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1959 Chicago White Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958 / 1960)
94-60, Finished 1st in American League
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Scored 669 runs, Allowed 588 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-68
Manager: Al Lopez (94-60)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,423,144 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 96
Won AL Pennant
Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-2) to Los Angeles Dodgers
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1958 / 1960 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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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
Luis Aparicio HOF 25 R R 5' 9" 160 Apr 29, 1934 4 152 150 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 1 All-Star
Rudy Arias 28 L L 5' 10" 165 Jun 6, 1931 1st 34 0 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earl Battey 24 R R 6' 1" 205 Jan 5, 1935 5 26 16 26 26 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Ray Boone 35 R R 6' 1" 188 Jul 27, 1923 12 9 5 9 9 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Johnny Callison 20 L R 5' 10" 175 Mar 12, 1939 2 49 27 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 0 41 5 6
Cam Carreon 21 R R 6' 0" 198 Aug 6, 1937 1st 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norm Cash 24 L L 6' 0" 190 Nov 10, 1934 2 58 25 58 58 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
Larry Doby HOF 35 L R 6' 1" 182 Dec 13, 1923 13 21 12 21 21 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 10 12 8 0
Dick Donovan 31 L R 6' 3" 205 Dec 7, 1927 9 31 29 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Del Ennis 34 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 8, 1925 14 26 24 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 25 2 0
Sammy Esposito 27 R R 5' 9" 165 Dec 15, 1931 6 69 9 69 69 0 0 0 2 45 14 0 0 0 0 7 22
Nellie Fox HOF 31 L R 5' 9" 150 Dec 25, 1927 13 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Billy Goodman 33 L R 5' 11" 165 Mar 22, 1926 13 104 67 104 104 0 0 0 3 74 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
Joe Hicks 26 L R 6' 0" 180 Apr 7, 1933 1st 6 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 2 1
Ron Jackson 25 R R 6' 7" 225 Oct 22, 1933 6 10 3 10 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Ted Kluszewski 34 L L 6' 2" 225 Sep 10, 1924 13 31 29 31 31 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Jim Landis 25 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 9, 1934 3 149 145 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 148 0 1
Barry Latman 23 R R 6' 3" 210 May 21, 1936 3 37 21 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sherm Lollar 34 R R 6' 1" 185 Aug 23, 1924 14 140 129 140 140 0 122 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 All-Star
Turk Lown 35 R R 6' 1" 185 May 30, 1924 8 60 0 60 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J.C. Martin 22 L R 6' 2" 200 Dec 13, 1936 1st 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jim McAnany 22 R R 5' 10" 196 Sep 4, 1936 2 67 60 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 63 67 0 0
Ken McBride 23 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 12, 1935 1st 11 2 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Moore 33 R R 6' 1" 205 Jun 1, 1926 7 29 8 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Mueller 32 L R 6' 0" 185 Apr 14, 1927 12 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Gary Peters 22 L L 6' 2" 200 Apr 21, 1937 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bubba Phillips 31 R R 5' 9" 180 Feb 24, 1928 5 117 103 117 117 0 0 0 0 100 0 8 14 1 23 2 7
Billy Pierce 32 L L 5' 10" 160 Apr 2, 1927 13 34 33 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Claude Raymond 22 R R 5' 10" 175 May 7, 1937 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Rivera 36 L L 6' 0" 196 Jul 22, 1922 8 80 43 80 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 49 69 7 14
Johnny Romano 24 R R 5' 11" 205 Aug 23, 1934 2 53 34 53 53 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
Don Rudolph 27 L L 5' 11" 195 Aug 16, 1931 3 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Shaw 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 29, 1933 3 47 26 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harry Simpson 33 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 3, 1925 8 38 12 38 38 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 26 0
Lou Skizas 27 R R 5' 11" 175 Jun 2, 1932 4 8 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 3 1
Al Smith 31 R R 6' 0" 191 Feb 7, 1928 7 129 126 129 129 0 0 0 0 1 0 84 3 45 128 1 3
Jerry Staley 38 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 21, 1920 13 67 0 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Stanka 27 R R 6' 5" 201 Jul 23, 1931 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earl Torgeson 35 L L 6' 3" 180 Jan 1, 1924 13 127 68 127 127 0 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 9
Early Wynn HOF 39 B R 6' 0" 200 Jan 6, 1920 19 37 37 37 37 37 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

1958 / 1960 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played