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1957 Chicago White Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1956 / 1958

90-64, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Al Lopez (90-64)
Scored 707 runs, Allowed 566 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-62

Ballparks: Comiskey Park I · Attendance: 1,135,668 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 97

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1956 / 1958 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
Luis Aparicio HOF 23 R R 5' 9" 160 Apr 29, 1934 2 143 139 143 142 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 1 1 2.5
Earl Battey 22 R R 6' 1" 205 Jan 5, 1935 3 48 31 48 43 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 -0.4
Ted Beard 36 L L 5' 8" 165 Jan 7, 1921 6 38 18 38 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 25 28 4 9 -0.1
Jim Derrington 17 L L 6' 3" 190 Nov 29, 1939 2 20 5 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Larry Doby HOF 33 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 13, 1923 11 119 109 119 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0 110 10 0 2.1
Dick Donovan 29 L R 6' 3" 190 Dec 7, 1927 7 30 28 30 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4.1
Walt Dropo 34 R R 6' 5" 220 Jan 30, 1923 9 93 50 93 69 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 0.2
Sammy Esposito 25 R R 5' 9" 165 Dec 15, 1931 4 94 53 94 80 0 0 0 4 53 22 0 1 0 1 12 15 1.1
Bill Fischer 26 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 11, 1930 2 33 11 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
Nellie Fox HOF 29 L R 5' 10" 160 Dec 25, 1927 11 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.3 All-Star
Jack Harshman 29 L L 6' 2" 178 Jul 12, 1927 7 30 26 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fred Hatfield 32 L R 6' 1" 171 Mar 18, 1925 8 69 26 69 44 0 0 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 27 7 -0.1
Dixie Howell 37 L R 6' 2" 210 Jan 7, 1920 5 42 0 42 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0.9
Jim Hughes 34 R R 6' 1" 200 Mar 21, 1923 6 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Ron Jackson 23 R R 6' 7" 225 Oct 22, 1933 4 13 13 13 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Bob Keegan 36 R R 6' 2" 207 Aug 4, 1920 5 30 20 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Bob Kennedy 36 R R 6' 2" 193 Aug 18, 1920 16 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 -0.1
Ellis Kinder 42 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 26, 1914 12 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Jim Landis 23 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 9, 1934 1st 96 78 96 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 41 42 91 5 7 0.9
Paul LaPalme 33 L L 5' 10" 175 Dec 14, 1923 7 36 0 36 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.4
Barry Latman 21 R R 6' 3" 210 May 21, 1936 1st 7 2 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Sherm Lollar 32 R R 6' 1" 185 Aug 23, 1924 12 101 90 101 96 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1.6
Jim McDonald 30 R R 5' 10" 185 May 17, 1927 8 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Stover McIlwain 17 R R 6' 4" 195 Sep 22, 1939 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Minnie Minoso 31 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 29, 1925 8 153 152 153 152 0 0 0 0 1 0 152 0 0 152 1 0 5.3 All-Star
Les Moss 32 R R 5' 11" 205 May 14, 1925 12 42 34 42 39 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.4
Ron Northey 37 L R 5' 10" 195 Apr 26, 1920 12 40 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 0.1
Dave Philley 37 B R 6' 0" 188 May 16, 1920 13 22 16 22 19 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 17 4 0 0.5
Bubba Phillips 29 R R 5' 9" 180 Feb 24, 1928 3 121 108 121 114 0 0 0 0 97 0 1 13 8 20 4 7 2.4
Billy Pierce 30 L L 5' 10" 160 Apr 2, 1927 11 41 34 41 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.1 All-Star
Bob Powell 23 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 17, 1933 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Rivera 35 L L 6' 0" 196 Jul 22, 1921 6 125 106 125 113 0 0 31 0 0 0 1 4 83 86 12 4 0.3
Don Rudolph 25 L L 5' 11" 195 Aug 16, 1931 1st 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Gerry Staley 36 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 21, 1920 11 47 0 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5
Earl Torgeson 33 L L 6' 3" 180 Jan 1, 1924 11 86 62 86 71 0 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20 2 2.2
Jim Wilson 35 R R 6' 1" 200 Feb 20, 1922 11 31 29 31 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.4
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Jim Landis

Nellie Fox

Fred Hatfield

Ron Jackson

Bubba Phillips

Stover McIlwain
Dave Philley

Jim Rivera

Walt Dropo

Minnie Minoso

Sherm Lollar

Luis Aparicio

Les Moss

Larry Doby

Bob Keegan

Ted Beard
Bob Kennedy

Bob Powell
Earl Torgeson

Jim Derrington

Billy Pierce

Bill Fischer

Gerry Staley

Dick Donovan

Gerry Staley

Earl Battey
Don Rudolph

Ellis Kinder
Barry Latman

Dixie Howell

Jack Harshman

Jim Wilson

Paul LaPalme

Jim Hughes
Ron Northey

Jim McDonald

Bill Fischer
Gerry Staley

Sammy Esposito

Gerry Staley

1956 / 1958 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers