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1932 Chicago White Sox season

1932 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)J. Louis Comiskey
Manager(s)Lew Fonseca
Local radioWGN (AM)
(Bob Elson)
WMAQ (AM)
(Hal Totten)
WJKS
(John O'Hara)
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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).

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

1932 American League Records

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

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

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • Johnny Butler
  • 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
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
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

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
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
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
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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
D Waterloo Hawks Mississippi Valley League Doc Bennett

[5]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Carey Selph page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Red Kress page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Chad Kimsey page at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References


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