1957 Chicago White Sox season explained

Chicago White Sox
Season:	1957
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Comiskey Park
City:	Chicago
Owners:	Dorothy Comiskey Rigney
General Managers:	Chuck Comiskey/Johnny Rigney
Managers:	Al López
Television:	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
Radio:	WCFL (Bob Elson, Don Wells)

The 1957 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 57th season in the major leagues, and its 58th season overall. They finished with a record of 90–64, good enough for second place in the American League, 8 games behind the first-place New York Yankees.

Offseason

• Prior to 1957 season: Stan Johnson was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.^[1]

Regular season

• April 16, 1957: Roger Maris made his major league debut for the Cleveland Indians against the White Sox. In 5 at bats, Maris had 3 hits.^[2]

Opening Day lineup

• Luis Aparicio, SS
• Nellie Fox, 2B
• Minnie Miñoso, LF
• Sherm Lollar, C
• Larry Doby, CF
• Jim Landis, RF
• Jim Rivera, 1B
• Bubba Phillips, 3B
• Billy Pierce, P

Notable transactions

• June 14, 1957: Johnny Callison was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.^[3]
• June 14, 1957: Dave Philley was traded by the White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Earl Torgeson.^[4]

Roster

1957 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
Luis Aparicio, SS	143	575	82	148	22	6	3	41	52	55	.257	28
Earl Battey, C	48	115	12	20	2	3	3	6	11	38	.174	0
Ted Beard, RF	38	78	15	16	1	0	0	7	18	14	.205	3
Larry Doby, CF	119	416	57	120	27	2	14	79	56	79	.288	2
Walt Dropo, 1B	93	223	24	57	2	0	13	49	16	40	.256	0
Sammy Esposito, 3B,SS	94	176	26	36	3	0	2	15	38	27	.205	5
Nellie Fox, 2B	155	619	110	196	27	8	6	61	75	13	.317	5
Fred Hatfield, 3B	69	114	14	23	3	0	0	8	15	20	.202	1
Ron Jackson, 1B	13	60	4	19	3	0	2	8	1	12	.317	0
Bob Kennedy, PH	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Jim Landis, OF	96	274	38	58	11	3	2	16	45	61	.212	14
Sherm Lollar, C	101	351	33	90	11	2	11	70	35	24	.256	2
Minnie Miñoso, LF	153	568	96	176	36	5	12	103	79	54	.310	18
Les Moss, C	42	115	10	31	3	0	2	12	20	18	.270	0
Ron Northey, PH	40	27	0	5	1	0	0	7	11	5	.185	0
Dave Philley, RF	22	71	9	23	4	0	0	9	4	10	.324	1
Bubba Phillips, 3B,CF,RF	121	393	38	106	13	3	7	42	28	32	.270	5
Bob Powell, PR	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jim Rivera, RF,1B	125	402	51	103	21	6	14	52	40	80	.256	18
Earl Torgeson, 1B	86	251	53	74	11	2	7	46	49	44	.295	7

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Jim Derrington, P	20	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	0
Dick Donovan, P	30	83	8	12	1	0	3	10	8	32	.145	0
Bill Fischer, P	33	40	1	6	0	0	0	5	0	8	.150	0
Jack Harshman, P	30	45	5	10	1	0	2	5	10	17	.222	0
Dixie Howell, P	42	27	4	5	1	1	3	3	2	6	.185	0
Bob Keegan, P	30	39	3	4	0	0	0	3	4	5	.103	0
Paul LaPalme, P	36	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	.500	0
Barry Latman, P	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jim McDonald, P	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	0
Billy Pierce, P	41	99	7	17	1	0	0	6	2	25	.172	0
Don Rudolph, P	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	0
Gerry Staley, P	47	22	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	6	.045	0
Jim Wilson, P	31	68	4	10	2	0	0	5	7	14	.147	0
	155	5265	707	1369	208	41	106	670	632	744	.260	109

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
Jim Derrington	0	1	4.86	20	5	0	37.0	29	21	20	4	29	14
Dick Donovan	16	6	2.77	28	28	0	220.2	203	76	68	17	53	88
Bill Fischer	7	8	3.48	33	11	1	124.0	139	50	48	1	41	48
Jack Harshman	8	8	4.10	30	26	1	151.1	142	78	69	16	84	83
Dixie Howell	6	5	3.29	37	0	6	68.1	64	25	25	6	34	37
Jim Hughes	0	0	10.80	4	0	0	5.0	12	6	6	0	3	2
Bob Keegan	10	8	3.53	30	20	2	142.2	131	62	56	22	39	36
Ellis Kinder	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Paul LaPalme	1	4	3.35	35	0	7	40.1	35	16	15	5	20	19
Barry Latman	1	2	8.03	7	2	1	12.1	12	11	11	2	13	9
Jim McDonald	0	1	2.01	10	0	0	22.1	18	8	5	2	11	12
Stover McIlwain	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Pierce	20	12	3.26	37	34	2	257.0	228	98	93	18	80	171
Don Rudolph	1	0	2.25	5	0	0	12.0	6	3	3	2	2	2
Gerry Staley	5	1	2.06	47	0	7	105.0	95	27	24	7	36	44
Jim Wilson	15	8	3.48	30	29	0	201.2	189	85	78	22	73	100
	90	64	3.35	155	155	27	1401.2	1305	566	521	124	521	665

Awards

• Nellie Fox, Gold Glove Award^[5]
• Minnie Miñoso, Gold Glove Award^[6]
• Sherm Lollar, Gold Glove Award^[7]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

References

• 1957 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsst01.shtml Stan Johnson page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/marisro01.shtml Roger Maris page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/callijo01.shtml Johnny Callison 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/f/foxne01.shtml Nellie Fox at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/minosmi01.shtml Minnie Miñoso at Baseball Reference
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lollash01.shtml Sherm Lollar at Baseball Reference