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1961 Chicago White Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960 / 1962)
86-76, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 765 runs, Allowed 726 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77
Manager: Al Lopez (86-76)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,146,019 (4th of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 97;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
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1960 / 1962 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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 27 R R 5' 9" 160 Apr 29, 1934 6 156 151 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Frank Baumann 27 L L 6' 1" 210 Jul 1, 1933 7 55 23 55 55 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Alan Brice 23 R R 6' 5" 215 Oct 1, 1937 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andy Carey 29 R R 6' 1" 195 Oct 18, 1931 10 56 38 56 56 0 0 0 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Cam Carreon 23 R R 6' 0" 198 Aug 6, 1937 3 78 63 78 78 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5
Wes Covington 29 L R 6' 1" 205 Mar 27, 1932 6 22 14 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 3 14 8 0
Mike Degerick 18 R R 6' 2" 178 Apr 1, 1943 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sammy Esposito 29 R R 5' 9" 165 Dec 15, 1931 8 63 24 63 63 0 0 0 11 28 20 0 0 0 0 2 12
Nellie Fox HOF 33 L R 5' 9" 150 Dec 25, 1927 15 159 156 159 159 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 All-Star
Joe Ginsberg 34 L R 5' 11" 180 Oct 11, 1926 12 6 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Billy Goodman 35 L R 5' 11" 165 Mar 22, 1926 15 41 5 41 41 0 0 2 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 33 0
Warren Hacker 36 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 21, 1924 12 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Herbert 31 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 15, 1929 9 21 20 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Hershberger 21 R R 5' 10" 175 Oct 9, 1939 1st 15 13 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 3 13 2 0
Joe Horlen 23 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 14, 1937 1st 5 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russ Kemmerer 29 R R 6' 3" 200 Nov 1, 1931 7 47 2 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Landis 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 9, 1934 5 140 138 140 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 139 2 0
Don Larsen 31 R R 6' 4" 227 Aug 7, 1929 9 25 3 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Lepcio 30 R R 5' 10" 177 Jul 28, 1930 10 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Sherm Lollar 36 R R 6' 1" 185 Aug 23, 1924 16 116 93 116 116 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Dean Look 23 R R 5' 11" 185 Jul 23, 1937 1st 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0
Turk Lown 37 R R 6' 1" 185 May 30, 1924 10 60 0 60 60 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
J.C. Martin 24 L R 6' 2" 200 Dec 13, 1936 3 110 70 110 110 0 0 60 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 12 8
Cal McLish 35 B R 6' 1" 200 Dec 1, 1925 12 31 27 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minnie Minoso 35 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 29, 1925 12 152 147 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 147 1 4
Gary Peters 24 L L 6' 2" 200 Apr 21, 1937 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Pierce 34 L L 5' 10" 160 Apr 2, 1927 15 39 28 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Al Pilarcik 30 L L 5' 10" 180 Jul 3, 1930 6 47 13 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 1 17 21 10
Juan Pizarro 24 L L 5' 11" 190 Feb 7, 1937 5 40 25 40 40 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Rivera 38 L L 6' 0" 196 Jul 22, 1922 10 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Floyd Robinson 25 L R 5' 9" 175 May 9, 1936 2 132 102 132 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 106 27 1
Bob Roselli 29 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 10, 1931 4 22 7 22 22 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Herb Score 28 L L 6' 2" 185 Jun 7, 1933 7 8 5 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Shaw 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 29, 1933 5 14 10 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Sievers 34 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 18, 1926 13 141 129 141 141 0 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 All-Star
Al Smith 33 R R 6' 0" 191 Feb 7, 1928 9 147 140 147 147 0 0 0 0 80 0 10 3 59 71 7 0
Jerry Staley 40 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 21, 1920 15 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earl Torgeson 37 L L 6' 3" 180 Jan 1, 1924 15 20 0 20 20 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
Early Wynn HOF 41 B R 6' 0" 200 Jan 6, 1920 21 17 16 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1960 / 1962 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played