1932 Chicago White Sox season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Chicago White Sox

| season = 1932

| misc =

| league = American League

| ballpark = Comiskey Park

| city = Chicago

| owners = J. Louis Comiskey

| general_manager = Harry Grabiner

| managers = Lew Fonseca

| television =

| radio = WGN
(Bob Elson)
WJKS
(Johnny O'Hara)
WMAQ
(Hal Totten)

|}}

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).

Offseason

September 30, 1931: Carey Selph was drafted by the White Sox from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1931 rule 5 draft.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/selphca01.shtml 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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kressre01.shtml Red Kress page at Baseball Reference]
September 9, 1932: Chad Kimsey was purchased by the White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kimsech01.shtml 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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/simmoal01.shtml Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference]

= Roster =

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colspan="10" style="background-color: black; color: white; text-align: center;" \| 1932 Chicago White Sox
colspan="10" style="background-color: black; color: white; text-align: center;" \| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer
-\|Les Bartholomew}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Charlie Biggs}} {{MLBplayer\|23,39\|Grant Bowler}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Pat Caraway}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Bill Chamberlain}} {{MLBplayer\|9,32\|Pete Daglia}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Art Evans}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Red Faber}} {{MLBplayer\|39\|Clarence Fieber}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Vic Frazier}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Phil Gallivan}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Milt Gaston}} {{MLBplayer\|39,45\|Paul Gregory}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Bump Hadley}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Sam Jones}} {{MLBplayer\|35\|Chad Kimsey}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Fabian Kowalik}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|Ted Lyons}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Hal McKain}} {{MLBplayer\|46\|Jim Moore}} {{MLBplayer\|29,35\|Bob Poser}} {{MLBplayer
-\|Art Smith}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Tommy Thomas}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Ed Walsh}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Archie Wise}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Charlie Berry}} {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Frank Grube}} {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Bennie Tate}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Luke Appling}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Lu Blue}} {{MLBplayer
-\|Bill Cissell}} {{MLBplayer\|36\|Charlie English}} {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Jackie Hayes}} {{MLBplayer
-\|Greg Mulleavy}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Carey Selph}} {{MLBplayer\|49\|Billy Sullivan}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer
-\|Hal Anderson}} {{MLBplayer
-\|Bruce Campbell}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Lew Fonseca}} {{MLBplayer\|13\|Bob Fothergill}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|Liz Funk}} {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Johnny Hodapp}} {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Smead Jolley}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Red Kress}} {{MLBplayer\|27\|Bill Norman}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Jack Rothrock}} {{MLBplayer\|37\|Bob Seeds}} {{MLBplayer
-\|Mel Simons}} {{MLBplayer
-\|Evar Swanson}} {{MLBplayer
-\|Johnny Watwood}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\|12\|Lew Fonseca}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\|27\|Johnny Butler}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Bill Cunningham}}

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colspan="10" style="background-color: black; color: white; text-align: center;" | 1932 Chicago White Sox

colspan="10" style="background-color: black; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster

valign="top" | Pitchers

{{MLBplayer

-|Les Bartholomew}}

{{MLBplayer

-|Art Smith}}

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

{{MLBplayer

-|Bill Cissell}}

{{MLBplayer

-|Greg Mulleavy}}

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Outfielders

{{MLBplayer

-|Hal Anderson}}

{{MLBplayer

-|Bruce Campbell}}

{{MLBplayer

-|Mel Simons}}

{{MLBplayer

-|Evar Swanson}}

{{MLBplayer

-|Johnny Watwood}}

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | 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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	Frank Grube	93	277	78	.282	0	31
align=center \| 1B	Lu Blue	112	373	93	.249	0	43
align=center \| 2B	Jackie Hayes	117	475	122	.257	2	54
align=center \| SS	Luke Appling	139	489	134	.274	3	63
align=center \| 3B	{{sortname\|Carey\|Selph}}	116	396	112	.283	0	51
align="center" \| OF	Bob Seeds	116	434	126	.290	2	45
align=center \| OF	Bob Fothergill	116	346	102	.295	7	50
align=center \| 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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Red\|Kress}}	135	515	147	.285	9	57
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Billy\|Sullivan\|Billy Sullivan, Jr.}}	93	307	97	.316	1	45
align="center" \| Charlie Berry	72	226	69	.305	4	31
align=center \| Johnny Hodapp	68	176	40	.227	3	20
align=center \| {{sortname\|Jack\|Rothrock}}	39	64	12	.188	0	6
align="center" \| Charlie English	24	63	20	.317	1	8
align=center \| {{sortname\|Evar\|Swanson}}	14	52	16	.308	0	8
align="center" \| Johnny Watwood	13	49	15	.306	0	0
align=center \| Bill Norman	13	48	11	.229	0	2
align=center \| Bill Cissell	12	43	11	.256	1	5
align=center \| Smead Jolley	12	42	15	.357	0	7
align=center \| Lew Fonseca	18	37	5	.135	0	6
align=center \| Hal Anderson	9	32	8	.250	0	2
align=center \| {{sortname\|Bruce\|Campbell\|Bruce Campbell (baseball)}}	7	18	4	.222	0	2
align="center" \| Fabian Kowalik	6	13	5	.385	0	2
align=center \| Bennie Tate	4	10	1	.100	0	0
align=center \| Mel Simons	7	5	0	.000	0	0
align=center \| 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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Ted Lyons	33	230.2	10	15	3.28	58
align=center \| {{sortname\|Sam\|Jones\|Sad Sam Jones}}	30	200.1	10	15	4.22	64
align="center" \| Milt Gaston	28	166.2	7	17	4.00	44
align=center \| Vic Frazier	29	146.0	3	13	6.23	33
align=center \| {{sortname\|Ed\|Walsh\|Ed Walsh, Jr.}}	4	20.1	0	2	8.41	7
align="center"

== Other pitchers ==

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Paul Gregory	33	117.2	5	3	4.51	39
align=center \| {{sortname\|Pat\|Caraway}}	19	64.2	2	6	6.82	13
align="center" \| Pete Daglia	12	50.0	2	4	5.76	16
align=center \| Tommy Thomas	12	43.2	3	3	6.18	11
align=center \| {{sortname\|Bill\|Chamberlain\|Bill Chamberlain (baseball)}}	12	41.1	0	5	4.57	11
align="center" \| Phil Gallivan	13	33.1	1	3	7.56	12
align=center \| {{sortname\|Charlie\|Biggs}}	6	24.2	1	1	6.93	1
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bump\|Hadley}}	3	18.2	1	1	3.86	13
align="center" \| Fabian Kowalik	2	10.1	0	1	6.97	2
align=center \| 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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Red Faber	42	2	11	5	3.74	26
align=center \| Hal McKain	8	0	0	0	11.12	7
align=center \| Art Evans	7	0	0	0	3.00	6
align=center \| {{sortname\|Chad\|Kimsey}}	7	1	1	2	2.45	6
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Grant\|Bowler\|Grant Bowler (baseball)}}	4	0	0	0	15.63	2
align="center" \| Clarence Fieber	3	1	0	0	1.69	1
align=center \| {{sortname\|Les\|Bartholomew}}	3	0	0	0	5.06	1
align="center" \| Archie Wise	2	0	0	0	4.91	2
align=center \| Jim Moore	1	0	0	0	0.00	2
align=center \| Lew Fonseca	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
align=center \| Bob Poser	1	0	0	0	27.00	1

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System

|level20=D|team20=Waterloo Hawks|league20=Mississippi Valley League|manager20=Doc Bennett}}Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1932.shtml 1932 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference]

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