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1955 Chicago White Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956)
91-63, Finished 3rd in American League
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Scored 725 runs, Allowed 557 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 95-59
Manager: Marty Marion (91-63)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,175,684 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 98

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1954 / 1956 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Sherm Lollar 30 138 510 426 67 111 13 1 16 61 2 2 68 34 .261 .374 .408 .782 108 174 10 10 4 2 12
2 1B Walt Dropo 32 141 502 453 55 127 15 2 19 79 0 1 42 71 .280 .343 .448 .791 109 203 15 2 3 2 8
3 2B Nellie Fox* 27 154 709 636 100 198 28 7 6 59 7 9 38 15 .311 .364 .406 .770 105 258 8 17 14 4 1
4 SS Chico Carrasquel 27 145 598 523 83 134 11 2 11 52 1 1 61 59 .256 .335 .348 .683 82 182 10 4 4 6 0
5 3B George Kell 32 128 504 429 44 134 24 1 8 81 2 2 51 36 .312 .389 .429 .818 118 184 7 6 13 5 2
6 LF Minnie Minoso 29 139 615 517 79 149 26 7 10 70 19 8 76 43 .288 .387 .424 .811 116 219 18 10 8 4 3
7 CF Jim Busby 28 99 370 337 38 82 13 4 1 27 7 3 25 37 .243 .294 .315 .608 62 106 6 0 6 2 0
8 RF Jim Rivera* 32 147 530 454 71 120 24 4 10 52 25 16 62 59 .264 .352 .401 .753 100 182 5 1 10 3 6
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 OF Bob Nieman 28 99 317 272 36 77 11 2 11 53 1 0 36 37 .283 .366 .460 .826 119 125 9 2 3 4 1
10 3B Bob Kennedy 34 83 232 214 28 65 10 2 9 43 0 2 16 16 .304 .352 .495 .848 124 106 7 0 2 0 0
11 CF Johnny Groth 28 32 88 77 13 26 7 0 2 11 1 0 6 13 .338 .376 .506 .883 134 39 2 0 3 2 1
12 1B Ron Jackson 21 40 85 74 10 15 1 1 2 7 1 0 8 22 .203 .277 .324 .601 60 24 1 0 2 1 2
13 C Les Moss 30 32 68 59 5 15 2 0 2 7 0 0 6 10 .254 .333 .390 .723 92 23 0 1 2 0 1
14 3B Vern Stephens 34 22 65 56 10 14 3 0 3 7 0 0 7 11 .250 .328 .464 .792 109 26 1 0 1 1 0
15 SS Jim Brideweser 28 34 63 58 6 12 3 2 0 4 0 0 3 7 .207 .246 .328 .573 52 19 3 0 2 0 0
16 OF Willard Marshall* 34 22 55 41 6 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 13 1 .171 .364 .171 .534 46 7 0 0 0 1 1
17 C Clint Courtney* 28 19 45 37 7 14 3 0 1 10 0 0 7 0 .378 .467 .541 1.007 168 20 2 0 0 1 2
18 IF Bobby Adams 33 28 25 21 8 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 4 .095 .240 .190 .430 16 4 0 0 0 0 0
19 SS Buddy Peterson 30 6 25 21 7 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 .286 .400 .333 .733 97 7 0 1 0 0 0
20 OF Ed McGhee 30 26 19 13 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 1 .077 .368 .077 .445 24 1 2 0 0 0 0
21 RF Ron Northey* 35 14 17 14 1 5 2 0 1 4 0 0 3 3 .357 .471 .714 1.185 212 10 1 0 0 0 0
22 OF Gil Coan* 33 17 17 17 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .176 .176 .176 .353 -6 3 0 0 0 0 0
23 C Earl Battey 20 5 9 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .286 .444 .286 .730 98 2 1 1 0 0 0
24 UT Stan Jok 29 6 6 4 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .250 .333 1.000 1.333 244 4 0 0 0 1 0
25 RF Ed White 29 3 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .600 .500 1.100 196 2 0 0 0 0 0
26 3B Sammy Esposito 23 3 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 -43 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 1B Phil Cavarretta* 38 6 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Lloyd Merriman* 30 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
29 P Dick Donovan* 27 40 89 76 10 17 0 0 1 5 0 0 9 26 .224 .330 .263 .593 60 20 3 3 1 0 0
30 P Billy Pierce* 28 34 81 70 5 12 2 0 0 7 1 0 3 10 .171 .205 .200 .405 8 14 0 0 8 0 0
31 P Jack Harshman* 27 32 76 60 6 11 1 0 2 8 0 0 9 17 .183 .282 .300 .582 55 18 2 0 5 2 0
32 P Virgil Trucks 38 32 72 64 2 8 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 12 .125 .123 .141 .264 -30 9 1 0 7 1 0
33 P Connie Johnson 32 19 36 33 4 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 .152 .147 .212 .359 -5 7 2 0 2 1 0
34 P Harry Byrd 30 25 33 30 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .067 .067 .067 .133 -64 2 0 0 3 0 0
35 P Sandy Consuegra 34 44 33 29 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .103 .133 .103 .237 -36 3 0 0 3 0 0
36 P Mike Fornieles 23 28 31 29 6 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .103 .103 .138 .241 -36 4 0 0 2 0 0
37 P Dixie Howell* 35 35 22 21 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .381 .381 .381 .762 104 8 0 0 1 0 0
38 P Bob Keegan 34 18 21 18 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .333 .368 .333 .702 88 6 1 0 2 0 0
39 P Morrie Martin* 32 37 10 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300 .300 .300 .600 60 3 0 0 0 0 0
40 P Harry Dorish 33 13 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 78 1 0 0 0 0 0
41 P Al Papai 38 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 P Bob Chakales 27 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.6 155 6000 5220 725 1401 204 36 116 677 69 45 568 594 .268 .344 .388 .732 95 2025 117 58 111 43 40
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 4 2 3 7 6 1 2 5 7 1 4 5 5 6
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Billy Pierce* 28 15 10 .600 1.97 33 26 5 16 6 1 205.2 162 50 45 16 64 5 157 3 1 4 836 201 1.099 7.1 0.7 2.8 6.9 2.45
2 SP Dick Donovan 27 15 9 .625 3.32 29 24 3 11 5 0 187.0 186 77 69 17 48 5 88 3 1 0 774 119 1.251 9.0 0.8 2.3 4.2 1.83
3 SP Jack Harshman* 27 11 7 .611 3.36 32 23 2 9 0 0 179.1 144 74 67 16 97 3 116 4 0 4 761 118 1.344 7.2 0.8 4.9 5.8 1.20
4 SP Virgil Trucks 38 13 8 .619 3.96 32 26 2 7 3 0 175.0 176 78 77 19 61 5 91 2 0 1 749 100 1.354 9.1 1.0 3.1 4.7 1.49
5 SP Connie Johnson 32 7 4 .636 3.45 17 16 0 5 2 0 99.0 95 40 38 5 52 0 72 1 0 0 436 115 1.485 8.6 0.5 4.7 6.5 1.38
6 SP Bob Keegan 34 2 5 .286 5.83 18 11 1 1 0 0 58.2 83 39 38 4 28 1 29 1 0 0 283 68 1.892 12.7 0.6 4.3 4.4 1.04
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 CL Dixie Howell 35 8 3 .727 2.93 35 0 25 0 0 9 73.2 70 27 24 1 25 5 25 0 1 3 314 135 1.290 8.6 0.1 3.1 3.1 1.00
8 RP Sandy Consuegra 34 6 5 .545 2.64 44 7 21 3 0 7 126.1 120 42 37 4 18 7 35 2 0 2 501 150 1.092 8.5 0.3 1.3 2.5 1.94
9 RP Harry Byrd 30 4 6 .400 4.65 25 12 6 1 1 1 91.0 85 49 47 10 30 4 44 2 0 1 380 85 1.264 8.4 1.0 3.0 4.4 1.47
10 RP Mike Fornieles 23 6 3 .667 3.86 26 9 11 2 0 2 86.1 84 37 37 12 29 3 23 2 0 2 365 103 1.309 8.8 1.3 3.0 2.4 0.79
11 RP Morrie Martin* 32 2 3 .400 3.63 37 0 11 0 0 2 52.0 50 27 21 4 20 2 22 2 0 0 223 109 1.346 8.7 0.7 3.5 3.8 1.10
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
12 Harry Dorish 33 2 0 1.000 1.59 13 0 5 0 0 1 17.0 16 4 3 0 9 1 6 0 0 1 73 249 1.471 8.5 0.0 4.8 3.2 0.67
13 Bob Chakales 27 0 0 1.46 7 0 4 0 0 0 12.1 11 2 2 2 6 1 6 0 0 0 50 271 1.378 8.0 1.5 4.4 4.4 1.00
14 Al Papai 38 0 0 3.86 7 0 4 0 0 0 11.2 10 5 5 1 8 2 5 0 0 0 52 103 1.543 7.7 0.8 6.2 3.9 0.63
15 Ted Gray* 30 0 0 18.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 9 6 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 20 22 3.667 27.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
Team Totals 30.6 91 63 .591 3.37 155 155 100 55 17 23 1378.0 1301 557 516 111 497 44 720 22 3 19 5817 118 1.305 8.5 0.7 3.2 4.7 1.45
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 6 2 1 4 6 3 1 2 4 1 3
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Bobby Adams 33 10 5 44.1 22 8 13 1 1 .955 0.8 21.7 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 4.26 2.10 3B-2B
Earl Battey 20 5 2 20.0 21 19 2 0 0 1.000 1.0 60.0 1 9.45 4.20 0 0 0 2 100% C
Jim Brideweser 28 31 15 143.1 85 30 51 4 13 .953 0.6 5.0 0.6 2.1 -1.5 0 5.09 2.61 SS-2B-3B
Jim Busby 28 99 89 799.0 252 242 6 4 3 .984 3.0 4.5 1.0 -0.2 1.3 2 2.79 2.51 CF
Harry Byrd 30 25 12 91.0 22 5 16 1 0 .955 0.0 0.0 2.08 0.84 P
Chico Carrasquel 27 144 135 1201.1 664 222 424 18 81 .973 9.4 9.4 11.4 8.4 3.1 -2 4.84 4.49 SS
Phil Cavarretta 38 3 0 5.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 5.40 1.00 1B
Bob Chakales 27 7 0 12.1 5 2 2 1 0 .800 0.0 0.0 2.92 0.57 P
Gil Coan 33 3 1 15.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -8.0 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 0 1.20 0.67 RF-LF
Sandy Consuegra 34 44 7 126.1 30 5 23 2 1 .933 0.0 0.0 1.99 0.64 P
Clint Courtney 28 17 10 95.0 53 49 4 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.02 3.12 2 1 3 1 25% C
Dick Donovan 27 29 24 187.0 44 11 33 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.12 1.52 P
Harry Dorish 33 13 0 17.0 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.18 0.46 P
Walt Dropo 32 140 120 1078.2 1169 1101 62 6 104 .995 -1.2 -1.3 -1.2 1.4 -2.6 0 9.70 8.31 1B
Sammy Esposito 23 2 1 11.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -43.6 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 0.82 0.50 3B
Mike Fornieles 23 26 9 86.1 20 1 18 1 2 .950 0.0 0.0 1.98 0.73 P
Nellie Fox 27 154 154 1364.1 906 399 483 24 110 .974 11.9 10.5 12.9 4.4 8.5 -1 5.82 5.73 2B
Ted Gray 30 2 1 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.00 0.50 P
Johnny Groth 28 26 21 187.0 61 60 1 0 0 1.000 1.5 9.6 1.5 2.0 -0.5 0 2.94 2.35 CF
Jack Harshman 27 32 23 179.1 33 3 29 1 1 .970 0.0 0.0 1.61 1.00 P
Dixie Howell 35 35 0 73.2 28 4 21 3 0 .893 0.0 0.0 3.05 0.71 P
Ron Jackson 21 29 21 164.0 173 162 9 2 14 .988 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.38 5.90 1B
Connie Johnson 32 17 16 99.0 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.09 0.71 P
Stan Jok 29 4 1 13.0 7 2 4 1 0 .857 -1.0 -92.3 -1.0 -0.2 -0.8 0 4.15 1.50 3B-LF
Bob Keegan 34 18 11 58.2 14 2 11 1 0 .929 0.0 0.0 1.99 0.72 P
George Kell 32 130 116 965.1 393 216 170 7 20 .982 -1.6 -2.0 -1.6 -0.5 -1.1 0 3.60 2.97 3B-1B-LF
Bob Kennedy 34 78 48 462.2 136 55 74 7 11 .949 -4.0 -10.4 -5.0 -1.2 -3.8 1 0 2.51 1.65 3B-RF-LF-1B
Sherm Lollar 30 136 130 1100.0 730 664 62 4 12 .995 3.0 3.3 3 5.94 5.34 3 12 23 18 44% C
Willard Marshall 34 12 10 90.0 24 23 0 1 0 .958 0.1 1.3 1.1 1.9 -0.7 -1 2.30 1.92 RF-LF
Morrie Martin 32 37 0 52.0 17 2 15 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.94 0.46 P
Ed McGhee 30 17 3 58.0 13 12 0 1 0 .923 -0.3 -6.2 -0.3 0.6 -0.8 0 1.86 0.71 CF-LF
Minnie Minoso 29 147 137 1191.0 313 284 20 9 4 .971 7.8 7.9 5.8 4.9 0.9 2 0 2.30 2.07 LF-RF-3B-CF
Les Moss 30 32 13 163.0 96 90 5 1 1 .990 -2.0 -14.7 -2 5.25 2.97 1 4 7 2 22% C
Bob Nieman 28 81 72 566.0 125 118 4 3 2 .976 -5.2 -11.0 -3.2 -1.0 -2.2 -2 1.94 1.51 RF-LF
Ron Northey 35 2 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -20.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.50 0.50 RF
Al Papai 38 7 0 11.2 10 2 7 1 0 .900 0.0 0.0 6.94 1.29 P
Buddy Peterson 30 6 5 44.0 26 10 15 1 4 .962 -0.5 -13.6 -0.5 -0.8 0.4 0 5.11 4.17 SS
Billy Pierce 28 33 26 205.2 32 7 25 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.40 0.97 P
Jim Rivera 32 168 115 1089.0 319 293 20 6 7 .981 13.7 15.1 2.7 1.4 1.3 11 2.59 1.86 RF-CF-LF
Vern Stephens 34 18 14 138.0 50 13 37 0 4 1.000 1.8 15.7 1.8 0.7 1.1 0 3.26 2.78 3B
Virgil Trucks 38 32 26 175.0 37 4 33 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.90 1.16 P
Ed White 29 2 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 48.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 1.80 1.00 RF
Team Totals 29.9 155 1395 12402.0 5961 4133 1717 111 401 .981 38.6 3.7 26.6 24.2 2.9 13 -3 2 4.25 3.22 6 17 33 23 41%
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 7 1
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

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