1955 Chicago White Sox

91-63 • 0.591 Win% • 3rd in AL

📊 Season Record

91 Wins
63 Losses
0.591 Win %
3rd Rank
725 R 557 RA
Diff +168

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⚡ Quick Stats

725 Runs Scored
557 Runs Allowed
+168 Run Diff
1,173K Attendance

📈 vs. 1955 AL Average

Batting Avg .268 4% above the 1955 league average (.258)
OBP .340 2% above the 1955 league average (.334)
SLG .335 2% above the 1955 league average (.327)
Team ERA 3.37 15% better than the 1955 league average (3.96)
Runs Scored 725 6% above the 1955 league average (686 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumComiskey Park
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,173,684
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Avg per Game 15,242

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Johnny Groth 0.338 2 George Kell 0.312 3 Nellie Fox 0.311 4 Bob Kennedy 0.304 5 Minnie Miñoso 0.288

Home Runs

1 Walt Dropo 19 2 Sherm Lollar 16 3 Chico Carrasquel 11 4 Bob Nieman 11 5 Minnie Miñoso 10

RBI

1 George Kell 81 2 Walt Dropo 79 3 Minnie Miñoso 70 4 Sherm Lollar 61 5 Nellie Fox 59
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Nellie Fox 154 636 100 198 0 0 6 59 38 15 7 0.311
Chico Carrasquel 145 523 83 134 0 0 11 52 61 59 1 0.256
Minnie Miñoso 139 517 79 149 0 0 10 70 76 43 19 0.288
Jim Rivera 147 454 71 120 0 0 10 52 62 59 25 0.264
Walt Dropo 141 453 55 127 0 0 19 79 42 71 0 0.280
George Kell 128 429 44 134 0 0 8 81 51 36 2 0.312
Sherm Lollar 138 426 67 111 0 0 16 61 68 34 2 0.261
Jim Busby 99 337 38 82 0 0 1 27 25 37 7 0.243
Bob Nieman 99 272 36 77 0 0 11 53 36 37 1 0.283
Bob Kennedy 83 214 28 65 0 0 9 43 16 16 0 0.304
Johnny Groth 32 77 13 26 0 0 2 11 6 13 1 0.338
Dick Donovan 40 76 10 17 0 0 1 5 9 26 0 0.224
Ron Jackson 40 74 10 15 0 0 2 7 8 22 1 0.203
Billy Pierce 34 70 5 12 0 0 0 7 3 10 1 0.171
Virgil Trucks 32 64 2 8 0 0 0 6 0 12 0 0.125
Jack Harshman 32 60 6 11 0 0 2 8 9 17 0 0.183
Les Moss 32 59 5 15 0 0 2 7 6 10 0 0.254
Jim Brideweser 34 58 6 12 0 0 0 4 3 7 0 0.207
Vern Stephens 22 56 10 14 0 0 3 7 7 11 0 0.250
Willard Marshall 22 41 6 7 0 0 0 6 13 1 0 0.171
Clint Courtney 19 37 7 14 0 0 1 10 7 0 0 0.378
Connie Johnson 19 33 4 5 0 0 0 5 0 7 0 0.152
Harry Byrd 25 30 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.067
Sandy Consuegra 44 29 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0.103
Mike Fornieles 28 29 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.103
Bobby Adams 28 21 8 2 0 0 0 3 4 4 0 0.095
Dixie Howell 35 21 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0.381
Buddy Peterson 6 21 7 6 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0.286
Bob Keegan 18 18 0 6 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0.333
Gil Coan 17 17 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.176
Ron Northey 14 14 1 5 0 0 1 4 3 3 0 0.357
Ed McGhee 26 13 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 0.077
Morrie Martin 37 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.300
Earl Battey 5 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.286
Phil Cavarretta 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Sammy Esposito 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Stan Jok 6 4 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0.250
Ed White 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.500
Fritz Dorish 13 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Bob Chakales 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Al Papai 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Lloyd Merriman 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ted Gray 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Powell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Billy Pierce 1.97 2 Sandy Consuegra 2.64 3 Dixie Howell 2.93 4 Dick Donovan 3.32 5 Jack Harshman 3.36

Wins

1 Dick Donovan 15 2 Billy Pierce 15 3 Virgil Trucks 13 4 Jack Harshman 11 5 Dixie Howell 8

Strikeouts

1 Billy Pierce 157 2 Jack Harshman 116 3 Virgil Trucks 91 4 Dick Donovan 88 5 Connie Johnson 72
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Billy Pierce 15 10 1.97 33 26 1 205.2 64 157
Dick Donovan 15 9 3.32 29 24 0 187.0 48 88
Jack Harshman 11 7 3.36 32 23 0 179.1 97 116
Virgil Trucks 13 8 3.96 32 26 0 175.0 61 91
Sandy Consuegra 6 5 2.64 44 7 7 126.1 18 35
Connie Johnson 7 4 3.45 17 16 0 99.0 52 72
Harry Byrd 4 6 4.65 25 12 1 91.0 30 44
Mike Fornieles 6 3 3.86 26 9 2 86.1 29 23
Dixie Howell 8 3 2.93 35 0 9 73.2 25 25
Bob Keegan 2 5 5.83 18 11 0 58.2 28 29
Morrie Martin 2 3 3.63 37 0 2 52.0 20 22
Fritz Dorish 2 0 1.59 13 0 1 17.0 9 6
Bob Chakales 0 0 1.46 7 0 0 12.1 6 6
Al Papai 0 0 3.86 7 0 0 11.2 8 5
Ted Gray 0 0 18.00 2 1 0 3.0 2 1

👥 Roster (44)

Bobby Adams Earl Battey Jim Brideweser Jim Busby Harry Byrd Chico Carrasquel Phil Cavarretta Bob Chakales Gil Coan Sandy Consuegra Clint Courtney Dick Donovan +32 more

44 players

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