1955 Chicago White Sox Statistics

1954 Season 1956 Season

Record: 91-63-1, Finished 3rd in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Marty Marion (91-63-1)

General Manager: Frank Lane (Resigned 10/15/1955)

Ballpark: Comiskey Park I

Attendance: 1,175,684 (6th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 98

Pythagorean W-L: 95-59, 725 Runs, 557 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	30	138	511	426	67	111	13	1	16	61	2	2	68	34	.261	.374	.408	.782	109	174	10	10	4	2	12
2	1B	Walt Dropo	32	141	502	453	55	127	15	2	19	79	0	1	42	71	.280	.343	.448	.791	110	203	15	2	3	2	8
3	2B	Nellie Fox*	27	154	709	636	100	198	28	7	6	59	7	9	38	15	.311	.364	.406	.770	106	258	8	17	14	4	1
4	SS	Chico Carrasquel	29	145	598	523	83	134	11	2	11	52	1	1	61	59	.256	.335	.348	.683	83	182	10	4	4	6	0
5	3B	George Kell	32	128	504	429	44	134	24	1	8	81	2	2	51	36	.312	.389	.429	.818	119	184	7	6	13	5	2
6	LF	Minnie Miñoso	31	139	615	517	79	149	26	7	10	70	19	8	76	43	.288	.387	.424	.811	117	219	18	10	8	4	3
7	CF	Jim Busby	28	99	370	337	38	82	13	4	1	27	7	3	25	37	.243	.294	.315	.608	63	106	6	0	6	2	0
8	RF	Jim Rivera*	33	147	530	454	71	120	24	4	10	52	25	16	62	59	.264	.352	.401	.753	101	182	5	1	10	3	6
Rk	Pos	Name	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	OF	Bob Nieman	28	99	317	272	36	77	11	2	11	53	1	0	36	37	.283	.366	.460	.826	120	125	9	2	3	4	1
10	3B	Bob Kennedy	34	83	233	214	28	65	10	2	9	43	0	2	16	16	.304	.352	.495	.848	125	106	7	0	2	0	0
11	CF	Johnny Groth	28	32	88	77	13	26	7	0	2	11	1	0	6	13	.338	.376	.506	.883	135	39	2	0	3	2	1
12	1B	Ron Jackson	21	40	85	74	10	15	1	1	2	7	1	0	8	22	.203	.277	.324	.601	61	24	1	0	2	1	2
13	C	Les Moss	30	32	68	59	5	15	2	0	2	7	0	0	6	10	.254	.333	.390	.723	93	23	0	1	2	0	1
14	3B	Vern Stephens	34	22	65	56	10	14	3	0	3	7	0	0	7	11	.250	.328	.464	.792	110	26	1	0	1	1	0
15	SS	Jim Brideweser	28	34	63	58	6	12	3	2	0	4	0	0	3	7	.207	.246	.328	.573	52	19	3	0	2	0	0
16	OF	Willard Marshall*	34	22	55	41	6	7	0	0	0	6	0	0	13	1	.171	.364	.171	.534	47	7	0	0	0	1	1
17	C	Clint Courtney*	28	19	45	37	7	14	3	0	1	10	0	0	7	0	.378	.467	.541	1.007	169	20	2	0	0	1	2
18	IF	Bobby Adams	33	28	25	21	8	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	4	.095	.240	.190	.430	16	4	0	0	0	0	0
19	SS	Buddy Peterson	30	6	25	21	7	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	.286	.400	.333	.733	98	7	0	1	0	0	0
20	OF	Ed McGhee	30	26	19	13	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	1	.077	.368	.077	.445	25	1	2	0	0	0	0
21	RF	Ron Northey*	35	14	17	14	1	5	2	0	1	4	0	0	3	3	.357	.471	.714	1.185	214	10	1	0	0	0	0
22	OF	Gil Coan*	33	17	17	17	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.176	.176	.176	.353	-5	3	0	0	0	0	0
23	C	Earl Battey	20	5	9	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.286	.444	.286	.730	99	2	1	1	0	0	0
24	UT	Stan Jok	29	6	6	4	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	.250	.333	1.000	1.333	246	4	0	0	0	1	0
25	RF	Ed White	29	3	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.600	.500	1.100	197	2	0	0	0	0	0
26	3B	Sammy Esposito	23	3	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-43	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	1B	Phil Cavarretta*	38	6	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
28		Lloyd Merriman*	30	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
29		Bob Powell	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Dick Donovan*	27	40	89	76	10	17	0	0	1	5	0	0	9	26	.224	.330	.263	.593	60	20	3	3	1	0	0
31	P	Billy Pierce*	28	34	81	70	5	12	2	0	0	7	1	0	3	10	.171	.205	.200	.405	9	14	0	0	8	0	0
32	P	Jack Harshman*	27	32	76	60	6	11	1	0	2	8	0	0	9	17	.183	.282	.300	.582	56	18	2	0	5	2	0
33	P	Virgil Trucks	38	32	72	64	2	8	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	12	.125	.123	.141	.264	-30	9	1	0	7	1	0
34	P	Connie Johnson	32	19	36	33	4	5	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	7	.152	.147	.212	.359	-5	7	2	0	2	1	0
35	P	Harry Byrd	30	25	33	30	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.067	.067	.067	.133	-64	2	0	0	3	0	0
36	P	Sandy Consuegra	34	44	33	29	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.103	.133	.103	.237	-36	3	0	0	3	0	0
37	P	Mike Fornieles	23	28	31	29	6	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.103	.103	.138	.241	-36	4	0	0	2	0	0
38	P	Dixie Howell*	35	35	22	21	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.381	.381	.381	.762	105	8	0	0	1	0	0
39	P	Bob Keegan	34	18	21	18	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.333	.368	.333	.702	89	6	1	0	2	0	0
40	P	Morrie Martin*	32	37	10	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.300	.300	.300	.600	61	3	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Fritz Dorish	33	13	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	79	1	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Al Papai	38	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Bob Chakales	27	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	P	Ted Gray#	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	30.2	155	6002	5220	725	1401	204	36	116	677	69	45	568	595	.268	.344	.388	.732	96	2025	117	58	111	43	40
		Rank in 8 AL teams				5	4	2	3	7	6		1	7	5	2	1	4	5	5		6		1		5
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.2	155	5491	4773	688	1322	197	36	113	641	68	45	545	490	.277	.355	.404	.759	103	1930	108	55	77	39	40
		Pitcher Totals	30.3	155	511	447	37	79	7	0	3	36	1	0	23	105	.177	.220	.213	.433	16	95	9	3	34	4	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Billy Pierce*	28	15	10	.600	1.97	33	26	5	16	6	3	205.2	162	50	45	16	64	5	157	3	1	4	836	200	2.83	1.099	7.1	0.7	2.8	6.9	2.45
2	SP	Dick Donovan	27	15	9	.625	3.32	29	24	3	11	5	0	187.0	186	77	69	17	48	5	88	3	1	0	774	118	3.43	1.251	9.0	0.8	2.3	4.2	1.83
3	SP	Jack Harshman*	27	11	7	.611	3.36	32	23	2	9	0	0	179.1	144	74	67	16	97	3	116	4	0	4	761	117	3.92	1.344	7.2	0.8	4.9	5.8	1.20
4	SP	Virgil Trucks	38	13	8	.619	3.96	32	26	2	7	3	1	175.0	176	78	77	19	61	5	91	2	0	1	749	99	3.82	1.354	9.1	1.0	3.1	4.7	1.49
5	SP	Connie Johnson	32	7	4	.636	3.45	17	16	0	5	2	0	99.0	95	40	38	5	52	0	72	1	0	0	436	114	3.18	1.485	8.6	0.5	4.7	6.5	1.38
6	SP	Bob Keegan	34	2	5	.286	5.83	18	11	1	1	0	0	58.2	83	39	38	4	28	1	29	1	0	0	283	68	3.75	1.892	12.7	0.6	4.3	4.4	1.04
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Dixie Howell	35	8	3	.727	2.93	35	0	25	0	0	9	73.2	70	27	24	1	25	5	25	0	1	3	314	134	2.88	1.290	8.6	0.1	3.1	3.1	1.00
8	RP	Sandy Consuegra	34	6	5	.545	2.64	44	7	21	3	0	7	126.1	120	42	37	4	18	7	35	2	0	2	501	149	2.70	1.092	8.5	0.3	1.3	2.5	1.94
9	RP	Harry Byrd	30	4	6	.400	4.65	25	12	6	1	1	1	91.0	85	49	47	10	30	4	44	2	0	1	380	85	3.88	1.264	8.4	1.0	3.0	4.4	1.47
10	RP	Mike Fornieles	23	6	3	.667	3.86	26	9	11	2	0	2	86.1	84	37	37	12	29	3	23	2	0	2	365	102	4.72	1.309	8.8	1.3	3.0	2.4	0.79
11	RP	Morrie Martin*	32	2	3	.400	3.63	37	0	11	0	0	2	52.0	50	27	21	4	20	2	22	2	0	0	223	109	3.79	1.346	8.7	0.7	3.5	3.8	1.10
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
12		Fritz Dorish	33	2	0	1.000	1.59	13	0	5	0	0	1	17.0	16	4	3	0	9	1	6	0	0	1	73	253	3.25	1.471	8.5	0.0	4.8	3.2	0.67
13		Bob Chakales	27	0	0		1.46	7	0	4	0	0	0	12.1	11	2	2	2	6	1	6	0	0	0	50	277	4.96	1.378	8.0	1.5	4.4	4.4	1.00
14		Al Papai	38	0	0		3.86	7	0	4	0	0	0	11.2	10	5	5	1	8	2	5	0	0	0	52	105	4.68	1.543	7.7	0.8	6.2	3.9	0.63
15		Ted Gray*	30	0	0		18.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	9	6	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	20	25	3.70	3.667	27.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.50
		Team Totals	30.6	91	63	.591	3.37	155	155	100	55	17	26	1378.0	1301	557	516	111	497	44	720	22	3	19	5817	117	3.50	1.305	8.5	0.7	3.2	4.7	1.45
		Rank in 8 AL teams		3	6		2				2	1	4	6	3	1	2	4	1		3
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W