1956 Chicago White Sox season explained

Chicago White Sox
Season:	1956
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Comiskey Park
City:	Chicago
Owners:	Grace Comiskey, Dorothy Comiskey Rigney
General Managers:	Chuck Comiskey/Johnny Rigney
Managers:	Marty Marion
Television:	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
Radio:	WCFL (Bob Elson, Don Wells)

The 1956 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 56th season in the major leagues, and its 57th season overall. They finished with a record of 85–69, good enough for third place in the American League, 12 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

Offseason

• October 25, 1955: Chico Carrasquel and Jim Busby were traded by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Larry Doby.^[1]

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

• Jim Rivera, RF
• Nellie Fox, 2B
• Larry Doby, CF
• Bob Kennedy, 3B
• Minnie Miñoso, LF
• Sherm Lollar, C
• Walt Dropo, 1B
• Luis Aparicio, SS
• Billy Pierce, P

Notable transactions

• April 16, 1956: Carl Sawatski was purchased from the White Sox by the Toronto Maple Leafs.^[2]
• May 15, 1956: Jim Brideweser, Harry Byrd and Bob Kennedy were traded by the White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Jim Delsing and Fred Hatfield.^[3]
• May 21, 1956: Mike Fornieles, Connie Johnson, George Kell and Bob Nieman were traded by the White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Dave Philley and Jim Wilson.^[4]
• May 28, 1956: Gerry Staley was selected off waivers by the White Sox from the New York Yankees.^[5]
• July 13, 1956: Morrie Martin was selected off waivers from the White Sox by the Baltimore Orioles.^[6]

Roster

1956 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		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
Cal Abrams, OF	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.333	0
Luis Aparicio, SS	152	533	69	142	19	6	3	56	34	63	.266	21
Earl Battey, C	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	0
Jim Brideweser, SS	10	11	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	.182	0
Jim Delsing, OF	55	41	11	5	3	0	0	2	10	13	.122	1
Larry Doby, CF	140	504	89	135	22	3	24	102	102	105	.268	0
Walt Dropo, 1B	125	361	42	96	13	1	8	52	37	51	.266	1
Sammy Esposito, 3B,SS	81	184	30	42	8	2	3	25	41	19	.228	1
Nellie Fox, 2B	154	649	109	192	20	10	4	52	44	14	.296	8
Fred Hatfield, 3B	106	321	46	84	9	1	7	33	37	36	.262	1
Ron Jackson, 1B	22	56	7	12	3	0	1	4	10	13	.214	1
George Kell, 3B,1B	21	80	7	25	5	0	1	11	8	6	.313	0
Bob Kennedy, 3B	8	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	.077	0
Sherm Lollar, C	136	450	55	132	28	2	11	75	53	34	.293	2
Minnie Miñoso, LF	151	545	106	172	29	11	21	88	86	40	.316	12
Les Moss, C	56	127	20	31	4	0	10	22	18	15	.244	0
Bob Nieman, RF	14	40	3	12	1	0	2	4	4	4	.300	0
Ron Northey, OF	53	48	4	17	2	0	3	23	8	1	.354	0
Dave Philley, 1B,RF,LF	86	279	44	74	14	2	4	47	28	27	.265	1
Bubba Phillips, OF	67	99	16	27	6	0	2	11	6	12	.273	1
Jim Rivera, RF,CF	139	491	76	125	23	5	12	66	49	75	.255	20

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Harry Byrd, P	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Sandy Consuegra, P	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Jim Derrington, P	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	0
Dick Donovan, P	44	90	10	20	4	0	3	15	14	30	.222	0
Mike Fornieles, P	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.200	0
Jack Harshman, P	36	71	8	12	1	0	6	19	11	21	.169	0
Dixie Howell, P	34	17	4	4	0	0	2	3	2	6	.235	0
Connie Johnson, P	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Bob Keegan, P	20	32	2	4	0	0	0	1	4	7	.125	0
Ellis Kinder, P	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Paul LaPalme, P	29	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.000	0
Morrie Martin, P	10	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	0
Jim McDonald, P	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	0
Billy Pierce, P	39	102	6	16	0	0	0	3	3	22	.157	0
Howie Pollet, P	12	8	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	.375	0
Gerry Staley, P	26	32	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	6	.094	0
Jim Wilson, P	28	62	6	19	2	0	1	8	1	13	.306	0
	154	5286	776	1412	218	43	128	726	619	658	.267	70

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
Harry Byrd	0	1	10.38	3	1	0	4.1	9	6	5	0	4	0
Sandy Consuegra	1	2	5.17	28	1	3	38.1	45	25	22	0	14	7
Jerry Dahlke	0	0	19.29	5	0	0	2.1	5	5	5	0	6	1
Jim Derrington	0	1	7.50	1	1	0	6.0	9	6	5	2	6	3
Dick Donovan	12	10	3.64	34	31	0	234.2	212	99	95	22	95	120
Bill Fischer	0	0	21.60	3	0	0	1.2	6	4	4	0	1	2
Mike Fornieles	0	1	4.60	6	0	0	15.2	22	9	8	1	7	6
Jack Harshman	15	11	3.10	34	30	0	226.2	183	85	78	14	106	143
Dixie Howell	5	6	4.62	34	1	4	64.1	79	39	33	3	46	28
Connie Johnson	0	1	3.65	5	2	0	12.1	11	5	5	1	7	6
Bob Keegan	5	7	3.93	20	16	0	105.1	119	56	46	15	37	32
Ellis Kinder	3	1	2.73	29	0	3	29.2	33	10	9	2	8	19
Paul LaPalme	3	1	2.36	29	0	2	45.2	31	14	12	2	29	23
Dick Marlowe	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0
Morrie Martin	1	0	4.91	10	0	0	18.1	21	10	10	1	7	9
Jim McDonald	0	2	8.68	8	3	0	18.2	29	18	18	2	7	10
Billy Pierce	20	9	3.32	35	33	1	276.1	261	108	102	24	107	192
Howie Pollet	3	1	4.10	11	4	0	26.1	27	15	12	2	11	14
Gerry Staley	8	3	2.92	26	10	0	101.2	98	37	33	11	23	25
Jim Wilson	9	12	4.06	28	21	0	159.2	149	82	72	15	75	82
	85	69	3.73	154	154	13	1389.0	1351	634	575	118	567	722

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Duluth-Superior^[7]

References

• 1956 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carrach01.shtml Chico Carrasquel 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/b/brideji01.shtml Jim Brideweser page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/phillda01.shtml Dave Philley page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stalege01.shtml Gerry Staley page at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martimo01.shtml Morrie Martin page at Baseball Reference
7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997