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).
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Owner(s) | J. Louis Comiskey |
Manager(s) | Lew Fonseca |
Local radio | WGN (AM) (Bob Elson) WMAQ (AM) (Hal Totten) WJKS (John O'Hara) |
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Offseason
- 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
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 107 | 47 | 0.695 | — | 62–15 | 45–32 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 94 | 60 | 0.610 | 13 | 51–26 | 43–34 |
Washington Senators | 93 | 61 | 0.604 | 14 | 51–26 | 42–35 |
Cleveland Indians | 87 | 65 | 0.572 | 19 | 43–33 | 44–32 |
Detroit Tigers | 76 | 75 | 0.503 | 29½ | 42–34 | 34–41 |
St. Louis Browns | 63 | 91 | 0.409 | 44 | 33–42 | 30–49 |
Chicago White Sox | 49 | 102 | 0.325 | 56½ | 28–49 | 21–53 |
Boston Red Sox | 43 | 111 | 0.279 | 64 | 27–50 | 16–61 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | 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
- 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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Player stats
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 |
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3B | Carey Selph | 116 | 396 | 112 | .283 | 0 | 51 |
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 |
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Red Kress | 135 | 515 | 147 | .285 | 9 | 57 |
Billy Sullivan | 93 | 307 | 97 | .316 | 1 | 45 |
Jack Rothrock | 39 | 64 | 12 | .188 | 0 | 6 |
Evar Swanson | 14 | 52 | 16 | .308 | 0 | 8 |
Bruce Campbell | 7 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
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 |
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Sam Jones | 30 | 200.1 | 10 | 15 | 4.22 | 64 |
Ed Walsh | 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 |
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Pat Caraway | 19 | 64.2 | 2 | 6 | 6.82 | 13 |
Bill Chamberlain | 12 | 41.1 | 0 | 5 | 4.57 | 11 |
Charlie Biggs | 6 | 24.2 | 1 | 1 | 6.93 | 1 |
Bump Hadley | 3 | 18.2 | 1 | 1 | 3.86 | 13 |
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 |
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Chad Kimsey | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.45 | 6 |
Grant Bowler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.63 | 2 |
Les Bartholomew | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 1 |
Notes
- 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