1956 Chicago White Sox Batting Statistics

1955 Season 1957 Season

Record: 85-69-0, Finished 3rd in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Marty Marion (85-69)

General Manager: Johnny Rigney (Co-GM; Promoted 11/17/1955)

Ballpark: Comiskey Park I

Attendance: 1,000,090 (5th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 98
One-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 101

Pythagorean W-L: 91-63, 776 Runs, 634 Runs Allowed

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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	31	136	527	450	55	132	28	2	11	75	2	0	53	34	.293	.383	.438	.821	116	197	19	16	2	6	4
2	1B	Walt Dropo	33	125	412	361	42	96	13	1	8	52	1	0	37	51	.266	.334	.374	.708	87	135	15	3	5	6	2
3	2B	Nellie Fox*	28	154	721	649	109	192	20	10	4	52	8	4	44	14	.296	.347	.376	.723	91	244	19	10	13	5	1
4	SS	Luis Aparicio	22	152	583	533	69	142	19	6	3	56	21	4	34	63	.266	.311	.341	.653	72	182	9	1	14	1	2
5	3B	Fred Hatfield*	31	106	373	321	46	84	9	1	7	33	1	0	37	36	.262	.349	.361	.710	88	116	7	8	3	4	3
6	LF	Minnie Miñoso	32	151	665	545	106	172	29	11	21	88	12	6	86	40	.316	.425	.525	.950	149	286	10	23	4	7	4
7	CF	Larry Doby*	32	140	619	504	89	135	22	3	24	102	0	1	102	105	.268	.392	.466	.858	126	235	7	4	4	5	6
8	RF	Jim Rivera*	34	139	555	491	76	125	23	5	12	66	20	9	49	75	.255	.322	.395	.718	88	194	3	3	6	6	2
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	UT	Dave Philley#	36	86	316	279	44	74	14	2	4	47	1	3	28	27	.265	.328	.373	.701	85	104	9	1	2	6	0
10	3B	Sammy Esposito	24	81	234	184	30	42	8	2	3	25	1	2	41	19	.228	.371	.342	.714	89	63	4	2	5	2	0
11	C	Les Moss	31	56	147	127	20	31	4	0	10	22	0	0	18	15	.244	.338	.512	.850	121	65	7	0	2	0	0
12	RF	Bubba Phillips	28	67	107	99	16	27	6	0	2	11	1	2	6	12	.273	.321	.394	.715	88	39	0	1	1	0	0
13	3B	George Kell	33	21	91	80	7	25	5	0	1	11	0	0	8	6	.313	.371	.413	.783	106	33	3	0	2	1	0
14	1B	Ron Jackson	22	22	66	56	7	12	3	0	1	4	1	0	10	13	.214	.333	.321	.655	74	18	2	0	0	0	1
15	OF	Ron Northey*	36	53	60	48	4	17	2	0	3	23	0	0	8	1	.354	.417	.583	1.000	161	28	2	0	0	4	2
16	OF	Jim Delsing*	30	55	52	41	11	5	3	0	0	2	1	0	10	13	.122	.294	.195	.489	32	8	0	0	1	0	0
17	RF	Bob Nieman	29	14	44	40	3	12	1	0	2	4	0	1	4	4	.300	.364	.475	.839	120	19	4	0	0	0	2
18	3B	Bob Kennedy	35	8	15	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.077	.200	.077	.277	-24	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	SS	Jim Brideweser	29	10	12	11	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.182	.250	.273	.523	38	3	0	1	0	0	0
20	OF	Cal Abrams*	32	4	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.333	.600	.333	.933	153	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	C	Earl Battey	21	4	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	75	1	2	0	0	0	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
22	P	Billy Pierce*	29	39	113	102	6	16	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	22	.157	.189	.157	.346	-8	16	3	1	7	0	0
23	P	Dick Donovan*	28	44	107	90	10	20	4	0	3	15	0	0	14	30	.222	.330	.367	.697	84	33	2	1	1	1	1
24	P	Jack Harshman*	28	36	87	71	8	12	1	0	6	19	0	0	11	21	.169	.277	.437	.714	86	31	0	0	4	1	0
25	P	Jim Wilson	34	28	66	62	6	19	2	0	1	8	0	0	1	13	.306	.313	.387	.700	84	24	2	0	2	1	0
26	P	Bob Keegan	35	20	40	32	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	7	.125	.222	.125	.347	-6	4	1	0	4	0	0
27	P	Gerry Staley	35	26	35	32	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	6	.094	.147	.094	.241	-35	3	0	0	1	0	0
28	P	Dixie Howell*	36	34	19	17	4	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	6	.235	.316	.588	.904	134	10	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Howie Pollet*	35	12	9	8	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.375	.375	.375	.750	99	3	0	0	1	0	0
30	P	Paul LaPalme*	32	29	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
31	P	Jim McDonald	29	8	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	-52	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Mike Fornieles	24	6	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	55	2	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Morrie Martin*	33	10	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	44	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Sandy Consuegra	35	28	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Connie Johnson	33	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Ellis Kinder	41	29	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Jim Derrington*	16	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	165	1	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Harry Byrd	31	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Dick Marlowe	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Bill Fischer	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Jerry Dahlke	27	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	30.3	154	6122	5286	776	1412	218	43	128	726	70	33	619	658	.267	.349	.397	.746	97	2100	130	75	86	56	30
		Rank in 8 AL teams				4	4	4	2	5	5		1	5	5	2	4	3	4	4		4		1		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.3	154	5609	4839	735	1328	210	43	116	674	70	32	580	537	.274	.357	.408	.765	101	1972	122	73	64	53	29
		Pitcher Totals	30.6	154	513	447	41	84	8	0	12	52	0	1	39	121	.188	.255	.286	.541	43	128	8	2	22	3	1
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