1932 Chicago White Sox season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago White Sox 1932 American League Comiskey Park Chicago J. Louis Comiskey Harry Grabiner Lew Fonseca WGN(Bob Elson)WJKS(Johnny O'Hara)WMAQ(Hal Totten) 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 second worst ever (by winning percentage). Offseason September 30, 1931: Carey Selph was drafted by the White Sox from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1931 rule 5 draft.Carey Selph page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents CWS Notable transactions April 27, 1932: Bruce Campbell and Bump Hadley were traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Red Kress.Red Kress page at Baseball Reference September 9, 1932: Chad Kimsey was purchased by the White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.Chad Kimsey page at Baseball-Reference 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. September 28, 1932: Al Simmons was purchased by the White Sox from the Philadelphia Athletics.Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference Roster 1932 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers -- Les Bartholomew 15 Charlie Biggs 23,39 Grant Bowler 15 Pat Caraway 17 Bill Chamberlain 9,32 Pete Daglia 14 Art Evans 19 Red Faber 39 Clarence Fieber 18 Vic Frazier 14 Phil Gallivan 26 Milt Gaston 39,45 Paul Gregory 24 Bump Hadley 25 Sam Jones 35 Chad Kimsey 23 Fabian Kowalik 16 Ted Lyons 23 Hal McKain 46 Jim Moore 29,35 Bob Poser -- Art Smith 17 Tommy Thomas 18 Ed Walsh 15 Archie Wise Catchers  3 Charlie Berry  1 Frank Grube  2 Bennie Tate Infielders  8 Luke Appling  4 Lu Blue -- Bill Cissell 36 Charlie English  5 Jackie Hayes -- Greg Mulleavy  7 Carey Selph 49 Billy Sullivan Outfielders -- Hal Anderson -- Bruce Campbell 12 Lew Fonseca 13 Bob Fothergill 34 Liz Funk  6 Johnny Hodapp  3 Smead Jolley 24 Red Kress 27 Bill Norman 14 Jack Rothrock 37 Bob Seeds -- Mel Simons -- Evar Swanson -- Johnny Watwood Manager 12 Lew Fonseca Coaches 27 Johnny Butler 28 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 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 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 Kress 135 515 147 .285 9 57 Billy Sullivan Billy Sullivan, Jr. 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 Bruce Campbell (baseball) 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 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 Ted Lyons 33 230.2 10 15 3.28 58 Sam Jones Sad 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 Ed Walsh, Jr. 4 20.1 0 2 8.41 7 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 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 Bill Chamberlain (baseball) 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 Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 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 Grant Bowler (baseball) 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 Minor League Baseball D Waterloo Hawks Mississippi Valley League Doc BennettJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 Notes 2 References 1932 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago White Sox seasons Chicago White Sox season Chicago White Category:Long stubs with short prose Category:1932 in Chicago