1956 Chicago White Sox Statistics and Roster

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1956 Chicago White Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955/1957)
85-69, Finished 3rd in American League
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Scored 776 runs, Allowed 634 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-63
Managed by Marty Marion

Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,000,090 (5th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 99
  (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 102
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Sherm Lollar        31  136  450   55  132  28  2  11   75  53   34  .293  .383  .438   2   0  19  16   2   6   4  115
1B  Walt Dropo          33  125  361   42   96  13  1   8   52  37   51  .266  .334  .374   1   0  15   3   5   6   2   86
2B *Nellie Fox          28  154  649  109  192  20 10   4   52  44   14  .296  .347  .376   8   4  19  10  13   5   1   90
3B *Fred Hatfield       31  106  321   46   84   9  1   7   33  37   36  .262  .349  .361   1   0   7   8   3   4   3   87
SS  Luis Aparicio       22  152  533   69  142  19  6   3   56  34   63  .266  .311  .341  21   4   9   1  14   1   2   71
LF  Minnie Minoso       30  151  545  106  172  29 11  21   88  86   40  .316  .425  .525  12   6  10  23   4   7   4  148
CF *Larry Doby          32  140  504   89  135  22  3  24  102 102  105  .268  .392  .466   0   1   7   4   4   5   6  125
RF *Jim Rivera          33  139  491   76  125  23  5  12   66  49   75  .255  .322  .395  20   9   3   3   6   6   2   88
   #Dave Philley        36   86  279   44   74  14  2   4   47  28   27  .265  .328  .373   1   3   9   1   2   6   0   84
    Sammy Esposito      24   81  184   30   42   8  2   3   25  41   19  .228  .371  .342   1   2   4   2   5   2   0   89
    Les Moss            31   56  127   20   31   4  0  10   22  18   15  .244  .338  .512   0   0   7   0   2   0   0  120
    Bubba Phillips      28   67   99   16   27   6  0   2   11   6   12  .273  .321  .394   1   2   0   1   1   0   0   87
    George Kell         33   21   80    7   25   5  0   1   11   8    6  .313  .371  .413   0   0   3   0   2   1   0  106
    Ron Jackson         22   22   56    7   12   3  0   1    4  10   13  .214  .333  .321   1   0   2   0   0   0   1   73
   *Ron Northey         36   53   48    4   17   2  0   3   23   8    1  .354  .417  .583   0   0   2   0   0   4   2  160
   *Jim Delsing         30   55   41   11    5   3  0   0    2  10   13  .122  .294  .195   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   31
    Bob Nieman          29   14   40    3   12   1  0   2    4   4    4  .300  .364  .475   0   1   4   0   0   0   2  119
    Bob Kennedy         35    8   13    0    1   0  0   0    0   2    4  .077  .200  .077   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -24
    Jim Brideweser      29   10   11    0    2   1  0   0    1   0    3  .182  .250  .273   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   37
    Earl Battey         21    4    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .250  .400  .250   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   74
   *Cal Abrams          32    4    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   2    1  .333  .600  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  151

   *Billy Pierce        29   39  102    6   16   0  0   0    3   3   22  .157  .189  .157   0   0   3   1   7   0   0   -8
   *Dick Donovan        28   44   90   10   20   4  0   3   15  14   30  .222  .330  .367   0   0   2   1   1   1   1   83
   *Jack Harshman       28   36   71    8   12   1  0   6   19  11   21  .169  .277  .437   0   0   0   0   4   1   0   85
    Jim Wilson          34   28   62    6   19   2  0   1    8   1   13  .306  .313  .387   0   0   2   0   2   1   0   83
    Bob Keegan          35   20   32    2    4   0  0   0    1   4    7  .125  .222  .125   0   0   1   0   4   0   0   -6
    Jerry Staley        35   26   32    2    3   0  0   0    1   2    6  .094  .147  .094   0   1   0   0   1   0   0  -35
   *Dixie Howell        36   34   17    4    4   0  0   2    3   2    6  .235  .316  .588   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  133
   *Howie Pollet        35   12    8    1    3   0  0   0    1   0    3  .375  .375  .375   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   98
   *Paul LaPalme        32   29    6    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Mike Fornieles      24    6    5    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    1  .200  .200  .400   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   54
   *Morrie Martin       33   10    5    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .200  .333  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   43
    Jim McDonald        29    8    5    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .167  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -53
    Sandy Consuegra     35   28    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Connie Johnson      33    5    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Jim Derrington      16    1    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  164
    Ellis Kinder        41   29    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Harry Byrd          31    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.1  154 5286  776 1412 218 43 128  726 619  660  .267  .344  .397  70  33 130  75  86  56  30  101
    Rank among 8 AL teams          4    4    4   2  5   5        5    7     4     4     4   1   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Billy Pierce        29  35   3.32  20   9  1  33   2  21   1  276.3  261  108  102  24  100  192 1166   6   3  1   7 124
SP  Dick Donovan        28  34   3.64  12  10  0  31   2  14   3  234.7  212   99   95  22   59  120  966   5   6  1   6 113
SP *Jack Harshman       28  34   3.10  15  11  0  30   3  15   4  226.7  183   85   78  14  102  143  950   7   3  0   4 133
SP  Jim Wilson          34  28   4.06   9  12  0  21   4   6   3  159.7  149   82   72  15   70   82  680   3   2  2   5 101
SP  Bob Keegan          35  20   3.93   5   7  0  16   1   4   0  105.3  119   56   46  15   35   32  463   1   2  0   2 105

RP  Dixie Howell        36  34   4.62   5   6  4   1  18   0   0   64.3   79   39   33   3   36   28  298   4   2  0  10  89
RP  Ellis Kinder        41  29   2.73   3   1  3   0  19   0   0   29.7   33   10    9   2    8   19  130   0   0  0   0 151
RP *Paul LaPalme        32  29   2.36   3   1  2   0  14   0   0   45.7   31   14   12   2   27   23  193   2   0  0   2 174
RP  Sandy Consuegra     35  28   5.17   1   2  3   1  12   0   0   38.3   45   25   22   0   11    7  168   0   1  0   3  80

    Jerry Staley        35  26   2.92   8   3  0  10   6   5   0  101.7   98   37   33  11   20   25  420   1   6  0   3 141
   *Howie Pollet        35  11   4.10   3   1  0   4   1   0   0   26.3   27   15   12   2   11   14  119   1   0  0   0 100
    Jim McDonald        29   8   8.68   0   2  0   3   0   0   0   18.7   29   18   18   2    7   10   88   1   1  0   0  47
   *Morrie Martin       33  10   4.91   1   0  0   0   3   0   0   18.3   21   10   10   1    7    9   80   1   0  0   0  84
    Mike Fornieles      24   6   4.60   0   1  0   0   0   0   0   15.7   22    9    8   1    6    6   79   0   0  0   1  90
    Connie Johnson      33   5   3.65   0   1  0   2   2   0   0   12.3   11    5    5   1    7    6   56   1   0  0   0 113
   *Jim Derrington      16   1   7.50   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    6.0    9    6    5   2    6    3   31   0   0  1   0  55
    Harry Byrd          31   3  10.38   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    4.3    9    6    5   0    4    0   26   0   0  0   0  40
    Jerry Dahlke        27   5  19.29   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.3    5    5    5   0    6    1   18   0   0  0   0  21
    Bill Fischer        25   3  21.60   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.7    6    4    4   0    1    2   12   0   0  0   0  19
    Dick Marlowe        27   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.0    2    1    1   1    1    0    5   0   0  0   0  46
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.5 154   3.73  85  69 13 154  89  65  11 1389.0 1351  634  576 118  524  722 5948  33  26  5  43 111
    Rank among 8 AL teams           3   3   6  8           2   2      2    3    3        4    1    4
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- SLollar 1074 123 132 679 40 5 6 .993 4 24 17 20 LMoss 303 30 49 149 10 1 1 .994 4 10 11 4 EBattey 11 1 3 4 0 1 0 .800 1 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1389 154 154 832 50 7 7 .992 9 34 28 24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *9.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WDropo 869 91 117 855 50 6 95 .993 9.37 DPhilley 353 44 51 299 17 7 31 .978 8.05 RJackson 137 15 19 138 11 0 16 1.000 9.79 GKell 28 4 4 19 3 0 4 1.000 7.07 MMinoso 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1389 154 154 1312 81 13 146 .991 9.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 *5.44 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NFox 1380 154 154 478 396 12 124 .986 5.70 SEsposito 9 0 3 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1389 154 154 480 398 12 125 .987 5.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 *3.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FHatfield 771 84 100 83 189 11 21 .961 3.17 SEsposito 417 47 61 41 109 6 17 .962 3.24 GKell 143 17 18 17 28 0 0 1.000 2.83 BKennedy 32 4 6 4 3 0 2 1.000 1.97 MMinoso 18 1 8 2 6 2 0 .800 4.00 BPhillips 7 1 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 5.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1389 154 154 149 337 19 41 .962 3.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 *4.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LAparicio 1299 151 152 250 474 35 91 .954 5.01 SEsposito 48 1 19 9 21 0 1 1.000 5.62 JBrideweser 35 2 10 4 11 1 1 .937 3.82 FHatfield 6 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1389 154 154 264 508 36 93 .955 5.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MMinoso 1263 147 148 282 10 8 1 .973 2.08 DPhilley 69 5 13 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.95 JDelsing 34 2 13 7 0 1 0 .875 1.82 BPhillips 17 0 6 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.71 RNorthey 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CAbrams 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1389 154 154 312 11 9 1 .973 2.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LDoby 1205 136 137 378 4 5 2 .987 2.85 JRivera 124 13 17 45 0 1 0 .978 3.25 BPhillips 42 5 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.79 JDelsing 17 0 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1389 154 154 440 4 6 2 .987 2.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 *2.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JRivera 959 102 119 220 9 6 4 .974 2.15 DPhilley 158 21 22 33 2 0 0 1.000 1.98 BPhillips 140 18 22 42 1 0 1 1.000 2.76 BNieman 80 10 10 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 JDelsing 33 1 10 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 RNorthey 16 2 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.16 CAbrams 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MMinoso 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 30.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1389 154 154 332 13 6 5 .983 2.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.34 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- MMinoso 1263 147 148 284 10 8 1 .974 2.09 LDoby 1205 136 137 371 4 5 2 .987 2.80 JRivera 1084 115 134 271 9 7 4 .976 2.32 DPhilley 228 26 30 50 2 0 0 1.000 2.05 BPhillips 199 23 35 59 2 0 1 1.000 2.76 JDelsing 84 3 29 21 1 1 0 .957 2.34 BNieman 80 10 10 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 RNorthey 19 2 4 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.28 CAbrams 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1389 154 154 1086 29 21 8 .982 2.41 154 154 154 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BPierce 276 33 35 4 33 3 2 .925 1.21 DDonovan 234 31 34 11 46 1 4 .983 2.19 JHarshman 226 30 34 2 29 4 3 .886 1.23 JWilson 159 21 28 7 25 0 1 1.000 1.80 BKeegan 105 16 20 6 18 1 0 .960 2.05 JStaley 101 10 26 4 23 0 2 1.000 2.40 DHowell 64 1 34 2 12 2 2 .875 1.96 PLaPalme 46 0 29 1 11 0 1 1.000 2.35 SConsuegra 38 1 28 1 8 1 0 .900 2.11 EKinder 29 0 29 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.21 HPollet 26 4 11 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.40 JMcDonald 18 3 8 1 3 1 0 .800 1.93 MMartin 18 0 10 0 4 1 1 .800 1.97 MFornieles 15 0 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.72 CJohnson 12 2 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.20 JDerrington 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 HByrd 4 1 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.19 JDahlke 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.91 BFischer 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.29 DMarlowe 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1389 154 154 45 227 14 16 .951 1.76 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Minoso .316

On-base % Minoso .425

Slugging % Minoso .525

OPS Minoso .950

Games Fox 154

At Bats Fox 649

Plate Appearances (approx.) Fox 721

Runs Fox 109

Hits Fox 192

Total Bases Minoso 286

Doubles Minoso 29

Triples Minoso 11

Home Runs Doby 24

RBI Doby 102

Bases on Balls Doby 102

Strikeouts Doby 105

Stolen Bases Aparicio 21

Singles Fox 158

Adjusted OPS+ Minoso 148

Runs Created Minoso 130

Adjusted Batting Runs Minoso 43

Batting Wins Minoso 4.0

Extra-Base Hits Minoso 61

Times on Base Minoso 281

Offensive Win% Minoso .747

Hit By Pitch Minoso 23

Sac. Hits Aparicio 14

Sac. Flies Minoso 7

Intentional Walks Doby 6

Grounded into Double Plays Fox and Lollar 19

Caught Stealing Rivera 9

Power/Speed Number Minoso 15.3

At Bats per Strikeout Fox 46.4

At Bats per Home Run Doby 21.0

Outs Fox 498

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Harshman 3.10

Wins Pierce 20

Won-Loss % Pierce .690

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Donovan 1.155

Hits Allowed/9IP Harshman 7.27

Bases on Balls/9IP Donovan 2.26

Strikeouts/9IP Pierce 6.25

Games Pierce 35

Saves Howell 4

Innings Pierce 276.3

Strikeouts Pierce 192

Games Started Pierce 33

Comp. Games Pierce 21

Shutouts Harshman 4

Home Runs Allow. Pierce 24

Bases On Balls Allow. Harshman 102

Hits Allowed Pierce 261

SO to Walk Donovan 2.03

Losses Wilson 12

Earned Runs Allow. Pierce 102

Wild Pitches Harshman 7

Hit Batsmen Donovan and Staley 6

Batters Faced Pierce 1166

Games Finished Kinder 19

Adjusted ERA+ Harshman 133

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Nellie Fox (Starting 2B)
Sherm Lollar
Billy Pierce (Starting P)
Jim Wilson

1955/1957

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