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 of 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 | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Comiskey Park | |
City | Chicago | |
Owners | J. Louis Comiskey | |
General manager | Harry Grabiner | |
Managers | Lew Fonseca | |
Radio | WGN (Bob Elson) WJKS (Johnny O'Hara) WMAQ (Hal Totten) | |
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Offseason
edit- September 30, 1931: Carey Selph was drafted by the White Sox from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1931 rule 5 draft.[1]
Regular season
editSeason standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 107 | 47 | .695 | — | 62–15 | 45–32 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 94 | 60 | .610 | 13 | 51–26 | 43–34 |
Washington Senators | 93 | 61 | .604 | 14 | 51–26 | 42–35 |
Cleveland Indians | 87 | 65 | .572 | 19 | 43–33 | 44–32 |
Detroit Tigers | 76 | 75 | .503 | 29½ | 42–34 | 34–41 |
St. Louis Browns | 63 | 91 | .409 | 44 | 33–42 | 30–49 |
Chicago White Sox | 49 | 102 | .325 | 56½ | 28–49 | 21–53 |
Boston Red Sox | 43 | 111 | .279 | 64 | 27–50 | 16–61 |
Record vs. opponents
editSources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Notable transactions
edit- 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
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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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C | Frank Grube | 93 | 277 | 78 | .282 | 0 | 31 |
1B | Lu Blue | 112 | 373 | 93 | .249 | 0 | 43 |
2B | Jackie Hayes | 117 | 475 | 122 | .257 | 2 | 54 |
SS | Luke Appling | 139 | 489 | 134 | .274 | 3 | 63 |
3B | Carey Selph | 116 | 396 | 112 | .283 | 0 | 51 |
OF | Bob Seeds | 116 | 434 | 126 | .290 | 2 | 45 |
OF | Bob Fothergill | 116 | 346 | 102 | .295 | 7 | 50 |
OF | Liz Funk | 122 | 440 | 114 | .259 | 2 | 40 |
Other batters
editNote: 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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Red Kress | 135 | 515 | 147 | .285 | 9 | 57 |
Billy Sullivan | 93 | 307 | 97 | .316 | 1 | 45 |
Charlie Berry | 72 | 226 | 69 | .305 | 4 | 31 |
Johnny Hodapp | 68 | 176 | 40 | .227 | 3 | 20 |
Jack Rothrock | 39 | 64 | 12 | .188 | 0 | 6 |
Charlie English | 24 | 63 | 20 | .317 | 1 | 8 |
Evar Swanson | 14 | 52 | 16 | .308 | 0 | 8 |
Johnny Watwood | 13 | 49 | 15 | .306 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Norman | 13 | 48 | 11 | .229 | 0 | 2 |
Bill Cissell | 12 | 43 | 11 | .256 | 1 | 5 |
Smead Jolley | 12 | 42 | 15 | .357 | 0 | 7 |
Lew Fonseca | 18 | 37 | 5 | .135 | 0 | 6 |
Hal Anderson | 9 | 32 | 8 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
Bruce Campbell | 7 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
Fabian Kowalik | 6 | 13 | 5 | .385 | 0 | 2 |
Bennie Tate | 4 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 0 |
Mel Simons | 7 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Greg Mulleavy | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: 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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Ted Lyons | 33 | 230.2 | 10 | 15 | 3.28 | 58 |
Sam Jones | 30 | 200.1 | 10 | 15 | 4.22 | 64 |
Milt Gaston | 28 | 166.2 | 7 | 17 | 4.00 | 44 |
Vic Frazier | 29 | 146.0 | 3 | 13 | 6.23 | 33 |
Ed Walsh | 4 | 20.1 | 0 | 2 | 8.41 | 7 |
Other pitchers
editNote: 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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Paul Gregory | 33 | 117.2 | 5 | 3 | 4.51 | 39 |
Pat Caraway | 19 | 64.2 | 2 | 6 | 6.82 | 13 |
Pete Daglia | 12 | 50.0 | 2 | 4 | 5.76 | 16 |
Tommy Thomas | 12 | 43.2 | 3 | 3 | 6.18 | 11 |
Bill Chamberlain | 12 | 41.1 | 0 | 5 | 4.57 | 11 |
Phil Gallivan | 13 | 33.1 | 1 | 3 | 7.56 | 12 |
Charlie Biggs | 6 | 24.2 | 1 | 1 | 6.93 | 1 |
Bump Hadley | 3 | 18.2 | 1 | 1 | 3.86 | 13 |
Fabian Kowalik | 2 | 10.1 | 0 | 1 | 6.97 | 2 |
Art Smith | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 11.57 | 1 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: 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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Red Faber | 42 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3.74 | 26 |
Hal McKain | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.12 | 7 |
Art Evans | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 6 |
Chad Kimsey | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.45 | 6 |
Grant Bowler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.63 | 2 |
Clarence Fieber | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.69 | 1 |
Les Bartholomew | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 1 |
Archie Wise | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 2 |
Jim Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
Lew Fonseca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Bob Poser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 |
Farm system
editLevel | Team | League | Manager |
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D | Waterloo Hawks | Mississippi Valley League | Doc Bennett |
Notes
edit- ^ a b Carey Selph page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Red Kress page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Chad Kimsey page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References
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