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1959 Chicago White Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958 / 1960

94-60, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Al Lopez (94-60)
Scored 669 runs, Allowed 588 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-68

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

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

American League  Champions

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1958 / 1960 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 34 140 576 505 63 134 22 3 22 84 4 3 55 49 .265 .345 .451 .796 118 228 27 9 2 5 6
2 1B Earl Torgeson* 35 127 344 277 40 61 5 3 9 45 7 6 62 55 .220 .359 .357 .716 99 99 7 0 1 4 1
3 2B Nellie Fox* 31 156 716 624 84 191 34 6 2 70 5 6 71 13 .306 .380 .389 .770 114 243 6 7 9 5 8
4 SS Luis Aparicio 25 152 686 612 98 157 18 5 6 51 56 13 53 40 .257 .316 .332 .647 79 203 11 3 11 7 1
5 3B Bubba Phillips 31 117 415 379 43 100 27 1 5 40 1 1 27 28 .264 .319 .380 .699 92 144 8 4 4 1 7
6 LF Al Smith 31 129 529 472 65 112 16 4 17 55 7 5 46 74 .237 .311 .396 .707 94 187 10 5 5 1 3
7 CF Jim Landis 25 149 623 515 78 140 26 7 5 60 20 9 78 68 .272 .370 .379 .749 108 195 5 8 13 9 5
8 RF Jim McAnany 22 67 231 210 22 58 9 3 0 27 2 1 19 26 .276 .339 .348 .687 90 73 2 1 1 0 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
9 3B Billy Goodman* 33 104 291 268 21 67 14 1 1 28 3 0 19 20 .250 .304 .321 .625 73 86 4 2 2 0 0
10 RF Jim Rivera* 36 80 192 177 18 39 9 4 4 19 5 3 11 19 .220 .266 .384 .650 77 68 1 1 0 3 3
11 C Johnny Romano 24 53 153 126 20 37 5 1 5 25 0 1 23 18 .294 .407 .468 .875 141 59 3 1 3 0 0
12 1B Norm Cash* 24 58 130 104 16 25 0 1 4 16 1 1 18 9 .240 .372 .375 .747 107 39 0 5 1 2 3
13 LF Johnny Callison* 20 49 118 104 12 18 3 0 3 12 0 1 13 20 .173 .271 .288 .560 55 30 5 1 0 0 0
14 1B Ted Kluszewski* 34 31 112 101 11 30 2 1 2 10 0 1 9 10 .297 .351 .396 .747 106 40 4 0 1 1 3
15 LF Del Ennis 34 26 100 96 10 21 6 0 2 7 0 0 4 10 .219 .250 .344 .594 62 33 2 0 0 0 0
16 IF Sammy Esposito 27 69 81 66 12 11 1 0 1 5 0 1 11 16 .167 .282 .227 .509 43 15 1 0 3 1 1
17 RF Harry Simpson* 33 38 79 75 5 14 5 1 2 13 0 0 4 14 .187 .228 .360 .588 60 27 1 0 0 0 0
18 C Earl Battey 24 26 72 64 9 14 1 2 2 7 0 0 8 13 .219 .306 .391 .696 91 25 0 0 0 0 0
19 UT Larry Doby* 35 21 60 58 1 14 1 1 0 9 1 0 2 13 .241 .267 .293 .560 55 17 1 0 0 0 0
20 1B Ray Boone 35 9 30 21 3 5 0 0 1 5 1 0 7 5 .238 .400 .381 .781 117 8 0 0 0 2 0
21 LF Lou Skizas 27 8 16 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .077 .250 .077 .327 -5 1 1 0 0 0 0
22 1B Ron Jackson 25 10 16 14 3 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .214 .313 .500 .813 121 7 1 1 0 0 0
23 OF Joe Hicks* 26 6 8 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .429 .500 .429 .929 160 3 0 0 0 0 0
24 3B J.C. Martin* 22 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 39 1 0 0 0 0 0
25 Don Mueller* 32 4 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 178 2 0 0 0 0 0
26 C Cam Carreon 21 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 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
27 P Early Wynn# 39 37 103 90 11 22 7 0 2 8 0 0 9 18 .244 .317 .389 .706 94 35 1 1 2 1 0
28 P Bob Shaw 26 47 88 73 7 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 19 .123 .179 .137 .316 -11 10 2 0 10 0 0
29 P Billy Pierce* 32 34 81 68 3 13 1 2 0 7 0 0 7 13 .191 .267 .265 .531 48 18 1 0 6 0 0
30 P Dick Donovan* 31 31 69 61 4 8 4 0 1 5 0 0 5 32 .131 .197 .246 .443 22 15 1 0 3 0 0
31 P Barry Latman 23 37 55 47 3 6 1 0 0 6 0 0 4 4 .128 .189 .149 .338 -5 7 1 0 2 2 0
32 P Ray Moore 33 29 25 23 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .087 .125 .130 .255 -29 3 1 0 1 0 0
33 P Jerry Staley 38 67 20 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .154 .313 .154 .466 33 2 0 0 4 0 0
34 P Turk Lown 35 60 13 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .308 .250 .558 56 3 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Ken McBride 23 11 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 1 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Rudy Arias* 28 34 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Joe Stanka 27 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 85 1 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Gary Peters* 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 P Don Rudolph* 27 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 P Claude Raymond 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.6 156 6054 5297 669 1325 220 46 97 620 113 53 580 634 .250 .327 .364 .691 91 1928 107 49 84 44 45
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 6 6 4 1 8 1 1 2 8 6 3 7 6 7
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 Early Wynn 39 22 10 .688 3.17 37 37 0 14 5 0 255.2 202 106 90 20 119 5 179 9 0 5 1076 119 1.256 7.1 0.7 4.2 6.3 1.50
2 SP Bob Shaw 26 18 6 .750 2.69 47 26 12 8 3 3 230.2 217 72 69 15 54 5 89 6 0 3 949 141 1.175 8.5 0.6 2.1 3.5 1.65
3 SP Billy Pierce* 32 14 15 .483 3.62 34 33 0 12 2 0 224.0 217 98 90 26 62 4 114 3 1 2 934 105 1.246 8.7 1.0 2.5 4.6 1.84
4 SP Dick Donovan 31 9 10 .474 3.66 31 29 0 5 1 0 179.2 171 84 73 15 58 3 71 5 0 1 768 103 1.275 8.6 0.8 2.9 3.6 1.22
5 SP Barry Latman 23 8 5 .615 3.75 37 21 3 5 2 0 156.0 138 71 65 15 72 3 97 4 1 3 675 101 1.346 8.0 0.9 4.2 5.6 1.35
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 CL Turk Lown 35 9 2 .818 2.89 60 0 37 0 0 15 93.1 73 32 30 12 42 4 63 2 1 1 391 131 1.232 7.0 1.2 4.1 6.1 1.50
7 RP Jerry Staley 38 8 5 .615 2.24 67 0 37 0 0 14 116.1 111 39 29 5 25 9 54 0 0 2 471 169 1.169 8.6 0.4 1.9 4.2 2.16
8 RP Ray Moore 33 3 6 .333 4.12 29 8 2 0 0 0 89.2 86 46 41 10 46 3 49 1 0 1 389 92 1.472 8.6 1.0 4.6 4.9 1.07
9 RP Rudy Arias* 28 2 0 1.000 4.09 34 0 13 0 0 2 44.0 49 23 20 7 20 7 28 1 0 0 200 92 1.568 10.0 1.4 4.1 5.7 1.40
10 RP Ken McBride 23 0 1 .000 3.18 11 2 4 0 0 1 22.2 20 11 8 1 17 0 12 0 0 2 105 119 1.632 7.9 0.4 6.8 4.8 0.71
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
11 Joe Stanka 27 1 0 1.000 3.38 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 2 2 2 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 22 112 1.125 3.4 1.7 6.8 5.1 0.75
12 Claude Raymond 22 0 0 9.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 4 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 19 42 1.750 11.3 4.5 4.5 2.3 0.50
13 Don Rudolph* 27 0 0 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 1 3.0 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 14 2.000 12.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.00
14 Gary Peters* 22 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7 4.000 18.0 0.0 18.0 9.0 0.50
Team Totals 31.6 94 60 .610 3.29 156 156 112 44 13 36 1425.1 1297 588 521 129 525 45 761 31 4 21 6020 115 1.278 8.2 0.8 3.3 4.8 1.45
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 8 1 5 3 1 1 4 1 1 4 5 6082
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
Luis Aparicio 25 152 150 1338.2 765 282 460 23 87 .970 7.7 6.9 7.7 4.2 3.5 0 4.99 4.88 SS
Rudy Arias 28 34 0 44.0 13 3 10 0 0 1.000 2.66 0.38 P
Earl Battey 24 20 16 141.2 103 92 10 1 1 .990 0.0 0.0 0 6.48 5.10 1 5 5 4 44% C
Ray Boone 35 6 5 49.0 44 37 5 2 2 .955 -1.0 -24.5 -1.0 -0.1 -0.9 0 7.71 7.00 1B
Johnny Callison 20 41 27 271.0 57 53 3 1 0 .982 0.5 2.2 -1.5 -0.2 -1.2 2 1.86 1.37 LF
Cam Carreon 21 1 0 4.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.75 3.00 0 0 0 0 C
Norm Cash 24 31 25 226.1 249 231 14 4 19 .984 -0.4 -2.1 -0.4 -1.1 0.7 0 9.74 7.90 1B
Larry Doby 35 16 12 110.0 37 33 2 2 4 .946 -2.9 -31.6 -1.9 -1.0 -0.9 -1 0 2.86 2.19 RF-1B-LF-CF
Dick Donovan 31 31 29 179.2 41 11 26 4 1 .902 1.85 1.19 P
Del Ennis 34 25 24 183.0 34 29 2 3 0 .912 -4.3 -28.2 -4.3 -2.3 -2.0 0 1.52 1.24 LF
Sammy Esposito 27 61 9 216.1 98 39 57 2 6 .980 1.3 7.2 1.3 2.7 -1.5 0 3.99 1.57 3B-SS-2B
Nellie Fox 31 156 156 1405.2 827 364 453 10 93 .988 20.7 17.7 21.7 11.9 9.8 -1 5.23 5.24 2B
Billy Goodman 33 77 67 513.2 211 61 140 10 11 .953 9.3 21.7 9.3 6.6 2.7 0 3.52 2.61 3B-2B
Joe Hicks 26 4 1 16.2 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 7.2 0.1 0.4 -0.3 0 2.16 1.00 CF-RF-LF
Ron Jackson 25 5 3 26.0 31 30 1 0 3 1.000 1.4 64.6 1.4 0.9 0.5 0 10.73 6.20 1B
Ted Kluszewski 34 29 29 207.0 230 220 10 0 13 1.000 1.1 6.4 1.1 1.4 -0.4 0 10.00 7.93 1B
Jim Landis 25 148 145 1301.2 438 426 9 3 3 .993 24.6 22.7 22.6 6.8 15.8 2 3.01 2.94 CF
Barry Latman 23 37 21 156.0 19 5 13 1 1 .947 1.04 0.49 P
Sherm Lollar 34 146 129 1178.0 874 800 68 6 33 .993 6.6 6.7 1.6 2.2 -0.6 0 5 6.63 5.95 4 11 37 27 42% C-1B
Turk Lown 35 60 0 93.1 24 2 21 1 0 .958 2.22 0.38 P
J.C. Martin 22 2 0 7.2 3 0 2 1 0 .667 -0.4 -62.6 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 2.35 1.00 3B
Jim McAnany 22 69 60 542.1 114 104 6 4 4 .965 3.5 7.7 2.5 5.3 -2.8 1 1.83 1.59 RF-LF-CF
Ken McBride 23 11 2 22.2 10 0 9 1 0 .900 3.57 0.82 P
Ray Moore 33 29 8 89.2 18 3 14 1 0 .944 1.71 0.59 P
Gary Peters 22 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Bubba Phillips 31 123 103 945.2 346 129 202 15 13 .957 5.1 6.5 6.1 -0.5 6.7 0 -1 3.15 2.69 3B-CF-LF-RF
Billy Pierce 32 34 33 224.0 53 11 40 2 4 .962 2.05 1.50 P
Claude Raymond 22 3 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.33 P
Jim Rivera 36 69 43 435.2 81 74 5 2 3 .975 -3.3 -9.1 -4.3 -2.1 -2.2 1 1.63 1.14 RF-LF
Johnny Romano 24 38 34 285.2 189 169 16 4 5 .979 -3.0 -12.6 -3 5.83 4.87 5 5 14 6 30% C
Don Rudolph 27 4 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00 0.50 P
Bob Shaw 26 47 26 230.2 65 17 46 2 3 .969 2.46 1.34 P
Harry Simpson 33 13 12 112.0 29 27 0 2 0 .931 0.3 3.2 0.3 -0.4 0.8 0 0 2.17 2.08 RF-1B
Lou Skizas 27 6 4 26.1 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -13.7 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 0 1.71 0.83 LF
Al Smith 31 133 126 1148.2 302 288 8 6 2 .980 15.4 16.1 14.4 9.9 4.4 1 2.32 2.23 LF-RF-CF-3B
Jerry Staley 38 67 0 116.1 28 7 19 2 3 .929 2.01 0.39 P
Joe Stanka 27 2 0 5.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Earl Torgeson 35 103 68 710.0 767 717 37 13 58 .983 -2.7 -4.6 -1.7 -3.0 1.3 -1 9.56 7.32 1B
Early Wynn 39 37 37 255.2 47 6 39 2 2 .957 1.58 1.22 P
Team Totals 30.0 156 1404 12828.0 6155 4273 1752 130 374 .979 79.3 7.4 74.3 41.6 32.7 6 -3 2 4.23 3.23 10 21 56 37 40%
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 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

1958 / 1960 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics