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1955 Chicago White Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954/1956) 91-63, Finished 3rd in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 725 runs, Allowed 557 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 95-59 Managed by Marty Marion Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,175,684 (6th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 100   (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 98   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Sherm Lollar        30  138  426   67  111  13  1  16   61  68   34  .261  .374  .408   2   2  10  10   4   2  12  108
1B  Walt Dropo          32  141  453   55  127  15  2  19   79  42   71  .280  .343  .448   0   1  15   2   3   2   8  109
2B *Nellie Fox          27  154  636  100  198  28  7   6   59  38   15  .311  .364  .406   7   9   8  17  14   4   1  105
3B  George Kell         32  128  429   44  134  24  1   8   81  51   36  .312  .389  .429   2   2   7   6  13   5   2  118
SS  Chico Carrasquel    27  145  523   83  134  11  2  11   52  61   59  .256  .335  .348   1   1  10   4   4   6   0   82
OF *Jim Rivera          32  147  454   71  120  24  4  10   52  62   59  .264  .352  .401  25  16   5   1  10   3   6  100
OF  Minnie Minoso       29  139  517   79  149  26  7  10   70  76   43  .288  .387  .424  19   8  18  10   8   4   3  116
OF  Jim Busby           28   99  337   38   82  13  4   1   27  25   37  .243  .294  .315   7   3   6   0   6   2   0   62
    Bob Nieman          28   99  272   36   77  11  2  11   53  36   37  .283  .366  .460   1   0   9   2   3   4   1  119
    Bob Kennedy         34   83  214   28   65  10  2   9   43  16   16  .304  .352  .495   0   2   7   0   2   0   0  124
    Johnny Groth        28   32   77   13   26   7  0   2   11   6   13  .338  .376  .506   1   0   2   0   3   2   1  134
    Ron Jackson         21   40   74   10   15   1  1   2    7   8   22  .203  .277  .324   1   0   1   0   2   1   2   60
    Les Moss            30   32   59    5   15   2  0   2    7   6   10  .254  .333  .390   0   0   0   1   2   0   1   92
    Jim Brideweser      28   34   58    6   12   3  2   0    4   3    7  .207  .246  .328   0   0   3   0   2   0   0   52
    Vern Stephens       34   22   56   10   14   3  0   3    7   7   11  .250  .328  .464   0   0   1   0   1   1   0  109
   *Willard Marshall    34   22   41    6    7   0  0   0    6  13    1  .171  .364  .171   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   46
   *Clint Courtney      28   19   37    7   14   3  0   1   10   7    0  .378  .467  .541   0   0   2   0   0   1   2  168
    Bobby Adams         33   28   21    8    2   0  1   0    3   4    4  .095  .240  .190   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   16
    Buddy Peterson      30    6   21    7    6   1  0   0    2   3    1  .286  .400  .333   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   97
   *Gil Coan            33   17   17    0    3   0  0   0    1   0    5  .176  .176  .176   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -6
   *Ron Northey         35   14   14    1    5   2  0   1    4   3    3  .357  .471  .714   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  212
    Ed McGhee           30   26   13    6    1   0  0   0    0   6    1  .077  .368  .077   2   1   2   0   0   0   0   24
    Earl Battey         20    5    7    1    2   0  0   0    0   1    1  .286  .444  .286   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   98
   *Phil Cavarretta     38    6    4    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Sammy Esposito      23    3    4    3    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -43
    Stan Jok            29    6    4    3    1   0  0   1    2   1    1  .250  .333 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  244
    Ed White            29    3    4    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    1  .500  .600  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  196
   *Lloyd Merriman      30    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Leroy Powell        21    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     

   *Dick Donovan        27   40   76   10   17   0  0   1    5   9   26  .224  .330  .263   0   0   3   3   1   0   0   60
   *Billy Pierce        28   34   70    5   12   2  0   0    7   3   10  .171  .205  .200   1   0   0   0   8   0   0    8
    Virgil Trucks       38   32   64    2    8   1  0   0    6   0   12  .125  .123  .141   0   0   1   0   7   1   0  -30
   *Jack Harshman       27   32   60    6   11   1  0   2    8   9   17  .183  .282  .300   0   0   2   0   5   2   0   55
    Connie Johnson      32   19   33    4    5   2  0   0    5   0    7  .152  .147  .212   0   0   2   0   2   1   0   -5
    Harry Byrd          30   25   30    2    2   0  0   0    0   0    7  .067  .067  .067   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  -64
    Sandy Consuegra     34   44   29    1    3   0  0   0    1   1    8  .103  .133  .103   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  -36
    Mike Fornieles      23   28   29    6    3   1  0   0    1   0    5  .103  .103  .138   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -36
   *Dixie Howell        35   35   21    0    8   0  0   0    1   0    8  .381  .381  .381   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  104
    Bob Keegan          34   18   18    0    6   0  0   0    2   1    3  .333  .368  .333   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   88
   *Morrie Martin       32   37   10    1    3   0  0   0    0   0    1  .300  .300  .300   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   60
    Harry Dorish        33   13    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   78
    Bob Chakales        27    7    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Al Papai            38    7    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.7  155 5220  725 1401 204 36 116  677 567  595  .268  .340  .388  69  45 117  58 111  43  40  102
    Rank among 8 AL teams          5    4    2   3  7   6        5    7     1     4     5   1   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Billy Pierce        28  33   1.97  15  10  1  26   5  16   6  205.7  162   50   45  16   64  157  836   4   3  1   5 201
SP  Virgil Trucks       38  32   3.96  13   8  0  26   2   7   3  175.0  176   78   77  19   61   91  749   1   2  0   5 100
SP  Dick Donovan        27  29   3.32  15   9  0  24   3  11   5  187.0  186   77   69  17   48   88  774   0   3  1   5 119
SP *Jack Harshman       27  32   3.36  11   7  0  23   2   9   0  179.3  144   74   67  16   97  116  761   4   4  0   3 118
SP  Connie Johnson      32  17   3.45   7   4  0  16   0   5   2   99.0   95   40   38   5   52   72  436   0   1  0   0 115
SP  Bob Keegan          34  18   5.83   2   5  0  11   1   1   0   58.7   83   39   38   4   28   29  283   0   1  0   1  68

CL  Dixie Howell        35  35   2.93   8   3  9   0  25   0   0   73.7   70   27   24   1   25   25  314   3   0  1   5 135
RP  Sandy Consuegra     34  44   2.64   6   5  7   7  21   3   0  126.3  120   42   37   4   18   35  501   2   2  0   7 150
RP *Morrie Martin       32  37   3.63   2   3  2   0  11   0   0   52.0   50   27   21   4   20   22  223   0   2  0   2 109
RP  Mike Fornieles      23  26   3.86   6   3  2   9  11   2   0   86.3   84   37   37  12   29   23  365   2   2  0   3 103
RP  Harry Byrd          30  25   4.65   4   6  1  12   6   1   1   91.0   85   49   47  10   30   44  380   1   2  0   4  85

    Harry Dorish        33  13   1.59   2   0  1   0   5   0   0   17.0   16    4    3   0    9    6   73   1   0  0   1 249
    Bob Chakales        27   7   1.46   0   0  0   0   4   0   0   12.3   11    2    2   2    6    6   50   0   0  0   1 271
    Al Papai            38   7   3.86   0   0  0   0   4   0   0   11.7   10    5    5   1    8    5   52   0   0  0   2 103
   *Ted Gray            30   2  18.00   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    3.0    9    6    6   0    2    1   20   1   0  0   0  22
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.8 155   3.37  91  63 23 155 100  55  20 1378.0 1301  557  516 111  497  720 5817  19  22  3  44 118
    Rank among 8 AL teams           2   3   6  4           2   1      6    3    1        4    1    3

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- SLollar 136 664 62 4 12 .995 3 LMoss 32 90 5 1 1 .990 1 CCourtney 17 49 4 0 2 1.000 2 EBattey 5 19 2 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 822 73 5 15 .994 6 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 8.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WDropo 140 1101 62 6 104 .995 8.31 RJackson 29 162 9 2 14 .988 5.90 GKell 24 133 5 1 12 .993 5.75 PCavarretta 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 BKennedy 3 7 0 0 1 1.000 2.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1406 76 9 131 .994 9.68 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 4.87 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NFox 154 399 483 24 110 .974 5.73 JBrideweser 2 3 2 0 1 1.000 2.50 BAdams 1 3 4 0 1 1.000 7.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 405 489 24 112 .974 5.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .950 2.73 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GKell 105 83 165 6 8 .976 2.36 BKennedy 55 32 73 7 10 .937 1.91 VStephens 18 13 37 0 4 1.000 2.78 BAdams 9 5 9 1 0 .933 1.56 JBrideweser 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 SJok 3 2 4 1 0 .857 2.00 SEsposito 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 MMinoso 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 138 291 15 23 .966 2.80 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .959 4.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CCarrasquel 144 222 424 18 81 .973 4.49 JBrideweser 26 27 48 4 12 .949 2.88 BPeterson 6 10 15 1 4 .962 4.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 259 487 23 97 .970 4.87 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .982 2.08 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JRivera 143 288 22 6 7 .981 2.17 2 50 115 MMinoso 138 287 19 9 3 .971 2.22 135 2 7 JBusby 99 243 6 4 3 .984 2.52 0 99 0 BNieman 78 118 4 3 2 .976 1.56 29 0 52 JGroth 26 61 1 0 0 1.000 2.38 0 26 0 BKennedy 20 16 0 0 0 1.000 0.80 4 0 16 EMcGhee 17 12 0 1 0 .923 0.71 5 12 0 WMarshall 12 22 0 1 0 .957 1.83 4 0 8 GCoan 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 1 0 2 RNorthey 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 0 0 2 EWhite 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 2 SJok 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 GKell 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1052 52 24 15 .979 2.40 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .956 1.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BPierce 33 7 25 0 1 1.000 1.40 DDonovan 29 11 33 0 2 1.000 2.12 JHarshman 32 3 29 1 1 .970 1.61 VTrucks 32 4 33 0 1 1.000 1.90 SConsuegra 44 5 23 2 1 .933 2.00 CJohnson 17 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.09 HByrd 25 5 16 1 0 .955 2.08 MFornieles 26 1 18 1 2 .950 1.98 DHowell 35 4 21 3 0 .893 3.05 BKeegan 18 2 11 1 0 .929 1.99 MMartin 37 2 15 0 0 1.000 2.94 HDorish 13 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.18 BChakales 7 2 2 1 0 .800 2.93 APapai 7 2 7 1 0 .900 6.92 TGray 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 51 249 11 8 .965 1.96 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Kell .312 On-base % Kell .389 Slugging % Dropo .448 OPS Kell .818 Games Fox 154 At Bats Fox 636 Plate Appearances (approx.) Fox 709 Runs Fox 100 Hits Fox 198 Total Bases Fox 258 Doubles Fox 28 Triples Fox and Minoso 7 Home Runs Dropo 19 RBI Kell 81 Bases on Balls Minoso 76 Strikeouts Dropo 71 Stolen Bases Rivera 25 Singles Fox 157 Adjusted OPS+ Kell 118 Runs Created Fox 95 Adjusted Batting Runs Minoso 14 Batting Wins Minoso 1.4 Extra-Base Hits Minoso 43 Times on Base Fox 253 Offensive Win% Kell .637 Hit By Pitch Fox 17 Sac. Hits Fox 14 Sac. Flies Carrasquel 6 Intentional Walks Lollar 12 Grounded into Double Plays Minoso 18 Caught Stealing Rivera 16 Power/Speed Number Rivera 14.3 At Bats per Strikeout Fox 42.4 At Bats per Home Run Dropo 23.8 Outs Fox 473

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Pierce 1.97 Wins Donovan and Pierce 15 Won-Loss % Donovan .625 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Pierce 1.099 Hits Allowed/9IP Pierce 7.09 Bases on Balls/9IP Donovan 2.31 Strikeouts/9IP Pierce 6.87 Games Consuegra 44 Saves Howell 9 Innings Pierce 205.7 Strikeouts Pierce 157 Games Started Pierce and Trucks 26 Comp. Games Pierce 16 Shutouts Pierce 6 Home Runs Allow. Trucks 19 Bases On Balls Allow. Harshman 97 Hits Allowed Donovan 186 SO to Walk Pierce 2.45 Losses Pierce 10 Earned Runs Allow. Trucks 77 Wild Pitches Harshman and Pierce 4 Hit Batsmen Harshman 4 Batters Faced Pierce 836 Games Finished Howell 25 Adjusted ERA+ Pierce 201

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Chico Carrasquel
Dick Donovan
Nellie Fox (Starting 2B)
Sherm Lollar
Billy Pierce (Starting P)

1954/1956

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