1959 Chicago White Sox
[edit] Summary
The 1959 Chicago White Sox finished with a record of 94-60. They scored 669 runs and belted 97 home runs to go along with a .250 batting average. The offense was powered by Sherm Lollar, who led the team with 22 home runs and 84 RBI. Nellie Fox led the team with 191 hits for a .306 average. Luis Aparicio had a great year on the basepaths with 56 stolen bases.
The team allowed 588 runs and had a team ERA of 3.29. Early Wynn led the pitching staff with 22 wins and 179 strikeouts. Turk Lown led the team with 15 saves.
[edit] Roster and Statistics
| Infielders
|
| Luis Aparicio
| SS
| 152
| 612
| 98
| 157
| 6
| 51
| 56
| .316
| .332
| .648
| .257
|
| Ray Boone
| 1B
| 9
| 21
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 5
| 1
| .400
| .381
| .781
| .238
|
| Norm Cash
| 1B
| 58
| 104
| 16
| 25
| 4
| 16
| 1
| .372
| .375
| .747
| .240
|
| Sammy Esposito
| 3B
| 69
| 66
| 12
| 11
| 1
| 5
| 0
| .282
| .227
| .509
| .167
|
| Nellie Fox
| 2B
| 156
| 624
| 84
| 191
| 2
| 70
| 5
| .380
| .389
| .769
| .306
|
| Billy Goodman
| 3B
| 104
| 268
| 21
| 67
| 1
| 28
| 3
| .304
| .321
| .625
| .250
|
| Ron Jackson
| 1B
| 10
| 14
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 0
| .313
| .500
| .813
| .214
|
| Ted Kluszewski
| 1B
| 31
| 101
| 11
| 30
| 2
| 10
| 0
| .351
| .396
| .747
| .297
|
| J.C. Martin
| 3B
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .500
| .250
|
| Bubba Phillips
| 3B
| 117
| 379
| 43
| 100
| 5
| 40
| 1
| .319
| .380
| .699
| .264
|
| Earl Torgeson
| 1B
| 127
| 277
| 40
| 61
| 9
| 45
| 7
| .359
| .357
| .716
| .220
|
| Outfielders
|
| Johnny Callison
| OF
| 49
| 104
| 12
| 18
| 3
| 12
| 0
| .271
| .288
| .559
| .173
|
| Larry Doby
| OF
| 21
| 58
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 9
| 1
| .267
| .293
| .560
| .241
|
| Del Ennis
| OF
| 26
| 96
| 10
| 21
| 2
| 7
| 0
| .250
| .344
| .594
| .219
|
| Joe Hicks
| OF
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
| .429
| .929
| .429
|
| Jim Landis
| OF
| 149
| 515
| 78
| 140
| 5
| 60
| 20
| .370
| .379
| .749
| .272
|
| Jim McAnany
| OF
| 67
| 210
| 22
| 58
| 0
| 27
| 2
| .339
| .348
| .687
| .276
|
| Jim Rivera
| OF
| 80
| 177
| 18
| 39
| 4
| 19
| 5
| .266
| .384
| .650
| .220
|
| Harry Simpson
| OF
| 38
| 75
| 5
| 14
| 2
| 13
| 0
| .228
| .360
| .588
| .187
|
| Lou Skizas
| OF
| 8
| 13
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .077
| .327
| .077
|
| Al Smith
| OF
| 129
| 472
| 65
| 112
| 17
| 55
| 7
| .311
| .396
| .707
| .237
|
| Catchers
|
| Earl Battey
| C
| 26
| 64
| 9
| 14
| 2
| 7
| 0
| .306
| .391
| .697
| .219
|
| Cam Carreon
| C
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| .000
|
| Sherm Lollar
| C
| 140
| 505
| 63
| 134
| 22
| 84
| 4
| .345
| .451
| .796
| .265
|
| John Romano
| C
| 53
| 126
| 20
| 37
| 5
| 25
| 0
| .407
| .468
| .875
| .294
|
| Other
|
| Don Mueller
|
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
| .500
| 1.000
| .500
|
| Team Totals
| -
| -
| 5297
| 669
| 1325
| 97
| 620
| 113
| .323
| .364
| .687
| .250
|
| Pitchers
|
| Rudy Arias
| 34
| 0
| 44
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
| 2
| 28
| 20
| 4.09
| 1.568
|
| Dick Donovan
| 31
| 29
| 179.7
| 9
| 10
| .474
| 0
| 71
| 58
| 3.66
| 1.274
|
| Barry Latman
| 37
| 21
| 156
| 8
| 5
| .615
| 0
| 97
| 72
| 3.75
| 1.346
|
| Turk Lown
| 60
| 0
| 93.3
| 9
| 2
| .818
| 15
| 63
| 42
| 2.89
| 1.233
|
| Ken McBride
| 11
| 2
| 22.7
| 0
| 1
| .000
| 1
| 12
| 17
| 3.18
| 1.630
|
| Ray Moore
| 29
| 8
| 89.7
| 3
| 6
| .333
| 0
| 49
| 46
| 4.12
| 1.472
|
| Gary Peters
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .000
| 0
| 1
| 2
| .00
| 4.000
|
| Billy Pierce
| 34
| 33
| 224
| 14
| 15
| .483
| 0
| 114
| 62
| 3.62
| 1.246
|
| Claude Raymond
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .000
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 9.00
| 1.750
|
| Don Rudolph
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .000
| 1
| 0
| 2
| .00
| 2.000
|
| Bob Shaw
| 47
| 26
| 230.7
| 18
| 6
| .750
| 3
| 89
| 54
| 2.69
| 1.175
|
| Gerry Staley
| 67
| 0
| 116.3
| 8
| 5
| .615
| 14
| 54
| 25
| 2.24
| 1.169
|
| Joe Stanka
| 2
| 0
| 5.3
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 3.38
| 1.132
|
| Early Wynn
| 37
| 37
| 255.7
| 22
| 10
| .688
| 0
| 179
| 119
| 3.17
| 1.255
|
| Team Totals
| 398
| 156
| 1425.4
| 94
| 60
| .610
| 36
| 761
| 525
| 3.29
| 1.278
|
[edit] Batting Leaders
[edit] Pitching Leaders
