1956 Chicago White Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 85-69
Finished 3rd in the AL
Attendance: 1,000,926, Avg. 16,144
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Manager: Marty Marion (85-69)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1956 Chicago White Sox Roster
1956 Chicago White Sox Results

The Chicago White Sox of the American League ended the 1956 season with a record of 85 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the AL.

The White Sox plated 776 runs and surrendered 634 runs. Larry Doby paced Chicago with 24 home runs, while Minnie Minoso walloped 20 or more, too. Larry Doby drove in 102 runs. Minnie Minoso led all regular batters by hitting .316. Billy Pierce topped the squad with 20 wins, and Jack Harshman, too added 15 or more wins, too Jack Harshman recorded a 3.10 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Marty Marion coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Billy Pierce209.6903.32353322111276.32611081022410071923161166
Jack Harshman1511.5773.10343031540226.71838578141024143307950
Dick Donovan1210.5453.64343121430234.7212999522596120615966
Jim Wilson912.4294.0628214630159.714982721570582223680
Gerry Staley83.7272.9226106500101.79837331120325601420
Dixie Howell56.4554.623411800464.37939333361028204298
Bob Keegan57.4173.9320161400105.311956461535232201463
Paul LaPalme31.7502.362901400245.7311412227223002193
Ellis Kinder31.7502.732901900329.73310928019000130
Howie Pollet31.7504.10114100026.3271512211014001119
Morrie Martin101.0004.91100300018.3211010170900180
Sandy Consuegra12.3335.172811200338.345252201137100168
Dick Marlowe009.001000001.021111000005
Jerry Dahlke0019.295010002.3555060100018
Bill Fischer0021.603010001.7644010200012
Connie Johnson01.0003.6552200012.31155170600156
Mike Fornieles01.0004.6060000015.72298161600079
Jim Derrington01.0007.501100006.0965260301031
Harry Byrd01.00010.383100004.3965040000026
Jim McDonald02.0008.6883000018.72918182701010188
Totals8569.5523.73350154896511131389.0135163457511852443722265335948

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Nellie Fox1547216491091922010452844414.296.347.376.72324419101351
Minnie Minoso151665545106172291121881268640.316.425.525.9502861023474
Luis Aparicio152583533691421963562143463.266.311.341.653182911412
Larry Doby140619504891352232410201102105.268.392.466.85823574456
Sherm Lollar136527450551322821175205334.293.383.438.8211971916264
Jim Rivera1395554917612523512662094975.255.322.395.71819433662
Walt Dropo1254123614296131852103751.266.334.374.708135153562
Fred Hatfield106373321468491733103736.262.349.361.71011678343
Dave Philley863162794474142447132827.265.328.373.70110491260
Sammy Esposito81234184304282325124119.228.371.342.7146342520
Les Moss561471272031401022001815.244.338.512.8506570200
Bubba Phillips671079916276021112612.273.321.394.7153901100
George Kell219180725501110086.313.371.413.7833330210
Dick Donovan4410790102040315001430.222.330.367.6973321111
Jim Wilson286662619201800113.306.313.387.7002420210
Ron Northey536048417203230081.354.417.5831.0002820042
Billy Pierce39113102616000300322.157.189.157.3461631700
Bob Nieman14444031210240144.300.364.475.8391940002
Ron Jackson2266567123014101013.214.333.321.6551820001
Jack Harshman36877181210619001121.169.277.437.7143100410
Jim Delsing5552411153002101013.122.294.195.489800100
Dixie Howell3419174400230026.235.316.588.9041000000
Bob Keegan2040322400010047.125.222.125.347410400
Howie Pollet12981300010003.375.375.375.750300100
Gerry Staley2635322300010126.094.147.094.241300100
Jim Brideweser1012110210010003.182.250.273.523301000
Jim Derrington1220100000001.500.500.5001.000100000
Cal Abrams4530100000021.333.600.333.933100000
Earl Battey4541100000011.250.400.250.650120000
Mike Fornieles6650110000001.200.200.400.600200100
Morrie Martin10651100000011.200.333.200.533100000
Bob Kennedy815130100000024.077.200.077.277100000
Paul LaPalme29760000010003.000.000.000.000000100
Harry Byrd3110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Sandy Consuegra28440000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Connie Johnson5330000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Jim McDonald8651000000013.000.167.000.167000000
Ellis Kinder29220000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Bill Fischer3000000000000000000
Jerry Dahlke5000000000000000000
Dick Marlowe1000000000000000000
Totals1951612252867761412218431287267033619658.267.349.397.746210013075865630


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Walt Dropo1B11791869.085550695.9939.3737.7350000
Dave Philley1B5144353.329917731.9788.0496.1960000
Ron Jackson1B1915137.0138110161.0009.7887.8420000
George Kell1B4428.0193041.0007.0715.5000000
Minnie Minoso1B101.710001.0005.4001.0000000
Nellie Fox2B1541541380.047839612124.9865.7005.6750000
Sammy Esposito2B309.022011.0004.0001.3330000
Fred Hatfield3B10084771.3831891121.9613.1742.7200000
Sammy Esposito3B6147417.341109617.9623.2352.4590000
George Kell3B1817143.31728001.0002.8262.5000000
Bob Kennedy3B6432.043021.0001.9691.1670000
Minnie Minoso3B8118.02620.8004.0001.0000000
Bubba Phillips3B217.022011.0005.1432.0000000
Sherm LollarC1321231074.76794056.9936.0215.447424172054.1
Les MossC4930303.01491011.9944.7233.24541011426.7
Earl BatteyC3111.34010.8003.1761.3331000
Minnie MinosoOF1481471263.32841081.9742.0941.9860000
Larry DobyOF1371361205.3371452.9872.8002.7370000
Jim RiveraOF1341151084.0271974.9762.3252.0900000
Dave PhilleyOF3026228.0502001.0002.0531.7330000
Bubba PhillipsOF3523199.0592011.0002.7591.7430000
Jim DelsingOF29384.721110.9572.339.7590000
Bob NiemanOF101080.0240001.0002.7002.4000000
Ron NortheyOF4219.741001.0002.2881.2500000
Cal AbramsOF203.020001.0006.0001.0000000
Billy PierceP3533276.343332.9251.2051.0570000
Dick DonovanP3431234.7114614.9832.1861.6760000
Jack HarshmanP3430226.722943.8861.231.9120000
Jim WilsonP2821159.7725011.0001.8041.1430000
Bob KeeganP2016105.361810.9602.0511.2000000
Gerry StaleyP2610101.3423021.0002.3981.0380000
Dixie HowellP34164.321222.8751.959.4120000
Paul LaPalmeP29046.0111011.0002.348.4140000
Sandy ConsuegraP28138.31810.9002.113.3210000
Ellis KinderP29029.722001.0001.213.1380000
Howie PolletP11426.316001.0002.392.6360000
Jim McDonaldP8318.71310.8001.929.5000000
Morrie MartinP10018.30411.8001.964.4000000
Mike FornielesP6015.712001.0001.723.5000000
Connie JohnsonP5212.312001.0002.189.6000000
Jim DerringtonP116.00000.000.0000000
Harry ByrdP314.302001.0004.154.6670000
Jerry DahlkeP502.301001.0003.857.2000000
Bill FischerP301.710001.0005.400.3330000
Dick MarloweP101.00000.000.0000000
Luis AparicioSS1521511299.72504743591.9545.0144.7630000
Sammy EspositoSS19148.0921011.0005.6251.5790000
Jim BrideweserSS10235.341111.9383.8211.5000000
Fred HatfieldSS306.012001.0004.5001.0000000
Totals1791138612501.041681630122436.9794.1743.237934282446.2




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