1959 Chicago White Sox Statistics and Roster

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1959 Chicago White Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958/1960)
94-60, Finished 1st in American League
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Won AL Pennant
Scored 669 runs, Allowed 588 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-68
Managed by Al Lopez

Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,423,144 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 98
  (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 96
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Lost World Series (4-2) to Los Angeles Dodgers

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1959 Stats (1958/1960) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Sherm Lollar        34  140  505   63  134  22  3  22   84  55   49  .265  .345  .451   4   3  27   9   2   5   6  118
1B *Earl Torgeson       35  127  277   40   61   5  3   9   45  62   55  .220  .359  .357   7   6   7   0   1   4   1   99
2B *Nellie Fox          31  156  624   84  191  34  6   2   70  71   13  .306  .380  .389   5   6   6   7   9   5   8  114
3B  Bubba Phillips      31  117  379   43  100  27  1   5   40  27   28  .264  .319  .380   1   1   8   4   4   1   7   92
SS  Luis Aparicio       25  152  612   98  157  18  5   6   51  53   40  .257  .316  .332  56  13  11   3  11   7   1   79
LF  Al Smith            31  129  472   65  112  16  4  17   55  46   74  .237  .311  .396   7   5  10   5   5   1   3   94
CF  Jim Landis          25  149  515   78  140  26  7   5   60  78   68  .272  .370  .379  20   9   5   8  13   9   5  108
RF  Jim McAnany         22   67  210   22   58   9  3   0   27  19   26  .276  .339  .348   2   1   2   1   1   0   4   90
   *Billy Goodman       33  104  268   21   67  14  1   1   28  19   20  .250  .304  .321   3   0   4   2   2   0   0   73
   *Jim Rivera          36   80  177   18   39   9  4   4   19  11   19  .220  .266  .384   5   3   1   1   0   3   3   77
    Johnny Romano       24   53  126   20   37   5  1   5   25  23   18  .294  .407  .468   0   1   3   1   3   0   0  141
   *Johnny Callison     20   49  104   12   18   3  0   3   12  13   20  .173  .271  .288   0   1   5   1   0   0   0   55
   *Norm Cash           24   58  104   16   25   0  1   4   16  18    9  .240  .372  .375   1   1   0   5   1   2   3  107
   *Ted Kluszewski      34   31  101   11   30   2  1   2   10   9   10  .297  .351  .396   0   1   4   0   1   1   3  106
    Del Ennis           34   26   96   10   21   6  0   2    7   4   10  .219  .250  .344   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   62
   *Harry Simpson       33   38   75    5   14   5  1   2   13   4   14  .187  .228  .360   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   60
    Sammy Esposito      27   69   66   12   11   1  0   1    5  11   16  .167  .282  .227   0   1   1   0   3   1   1   43
    Earl Battey         24   26   64    9   14   1  2   2    7   8   13  .219  .306  .391   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   91
   *Larry Doby          35   21   58    1   14   1  1   0    9   2   13  .241  .267  .293   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   55
    Ray Boone           35    9   21    3    5   0  0   1    5   7    5  .238  .400  .381   1   0   0   0   0   2   0  117
    Ron Jackson         25   10   14    3    3   1  0   1    2   1    0  .214  .313  .500   0   0   1   1   0   0   0  121
    Lou Skizas          27    8   13    3    1   0  0   0    0   3    2  .077  .250  .077   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   -5
   *Joe Hicks           26    6    7    0    3   0  0   0    0   1    1  .429  .500  .429   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  160
   *J.C. Martin         22    3    4    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   39
   *Don Mueller         32    4    4    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  178
    Cam Carreon         21    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

   #Early Wynn          39   37   90   11   22   7  0   2    8   9   18  .244  .317  .389   0   0   1   1   2   1   0   94
    Bob Shaw            26   47   73    7    9   1  0   0    2   5   19  .123  .179  .137   0   0   2   0  10   0   0  -11
   *Billy Pierce        32   34   68    3   13   1  2   0    7   7   13  .191  .267  .265   0   0   1   0   6   0   0   48
   *Dick Donovan        31   31   61    4    8   4  0   1    5   5   32  .131  .197  .246   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   22
    Barry Latman        23   37   47    3    6   1  0   0    6   4    4  .128  .189  .149   0   0   1   0   2   2   0   -5
    Ray Moore           33   29   23    0    2   1  0   0    0   1   11  .087  .125  .130   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -29
    Jerry Staley        38   67   13    2    2   0  0   0    0   3    5  .154  .313  .154   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   33
    Turk Lown           35   60   12    1    3   0  0   0    0   1    3  .250  .308  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   56
    Ken McBride         23   11    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -7
   *Rudy Arias          28   34    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Joe Stanka          27    2    3    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   85
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.7  156 5297  669 1325 220 46  97  620 580  634  .250  .324  .364 113  53 107  49  84  44  45   96
    Rank among 8 AL teams          2    6    6   4  1   8        2    8     6     3     7   1   1                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Early Wynn          39  37   3.17  22  10  0  37   0  14   5  255.7  202  106   90  20  119  179 1076   5   9  0   5 119
SP *Billy Pierce        32  34   3.62  14  15  0  33   0  12   2  224.0  217   98   90  26   62  114  934   2   3  1   4 105
SP  Dick Donovan        31  31   3.66   9  10  0  29   0   5   1  179.7  171   84   73  15   58   71  768   1   5  0   3 103
SP  Bob Shaw            26  47   2.69  18   6  3  26  12   8   3  230.7  217   72   69  15   54   89  949   3   6  0   5 141
SP  Barry Latman        23  37   3.75   8   5  0  21   3   5   2  156.0  138   71   65  15   72   97  675   3   4  1   3 101

CL  Turk Lown           35  60   2.89   9   2 15   0  37   0   0   93.3   73   32   30  12   42   63  391   1   2  1   4 131
RP  Jerry Staley        38  67   2.24   8   5 14   0  37   0   0  116.3  111   39   29   5   25   54  471   2   0  0   9 169
RP *Rudy Arias          28  34   4.09   2   0  2   0  13   0   0   44.0   49   23   20   7   20   28  200   0   1  0   7  92
RP  Ray Moore           33  29   4.12   3   6  0   8   2   0   0   89.7   86   46   41  10   46   49  389   1   1  0   3  92
RP  Ken McBride         23  11   3.18   0   1  1   2   4   0   0   22.7   20   11    8   1   17   12  105   2   0  0   0 119

    Joe Stanka          27   2   3.38   1   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.3    2    2    2   1    4    3   22   0   0  0   1 112
    Claude Raymond      22   3   9.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.0    5    4    4   2    2    1   19   1   0  0   0  42
   *Don Rudolph         27   4   0.00   0   0  1   0   1   0   0    3.0    4    0    0   0    2    0   14   0   0  1   1    
   *Gary Peters         22   2   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    2    0    0   0    2    1    7   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.6 156   3.29  94  60 36 156 112  44  13 1425.0 1297  588  521 129  525  761 6020  21  31  4  45 115
    Rank among 8 AL teams           1   1   8  1           5   3      1    4    1        4    5    4

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- SLollar 994 106 122 623 51 5 14 .993 4 11 37 27 JRomano 285 34 38 169 16 4 5 .979 5 5 14 6 EBattey 141 16 20 92 10 1 1 .990 1 5 5 4 CCarreon 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1425 156 156 887 77 10 20 .990 10 21 56 37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *9.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ETorgeson 710 68 103 717 37 13 58 .983 9.56 NCash 226 25 31 231 14 4 19 .984 9.74 TKluszewski 207 29 29 220 10 0 13 1.000 10.00 SLollar 184 23 24 177 17 1 19 .995 9.49 RBoone 49 5 6 37 5 2 2 .955 7.71 RJackson 26 3 5 30 1 0 3 1.000 10.73 LDoby 16 2 2 13 1 1 3 .933 7.88 HSimpson 7 1 1 9 0 1 0 .900 11.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 156 156 1434 85 22 117 .986 9.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *5.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NFox 1405 156 156 364 453 10 93 .988 5.23 BGoodman 17 0 3 4 5 0 1 1.000 4.58 SEsposito 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 156 156 368 458 10 94 .988 5.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *3.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BPhillips 791 86 100 90 202 15 13 .951 3.32 BGoodman 496 67 74 57 135 10 10 .950 3.48 SEsposito 127 3 45 22 25 1 1 .979 3.31 JMartin 7 0 2 0 2 1 0 .667 2.34 ASmith 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 156 156 169 364 27 24 .952 3.37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 *4.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LAparicio 1338 150 152 282 460 23 87 .970 4.99 SEsposito 86 6 14 17 32 1 5 .980 5.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 156 156 299 492 24 92 .971 5.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ASmith 736 84 84 189 8 3 2 .985 2.41 JCallison 271 27 41 53 3 1 0 .982 1.86 DEnnis 183 24 25 29 2 3 0 .912 1.52 JRivera 123 10 20 28 2 1 0 .968 2.18 BPhillips 52 5 8 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 LSkizas 26 4 6 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.71 JMcAnany 20 2 4 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.70 LDoby 10 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 JHicks 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 156 156 326 17 8 2 .977 2.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.72 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JLandis 1301 145 148 426 9 3 3 .993 3.01 BPhillips 93 11 14 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.31 ASmith 18 0 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50 JHicks 7 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 JMcAnany 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 LDoby 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 156 156 462 9 3 3 .994 2.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *1.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMcAnany 519 58 63 97 5 4 4 .962 1.77 ASmith 391 42 45 92 0 3 0 .968 2.12 JRivera 312 33 49 46 3 1 3 .980 1.41 HSimpson 105 11 12 18 0 1 0 .947 1.54 LDoby 82 10 10 15 1 1 1 .941 1.76 BPhillips 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 JHicks 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 156 156 270 10 10 8 .966 1.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.22 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JLandis 1301 145 148 420 10 3 2 .993 2.97 ASmith 1145 126 128 283 8 6 2 .980 2.29 JMcAnany 542 60 67 106 6 4 4 .966 1.86 JRivera 435 43 69 75 5 2 3 .976 1.65 JCallison 271 27 41 54 3 1 0 .983 1.89 DEnnis 183 24 25 28 2 3 0 .909 1.48 BPhillips 154 17 23 37 0 0 0 1.000 2.15 HSimpson 105 11 12 18 0 1 0 .947 1.54 LDoby 94 10 12 20 1 1 1 .955 2.01 LSkizas 26 4 6 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.40 JHicks 16 1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1425 156 156 1050 37 21 12 .981 2.29 156 156 156 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EWynn 255 37 37 6 39 2 2 .957 1.58 BShaw 230 26 47 17 46 2 3 .969 2.46 BPierce 224 33 34 11 40 2 4 .962 2.05 DDonovan 179 29 31 11 26 4 1 .902 1.85 BLatman 156 21 37 5 13 1 1 .947 1.04 JStaley 116 0 67 7 19 2 3 .929 2.01 TLown 93 0 60 2 21 1 0 .958 2.22 RMoore 89 8 29 3 14 1 0 .944 1.71 RArias 44 0 34 3 10 0 0 1.000 2.66 KMcBride 22 2 11 0 9 1 0 .900 3.57 JStanka 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CRaymond 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 DRudolph 3 0 4 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00 GPeters 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 156 156 66 239 16 15 .950 1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Fox .306

On-base % Fox .380

Slugging % Lollar .451

OPS Lollar .796

Games Fox 156

At Bats Fox 624

Plate Appearances (approx.) Fox 716

Runs Aparicio 98

Hits Fox 191

Total Bases Fox 243

Doubles Fox 34

Triples Landis 7

Home Runs Lollar 22

RBI Lollar 84

Bases on Balls Landis 78

Strikeouts Smith 74

Stolen Bases Aparicio 56

Singles Fox 149

Adjusted OPS+ Lollar 118

Runs Created Fox 97

Adjusted Batting Runs Fox 15

Batting Wins Fox 1.5

Extra-Base Hits Lollar 47

Times on Base Fox 269

Offensive Win% Fox .615

Hit By Pitch Lollar 9

Sac. Hits Landis 13

Sac. Flies Landis 9

Intentional Walks Fox 8

Grounded into Double Plays Lollar 27

Caught Stealing Aparicio 13

Power/Speed Number Aparicio 10.8

At Bats per Strikeout Fox 48.0

At Bats per Home Run Lollar 23.0

Outs Aparicio 497

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Shaw 2.69

Wins Wynn 22

Won-Loss % Shaw .750

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Shaw 1.175

Hits Allowed/9IP Wynn 7.11

Bases on Balls/9IP Shaw 2.11

Strikeouts/9IP Wynn 6.30

Games Staley 67

Saves Lown 15

Innings Wynn 255.7

Strikeouts Wynn 179

Games Started Wynn 37

Comp. Games Wynn 14

Shutouts Wynn 5

Home Runs Allow. Pierce 26

Bases On Balls Allow. Wynn 119

Hits Allowed Pierce and Shaw 217

SO to Walk Pierce 1.84

Losses Pierce 15

Earned Runs Allow. Pierce and Wynn 90

Wild Pitches Wynn 5

Hit Batsmen Wynn 9

Batters Faced Wynn 1076

Games Finished Lown and Staley 37

Adjusted ERA+ Shaw 141

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Luis Aparicio (Starting SS)
Luis Aparicio (Starting SS)
Nellie Fox (Starting 2B)
Nellie Fox (Starting 2B)
Sherm Lollar
Sherm Lollar
Billy Pierce
Early Wynn (Starting P)
Early Wynn

1958/1960

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