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 second worst ever (by winning percentage).
Offseason September 30, 1931: Carey Selph was drafted by the White Sox from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1931 rule 5 draft.Carey Selph page at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions April 27, 1932: Bruce Campbell and Bump Hadley were traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Red Kress.Red Kress page at Baseball Reference September 9, 1932: Chad Kimsey was purchased by the White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.Chad Kimsey page at Baseball-Reference 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. September 28, 1932: Al Simmons was purchased by the White Sox from the Philadelphia Athletics.Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference
Roster 1932 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches
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 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 135 515 147 .285 9 57 93 307 97 .316 1 45 Charlie Berry 72 226 69 .305 4 31 Johnny Hodapp 68 176 40 .227 3 20 39 64 12 .188 0 6 Charlie English 24 63 20 .317 1 8 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 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 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 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 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 12 41.1 0 5 4.57 11 Phil Gallivan 13 33.1 1 3 7.56 12 6 24.2 1 1 6.93 1 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 7 1 1 2 2.45 6 4 0 0 0 15.63 2 Clarence Fieber 3 1 0 0 1.69 1 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
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
Notes
References 1932 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference