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 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 worst ever (by winning percentage).

1932 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago
Owners	J. Louis Comiskey
General manager	Harry Grabiner
Managers	Lew Fonseca
Radio	WGN (Bob Elson) WJKS (Johnny O'Hara) WMAQ (Hal Totten)
← 1931 Seasons 1933 →

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

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	107	47	.695	—	62‍–‍15	45‍–‍32
Philadelphia Athletics	94	60	.610	13	51‍–‍26	43‍–‍34
Washington Senators	93	61	.604	14	51‍–‍26	42‍–‍35
Cleveland Indians	87	65	.572	19	43‍–‍33	44‍–‍32
Detroit Tigers	76	75	.503	29½	42‍–‍34	34‍–‍41
St. Louis Browns	63	91	.409	44	33‍–‍42	30‍–‍49
Chicago White Sox	49	102	.325	56½	28‍–‍49	21‍–‍53
Boston Red Sox	43	111	.279	64	27‍–‍50	16‍–‍61

Record vs. opponents

1932 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	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  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	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	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	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	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	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	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

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
D	Waterloo Hawks	Mississippi Valley League	Doc Bennett

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Notes

1. 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

• 1932 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference