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1956 Chicago White Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 - 102, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 101

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1955 / 1957 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 31 136 527 450 55 132 28 2 11 75 2 0 53 34 .293 .383 .438 .821 115 197 19 16 2 6 4
2 1B Walt Dropo 33 125 412 361 42 96 13 1 8 52 1 0 37 51 .266 .334 .374 .708 86 135 15 3 5 6 2
3 2B Nellie Fox* 28 154 721 649 109 192 20 10 4 52 8 4 44 14 .296 .347 .376 .723 90 244 19 10 13 5 1
4 SS Luis Aparicio 22 152 583 533 69 142 19 6 3 56 21 4 34 63 .266 .311 .341 .653 71 182 9 1 14 1 2
5 3B Fred Hatfield* 31 106 373 321 46 84 9 1 7 33 1 0 37 36 .262 .349 .361 .710 87 116 7 8 3 4 3
6 LF Minnie Minoso 30 151 665 545 106 172 29 11 21 88 12 6 86 40 .316 .425 .525 .950 148 286 10 23 4 7 4
7 CF Larry Doby* 32 140 619 504 89 135 22 3 24 102 0 1 102 105 .268 .392 .466 .858 125 235 7 4 4 5 6
8 RF Jim Rivera* 33 139 555 491 76 125 23 5 12 66 20 9 49 75 .255 .322 .395 .718 88 194 3 3 6 6 2
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 UT Dave Philley# 36 86 316 279 44 74 14 2 4 47 1 3 28 27 .265 .328 .373 .701 84 104 9 1 2 6 0
10 3B Sammy Esposito 24 81 234 184 30 42 8 2 3 25 1 2 41 19 .228 .371 .342 .714 89 63 4 2 5 2 0
11 C Les Moss 31 56 147 127 20 31 4 0 10 22 0 0 18 15 .244 .338 .512 .850 120 65 7 0 2 0 0
12 RF Bubba Phillips 28 67 107 99 16 27 6 0 2 11 1 2 6 12 .273 .321 .394 .715 87 39 0 1 1 0 0
13 3B George Kell 33 21 91 80 7 25 5 0 1 11 0 0 8 6 .313 .371 .413 .783 106 33 3 0 2 1 0
14 1B Ron Jackson 22 22 66 56 7 12 3 0 1 4 1 0 10 13 .214 .333 .321 .655 73 18 2 0 0 0 1
15 OF Ron Northey* 36 53 60 48 4 17 2 0 3 23 0 0 8 1 .354 .417 .583 1.000 160 28 2 0 0 4 2
16 OF Jim Delsing* 30 55 52 41 11 5 3 0 0 2 1 0 10 13 .122 .294 .195 .489 31 8 0 0 1 0 0
17 RF Bob Nieman 29 14 44 40 3 12 1 0 2 4 0 1 4 4 .300 .364 .475 .839 119 19 4 0 0 0 2
18 3B Bob Kennedy 35 8 15 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .077 .200 .077 .277 -24 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 SS Jim Brideweser 29 10 12 11 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .182 .250 .273 .523 37 3 0 1 0 0 0
20 OF Cal Abrams* 32 4 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .333 .600 .333 .933 151 1 0 0 0 0 0
21 C Earl Battey 21 4 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 74 1 2 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
22 P Billy Pierce* 29 39 113 102 6 16 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 22 .157 .189 .157 .346 -8 16 3 1 7 0 0
23 P Dick Donovan* 28 44 107 90 10 20 4 0 3 15 0 0 14 30 .222 .330 .367 .697 83 33 2 1 1 1 1
24 P Jack Harshman* 28 36 87 71 8 12 1 0 6 19 0 0 11 21 .169 .277 .437 .714 85 31 0 0 4 1 0
25 P Jim Wilson 34 28 66 62 6 19 2 0 1 8 0 0 1 13 .306 .313 .387 .700 83 24 2 0 2 1 0
26 P Bob Keegan 35 20 40 32 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 .125 .222 .125 .347 -6 4 1 0 4 0 0
27 P Jerry Staley 35 26 35 32 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 6 .094 .147 .094 .241 -35 3 0 0 1 0 0
28 P Dixie Howell* 36 34 19 17 4 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 6 .235 .316 .588 .904 133 10 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Howie Pollet* 35 12 9 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .375 .375 .375 .750 98 3 0 0 1 0 0
30 P Paul LaPalme* 32 29 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
31 P Jim McDonald 29 8 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 -53 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Mike Fornieles 24 6 6 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 54 2 0 0 1 0 0
33 P Morrie Martin* 33 10 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 43 1 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Sandy Consuegra 35 28 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Connie Johnson 33 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Ellis Kinder 41 29 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Jim Derrington* 16 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 164 1 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Harry Byrd 31 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 30.0 154 6122 5286 776 1412 218 43 128 726 70 33 619 658 .267 .349 .397 .746 96 2100 130 75 86 56 30
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 4 4 2 5 5 1 4 5 7 4 4 4 4 4
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* 29 20 9 .690 3.32 35 33 2 21 1 1 276.1 261 108 102 24 100 7 192 3 1 6 1166 124 1.306 8.5 0.8 3.3 6.3 1.92
2 SP Dick Donovan 28 12 10 .545 3.64 34 31 2 14 3 0 234.2 212 99 95 22 59 6 120 6 1 5 966 113 1.155 8.1 0.8 2.3 4.6 2.03
3 SP Jack Harshman* 28 15 11 .577 3.10 34 30 3 15 4 0 226.2 183 85 78 14 102 4 143 3 0 7 950 133 1.257 7.3 0.6 4.1 5.7 1.40
4 SP Jim Wilson 34 9 12 .429 4.06 28 21 4 6 3 0 159.2 149 82 72 15 70 5 82 2 2 3 680 101 1.372 8.4 0.8 3.9 4.6 1.17
5 SP Bob Keegan 35 5 7 .417 3.93 20 16 1 4 0 0 105.1 119 56 46 15 35 2 32 2 0 1 463 105 1.462 10.2 1.3 3.0 2.7 0.91
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
6 RP Dixie Howell 36 5 6 .455 4.62 34 1 18 0 0 4 64.1 79 39 33 3 36 10 28 2 0 4 298 89 1.788 11.1 0.4 5.0 3.9 0.78
7 RP Paul LaPalme* 32 3 1 .750 2.36 29 0 14 0 0 2 45.2 31 14 12 2 27 2 23 0 0 2 193 174 1.270 6.1 0.4 5.3 4.5 0.85
8 RP Sandy Consuegra 35 1 2 .333 5.17 28 1 12 0 0 3 38.1 45 25 22 0 11 3 7 1 0 0 168 80 1.461 10.6 0.0 2.6 1.6 0.64
9 RP Ellis Kinder 41 3 1 .750 2.73 29 0 19 0 0 3 29.2 33 10 9 2 8 0 19 0 0 0 130 151 1.382 10.0 0.6 2.4 5.8 2.38
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
10 Jerry Staley 35 8 3 .727 2.92 26 10 6 5 0 0 101.2 98 37 33 11 20 3 25 6 0 1 420 141 1.161 8.7 1.0 1.8 2.2 1.25
11 Howie Pollet* 35 3 1 .750 4.10 11 4 1 0 0 0 26.1 27 15 12 2 11 0 14 0 0 1 119 100 1.443 9.2 0.7 3.8 4.8 1.27
12 Jim McDonald 29 0 2 .000 8.68 8 3 0 0 0 0 18.2 29 18 18 2 7 0 10 1 0 1 88 47 1.929 14.0 1.0 3.4 4.8 1.43
13 Morrie Martin* 33 1 0 1.000 4.91 10 0 3 0 0 0 18.1 21 10 10 1 7 0 9 0 0 1 80 84 1.527 10.3 0.5 3.4 4.4 1.29
14 Mike Fornieles 24 0 1 .000 4.60 6 0 0 0 0 0 15.2 22 9 8 1 6 1 6 0 0 0 79 90 1.787 12.6 0.6 3.4 3.4 1.00
15 Connie Johnson 33 0 1 .000 3.65 5 2 2 0 0 0 12.1 11 5 5 1 7 0 6 0 0 1 56 113 1.459 8.0 0.7 5.1 4.4 0.86
16 Jim Derrington* 16 0 1 .000 7.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 6 5 2 6 0 3 0 1 0 31 55 2.500 13.5 3.0 9.0 4.5 0.50
17 Harry Byrd 31 0 1 .000 10.38 3 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 9 6 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 26 40 3.000 18.7 0.0 8.3 0.0 0.00
18 Jerry Dahlke 27 0 0 19.29 5 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 5 5 5 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 18 21 4.714 19.3 0.0 23.1 3.9 0.17
19 Bill Fischer 25 0 0 21.60 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 6 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 12 19 4.200 32.4 0.0 5.4 10.8 2.00
20 Dick Marlowe 27 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 46 3.000 18.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 31.1 85 69 .552 3.73 154 154 89 65 11 13 1389.0 1351 634 575 118 524 43 722 26 5 33 5948 111 1.350 8.8 0.8 3.4 4.7 1.38
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 6 2 2 8 2 3 3 3 4 1 4
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
Cal Abrams 32 2 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 200.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 6.00 1.00 LF-RF
Luis Aparicio 22 152 151 1299.2 759 250 474 35 91 .954 2.5 2.3 1.5 5.8 -4.2 1 5.01 4.76 SS
Earl Battey 21 3 1 11.1 5 4 0 1 0 .800 0.0 0.0 0 3.18 1.33 1 0 0 0 C
Jim Brideweser 29 10 2 35.1 16 4 11 1 1 .938 0.7 23.8 0.7 0.1 0.6 0 3.82 1.50 SS
Harry Byrd 31 3 1 4.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 4.15 0.67 P
Sandy Consuegra 35 28 1 38.1 10 1 8 1 0 .900 0.0 0.0 2.11 0.32 P
Jerry Dahlke 27 5 0 2.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.86 0.20 P
Jim Delsing 30 30 3 84.2 21 20 0 1 0 .952 0.6 8.5 0.6 0.2 0.4 0 2.13 0.67 LF-RF-CF
Jim Derrington 16 1 1 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Larry Doby 32 137 136 1205.1 387 378 4 5 2 .987 5.0 5.0 7.0 2.3 4.8 -2 2.85 2.79 CF
Dick Donovan 28 34 31 234.2 58 11 46 1 4 .983 0.0 0.0 2.19 1.68 P
Walt Dropo 33 117 91 869.0 911 855 50 6 95 .993 -5.3 -7.3 -5.3 -3.4 -1.9 0 9.37 7.74 1B
Sammy Esposito 24 83 48 474.1 190 52 132 6 19 .968 7.0 17.7 6.0 -1.7 7.9 1 3.49 2.22 3B-SS-2B
Bill Fischer 25 3 0 1.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 5.40 0.33 P
Mike Fornieles 24 6 0 15.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.72 0.50 P
Nellie Fox 28 154 154 1380.0 886 478 396 12 124 .986 -3.5 -3.0 -4.5 -3.2 -1.4 1 5.70 5.68 2B
Jack Harshman 28 34 30 226.2 35 2 29 4 3 .886 0.0 0.0 1.23 0.91 P
Fred Hatfield 31 103 84 777.1 286 84 191 11 21 .962 3.1 4.8 3.1 -4.2 7.3 0 3.18 2.67 3B-SS
Dixie Howell 36 34 1 64.1 16 2 12 2 2 .875 0.0 0.0 1.96 0.41 P
Ron Jackson 22 19 15 137.0 149 138 11 0 16 1.000 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1 1.0 -1.1 0 9.79 7.84 1B
Connie Johnson 33 5 2 12.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.19 0.60 P
Bob Keegan 35 20 16 105.1 25 6 18 1 0 .960 0.0 0.0 2.05 1.20 P
George Kell 33 22 21 171.1 67 36 31 0 4 1.000 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 -0.9 0.8 0 3.52 3.05 3B-1B
Bob Kennedy 35 6 4 32.0 7 4 3 0 2 1.000 -1.3 -48.7 -1.3 -1.2 -0.1 0 1.97 1.17 3B
Ellis Kinder 41 29 0 29.2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.21 0.14 P
Paul LaPalme 32 29 0 46.0 12 1 11 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.35 0.41 P
Sherm Lollar 31 132 123 1074.2 724 679 40 5 6 .993 3.0 3.3 3 6.02 5.45 4 24 17 20 54% C
Dick Marlowe 27 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Morrie Martin 33 10 0 18.1 5 0 4 1 1 .800 0.0 0.0 1.96 0.40 P
Jim McDonald 29 8 3 18.2 5 1 3 1 0 .800 0.0 0.0 1.93 0.50 P
Minnie Minoso 30 158 148 1283.0 312 286 16 10 1 .968 2.1 2.0 2.1 4.4 -2.3 0 0 2.12 1.91 LF-3B-1B-RF
Les Moss 31 49 30 303.0 160 149 10 1 1 .994 -3.0 -11.9 -3 4.72 3.24 4 10 11 4 27% C
Bob Nieman 29 10 10 80.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 18.0 0.2 1.2 -1.0 1 2.70 2.40 RF
Ron Northey 36 6 2 19.2 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.83 0.67 RF-LF
Bubba Phillips 28 37 24 206.0 67 63 4 0 2 1.000 0.4 2.3 3.4 1.3 1.9 -3 0 2.93 1.81 RF-CF-LF-3B
Dave Philley 36 86 70 581.1 373 347 19 7 31 .981 -5.5 -11.4 -5.5 -3.8 -1.8 0 0 5.67 4.26 1B-RF-LF
Billy Pierce 29 35 33 276.1 40 4 33 3 2 .925 0.0 0.0 1.21 1.06 P
Howie Pollet 35 11 4 26.1 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.39 0.64 P
Jim Rivera 33 136 115 1084.0 281 265 9 7 4 .975 6.2 6.9 6.2 1.7 4.5 0 2.27 2.01 RF-CF
Jerry Staley 35 26 10 101.1 27 4 23 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.40 1.04 P
Jim Wilson 34 28 21 159.2 32 7 25 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.80 1.14 P
Team Totals 30.3 154 1386 12501.0 5920 4168 1630 122 436 .979 13.5 1.3 14.5 0.1 14.4 -4 3 0 4.17 3.24 9 34 28 24 46%
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 5 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

1955 / 1957 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics