1959 Chicago White Sox
94 - 60
1958 / 1960 (Organization)
1st place in the AL
Home Record:
Away Record: 		47 - 30 (.610)
47 - 30 (.610)		 +5.4 wins
+11.6 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 669 / 664 ( +5 )
Allowed/Expected: 588 / 672 ( +84 )
Pyth Record: 86 - 68 (+8)
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Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,423,144 Avg Att: 18,245 (1.23)
Att Rank: 3 / 8 Lg Avg: 14,805
       
Park Factor: 0.97    
HR Factor: 0.93 R/L HR: 0.92 / 0.96
Notes:
- American League Champions
- Lost to Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series

Batting

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Bats
#
R
H
K
1 Nellie Fox
2B
31.5
716
17.3
31.4
-1.6
-29.5
34.7
7.2
1.8
-15.1
-33.0
72.1
38.6
6.1
44.0
3.0
61.1
-3.2
-1.9
-2.0
2 Jim Landis
CF
25.3
623
14.6
8.0
-7.0
19.6
3.1
1.1
3.1
-9.1
-14.9
5.1
27.1
21.8
26.4
4.5
25.7
13.5
18.6
1.8
3 Sherm Lollar
C
34.9
576
8.5
4.5
30.4
28.2
-4.5
-1.0
-0.6
9.1
25.9
18.8
10.6
2.8
-4.1
5.8
17.2
-1.4
-1.6
-0.4
4 Johnny Romano
C
24.9
153
8.1
4.7
9.6
13.6
1.7
-1.1
0.0
1.6
5.0
-0.1
12.0
9.1
11.4
0.1
9.1
-1.8
-1.9
-0.6
5 Norm Cash
1B
24.6
130
3.1
-1.7
-1.8
6.9
-0.9
-4.9
0.2
0.9
-0.1
6.3
5.9
6.2
8.2
4.3
11.1
-0.5
-0.4
-0.3
6 Earl Torgeson
1B
35.5
344
2.5
-10.1
-9.6
34.2
-11.3
-8.0
1.0
0.9
0.5
-14.8
11.0
31.0
7.3
-2.0
19.6
3.3
7.1
-1.2
7 Ray Boone
1B
35.9
30
2.0
-0.4
-0.2
5.9
-0.8
-1.2
-0.2
0.3
0.2
-1.5
2.2
4.3
3.0
-0.2
3.1
0.6
0.4
0.4
8 Don Mueller
-
32.2
4
0.4
1.0
0.4
-1.0
1.4
-0.2
-0.0
-0.1
-0.5
0.5
0.7
-0.4
0.8
-0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
9 Joe Hicks
CF
26.2
8
0.3
1.2
0.3
-1.7
1.7
-0.3
-0.0
-0.2
-0.9
-0.1
1.4
0.3
0.6
-0.0
0.2
-0.1
0.8
-0.6
10 Ron Jackson
1B
25.7
16
0.2
-0.6
1.5
1.6
-1.5
0.4
-0.1
0.6
2.1
1.9
-0.2
-0.5
-0.8
0.9
1.0
-0.1
-0.2
0.0
11 Earl Battey
C
24.5
72
-0.1
-2.4
-0.1
3.5
-2.4
-1.9
1.5
0.4
2.3
-4.6
-1.5
1.5
0.5
-0.4
-2.1
-0.6
-1.0
0.0
12 Cam Carreon
C
21.9
1
-0.2
-0.3
-0.4
-0.2
-0.2
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.1
0.1
-0.3
-0.1
-0.3
-0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
13 Ted Kluszewski
1B
34.8
112
-0.3
4.1
0.4
-6.5
7.0
-2.2
0.3
-0.6
-3.7
3.1
2.7
-1.2
0.6
-0.6
1.3
-1.2
-0.9
-0.6
14 J.C. Martin
3B
22.6
4
-0.3
-0.0
-0.6
-1.0
0.4
-0.2
-0.0
-0.1
-0.5
-0.5
-0.3
-0.4
-0.2
-0.0
-0.8
-0.0
-0.1
0.0
15 Jim McAnany
RF
22.8
231
-1.6
4.1
-9.4
-15.9
9.4
-0.3
1.6
-5.2
-13.5
1.1
2.9
-2.0
6.1
-0.3
-1.1
-0.4
-0.8
0.1
16 Lou Skizas
LF
27.1
16
-2.0
-2.3
-4.1
-0.1
-1.5
-0.6
-0.1
-0.4
-1.8
-0.1
-1.2
1.5
-1.8
-0.1
1.5
-0.1
-0.2
0.0
17 Larry Doby
RF
35.6
60
-3.3
-0.9
-5.7
-8.0
2.4
-1.3
0.6
-1.4
-4.9
-6.0
-3.6
-3.4
-2.9
-0.3
-8.1
0.5
0.2
0.4
18 Al Smith
LF
31.4
529
-3.8
-9.2
2.0
8.9
-9.1
-5.2
0.7
5.1
11.2
-12.1
-8.3
-2.0
-10.0
2.0
-11.4
2.5
4.9
-0.6
19 Harry Simpson
RF
33.6
79
-4.0
-5.2
-2.4
-1.1
-6.7
2.0
0.5
0.1
2.8
-4.7
-7.8
-3.2
-6.6
-0.5
-6.9
-0.4
-0.6
0.0
20 Bubba Phillips
3B
31.4
415
-4.4
2.8
-4.6
-20.9
1.1
10.5
-1.6
-4.4
-7.4
20.8
-3.3
-10.8
-1.9
1.6
5.4
-2.5
-3.6
-0.3
21 Jim Rivera
RF
36.9
192
-4.7
-6.4
-1.4
-0.8
-8.8
1.8
2.9
-0.5
5.1
3.5
-11.8
-6.4
-10.4
-0.1
-3.7
3.8
6.1
-0.0
22 Del Ennis
LF
34.1
100
-5.0
-3.6
-4.6
-7.2
-2.9
2.0
-0.6
-0.2
-1.0
1.7
-7.7
-5.1
-6.9
-0.6
-3.7
-0.6
-1.0
0.0
23 Sammy Esposito
3B
27.5
81
-5.1
-5.9
-10.9
-2.0
-3.9
-2.2
-0.5
-0.8
-4.9
-6.5
-3.5
3.7
-4.2
-0.5
-1.4
-0.7
-0.1
-0.6
24 Luis Aparicio
SS
25.2
686
-7.1
-0.0
-37.5
-6.2
19.4
-9.6
0.7
-9.6
-37.5
41.1
-7.7
-9.4
-16.0
-0.9
22.2
50.2
59.5
14.0
25 Johnny Callison
LF
20.3
118
-7.5
-8.7
-10.8
-1.2
-7.0
-1.4
-0.7
0.2
-2.1
-6.2
-6.6
2.3
-9.3
0.3
-2.5
-0.9
-0.5
-0.6
26 Billy Goodman
3B
33.3
291
-8.0
-1.8
-19.2
-24.0
4.3
3.1
-0.7
-5.9
-17.4
14.2
-6.5
-7.5
-2.9
0.3
3.5
0.4
-1.1
1.1
5587
-0.3
2.1
-87.2
-5.0
25.2
-13.8
9.7
-34.3
-89.3
133.1
44.8
38.4
30.7
16.3
140.3
60.0
81.6
10.0
 
#
R
H
K
1 Early Wynn
P
39.5
103
8.5
7.6
16.2
12.3
2.0
5.3
-0.3
1.4
8.6
8.7
12.4
4.2
13.7
0.7
5.8
-0.3
-0.3
0.0
2 Billy Pierce
P
32.2
81
2.3
2.0
3.5
4.5
1.3
-0.5
1.8
-0.5
1.5
8.0
5.3
3.2
5.3
-0.2
4.6
-0.2
-0.3
0.0
3 Jerry Staley
P
38.9
20
0.6
-0.1
-0.8
1.6
-0.1
-0.4
-0.1
-0.1
-0.7
0.1
1.9
2.1
1.6
-0.1
2.1
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
4 Turk Lown
P
35.1
13
0.4
1.1
0.4
-0.3
1.6
-0.2
-0.0
-0.1
-0.6
0.3
1.4
0.4
1.8
-0.0
0.4
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
5 Joe Stanka
P
27.9
3
0.2
0.5
0.4
-0.3
0.7
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.2
-0.2
0.4
-0.1
0.5
-0.0
-0.2
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
6 Dick Donovan
P
31.6
69
0.1
-1.9
2.0
5.3
-4.5
2.8
-0.2
0.6
3.9
-14.5
-0.0
1.7
0.2
-0.2
-1.0
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
7 Rudy Arias
P
28.1
4
-0.2
-0.6
-0.9
-0.4
-0.4
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.2
-1.0
-0.8
-0.2
-0.7
-0.0
-0.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
8 Ken McBride
P
23.9
6
-0.2
0.0
-0.3
-0.7
0.4
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.3
-0.5
-0.2
-0.3
-0.0
-0.0
-0.4
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
9 Barry Latman
P
23.1
55
-1.1
-1.6
-3.1
-0.2
-0.9
-0.0
-0.2
-0.3
-1.5
10.3
-0.5
1.4
-0.5
-0.2
3.3
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
10 Ray Moore
P
33.1
25
-1.2
-1.7
-1.9
-0.6
-1.7
0.5
-0.1
-0.2
-0.2
-4.6
-1.7
-0.2
-2.3
-0.1
-1.1
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
11 Bob Shaw
P
26.0
88
-2.9
-2.9
-5.8
-2.2
-1.5
-0.7
-0.3
-0.5
-2.9
3.8
-1.5
0.8
-3.0
-0.3
1.5
-0.2
-0.2
0.0
467
6.5
2.3
9.7
19.0
-3.3
6.5
0.5
0.1
7.5
10.5
16.8
13.0
16.6
-0.3
14.8
-1.1
-1.2
0.0

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