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

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1958 / 1960 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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
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 5 3 1 1 4 1 1 4 5 4
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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 3.57 0.82 P
Ray Moore 33 29 8 89.2 18 3 14 1 0 .944 0.0 0.0 1.71 0.59 P
Gary Peters 22 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 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 0.0 0.0 2.05 1.50 P
Claude Raymond 22 3 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 6.00 0.50 P
Bob Shaw 26 47 26 230.2 65 17 46 2 3 .969 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.01 0.39 P
Joe Stanka 27 2 0 5.1 0 0 0 0 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 0.0 0.0 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