1956 Chicago White Sox

85-69 • 0.552 Win% • 3rd in AL

📊 Season Record

85 Wins
69 Losses
0.552 Win %
3rd Rank
776 R 634 RA
Diff +142

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⚡ Quick Stats

776 Runs Scored
634 Runs Allowed
+142 Run Diff
1,000K Attendance

📈 vs. 1956 AL Average

Batting Avg .267 3% above the 1956 league average (.260)
OBP .343 1% above the 1956 league average (.339)
SLG .339 1% above the 1956 league average (.337)
Team ERA 3.73 10% better than the 1956 league average (4.16)
Runs Scored 776 8% above the 1956 league average (720 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumComiskey Park
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,000,926
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Avg per Game 12,999

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Minnie Miñoso 0.316 2 George Kell 0.312 3 Jim Wilson 0.306 4 Nellie Fox 0.296 5 Sherm Lollar 0.293

Home Runs

1 Larry Doby 24 2 Minnie Miñoso 21 3 Jim Rivera 12 4 Sherm Lollar 11 5 Les Moss 10

RBI

1 Larry Doby 102 2 Minnie Miñoso 88 3 Sherm Lollar 75 4 Jim Rivera 66 5 Luis Aparicio 56
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Nellie Fox 154 649 109 192 0 0 4 52 44 14 8 0.296
Minnie Miñoso 151 545 106 172 0 0 21 88 86 40 12 0.316
Luis Aparicio 152 533 69 142 0 0 3 56 34 63 21 0.266
Larry Doby 140 504 89 135 0 0 24 102 102 105 0 0.268
Jim Rivera 139 491 76 125 0 0 12 66 49 75 20 0.255
Sherm Lollar 136 450 55 132 0 0 11 75 53 34 2 0.293
Walt Dropo 125 361 42 96 0 0 8 52 37 51 1 0.266
Fred Hatfield 106 321 46 84 0 0 7 33 37 36 1 0.262
Dave Philley 86 279 44 74 0 0 4 47 28 27 1 0.265
Sammy Esposito 81 184 30 42 0 0 3 25 41 19 1 0.228
Les Moss 56 127 20 31 0 0 10 22 18 15 0 0.244
Billy Pierce 39 102 6 16 0 0 0 3 3 22 0 0.157
Bubba Phillips 67 99 16 27 0 0 2 11 6 12 1 0.273
Dick Donovan 44 90 10 20 0 0 3 15 14 30 0 0.222
George Kell 21 80 7 25 0 0 1 11 8 6 0 0.312
Jack Harshman 36 71 8 12 0 0 6 19 11 21 0 0.169
Jim Wilson 28 62 6 19 0 0 1 8 1 13 0 0.306
Ron Jackson 22 56 7 12 0 0 1 4 10 13 1 0.214
Ron Northey 53 48 4 17 0 0 3 23 8 1 0 0.354
Jim Delsing 55 41 11 5 0 0 0 2 10 13 1 0.122
Bob Nieman 14 40 3 12 0 0 2 4 4 4 0 0.300
Bob Keegan 20 32 2 4 0 0 0 1 4 7 0 0.125
Gerry Staley 26 32 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 0.094
Dixie Howell 34 17 4 4 0 0 2 3 2 6 0 0.235
Bob Kennedy 8 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.077
Jim Brideweser 10 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.182
Howie Pollet 12 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.375
Paul LaPalme 29 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.000
Mike Fornieles 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.200
Morrie Martin 10 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.200
Jim McDonald 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Earl Battey 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.250
Sandy Consuegra 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Cal Abrams 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.333
Connie Johnson 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jim Derrington 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Ellis Kinder 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Harry Byrd 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jerry Dahlke 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Fischer 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dick Marlowe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Paul LaPalme 2.36 2 Gerry Staley 2.92 3 Jack Harshman 3.10 4 Billy Pierce 3.32 5 Dick Donovan 3.64

Wins

1 Billy Pierce 20 2 Jack Harshman 15 3 Dick Donovan 12 4 Jim Wilson 9 5 Gerry Staley 8

Strikeouts

1 Billy Pierce 192 2 Jack Harshman 143 3 Dick Donovan 120 4 Jim Wilson 82 5 Bob Keegan 32
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Billy Pierce 20 9 3.32 35 33 1 276.1 100 192
Dick Donovan 12 10 3.64 34 31 0 234.2 59 120
Jack Harshman 15 11 3.10 34 30 0 226.2 102 143
Jim Wilson 9 12 4.06 28 21 0 159.2 70 82
Bob Keegan 5 7 3.93 20 16 0 105.1 35 32
Gerry Staley 8 3 2.92 26 10 0 101.2 20 25
Dixie Howell 5 6 4.62 34 1 4 64.1 36 28
Paul LaPalme 3 1 2.36 29 0 2 45.2 27 23
Sandy Consuegra 1 2 5.17 28 1 3 38.1 11 7
Ellis Kinder 3 1 2.73 29 0 3 29.2 8 19
Howie Pollet 3 1 4.10 11 4 0 26.1 11 14
Jim McDonald 0 2 8.68 8 3 0 18.2 7 10
Morrie Martin 1 0 4.91 10 0 0 18.1 7 9
Mike Fornieles 0 1 4.60 6 0 0 15.2 6 6
Connie Johnson 0 1 3.65 5 2 0 12.1 7 6
Jim Derrington 0 1 7.50 1 1 0 6.0 6 3
Harry Byrd 0 1 10.38 3 1 0 4.1 4 0
Jerry Dahlke 0 0 19.29 5 0 0 2.1 6 1
Bill Fischer 0 0 21.60 3 0 0 1.2 1 2
Dick Marlowe 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0

👥 Roster (41)

Cal Abrams Luis Aparicio Earl Battey Jim Brideweser Harry Byrd Sandy Consuegra Jerry Dahlke Jim Delsing Jim Derrington Larry Doby Dick Donovan Walt Dropo +29 more

41 players

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