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1954 Chicago White Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 / 1955

94-60, Finished 3rd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Paul Richards (91-54) and Marty Marion (3-6)
Scored 711 runs, Allowed 521 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-56

Ballparks: Comiskey Park I · Attendance: 1,231,629 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 99

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1953 / 1955 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Matt Batts 32 R R 5' 11" 200 Oct 16, 1921 8 55 38 55 42 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 -0.3
Bob Boyd 34 L L 5' 10" 170 Oct 1, 1919 3 29 16 29 25 0 0 12 0 0 0 13 0 0 13 2 8 -0.1
Bob Cain 29 L L 6' 0" 165 Oct 16, 1924 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chico Carrasquel 28 R R 6' 0" 170 Jan 23, 1926 5 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 All-Star
Phil Cavarretta 37 L L 5' 11" 175 Jul 19, 1916 21 71 40 71 53 0 0 44 0 0 0 2 0 7 9 22 0 1.2
Sandy Consuegra 33 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 3, 1920 5 39 17 39 39 39 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 All-Star
Fritz Dorish 32 R R 5' 11" 204 Jul 13, 1921 8 37 6 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
Ferris Fain 33 L L 5' 11" 180 Mar 29, 1921 8 65 64 65 64 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.5 All-Star
Tom Flanigan 19 R L 6' 3" 175 Sep 6, 1934 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mike Fornieles 22 R R 5' 11" 155 Jan 18, 1932 3 16 6 16 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.6
Nellie Fox HOF 26 L R 5' 10" 160 Dec 25, 1927 8 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 All-Star
Johnny Groth 27 R R 6' 0" 182 Jul 23, 1926 9 125 121 125 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 116 2 125 1 0 0.7
Jack Harshman 26 L L 6' 2" 178 Jul 12, 1927 4 36 21 36 36 35 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5
Grady Hatton 31 L R 5' 8" 170 Oct 7, 1922 9 13 9 13 11 0 0 3 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1
Ron Jackson 20 R R 6' 7" 225 Oct 22, 1933 1st 40 24 40 35 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0.3
Don Johnson 27 R R 6' 3" 200 Nov 12, 1926 5 46 16 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2
Stan Jok 28 R R 6' 0" 190 May 3, 1926 1st 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Bob Keegan 33 R R 6' 2" 207 Aug 4, 1920 2 32 27 32 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.7 All-Star
George Kell HOF 31 R R 5' 9" 175 Aug 23, 1922 12 71 61 71 62 0 0 32 0 31 0 2 0 1 2 9 1 0.4 All-Star
Joe Kirrene 22 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 4, 1931 2 9 6 9 9 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.3
Sherm Lollar 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Aug 23, 1924 9 107 84 107 94 0 93 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0.9 All-Star
Fred Marsh 30 R R 5' 10" 180 Jan 5, 1924 5 62 24 62 41 0 0 2 0 36 3 0 0 1 1 3 26 1.0
Willard Marshall 33 L R 6' 1" 205 Feb 8, 1921 10 47 13 47 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 22 29 21 0 -0.1
Morrie Martin 31 L L 6' 0" 173 Sep 3, 1922 5 35 2 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3
Ed McGhee 29 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 29, 1924 3 42 21 42 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 18 11 34 6 6 0.1
Cass Michaels 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Mar 4, 1926 12 101 80 101 91 0 0 0 2 91 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 2.8
Minnie Minoso 28 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 29, 1925 5 153 151 153 152 0 0 0 0 9 0 123 13 14 146 0 2 8.3 All-Star
Don Nicholas 23 L R 5' 7" 150 Oct 30, 1930 2 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 -0.1
Billy Pierce 27 L L 5' 10" 160 Apr 2, 1927 8 38 26 38 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.6
Jim Rivera 32 L L 6' 0" 196 Jul 22, 1921 3 145 131 145 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 31 124 143 6 3 2.0
Carl Sawatski 26 L R 5' 10" 210 Nov 4, 1927 4 43 27 43 33 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 -0.2
Al Sima 32 R L 6' 0" 187 Oct 7, 1921 4 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Bud Stewart 38 L R 5' 11" 160 Jun 15, 1916 9 18 0 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 1 -0.3
Dick Strahs 30 L R 6' 0" 192 Dec 4, 1923 1st 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Virgil Trucks 37 R R 5' 11" 198 Apr 26, 1917 13 40 33 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 All-Star
Vito Valentinetti 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Sep 16, 1928 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Bill Wilson 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 6, 1928 3 20 11 20 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 7 19 3 0 0.1
Red Wilson 25 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 7, 1929 4 8 6 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

George Kell

Nellie Fox

Grady Hatton
Ed McGhee

Johnny Groth

Cass Michaels

Jim Rivera

Ferris Fain

Minnie Minoso

Sherm Lollar

Fritz Dorish

Carl Sawatski

Bob Keegan

Bob Cain
Mike Fornieles

Chico Carrasquel

Matt Batts
Red Wilson

Billy Pierce

Sandy Consuegra

Bud Stewart

Virgil Trucks

Fred Marsh

Don Johnson

Willard Marshall

Jack Harshman

Bob Boyd

Stan Jok

Joe Kirrene
Vito Valentinetti

Dick Strahs

Morrie Martin
Al Sima

Don Nicholas

Bill Wilson

Tom Flanigan

Ron Jackson

Phil Cavarretta

Don Johnson

Don Johnson

1953 / 1955 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers