1932 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Boston Red Sox 1932 American League Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts 43–111 (.279) 8th J. A. Robert Quinn Shano Collins and Marty McManus WNAC(Fred Hoey) bos BOS 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.https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1932/PKL_BOS081932.htm 1932 Log For Braves Field in Boston, MA Retrosheet September 18, 2019 A new Massachusetts law enacted in late May allowed the team to play at Fenway on Sundays.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36091021/sunday_games_legal_at_red_sox_park/ Sunday Games Legal at Red Sox Park AP The Berkshire Eagle Pittsfield, Massachusetts 10 May 28, 1932 September 18, 2019 newspapers.com 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.https://www.retrosheet.org/ballparks/braves_field_al_last.htm Braves Field American League Lasts Retrosheet September 18, 2019 The Red Sox' first Sunday home game at Fenway was played on July 3, a 13–2 loss to the Yankees.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36091177/yanks_score_9_runs_in_sixth_to/ Yanks Score 9 Runs in Sixth To Overwhelm Red Sox, 13-2 Marshall Hunt New York Daily News 20 July 4, 1932 September 18, 2019 newspapers.com The 1932 team set a franchise record for the lowest winning percentage in a season, .279, which still stands.http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/history/year_by_year_results.jsp https://web.archive.org/web/20070214020301/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/history/year_by_year_results.jsp dead February 14, 2007 Boston Red Sox Year-by-Year Results October 4, 2020 MLB.comBoston Red Sox Team History & Encyclopedia https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/index.shtml 2026-03-10 Baseball-Reference.com en The team allowed 915 runs while only scoring 566, a run differential of -349, the second-worst in MLB's modern era (since 1900).https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/27815/the-bp-wayback-machine-dayton-moores-first-week/ ((The BP Wayback Machine: Dayton Moore's First Week)) Rany Jazayerli Baseball Prospectus November 3, 2015 Rany JazayerliWhich MLB Team Had The Worst Run Differential Season Since 1900 https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/which-mlb-team-had-the-worst-run-differential-season-since-1900 2026-03-10 StatMuse en2020-07-01 Red Sox: Boston’s 1932 squad is as bad as it gets in franchise history https://bosoxinjection.com/2020/07/01/red-sox-1932-bad-franchise-history/ 2026-03-10 BoSox Injection FanSided en-US Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents BOS 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 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 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 Marty McManus 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 Jack Rothrock 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 Ivy Andrews 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 Minor League Baseball B Hazleton Mountaineers New York–Pennsylvania League Jake Pitler B Wilmington Pirates Piedmont League Hal Weafer and Tweet WalshJohnson, 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 Category:Boston Red Sox seasons Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Category:1930s in Boston Category:Long stubs with short prose