1932 Boston Red Sox season explained

Boston Red Sox
Season:	1932
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Fenway Park
City:	Boston, Massachusetts
Record:	43–111 (.279)
League Place:	8th (64 GB)
Owners:	J. A. Robert Quinn
Managers:	Shano Collins and Marty McManus
Radio:	WNAC (Fred Hoey)
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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 a total of six home games at Braves Field during the 1932 season; an early-season Tuesday doubleheader against the New York Yankees, and four Sunday games.^[1] A new Massachusetts law was enacted in late May that allowed the team to play at Fenway on Sundays.^[2] The final game the Red Sox ever played at Braves Field was on May 29, 1932, when they lost the second game of a doubleheader to the Philadelphia Athletics.^[3] The Red Sox' first Sunday home game at Fenway was played on July 3, 1932, a 13–2 loss to the Yankees.^[4]

The 1932 team set a franchise record for the lowest winning percentage in a season, .279, which still stands.^[5] The team allowed 915 runs while only scoring 566, a run differential of -349, the worst in MLB's modern era (since 1900).^[6]

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

12		LF
4		SS
3		2B
15		RF
7		3B
1		1B
14		CF
9		C
18	Danny MacFayden	P

Roster

1932 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagersCoaches

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	81	273	67	.245	2	26
1B	101	376	140	.372	8	56
2B	115	403	100	.248	0	25
SS	115	388	82	.211	0	34
3B	132	457	119	.260	2	40
OF	122	455	120	.264	0	37
OF	137	531	164	.309	18	99
OF	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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
93	302	71	.235	5	24
95	266	66	.248	0	30
75	222	50	.225	0	21
71	207	47	.227	0	14
52	192	54	.281	5	27
79	169	34	.201	1	18
34	103	23	.223	0	6
12	48	10	.208	0	0
17	37	5	.135	0	3
17	34	10	.294	0	1
10	32	6	.188	0	6
6	8	3	.375	0	0
2	2	0	.000	0	0
1	1	0	.000	0	0
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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
25	141.2	8	6	3.81	30
12	79.1	1	8	5.11	22
12	77.2	1	10	5.10	29

Other pitchers