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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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

Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
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via
1 Billy Pierce
SP
32.2
2.1
13.7
6.1
11
N
11
10
1948
 Trade DET AL
2 Nellie Fox
2B
31.5
6.0
30.3
14.9
10
N
10
19
1949
 Trade PHA AL
3 Sherm Lollar
C
34.9
3.4
21.6
8.6
8
N
11
27
1951
 Trade SLA AL
4 Jim Rivera
RF
36.9
-1.1
3.6
0.1
8
N
7
28
1952
 Trade SLA AL
5 Sammy Esposito
3B
27.5
-0.2
1.0
-0.8
6
Y
1
1
1952
 Free Agency (1st Tm)
6 Ron Jackson
1B
25.7
0.2
0.4
0.1
6
Y
6
15
1954
 Free Agency (Bonus Baby)
7 Earl Battey
C
24.5
0.2
2.5
0.8
5
Y
1
1
1953
 Free Agency (Amateur)
8 Dick Donovan
SP
31.6
0.9
9.8
3.7
5
N
9
7
1954
 Purchased ML1 NL
9 Luis Aparicio
SS
25.2
3.3
19.2
4.0
4
Y
1
1
1954
 Free Agency (Amateur)
10 Bubba Phillips
3B
31.4
1.4
11.4
2.9
4
N
11
30
1955
 Trade DET AL
11 Jerry Staley
RP
38.9
2.6
15.3
10.4
4
N
5
28
1956
 Waivers NYA AL
12 Jim Landis
CF
25.3
5.7
25.8
12.8
3
Y
1
1
1952
 Free Agency (Amateur)
13 Don Rudolph
RP
27.9
0.2
0.5
0.4
3
Y
1
1
1952
 Unknown Jessup (Georgia State
14 Barry Latman
SP
23.1
0.6
8.9
3.4
3
Y
1
1
1955
 Free Agency (Amateur)
15 Earl Torgeson
1B
35.5
0.2
7.8
1.9
3
N
6
14
1957
 Trade DET AL
16 Johnny Romano
C
24.9
1.3
7.5
4.0
2
Y
1
1
1954
 Free Agency (Amateur)
17 Jim McAnany
RF
22.8
0.5
6.2
1.9
2
Y
1
1
1955
 Free Agency (Amateur)
18 Norm Cash
1B
24.6
0.4
3.9
1.7
2
Y
5
21
1955
 Free Agency (Amateur)
19 Johnny Callison
LF
20.3
-0.6
0.8
-1.4
2
Y
6
14
1957
 Free Agency (Amateur)
20 Billy Goodman
3B
33.3
1.6
6.0
0.4
2
N
12
3
1957
 Trade BAL AL
21 Ray Moore
SP
33.1
-0.2
3.3
0.0
2
N
12
3
1957
 Trade BAL AL
22 Early Wynn
SP
39.5
3.9
22.2
13.5
2
N
12
4
1957
 Trade CLE AL
23 Al Smith
LF
31.4
2.3
13.6
3.8
2
N
12
4
1957
 Trade CLE AL
24 Don Mueller
-
32.2
0.1
0.3
0.2
2
N
3
21
1958
 Purchased SFN NL
25 Ray Boone
1B
35.9
0.2
1.1
0.6
2
N
6
15
1958
 Trade DET AL
26 Bob Shaw
SP
26.0
4.6
23.2
15.1
2
N
6
15
1958
 Trade DET AL
27 Turk Lown
RP
35.1
2.1
12.6
8.6
2
N
6
23
1958
 Waivers CIN NL
28 Rudy Arias
RP
28.1
-0.2
2.1
0.3
1
Y
1
1
1953
 Free Agency (Amateur)
29 Joe Hicks
CF
26.2
0.1
0.4
0.2
1
Y
1
1
1953
 Free Agency (Amateur)
30 Cam Carreon
C
21.9
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
1
Y
1
1
1956
 Free Agency (Amateur)
31 J.C. Martin
3B
22.6
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
1
Y
1
1
1956
 Free Agency (Amateur)
32 Gary Peters
RP
22.2
0.1
0.2
0.1
1
Y
1
1
1956
 Free Agency (Amateur)
33 Lou Skizas
LF
27.1
-0.2
0.1
-0.1
1
N
12
1
1958
 Draft (Rule 5) DET AL
34 Claude Raymond
RP
22.2
-0.1
0.0
-0.2
1
N
12
1
1958
 Draft (Rule 5) ML1 NL
35 Del Ennis
LF
34.1
-0.8
0.8
-1.0
1
N
5
1
1959
 Trade CIN NL
36 Harry Simpson
RF
33.6
-0.1
0.5
-0.8
1
N
5
3
1959
 Trade KC1 AL
37 Larry Doby
RF
35.6
-0.4
0.5
-0.6
1
N
5
13
1959
 Purchased DET AL
38 Ken McBride
SW
23.9
-0.0
1.2
0.4
1
N
8
1
1959
 Purchased BOS AL
39 Joe Stanka
RP
27.9
0.1
0.6
0.4
1
N
8
7
1959
 Purchased Sacramento (PCL)
40 Ted Kluszewski
1B
34.8
0.2
2.6
0.7
1
N
8
25
1959
 Trade PIT NL
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Luis Aparicio SS Maracaibo (VE)
Rudy Arias RP Las Villas (Cuba)
Earl Battey C Watts, CA (US)
Ray Boone 1B San Diego, CA (US)
Johnny Callison LF Bakersfield, CA (US)
Cam Carreon C Colton, CA (US)
Norm Cash 1B Post, TX (US)
Larry Doby RF Paterson, NJ (US)
Dick Donovan SP North Quincy, MA (US)
Del Ennis LF Philadelphia, PA (US)
Sammy Esposito 3B Chicago, IL (US)
Nellie Fox 2B St. Thomas, PA (USA)
Billy Goodman 3B Concord, NC (USA)
Joe Hicks CF Charlottesville, VA (US)
Ron Jackson 1B Kalamazoo, PA (US)
Ted Kluszewski 1B Argo, IL (US)
Jim Landis CF Richmond, CA (US)
Barry Latman SP Los Angeles, CA (US)
Sherm Lollar C Fayetteville, AR (US)
Turk Lown RP Brooklyn, NY (US)
J.C. Martin 3B Ridgeway, VA (US)
Jim McAnany RF Los Angeles, CA (US)
Ken McBride SW Cleveland, OH (US)
Ray Moore SP Upper Marlboro, MD (US)
Don Mueller - Richmond Heights, MO (US)
Gary Peters RP Mercer, PA (US)
Bubba Phillips 3B Macon, MS (US)
Billy Pierce SP Highland Park, MI (US)
Claude Raymond RP St. Jean, PQ (CAN)
Jim Rivera RF Blauvelt, NY (US)
Johnny Romano C Hoboken, NJ (US)
Don Rudolph RP Baltimore, MD (USA)
Bob Shaw SP Bronx, NY (USA)
Harry Simpson RF Atlanta, GA (USA)
Lou Skizas LF Chicago, IL (US)
Al Smith LF Webster Groves, MO (US)
Jerry Staley RP Brush Prairie, WA (US)
Joe Stanka RP Waynoka, OK (US)
Earl Torgeson 1B Snohomish, WA (US)
Early Wynn SP Geneva County, AL (US)

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