⭐ Division Winner

1959 Chicago White Sox

94-60 • 0.610 Win% • 1st in AL

📊 Season Record

94 Wins
60 Losses
0.610 Win %
1st Rank
669 R 588 RA
Diff +81

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⚡ Quick Stats

669 Runs Scored
588 Runs Allowed
+81 Run Diff
1,422K Attendance

📈 vs. 1959 AL Average

Batting Avg .250 1% below the 1959 league average (.253)
OBP .324 1% above the 1959 league average (.321)
SLG .305 8% below the 1959 league average (.331)
Team ERA 3.29 15% better than the 1959 league average (3.86)
Runs Scored 669 1% below the 1959 league average (674 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumComiskey Park
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 1,422,862
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Avg per Game 18,241

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Nellie Fox 0.306 2 Ted Kluszewski 0.297 3 John Romano 0.294 4 Jim McAnany 0.276 5 Jim Landis 0.272

Home Runs

1 Sherm Lollar 22 2 Al Smith 17 3 Earl Torgeson 9 4 Luis Aparicio 6 5 Jim Landis 5

RBI

1 Sherm Lollar 84 2 Nellie Fox 70 3 Jim Landis 60 4 Al Smith 55 5 Luis Aparicio 51
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Nellie Fox 156 624 84 191 0 0 2 70 71 13 5 0.306
Luis Aparicio 152 612 98 157 0 0 6 51 53 40 56 0.257
Jim Landis 149 515 78 140 0 0 5 60 78 68 20 0.272
Sherm Lollar 140 505 63 134 0 0 22 84 55 49 4 0.265
Al Smith 129 472 65 112 0 0 17 55 46 74 7 0.237
Bubba Phillips 117 379 43 100 0 0 5 40 27 28 1 0.264
Earl Torgeson 127 277 40 61 0 0 9 45 62 55 7 0.220
Billy Goodman 104 268 21 67 0 0 1 28 19 20 3 0.250
Jim McAnany 67 210 22 58 0 0 0 27 19 26 2 0.276
Jim Rivera 80 177 18 39 0 0 4 19 11 19 5 0.220
John Romano 53 126 20 37 0 0 5 25 23 18 0 0.294
Johnny Callison 49 104 12 18 0 0 3 12 13 20 0 0.173
Norm Cash 58 104 16 25 0 0 4 16 18 9 1 0.240
Ted Kluszewski 31 101 11 30 0 0 2 10 9 10 0 0.297
Del Ennis 26 96 10 21 0 0 2 7 4 10 0 0.219
Early Wynn 37 90 11 22 0 0 2 8 9 18 0 0.244
Harry Simpson 38 75 5 14 0 0 2 13 4 14 0 0.187
Bob Shaw 47 73 7 9 0 0 0 2 5 19 0 0.123
Billy Pierce 34 68 3 13 0 0 0 7 7 13 0 0.191
Sammy Esposito 69 66 12 11 0 0 1 5 11 16 0 0.167
Earl Battey 26 64 9 14 0 0 2 7 8 13 0 0.219
Dick Donovan 31 61 4 8 0 0 1 5 5 32 0 0.131
Larry Doby 21 58 1 14 0 0 0 9 2 13 1 0.241
Barry Latman 37 47 3 6 0 0 0 6 4 4 0 0.128
Ray Moore 29 23 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 0.087
Ray Boone 9 21 3 5 0 0 1 5 7 5 1 0.238
Ron Jackson 10 14 3 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0.214
Lou Skizas 8 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0.077
Gerry Staley 67 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0.154
Turk Lown 60 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.250
Joe Hicks 6 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.429
Ken McBride 11 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.167
Rudy Arias 34 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
J. C. Martin 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.250
Don Mueller 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Joe Stanka 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.333
Cam Carreon 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gary Peters 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Claude Raymond 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Don Rudolph 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Gerry Staley 2.24 2 Bob Shaw 2.69 3 Turk Lown 2.89 4 Early Wynn 3.17 5 Billy Pierce 3.62

Wins

1 Early Wynn 22 2 Bob Shaw 18 3 Billy Pierce 14 4 Dick Donovan 9 5 Turk Lown 9

Strikeouts

1 Early Wynn 179 2 Billy Pierce 114 3 Barry Latman 97 4 Bob Shaw 89 5 Dick Donovan 71
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Early Wynn 22 10 3.17 37 37 0 255.2 119 179
Bob Shaw 18 6 2.69 47 26 3 230.2 54 89
Billy Pierce 14 15 3.62 34 33 0 224.0 62 114
Dick Donovan 9 10 3.66 31 29 0 179.2 58 71
Barry Latman 8 5 3.75 37 21 0 156.0 72 97
Gerry Staley 8 5 2.24 67 0 14 116.1 25 54
Turk Lown 9 2 2.89 60 0 15 93.1 42 63
Ray Moore 3 6 4.12 29 8 0 89.2 46 49
Rudy Arias 2 0 4.09 34 0 2 44.0 20 28
Ken McBride 0 1 3.18 11 2 1 22.2 17 12
Joe Stanka 1 0 3.38 2 0 0 5.1 4 3
Claude Raymond 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 4.0 2 1
Don Rudolph 0 0 0.00 4 0 1 3.0 2 0
Gary Peters 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 1.0 2 1

🏆 Postseason Results

World Series
Lost to LAN 4-2

👥 Roster (40)

Luis Aparicio Rudy Arias Earl Battey Ray Boone Johnny Callison Cam Carreon Norm Cash Larry Doby Dick Donovan Del Ennis Sammy Esposito Nellie Fox +28 more

40 players

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