1959 Chicago White Sox Statistics

1958 Season 1960 Season

Record: 94-60-2, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)

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

Manager: Al Lopez (94-60-2)

General Manager: Johnny Rigney (Co-GM)

Ballpark: Comiskey Park I

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

Pythagorean W-L: 86-68, 669 Runs, 588 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	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	717	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	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	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*	37	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	John 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*	25	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	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
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	Gerry 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 Árias*	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	29.8	156	6055	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	8	2	1	6	3	7	6		7		1		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.6	156	5588	4897	637	1258	205	44	94	591	113	53	545	524	.257	.335	.374	.709	96	1833	100	48	56	41	45
		Pitcher Totals	31.4	156	467	400	32	67	15	2	3	29	0	0	35	110	.168	.235	.238	.472	31	95	7	1	28	3	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	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	120	3.66	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	3.40	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	3.90	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	104	3.89	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	4.01	1.346	8.0	0.9	4.2	5.6	1.35
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
6	CL	Gerry Staley	38	8	5	.615	2.24	67	0	37	0	0	15	116.1	111	39	29	5	25	9	54	0	0	2	471	169	2.82	1.169	8.6	0.4	1.9	4.2	2.16
7	RP	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	4.28	1.232	7.0	1.2	4.1	6.1	1.50
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	4.47	1.472	8.6	1.0	4.6	4.9	1.07
9	RP	Rudy Árias*	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	93	4.77	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	121	4.31	1.632	7.9	0.4	6.8	4.8	0.71
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
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	121	6.11	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	46	10.04	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		4.54	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		6.54	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	37	1425.1	1297	588	521	129	525	45	761	31	4	21	6020	115	3.82	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		4
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