1954 Chicago White Sox season explained

Chicago White Sox
Season:	1954
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Comiskey Park
City:	Chicago
Owners:	Grace Comiskey
General Managers:	Frank Lane
Managers:	Paul Richards, Marty Marion
Television:	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)
Radio:	WCFL (Bob Elson, Don Wells)

The 1954 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 54th season in the major leagues, and its 55th season overall. They finished with a record of 94–60, good enough for third place in the American League, 17 games behind the first place Cleveland Indians.

The 1954 Pale Hose were managed for their first 145 games by fourth-year skipper Paul Richards. But on September 13, 1954, Richards turned in his resignation to join the seventh-place Baltimore Orioles as both field manager and general manager. He departed with Chicago in third place at 91–54, 13 games behind Cleveland. Coach Marty Marion took the reins and directed the White Sox to a 3–6 record through season's end.

Offseason

• November 30, 1953: Al Sima was drafted by the White Sox from the Washington Senators in the 1953 rule 5 draft.^[1]
• November 30, 1953: Carl Sawatski was selected off waivers by the White Sox from the Chicago Cubs.^[2]
• February 5, 1954: Neil Berry and Sam Mele were traded by the White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Johnny Groth and Johnny Lipon.^[3]

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

• Chico Carrasquel, SS
• Nellie Fox, 2B
• Bob Boyd, LF
• Minnie Miñoso, 3B
• Ferris Fain, 1B
• Sherm Lollar, C
• Jim Rivera, RF
• Johnny Groth, CF
• Billy Pierce, P

Notable transactions

• June 11, 1954: Sonny Dixon, Al Sima, Bill Wilson, and $20,000 was traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics for Morrie Martin and Ed McGhee.^[4]

Roster

1954 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Matt Batts, C	55	158	16	36	7	1	3	19	17	15	.228	0
Bob Boyd, LF,1B	29	56	10	10	3	0	0	5	4	3	.179	2
Bob Cain, PR	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Chico Carrasquel, SS	155	620	106	158	28	3	12	62	85	67	.255	7
Phil Cavarretta, 1B,RF,LF	71	158	21	50	6	0	3	24	26	12	.316	4
Ferris Fain, 1B	65	235	30	71	10	1	5	51	40	14	.302	5
Nellie Fox, 2B	155	631	111	201	24	8	2	47	51	12	.319	16
Johnny Groth, CF,LF	125	422	41	116	20	0	7	60	42	37	.275	3
Grady Hatton, 3B	13	30	3	5	1	0	0	3	5	3	.167	1
Ron Jackson, 1B	40	93	10	26	4	0	4	10	6	20	.280	2
Stan Jok, 3B	3	12	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	2	.167	0
George Kell, 1B,3B	71	233	25	66	10	0	5	48	18	12	.283	1
Joe Kirrene, 3B	9	23	4	7	1	0	0	4	5	2	.304	1
Sherm Lollar, C	107	316	31	77	13	0	7	34	37	28	.244	0
Fred Marsh, 3B	62	98	21	30	5	2	0	4	9	16	.306	4
Willard Marshall, RF,LF	47	71	7	18	2	0	1	7	11	9	.254	0
Ed McGhee, OF	42	75	12	17	1	0	0	5	12	8	.227	5
Cass Michaels, 3B	101	282	35	74	13	2	7	44	56	31	.262	10
Minnie Miñoso, LF,RF,CF,3B	153	568	119	182	29	18	19	116	77	46	.320	18
Don Nicholas, PR,PH	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0
Jim Rivera, RF,CF	145	490	62	140	16	8	13	61	49	68	.286	18
Carl Sawatski, C	43	109	6	20	3	3	1	12	15	20	.183	0
Bud Stewart, RF	18	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	.077	0
Bill Wilson, LF,RF	20	35	4	6	1	0	2	5	7	5	.171	0
Red Wilson, C	8	20	2	4	0	0	1	1	1	2	.200	0

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Sandy Consuegra, P	39	48	4	11	0	0	0	3	3	11	.229	0
Fritz Dorish, P	37	27	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	.111	0
Mike Fornieles, P	16	11	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	1
Jack Harshman, P	36	56	6	8	1	0	2	5	12	21	.143	0
Don Johnson, P	46	35	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	12	.029	0
Bob Keegan, P	32	75	5	9	2	1	0	7	4	11	.120	0
Morrie Martin, P	35	15	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	6	.133	0
Billy Pierce, P	38	57	4	11	0	0	0	5	4	12	.193	0
Al Sima, P	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Dick Strahs, P	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Virgil Trucks, P	40	93	5	17	2	0	0	8	1	21	.183	0
	155	5168	711	1382	203	47	94	655	604	536	.267	98

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Sandy Consuegra	16	3	2.69	39	17	3	154.0	142	52	46	9	35	31
Fritz Dorish	6	4	2.72	37	6	6	109.0	88	35	33	9	29	48
Tom Flanigan	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0
Mike Fornieles	1	2	4.29	15	6	1	42.0	41	24	20	4	14	18
Jack Harshman	14	8	2.95	35	21	1	177.0	157	61	58	7	96	134
Don Johnson	8	7	3.13	46	16	7	144.0	129	53	50	14	43	68
Bob Keegan	16	9	3.09	31	27	2	209.2	211	84	72	16	82	61
Morrie Martin	5	4	2.06	35	2	5	70.0	52	18	16	5	24	31
Billy Pierce	9	10	3.48	36	26	3	188.2	179	86	73	15	86	148
Al Sima	0	1	5.14	5	1	1	7.0	11	5	4	1	2	1
Dick Strahs	0	0	5.65	9	0	1	14.1	16	10	9	0	8	8
Virgil Trucks	19	12	2.79	40	33	3	264.2	224	87	82	13	95	152
Vito Valentinetti	0	0	54.00	1	0	0	1.0	4	6	6	1	2	1
	94	60	3.05	155	155	33	1383.0	1255	521	469	94	517	701

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

• 1954 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/simaal01.shtml Al Sima page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sawatca01.shtml Carl Sawatski page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grothjo01.shtml Johnny Groth page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martimo01.shtml Morrie Martin page at Baseball Reference
5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997