1959 Chicago White Sox Roster, Stats, and Awards

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

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1959 Al Smith 129 477 65 112 16 4 17 55 46 74 7 5 .235 .308 .392 .700
1959 Barry Latman 37 49 3 6 1 0 0 6 4 4 0 0 .122 .182 .143 .325
1959 Billy Goodman 104 270 21 67 14 1 1 28 19 20 3 0 .248 .302 .319 .621
1959 Billy Pierce 34 74 3 13 1 2 0 7 7 13 0 0 .176 .247 .243 .490
1959 Bob Shaw 47 83 7 9 1 0 0 2 5 19 0 0 .108 .159 .120 .280
1959 Bubba Phillips 117 383 43 100 27 1 5 40 27 28 1 1 .261 .316 .376 .692
1959 Cam Carreon 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1959 Del Ennis 26 96 10 21 6 0 2 7 4 10 0 0 .219 .250 .344 .594
1959 Dick Donovan 31 64 4 8 4 0 1 5 5 32 0 0 .125 .188 .234 .423
1959 Don Mueller 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1959 Earl Battey 26 64 9 14 1 2 2 7 8 13 0 0 .219 .306 .391 .696
1959 Earl Torgeson 127 278 40 61 5 3 9 45 62 55 7 6 .219 .358 .356 .714
1959 Early Wynn 37 92 11 22 7 0 2 8 9 18 0 0 .239 .311 .380 .691
1959 Gerry Staley 67 17 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 .118 .250 .118 .368
1959 Harry Simpson 38 75 5 14 5 1 2 13 4 14 0 0 .187 .228 .360 .588
1959 J. C. Martin 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
1959 Jim Rivera 80 177 18 39 9 4 4 19 11 19 5 3 .220 .266 .384 .650
1959 Jim Landis 149 528 78 140 26 7 5 60 78 68 20 9 .265 .363 .369 .732
1959 Jim McAnany 67 211 22 58 9 3 0 27 19 26 2 1 .275 .338 .346 .684
1959 Joe Hicks 6 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .429 .500 .429 .929
1959 Joe Stanka 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1959 John Romano 53 129 20 37 5 1 5 25 23 18 0 1 .287 .399 .457 .856
1959 Johnny Callison 49 104 12 18 3 0 3 12 13 20 0 1 .173 .271 .288 .560
1959 Ken McBride 11 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
1959 Larry Doby 21 58 1 14 1 1 0 9 2 13 1 0 .241 .267 .293 .560
1959 Lou Skizas 8 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 .077 .250 .077 .327
1959 Luis Aparicio 152 623 98 157 18 5 6 51 53 40 56 13 .252 .310 .326 .636
1959 Nellie Fox 156 633 84 191 34 6 2 70 71 13 5 6 .302 .376 .384 .760
1959 Norm Cash 58 105 16 25 0 1 4 16 18 9 1 1 .238 .369 .371 .741
1959 Ray Moore 29 24 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 .083 .120 .125 .245
1959 Ray Boone 9 21 3 5 0 0 1 5 7 5 1 0 .238 .400 .381 .781
1959 Ron Jackson 10 14 3 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 .214 .312 .500 .812
1959 Rudy Arias 34 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1959 Sammy Esposito 69 69 12 11 1 0 1 5 11 16 0 1 .159 .272 .217 .489
1959 Sherm Lollar 140 507 63 134 22 3 22 84 55 49 4 3 .264 .344 .450 .793
1959 Ted Kluszewski 31 102 11 30 2 1 2 10 9 10 0 1 .294 .348 .392 .740
1959 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

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1959 Barry Latman 37 156.0 8 5 0 0 0 138 71 65 72 4 97 21 0 5 2 3.75 1.35
1959 Billy Pierce 34 224.0 14 15 0 0 0 217 98 90 62 3 114 33 0 12 2 3.62 1.25
1959 Bob Shaw 47 230.2 18 6 3 0 0 217 72 69 54 6 89 26 0 8 3 2.69 1.17
1959 Claude Raymond 3 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.75
1959 Dick Donovan 31 179.2 9 10 0 0 0 171 84 73 58 5 71 29 0 5 1 3.66 1.27
1959 Don Rudolph 4 3.0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00
1959 Early Wynn 37 255.2 22 10 0 0 0 202 106 90 119 9 179 37 0 14 5 3.17 1.26
1959 Gary Peters 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.00
1959 Gerry Staley 67 116.1 8 5 14 0 0 111 39 29 25 0 54 0 0 0 0 2.24 1.17
1959 Joe Stanka 2 5.1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 3.37 1.13
1959 Ken McBride 11 22.2 0 1 1 0 0 20 11 8 17 0 12 2 0 0 0 3.18 1.63
1959 Ray Moore 29 89.2 3 6 0 0 0 86 46 41 46 1 49 8 0 0 0 4.12 1.47
1959 Rudy Arias 34 44.0 2 0 2 0 0 49 23 20 20 1 28 0 0 0 0 4.09 1.57
1959 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 1,425.1 94 60 36 0 0 1,297 588 521 525 31 761 156 0 44 13 3.29 1.28

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1959 Barry Latman P 37 5 13 1 19 1 .947 0.49
1959 Billy Pierce P 34 11 40 2 53 4 .962 1.50
1959 Bob Shaw P 47 17 46 2 65 3 .969 1.34
1959 Claude Raymond P 3 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.33
1959 Dick Donovan P 31 11 26 4 41 1 .902 1.19
1959 Don Rudolph P 4 1 1 0 2 1 1.000 0.50
1959 Early Wynn P 37 6 39 2 47 2 .957 1.22
1959 Gary Peters P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1959 Gerry Staley P 67 7 19 2 28 3 .929 0.39
1959 Joe Stanka P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1959 Ken McBride P 11 0 9 1 10 0 .900 0.82
1959 Ray Moore P 29 3 14 1 18 0 .944 0.59
1959 Rudy Arias P 34 3 10 0 13 0 1.000 0.38
1959 Turk Lown P 60 2 21 1 24 0 .958 0.38
1959 Cam Carreon C 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 3.00
1959 Earl Battey C 20 92 10 1 103 1 5 4 44.4% .990 5.10
1959 John Romano C 38 169 16 4 189 5 14 6 30.0% .979 4.87
1959 Sherm Lollar C 122 623 51 5 679 14 37 27 42.2% .993 5.52
1959 Earl Torgeson 1B 103 717 37 13 767 58 .983 7.32
1959 Harry Simpson 1B 1 9 0 1 10 0 .900 9.00
1959 Larry Doby 1B 2 13 1 1 15 3 .933 7.00
1959 Norm Cash 1B 31 231 14 4 249 19 .984 7.90
1959 Ray Boone 1B 6 37 5 2 44 2 .955 7.00
1959 Ron Jackson 1B 5 30 1 0 31 3 1.000 6.20
1959 Sherm Lollar 1B 24 177 17 1 195 19 .995 8.08
1959 Ted Kluszewski 1B 29 220 10 0 230 13 1.000 7.93
1959 Billy Goodman 2B 3 4 5 0 9 1 1.000 3.00
1959 Nellie Fox 2B 156 364 453 10 827 93 .988 5.24
1959 Sammy Esposito 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1959 Al Smith 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1959 Billy Goodman 3B 74 57 135 10 202 10 .950 2.59
1959 Bubba Phillips 3B 100 90 202 15 307 13 .951 2.92
1959 J. C. Martin 3B 2 0 2 1 3 0 .667 1.00
1959 Sammy Esposito 3B 45 22 25 1 48 1 .979 1.04
1959 Luis Aparicio SS 152 282 460 23 765 87 .970 4.88
1959 Sammy Esposito SS 14 17 32 1 50 5 .980 3.50
1959 Al Smith LF 84 189 8 3 200 2 .985 2.35
1959 Bubba Phillips LF 8 13 0 0 13 0 1.000 1.62
1959 Del Ennis LF 25 29 2 3 34 0 .912 1.24
1959 Jim Rivera LF 20 28 2 1 31 0 .968 1.50
1959 Jim McAnany LF 4 5 1 0 6 0 1.000 1.50
1959 Joe Hicks LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1959 Johnny Callison LF 41 53 3 1 57 0 .982 1.37
1959 Larry Doby LF 2 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 2.50
1959 Lou Skizas LF 6 4 1 0 5 0 1.000 0.83
1959 Al Smith CF 3 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 2.33
1959 Bubba Phillips CF 14 24 0 0 24 0 1.000 1.71
1959 Jim Landis CF 148 426 9 3 438 3 .993 2.94
1959 Jim McAnany CF 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1959 Joe Hicks CF 2 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 1.50
1959 Larry Doby CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1959 Al Smith RF 45 92 0 3 95 0 .968 2.04
1959 Bubba Phillips RF 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1959 Harry Simpson RF 12 18 0 1 19 0 .947 1.50
1959 Jim Rivera RF 49 46 3 1 50 3 .980 1.00
1959 Jim McAnany RF 63 97 5 4 106 4 .962 1.62
1959 Joe Hicks RF 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1959 Larry Doby RF 10 15 1 1 17 1 .941 1.60
– – 154 4,281 1,751 130 6,162 375 56 37 39.8% .979 39.17

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1959 Al Smith 6 20 1 5 3 0 0 1 4 4 0 0 .250 .375 .400 .775
1959 Billy Goodman 5 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 .231 .286 .231 .516
1959 Billy Pierce 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1959 Bob Shaw 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
1959 Bubba Phillips 3 10 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .400 .700
1959 Dick Donovan 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1959 Earl Torgeson 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
1959 Early Wynn 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600
1959 Gerry Staley 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
1959 Jim Rivera 5 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 .000 .214 .000 .214
1959 Jim Landis 6 24 6 7 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 0 .292 .346 .292 .638
1959 Jim McAnany 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
1959 John Romano 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1959 Luis Aparicio 6 27 1 8 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 .296 .345 .333 .678
1959 Nellie Fox 6 24 4 9 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 .375 .464 .500 .964
1959 Norm Cash 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1959 Ray Moore 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1959 Sammy Esposito 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1959 Sherm Lollar 6 22 3 5 0 0 1 5 1 3 0 0 .227 .250 .364 .614
1959 Ted Kluszewski 6 23 5 9 1 0 3 10 2 0 0 0 .391 .440 .826 1.266
1959 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

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1959 Billy Pierce 3 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00
1959 Bob Shaw 2 14.0 1 1 0 0 0 17 4 4 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 2.57 1.36
1959 Dick Donovan 3 8.1 0 1 1 0 0 4 5 5 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 5.40 0.84
1959 Early Wynn 3 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 19 9 8 4 0 10 3 0 0 0 5.54 1.77
1959 Gerry Staley 4 8.1 0 1 1 0 0 8 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2.16 0.96
1959 Ray Moore 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.00
1959 Turk Lown 3 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90
– – 8 52.0 2 4 2 0 0 53 21 20 12 0 27 6 0 0 0 3.46 1.25

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1959 Billy Pierce P 3 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0.00
1959 Bob Shaw P 2 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 2.00
1959 Dick Donovan P 3 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 0.67
1959 Early Wynn P 3 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 1.33
1959 Gerry Staley P 4 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 0.50
1959 Ray Moore P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1959 Turk Lown P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1959 Sherm Lollar C 6 29 5 0 34 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 5.67
1959 Earl Torgeson 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1959 Ted Kluszewski 1B 6 58 3 0 61 2 1.000 10.17
1959 Nellie Fox 2B 6 14 23 0 37 2 1.000 6.17
1959 Billy Goodman 3B 5 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 0.60
1959 Bubba Phillips 3B 3 3 3 0 6 0 1.000 2.00
1959 Sammy Esposito 3B 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1959 Luis Aparicio SS 6 10 16 2 28 2 .929 4.33
1959 Al Smith LF 6 10 0 0 10 0 1.000 1.67
1959 Jim McAnany LF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1959 Jim Landis CF 6 9 0 1 10 0 .900 1.50
1959 Al Smith RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1959 Bubba Phillips RF 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 3.00
1959 Jim Rivera RF 5 10 1 0 11 0 1.000 2.20
1959 Jim McAnany RF 2 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 2.00
– – 6 156 62 4 222 6 0 0 .982 36.33

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
Billy Pierce All-Star (P) 14–15, 114 SO, 3.62 ERA
Early Wynn All-Star (P) 22–10, 179 SO, 3.17 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, 5.52 RF
Nellie Fox Gold Glove (2B) .988 FPct, 5.24 RF
Luis Aparicio Gold Glove (SS) .970 FPct, 4.88 RF

Frequently asked questions about the 1959 Chicago White Sox

Who had the most hits on the 1959 Chicago White Sox?

Nellie Fox led the 1959 Chicago White Sox with 191 hits in 156 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1959 Chicago White Sox?

Nellie Fox led the 1959 Chicago White Sox with a .302 batting average in 156 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1959 Chicago White Sox?

Sherm Lollar led the 1959 Chicago White Sox with 22 home runs in 140 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1959 Chicago White Sox?

Nellie Fox led the 1959 Chicago White Sox with a .376 on-base percentage (OBP) in 156 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1959 Chicago White Sox?

Sherm Lollar led the 1959 Chicago White Sox with a .450 slugging percentage in 140 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1959 Chicago White Sox?

Luis Aparicio led the 1959 Chicago White Sox with 56 stolen bases in 152 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1959 Chicago White Sox?

Bob Shaw had a 2.69 earned-run average (ERA) in 47 games, the lowest on the 1959 Chicago White Sox.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1959 Chicago White Sox?

Bob Shaw had a 1.17 WHIP in 47 games, the lowest on the 1959 Chicago White Sox.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1959 Chicago White Sox?

Early Wynn led the 1959 Chicago White Sox with 179 strikeouts in 37 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1959 Chicago White Sox?

Early Wynn led the 1959 Chicago White Sox with 22 wins in 37 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1959 Chicago White Sox?

Turk Lown led the 1959 Chicago White Sox with 15 saves in 60 games.