tom Oliver CF  9 Charlie Berry C18 Danny MacFayden   P

Roster 1932 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

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 Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Bennie Tate 81 273 67 .245 2 26 1B Dale Alexander 101 376 140 .372 8 56 2B Marv Olson 115 403 100 .248 0 25 SS Rabbit Warstler 115 388 82 .211 0 34 3B Urbane Pickering 132 457 119 .260 2 40 OF Tom Oliver 122 455 120 .264 0 37 OF Smead Jolley 137 531 164 .309 18 99 OF Roy Johnson 94 349 104 .298 11 47

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 93 302 71 .235 5 24 Johnny Watwood 95 266 66 .248 0 30 Ed Connolly 75 222 50 .225 0 21 Hal Rhyne 71 207 47 .227 0 14 Earl Webb 52 192 54 .281 5 27 George Stumpf 79 169 34 .201 1 18 Al Van Camp 34 103 23 .223 0 6 12 48 10 .208 0 0 Johnny Reder 17 37 5 .135 0 3 Andy Spognardi 17 34 10 .294 0 1 Charlie Berry 10 32 6 .188 0 6 Howie Storie 6 8 3 .375 0 0 Otis L. Miller 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Hank Patterson 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Johnny Lucas 1 1 0 .000 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 25 141.2 8 6 3.81 30 Gordon Rhodes 12 79.1 1 8 5.11 22 Danny MacFayden 12 77.2 1 10 5.10 29

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 Bob Weiland 43 195.2 6 16 4.51 63 Ed Durham 34 175.1 6 13 3.80 52 Bob Kline 47 172.0 11 13 5.28 31 John Michaels 28 80.2 1 6 5.13 16 Hod Lisenbee 19 73.1 0 4 5.65 13 Johnny Welch 20 72.1 4 6 5.23 26 Larry Boerner 21 61.0 0 4 5.02 19 Pete Appleton 11 46.0 0 3 4.11 15 Jack Russell 11 39.2 1 7 6.81 7 Ed Gallagher 9 23.2 0 3 12.55 6 Gordon McNaughton 6 21.0 0 1 6.43 6 Pete Donohue 4 12.2 0 1 7.82 1

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 Wilcy Moore 37 4 10 4 5.23 28 Regis Leheny 2 0 0 0 16.88 1 Jud McLaughlin 1 0 0 0 15.00 0

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

See also List of Boston Red Sox team records

References

External links 1932 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1932 Boston Red Sox season at Baseball Almanac