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1956 Chicago White Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957)
85-69, Finished 3rd in American League
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Scored 776 runs, Allowed 634 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-63
Manager: Marty Marion (85-69)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,000,090 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 101
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1955 / 1957 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Cal Abrams 32 L L 6' 0" 185 Mar 2, 1924 8 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 0
Luis Aparicio HOF 22 R R 5' 9" 160 Apr 29, 1934 1st 152 151 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 1
Earl Battey 21 R R 6' 1" 205 Jan 5, 1935 2 4 1 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Brideweser 29 R R 6' 0" 165 Feb 13, 1927 6 10 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 3
Harry Byrd 31 R R 6' 1" 188 Feb 3, 1925 6 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sandy Consuegra 35 R R 5' 10" 165 Sep 3, 1920 7 28 1 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Dahlke 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 8, 1929 1st 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Delsing 30 L R 5' 10" 175 Nov 13, 1925 9 55 3 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 10 29 23 14
Jim Derrington 16 L L 6' 3" 190 Nov 29, 1939 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Doby HOF 32 L R 6' 1" 182 Dec 13, 1923 10 140 136 140 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 137 4 0
Dick Donovan 28 L R 6' 3" 205 Dec 7, 1927 6 44 31 44 44 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
Walt Dropo 33 R R 6' 5" 220 Jan 30, 1923 8 125 91 125 125 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Sammy Esposito 24 R R 5' 9" 165 Dec 15, 1931 3 81 48 81 81 0 0 0 3 61 19 0 0 0 0 11 7
Bill Fischer 25 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 11, 1930 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Fornieles 24 R R 5' 11" 172 Jan 18, 1932 5 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nellie Fox HOF 28 L R 5' 9" 150 Dec 25, 1927 10 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Jack Harshman 28 L L 6' 2" 185 Jul 12, 1927 6 36 30 36 36 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Fred Hatfield 31 L R 6' 1" 171 Mar 18, 1925 7 106 84 106 106 0 0 0 0 100 3 0 0 0 0 12 2
Dixie Howell 36 L R 6' 2" 210 Jan 7, 1920 4 34 1 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Jackson 22 R R 6' 7" 225 Oct 22, 1933 3 22 15 22 22 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Connie Johnson 33 R R 6' 4" 200 Dec 27, 1922 3 5 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Keegan 35 R R 207 Aug 4, 1920 4 20 16 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Kell HOF 33 R R 5' 9" 175 Aug 23, 1922 14 21 21 21 21 0 0 4 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Kennedy 35 R R 6' 2" 193 Aug 18, 1920 15 8 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Ellis Kinder 41 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 26, 1914 11 29 0 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul LaPalme 32 L L 5' 10" 184 Dec 14, 1923 6 29 0 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sherm Lollar 31 R R 6' 1" 185 Aug 23, 1924 11 136 123 136 136 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 All-Star
Dick Marlowe 27 R R 6' 2" 170 Jun 27, 1929 6 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morrie Martin 33 L L 6' 0" 180 Sep 3, 1922 7 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim McDonald 29 R R 185 May 17, 1927 7 8 3 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minnie Minoso 30 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 29, 1925 7 151 148 151 151 0 0 1 0 8 0 148 0 1 148 3 0
Les Moss 31 R R 5' 11" 205 May 14, 1925 11 56 30 56 56 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Bob Nieman 29 R R 5' 11" 195 Jan 26, 1927 6 14 10 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 4 0
Ron Northey 36 L R 5' 10" 195 Apr 26, 1920 11 53 2 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 4 51 0
Dave Philley 36 B R 6' 0" 188 May 16, 1920 12 86 70 86 86 0 0 51 0 0 0 13 0 22 30 14 0
Bubba Phillips 28 R R 5' 9" 180 Feb 24, 1928 2 67 24 67 67 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 7 22 35 14 24
Billy Pierce 29 L L 5' 10" 160 Apr 2, 1927 10 39 33 39 39 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 All-Star
Howie Pollet 35 L L 175 Jun 26, 1921 14 12 4 12 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Rivera 33 L L 6' 0" 196 Jul 22, 1922 5 139 115 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 119 134 13 2
Jerry Staley 35 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 21, 1920 10 26 10 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Wilson 34 R R 200 Feb 20, 1922 10 28 21 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1955 / 1957 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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