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1956 Chicago White Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957

85-69, Finished 3rd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Marty Marion (85-69)
Scored 776 runs, Allowed 634 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-63

Ballparks: Comiskey Park I · 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 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 Salary
Cal Abrams 32 L L 6' 0" 185 Mar 2, 1924 8 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 0 0.2 $
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 1.3 $
Earl Battey 21 R R 6' 1" 205 Jan 5, 1935 2 4 1 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -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 0.0 $
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 -0.2 $
Sandy Consuegra 35 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 3, 1920 7 28 1 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
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 -0.2 $
Jim Delsing 30 L R 5' 10" 175 Nov 13, 1925 9 55 3 55 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 10 30 23 14 -0.1 $
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 -0.4 $
Larry Doby HOF 32 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 13, 1923 10 140 136 140 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 137 4 0 4.8 $
Dick Donovan 28 L R 6' 3" 190 Dec 7, 1927 6 44 31 44 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 4.7 $
Walt Dropo 33 R R 6' 5" 220 Jan 30, 1923 8 125 91 125 117 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 -0.6 $
Sammy Esposito 24 R R 5' 9" 165 Dec 15, 1931 3 81 48 81 74 0 0 0 3 61 19 0 0 0 0 11 7 1.6 $
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 -0.2 $
Mike Fornieles 24 R R 5' 11" 155 Jan 18, 1932 5 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Nellie Fox HOF 28 L R 5' 10" 160 Dec 25, 1927 10 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $ All-Star
Jack Harshman 28 L L 6' 2" 178 Jul 12, 1927 6 36 30 36 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5.5 $
Fred Hatfield 31 L R 6' 1" 171 Mar 18, 1925 7 106 84 106 101 0 0 0 0 100 3 0 0 0 0 12 2 1.1 $
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 -0.1 $
Ron Jackson 22 R R 6' 7" 225 Oct 22, 1933 3 22 15 22 19 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.0 $
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 0.1 $
Bob Keegan 35 R R 6' 2" 207 Aug 4, 1920 4 20 16 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
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 0.3 $
Bob Kennedy 35 R R 6' 2" 193 Aug 18, 1920 15 8 4 8 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.4 $
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 0.5 $
Paul LaPalme 32 L L 5' 10" 175 Dec 14, 1923 6 29 0 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Sherm Lollar 31 R R 6' 1" 185 Aug 23, 1924 11 136 123 136 132 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 4.1 $ All-Star
Dick Marlowe 27 R R 6' 2" 165 Jun 27, 1929 6 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Morrie Martin 33 L L 6' 0" 173 Sep 3, 1922 7 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jim McDonald 29 R R 5' 10" 185 May 17, 1927 7 8 3 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Minnie Minoso 30 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 29, 1925 7 151 148 151 148 0 0 1 0 8 0 148 0 1 148 3 0 6.5 $32,500
Les Moss 31 R R 5' 11" 205 May 14, 1925 11 56 30 56 49 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.4 $
Bob Nieman 29 R R 5' 11" 195 Jan 26, 1927 6 14 10 14 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 4 0 0.3 $
Ron Northey 36 L R 5' 10" 195 Apr 26, 1920 11 53 2 53 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 4 51 0 0.7 $
Dave Philley 36 B R 6' 0" 188 May 16, 1920 12 86 70 86 74 0 0 51 0 0 0 13 0 22 30 14 0 -0.5 $
Bubba Phillips 28 R R 5' 9" 180 Feb 24, 1928 2 67 24 67 37 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 7 22 35 14 24 0.2 $
Billy Pierce 29 L L 5' 10" 160 Apr 2, 1927 10 39 33 39 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5.0 $ All-Star
Howie Pollet 35 L L 6' 1" 175 Jun 26, 1921 14 12 4 12 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 $
Jim Rivera 34 L L 6' 0" 196 Jul 22, 1921 5 139 115 139 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 119 134 13 2 0.9 $
Gerry 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 1.5 $
Jim Wilson 34 R R 6' 1" 200 Feb 20, 1922 10 28 21 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $ 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 WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

George Kell
Nellie Fox
Jim Brideweser
Fred Hatfield
Bubba Phillips
Ron Northey
Dave Philley
Jim Rivera
Walt Dropo
Minnie Minoso

Sherm Lollar
Luis Aparicio
Les Moss
Larry Doby
Bob Keegan
Mike Fornieles
Jim Derrington
Bob Nieman
Billy Pierce

Sandy Consuegra
Gerry Staley
Dick Donovan
Dick Marlowe
Howie Pollet
Gerry Staley
Cal Abrams
Jim Delsing
Earl Battey
Bill Fischer
Ellis Kinder
Dixie Howell

Jack Harshman
Bob Kennedy
Jim Wilson
Jerry Dahlke
Paul LaPalme
Harry Byrd
Ron Northey
Morrie Martin
Jim McDonald
Ron Jackson
Connie Johnson
Gerry Staley
Sammy Esposito

Gerry Staley

1955 / 1957 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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