1959 Chicago White Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1959 Chicago White Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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

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

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1958 / 1960 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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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

* - 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

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