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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

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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
29 Leroy Powell 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 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
31 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
32 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
33 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
34 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
35 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
36 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
37 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
38 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
39 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
40 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
41 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
42 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
43 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
44 P Ted Gray# 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

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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 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 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 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 2.12 1.52 P
Harry Dorish 33 13 0 17.0 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 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 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 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 1.61 1.00 P
Dixie Howell 35 35 0 73.2 28 4 21 3 0 .893 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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