Failure is often even more fascinating than success. I am definitely intrigued by the 1932 Boston Red Sox, the worst Red Sox team of all time. The team finished with a record of 43-111, for a winning percentage of .279 and very little went right.
Finally, a player who played more than a year or two. Tate had a ten-year career as a catcher in the Majors, primarily playing for the Washington Senators. He spent his first seven years in the Capital, generally playing a little less than half the games. In the 1930 season, he was moved to the White Sox and had a nice season.
Tate started the 1932 season with the White Sox, but after just four games he was traded to the Red Sox. Tate was involved in the same deal that brought slugger Smead Jolley along with Johnny Watwood and $7,500.00. Fellow catcher Charlie Berry and utility man Jack Rothrock went the other way.
Tate was the primary catcher for the Red Sox the rest of the 1932 season, playing in 81 games with Ed Connolly as the second catcher most of the year. Tate hit .245/.297/.348 with 12 doubles, five triples, two homers and 26 RBIs. He drew 20 walks and struck out just six times the entire season, which is crazy. He was not great at stopping the running game, allowing the most stolen bases in the league in 1932.
1932 was Tate's only season in Boston. He spent the 1933 season and most of 1934 with the Montreal Royals before making it back to the Majors with the Cubs in 1934 for a handful of games. He played a few more years in the minors after that, but never appeared in the Majors again.
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