1959 Chicago White Sox Stats, Awards, and Rosters

Record: 94–60 (.610), 1st place in American League
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
Al Smith 129 477 65 112 16 4 17 55 46 74 7 5 .235 .308 .392 .700
Barry Latman 37 49 3 6 1 0 0 6 4 4 0 0 .122 .182 .143 .325
Billy Goodman 104 270 21 67 14 1 1 28 19 20 3 0 .248 .302 .319 .621
Billy Pierce 34 74 3 13 1 2 0 7 7 13 0 0 .176 .247 .243 .490
Bob Shaw 47 83 7 9 1 0 0 2 5 19 0 0 .108 .159 .120 .280
Bubba Phillips 117 383 43 100 27 1 5 40 27 28 1 1 .261 .316 .376 .692
Cam Carreon 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Del Ennis 26 96 10 21 6 0 2 7 4 10 0 0 .219 .250 .344 .594
Dick Donovan 31 64 4 8 4 0 1 5 5 32 0 0 .125 .188 .234 .423
Don Mueller 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Earl Battey 26 64 9 14 1 2 2 7 8 13 0 0 .219 .306 .391 .696
Earl Torgeson 127 278 40 61 5 3 9 45 62 55 7 6 .219 .358 .356 .714
Early Wynn 37 92 11 22 7 0 2 8 9 18 0 0 .239 .311 .380 .691
Gerry Staley 67 17 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 .118 .250 .118 .368
Harry Simpson 38 75 5 14 5 1 2 13 4 14 0 0 .187 .228 .360 .588
J. C. Martin 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Jim McAnany 67 211 22 58 9 3 0 27 19 26 2 1 .275 .338 .346 .684
Jim Landis 149 528 78 140 26 7 5 60 78 68 20 9 .265 .363 .369 .732
Jim Rivera 80 177 18 39 9 4 4 19 11 19 5 3 .220 .266 .384 .650
Joe Hicks 6 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .429 .500 .429 .929
Joe Stanka 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
John Romano 53 129 20 37 5 1 5 25 23 18 0 1 .287 .399 .457 .856
Johnny Callison 49 104 12 18 3 0 3 12 13 20 0 1 .173 .271 .288 .560
Ken McBride 11 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Larry Doby 21 58 1 14 1 1 0 9 2 13 1 0 .241 .267 .293 .560
Lou Skizas 8 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 .077 .250 .077 .327
Luis Aparicio 152 623 98 157 18 5 6 51 53 40 56 13 .252 .310 .326 .636
Nellie Fox 156 633 84 191 34 6 2 70 71 13 5 6 .302 .376 .384 .760
Norm Cash 58 105 16 25 0 1 4 16 18 9 1 1 .238 .369 .371 .741
Ray Moore 29 24 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 .083 .120 .125 .245
Ray Boone 9 21 3 5 0 0 1 5 7 5 1 0 .238 .400 .381 .781
Ron Jackson 10 14 3 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 .214 .312 .500 .812
Rudy Arias 34 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Sammy Esposito 69 69 12 11 1 0 1 5 11 16 0 1 .159 .272 .217 .489
Sherm Lollar 140 507 63 134 22 3 22 84 55 49 4 3 .264 .344 .450 .793
Ted Kluszewski 31 102 11 30 2 1 2 10 9 10 0 1 .294 .348 .392 .740
Turk Lown 60 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .250 .308 .250 .558
– 154 5,381 669 1,325 220 46 97 620 580 634 113 53 .246 .323 .358 .681

Pitching Stats

Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
Barry Latman 37 156.0 8 5 0 0 0 138 71 65 72 4 97 21 0 5 2 3.75 1.35
Billy Pierce 34 224.0 14 15 0 0 0 217 98 90 62 3 114 33 0 12 2 3.62 1.25
Bob Shaw 47 230.2 18 6 3 0 0 217 72 69 54 6 89 26 0 8 3 2.69 1.17
Claude Raymond 3 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.75
Dick Donovan 31 179.2 9 10 0 0 0 171 84 73 58 5 71 29 0 5 1 3.66 1.27
Don Rudolph 4 3.0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00
Early Wynn 37 255.2 22 10 0 0 0 202 106 90 119 9 179 37 0 14 5 3.17 1.26
Gary Peters 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.00
Gerry Staley 67 116.1 8 5 14 0 0 111 39 29 25 0 54 0 0 0 0 2.24 1.17
Joe Stanka 2 5.1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 3.37 1.13
Ken McBride 11 22.2 0 1 1 0 0 20 11 8 17 0 12 2 0 0 0 3.18 1.63
Ray Moore 29 89.2 3 6 0 0 0 86 46 41 46 1 49 8 0 0 0 4.12 1.47
Rudy Arias 34 44.0 2 0 2 0 0 49 23 20 20 1 28 0 0 0 0 4.09 1.57
Turk Lown 60 93.1 9 2 15 0 0 73 32 30 42 2 63 0 0 0 0 2.89 1.23
– 154 1425.1 94 60 36 0 0 1,297 588 521 525 31 761 156 0 44 13 3.29 1.28

Fielding Stats

Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
Barry Latman P 37 5 13 1 19 1 - - - .947 0.49
Billy Pierce P 34 11 40 2 53 4 - - - .962 1.50
Bob Shaw P 47 17 46 2 65 3 - - - .969 1.34
Claude Raymond P 3 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.33
Dick Donovan P 31 11 26 4 41 1 - - - .902 1.19
Don Rudolph P 4 1 1 0 2 1 - - - 1.000 0.50
Early Wynn P 37 6 39 2 47 2 - - - .957 1.22
Gary Peters P 2 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Gerry Staley P 67 7 19 2 28 3 - - - .929 0.39
Joe Stanka P 2 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Ken McBride P 11 0 9 1 10 0 - - - .900 0.82
Ray Moore P 29 3 14 1 18 0 - - - .944 0.59
Rudy Arias P 34 3 10 0 13 0 - - - 1.000 0.38
Turk Lown P 60 2 21 1 24 0 - - - .958 0.38
Cam Carreon C 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 .0 1.000 3.00
Earl Battey C 20 92 10 1 103 1 5 4 .4 .990 5.10
John Romano C 38 169 16 4 189 5 14 6 .3 .979 4.87
Sherm Lollar C 122 623 51 5 679 14 37 27 .4 .993 5.52
Earl Torgeson 1B 103 717 37 13 767 58 - - - .983 7.32
Harry Simpson 1B 1 9 0 1 10 0 - - - .900 9.00
Larry Doby 1B 2 13 1 1 15 3 - - - .933 7.00
Norm Cash 1B 31 231 14 4 249 19 - - - .984 7.90
Ray Boone 1B 6 37 5 2 44 2 - - - .955 7.00
Ron Jackson 1B 5 30 1 0 31 3 - - - 1.000 6.20
Sherm Lollar 1B 24 177 17 1 195 19 - - - .995 8.08
Ted Kluszewski 1B 29 220 10 0 230 13 - - - 1.000 7.93
Billy Goodman 2B 3 4 5 0 9 1 - - - 1.000 3.00
Nellie Fox 2B 156 364 453 10 827 93 - - - .988 5.24
Sammy Esposito 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Al Smith 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Billy Goodman 3B 74 57 135 10 202 10 - - - .950 2.59
Bubba Phillips 3B 100 90 202 15 307 13 - - - .951 2.92
J. C. Martin 3B 2 0 2 1 3 0 - - - .667 1.00
Sammy Esposito 3B 45 22 25 1 48 1 - - - .979 1.04
Luis Aparicio SS 152 282 460 23 765 87 - - - .970 4.88
Sammy Esposito SS 14 17 32 1 50 5 - - - .980 3.50
Al Smith CF 128 283 8 6 297 2 - - - .980 2.27
Bubba Phillips CF 23 37 0 0 37 0 - - - 1.000 1.61
Del Ennis CF 25 28 2 3 33 0 - - - .909 1.20
Harry Simpson CF 12 18 0 1 19 0 - - - .947 1.50
Jim McAnany CF 67 106 6 4 116 4 - - - .966 1.67
Jim Landis CF 148 420 10 3 433 2 - - - .993 2.91
Jim Rivera CF 69 75 5 2 82 3 - - - .976 1.16
Joe Hicks CF 4 3 1 0 4 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Johnny Callison CF 41 54 3 1 58 0 - - - .983 1.39
Larry Doby CF 12 20 1 1 22 1 - - - .955 1.75
Lou Skizas CF 6 6 1 0 7 0 - - - 1.000 1.17
– 154 4,273 1,752 130 6,155 374 56 37 .4 .979 3.23

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
Al Smith 6 20 1 5 3 0 0 1 4 4 0 0 .250 .375 .400 .775
Billy Goodman 5 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 .231 .286 .231 .516
Billy Pierce 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bob Shaw 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Bubba Phillips 3 10 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .400 .700
Dick Donovan 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Earl Torgeson 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Early Wynn 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600
Gerry Staley 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Jim McAnany 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
Jim Landis 6 24 6 7 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 0 .292 .346 .292 .638
Jim Rivera 5 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 .000 .214 .000 .214
John Romano 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Luis Aparicio 6 27 1 8 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 .296 .345 .333 .678
Nellie Fox 6 24 4 9 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 .375 .464 .500 .964
Norm Cash 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ray Moore 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Sammy Esposito 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Sherm Lollar 6 22 3 5 0 0 1 5 1 3 0 0 .227 .250 .364 .614
Ted Kluszewski 6 23 5 9 1 0 3 10 2 0 0 0 .391 .440 .826 1.266
Turk Lown 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
– 6 202 23 52 10 0 4 19 20 33 2 3 .257 .329 .366 .695

Pitching Stats

Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
Billy Pierce 3 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00
Bob Shaw 2 14.0 1 1 0 0 0 17 4 4 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 2.57 1.36
Dick Donovan 3 8.1 0 1 1 0 0 4 5 5 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 5.40 0.84
Early Wynn 3 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 19 9 8 4 0 10 3 0 0 0 5.54 1.77
Gerry Staley 4 8.1 0 1 1 0 0 8 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2.16 0.96
Ray Moore 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.00
Turk Lown 3 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90
– 154 52.0 2 4 2 0 0 53 21 20 12 0 27 6 0 0 0 3.46 1.25

Fielding Stats

Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
Billy Pierce P 3 0 0 1 1 0 - - - .000 0.00
Bob Shaw P 2 0 4 0 4 0 - - - 1.000 2.00
Dick Donovan P 3 1 1 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 0.67
Early Wynn P 3 1 3 0 4 0 - - - 1.000 1.33
Gerry Staley P 4 1 1 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 0.50
Ray Moore P 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Turk Lown P 3 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Sherm Lollar C 6 29 5 0 34 0 0 0 .0 1.000 5.67
Earl Torgeson 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Ted Kluszewski 1B 6 58 3 0 61 2 - - - 1.000 10.17
Nellie Fox 2B 6 14 23 0 37 2 - - - 1.000 6.17
Billy Goodman 3B 5 1 2 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 0.60
Bubba Phillips 3B 3 3 3 0 6 0 - - - 1.000 2.00
Sammy Esposito 3B 2 1 0 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.50
Luis Aparicio SS 6 10 16 2 28 2 - - - .929 4.33
Al Smith LF 6 10 0 0 10 0 - - - 1.000 1.67
Jim McAnany LF 1 1 0 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Jim Landis CF 6 9 0 1 10 0 - - - .900 1.50
Al Smith RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Bubba Phillips RF 1 3 0 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 3.00
Jim McAnany RF 2 4 0 0 4 0 - - - 1.000 2.00
Jim Rivera RF 5 10 1 0 11 0 - - - 1.000 2.20
– 6 156 62 4 222 6 0 0 .0 .982 1.65

Awards

Player Award Stats
Nellie Fox Most Valuable Player (2B) .302–2–70, 5 SB
Early Wynn Cy Young Award (P) 22–10, 179 SO, 3.17 ERA
Early Wynn All-Star (P) 22–10, 179 SO, 3.17 ERA
Billy Pierce All-Star (P) 14–15, 114 SO, 3.62 ERA
Early Wynn All-Star (P) 22–10, 179 SO, 3.17 ERA
Sherm Lollar All-Star (C) .264–22–84, 4 SB
Sherm Lollar All-Star (C) .264–22–84, 4 SB
Nellie Fox All-Star (2B) .302–2–70, 5 SB
Nellie Fox All-Star (2B) .302–2–70, 5 SB
Luis Aparicio All-Star (SS) .252–6–51, 56 SB
Luis Aparicio All-Star (SS) .252–6–51, 56 SB
Sherm Lollar Gold Glove (C) .993 FPct, RF
Nellie Fox Gold Glove (2B) .988 FPct, RF
Luis Aparicio Gold Glove (SS) .970 FPct, RF