1955 Chicago White Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 91-63
Finished 3rd in the AL
Attendance: 1,175,684, Avg. 19,241
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Manager: Marty Marion (91-63)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1955 Chicago White Sox Roster
1955 Chicago White Sox Results

The Chicago White Sox of the American League ended the 1955 season with a record of 91 wins and 63 losses, finishing third in the AL.

The White Sox led the circuit with just 557 runs allowed. Chicago scored 725 runs. Walt Dropo paced the team with 19 home runs, and Sherm Lollar walloped 20 or more, too. George Kell drove in 81 runs and topped all regular hitters by hitting .312. Billy Pierce and Dick Donovan paced the squad with 15 wins each, while Billy Pierce recorded a 1.97 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Marty Marion coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Dick Donovan	15	9	.625	3.32	29	24	3	11	5	0	187.0	186	77	69	17	48	5	88	3	1	0	774
Billy Pierce	15	10	.600	1.97	33	26	5	16	6	1	205.7	162	50	45	16	64	5	157	3	1	4	836
Virgil Trucks	13	8	.619	3.96	32	26	2	7	3	0	175.0	176	78	77	19	61	5	91	2	0	1	749
Jack Harshman	11	7	.611	3.36	32	23	2	9	0	0	179.3	144	74	67	16	97	3	116	4	0	4	761
Dixie Howell	8	3	.727	2.93	35	0	25	0	0	9	73.7	70	27	24	1	25	5	25	0	1	3	314
Connie Johnson	7	4	.636	3.45	17	16	0	5	2	0	99.0	95	40	38	5	52	0	72	1	0	0	436
Mike Fornieles	6	3	.667	3.86	26	9	11	2	0	2	86.3	84	37	37	12	29	3	23	2	0	2	365
Sandy Consuegra	6	5	.545	2.64	44	7	21	3	0	7	126.3	120	42	37	4	18	7	35	2	0	2	501
Harry Byrd	4	6	.400	4.65	25	12	6	1	1	1	91.0	85	49	47	10	30	4	44	2	0	1	380
Fritz Dorish	2	0	1.000	1.59	13	0	5	0	0	1	17.0	16	4	3	0	9	1	6	0	0	1	73
Morrie Martin	2	3	.400	3.63	37	0	11	0	0	2	52.0	50	27	21	4	20	2	22	2	0	0	223
Bob Keegan	2	5	.286	5.83	18	11	1	1	0	0	58.7	83	39	38	4	28	1	29	1	0	0	283
Bob Chakales	0	0		1.46	7	0	4	0	0	0	12.3	11	2	2	2	6	1	6	0	0	0	50
Al Papai	0	0		3.86	7	0	4	0	0	0	11.7	10	5	5	1	8	2	5	0	0	0	52
Ted Gray	0	0		18.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	9	6	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	20
Totals	91	63	.591	3.37	357	155	100	55	17	23	1378.0	1301	557	516	111	497	44	720	22	3	19	5817

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Nellie Fox	154	709	636	100	198	28	7	6	59	7	9	38	15	.311	.364	.406	.770	258	8	17	14	4	1
Minnie Minoso	139	615	517	79	149	26	7	10	70	19	8	76	43	.288	.387	.424	.811	219	18	10	8	4	3
George Kell	128	504	429	44	134	24	1	8	81	2	2	51	36	.312	.389	.429	.818	184	7	6	13	5	2
Chico Carrasquel	145	598	523	83	134	11	2	11	52	1	1	61	59	.256	.335	.348	.683	182	10	4	4	6	0
Walt Dropo	141	502	453	55	127	15	2	19	79	0	1	42	71	.280	.343	.448	.791	203	15	2	3	2	8
Jim Rivera	147	530	454	71	120	24	4	10	52	25	16	62	59	.264	.352	.401	.753	182	5	1	10	3	6
Sherm Lollar	138	510	426	67	111	13	1	16	61	2	2	68	34	.261	.374	.408	.782	174	10	10	4	2	12
Jim Busby	99	370	337	38	82	13	4	1	27	7	3	25	37	.243	.294	.315	.608	106	6	0	6	2	0
Bob Nieman	99	317	272	36	77	11	2	11	53	1	0	36	37	.283	.366	.460	.826	125	9	2	3	4	1
Bob Kennedy	83	232	214	28	65	10	2	9	43	0	2	16	16	.304	.352	.495	.848	106	7	0	2	0	0
Johnny Groth	32	88	77	13	26	7	0	2	11	1	0	6	13	.338	.376	.506	.883	39	2	0	3	2	1
Dick Donovan	40	89	76	10	17	0	0	1	5	0	0	9	26	.224	.330	.263	.593	20	3	3	1	0	0
Les Moss	32	68	59	5	15	2	0	2	7	0	0	6	10	.254	.333	.390	.723	23	0	1	2	0	1
Ron Jackson	40	85	74	10	15	1	1	2	7	1	0	8	22	.203	.277	.324	.601	24	1	0	2	1	2
Clint Courtney	19	45	37	7	14	3	0	1	10	0	0	7	0	.378	.467	.541	1.007	20	2	0	0	1	2
Vern Stephens	22	65	56	10	14	3	0	3	7	0	0	7	11	.250	.328	.464	.792	26	1	0	1	1	0
Jim Brideweser	34	63	58	6	12	3	2	0	4	0	0	3	7	.207	.246	.328	.573	19	3	0	2	0	0
Billy Pierce	34	81	70	5	12	2	0	0	7	1	0	3	10	.171	.205	.200	.405	14	0	0	8	0	0
Jack Harshman	32	76	60	6	11	1	0	2	8	0	0	9	17	.183	.282	.300	.582	18	2	0	5	2	0
Dixie Howell	35	22	21	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.381	.381	.381	.762	8	0	0	1	0	0
Virgil Trucks	32	72	64	2	8	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	12	.125	.123	.141	.264	9	1	0	7	1	0
Willard Marshall	22	55	41	6	7	0	0	0	6	0	0	13	1	.171	.364	.171	.534	7	0	0	0	1	1
Bob Keegan	18	21	18	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.333	.368	.333	.702	6	1	0	2	0	0
Buddy Peterson	6	25	21	7	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	.286	.400	.333	.733	7	0	1	0	0	0
Ron Northey	14	17	14	1	5	2	0	1	4	0	0	3	3	.357	.471	.714	1.185	10	1	0	0	0	0
Connie Johnson	19	36	33	4	5	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	7	.152	.147	.212	.359	7	2	0	2	1	0
Morrie Martin	37	10	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.300	.300	.300	.600	3	0	0	0	0	0
Gil Coan	17	17	17	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.176	.176	.176	.353	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sandy Consuegra	44	33	29	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.103	.133	.103	.237	3	0	0	3	0	0
Mike Fornieles	28	31	29	6	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.103	.103	.138	.241	4	0	0	2	0	0
Ed White	3	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.600	.500	1.100	2	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Battey	5	9	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.286	.444	.286	.730	2	1	1	0	0	0
Bobby Adams	28	25	21	8	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	4	.095	.240	.190	.430	4	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Byrd	25	33	30	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.067	.067	.067	.133	2	0	0	3	0	0
Fritz Dorish	13	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Jok	6	6	4	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	.250	.333	1.000	1.333	4	0	0	0	1	0
Ed McGhee	26	19	13	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	1	.077	.368	.077	.445	1	2	0	0	0	0
Al Papai	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Cavarretta	6	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Chakales	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sammy Esposito	3	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lloyd Merriman	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Powell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Ted Gray	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1963	6000	5220	725	1401	204	36	116	677	69	45	568	594	.268	.344	.388	.732	2025	117	58	111	43	40

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Walt Dropo	1B	140	120	1078.7	1101	62	6	104	.995	9.704	8.307	0	0	0	0
Ron Jackson	1B	29	21	164.0	162	9	2	14	.988	9.384	5.897	0	0	0	0
George Kell	1B	24	13	125.3	133	5	1	12	.993	9.910	5.750	0	0	0	0
Bob Kennedy	1B	3	1	5.0	7	0	0	1	1.000	12.600	2.333	0	0	0	0
Phil Cavarretta	1B	3	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	5.400	1.000	0	0	0	0
Nellie Fox	2B	154	154	1364.3	399	483	24	110	.974	5.818	5.727	0	0	0	0
Bobby Adams	2B	1	1	8.0	3	4	0	1	1.000	7.875	7.000	0	0	0	0
Jim Brideweser	2B	2	0	5.7	3	2	0	1	1.000	7.941	2.500	0	0	0	0
George Kell	3B	105	102	834.0	83	165	6	8	.976	2.676	2.362	0	0	0	0
Bob Kennedy	3B	55	32	334.7	32	73	7	10	.938	2.824	1.909	0	0	0	0
Vern Stephens	3B	18	14	138.0	13	37	0	4	1.000	3.261	2.778	0	0	0	0
Bobby Adams	3B	9	4	36.3	5	9	1	0	.933	3.468	1.556	0	0	0	0
Stan Jok	3B	3	1	12.0	2	4	1	0	.857	4.500	2.000	0	0	0	0
Sammy Esposito	3B	2	1	11.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	.818	.500	0	0	0	0
Minnie Minoso	3B	2	1	7.0	2	2	0	1	1.000	5.143	2.000	0	0	0	0
Jim Brideweser	3B	3	0	5.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.800	.333	0	0	0	0
Sherm Lollar	C	136	130	1100.0	664	62	4	12	.995	5.940	5.338	3	12	23	18	43.9
Les Moss	C	32	13	163.0	90	5	1	1	.990	5.245	2.969	1	4	7	2	22.2
Clint Courtney	C	17	10	95.0	49	4	0	2	1.000	5.021	3.118	2	1	3	1	25.0
Earl Battey	C	5	2	20.0	19	2	0	0	1.000	9.450	4.200	0	0	0	2	100.0
Minnie Minoso	OF	138	136	1184.0	287	19	9	3	.971	2.326	2.217	0	0	0	0
Jim Rivera	OF	143	115	1089.0	288	22	6	7	.981	2.562	2.168	0	0	0	0
Jim Busby	OF	99	89	799.0	243	6	4	3	.984	2.805	2.515	0	0	0	0
Bob Nieman	OF	78	72	566.0	118	4	3	2	.976	1.940	1.564	0	0	0	0
Johnny Groth	OF	26	21	187.0	61	1	0	0	1.000	2.984	2.385	0	0	0	0
Bob Kennedy	OF	20	15	123.0	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.171	.800	0	0	0	0
Willard Marshall	OF	12	10	90.0	22	0	1	0	.957	2.200	1.833	0	0	0	0
Ed McGhee	OF	17	3	58.0	12	0	1	0	.923	1.862	.706	0	0	0	0
Gil Coan	OF	3	1	15.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.200	.667	0	0	0	0
Ed White	OF	2	1	10.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.800	1.000	0	0	0	0
Ron Northey	OF	2	1	6.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	.500	0	0	0	0
George Kell	OF	1	1	6.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Stan Jok	OF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Billy Pierce	P	33	26	205.7	7	25	0	1	1.000	1.400	.970	0	0	0	0
Dick Donovan	P	29	24	187.0	11	33	0	2	1.000	2.118	1.517	0	0	0	0
Jack Harshman	P	32	23	179.3	3	29	1	1	.970	1.606	1.000	0	0	0	0
Virgil Trucks	P	32	26	175.0	4	33	0	1	1.000	1.903	1.156	0	0	0	0
Sandy Consuegra	P	44	7	126.3	5	23	2	1	.933	1.995	.636	0	0	0	0
Connie Johnson	P	17	16	99.0	3	9	0	0	1.000	1.091	.706	0	0	0	0
Harry Byrd	P	25	12	91.0	5	16	1	0	.955	2.077	.840	0	0	0	0
Mike Fornieles	P	26	9	86.3	1	18	1	2	.950	1.981	.731	0	0	0	0
Dixie Howell	P	35	0	73.7	4	21	3	0	.893	3.054	.714	0	0	0	0
Bob Keegan	P	18	11	58.7	2	11	1	0	.929	1.994	.722	0	0	0	0
Morrie Martin	P	37	0	52.0	2	15	0	0	1.000	2.942	.459	0	0	0	0
Fritz Dorish	P	13	0	17.0	0	6	0	0	1.000	3.176	.462	0	0	0	0
Bob Chakales	P	7	0	12.3	2	2	1	0	.800	2.919	.571	0	0	0	0
Al Papai	P	7	0	11.7	2	7	1	0	.900	6.943	1.286	0	0	0	0
Ted Gray	P	2	1	3.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	.500	0	0	0	0
Chico Carrasquel	SS	144	135	1201.3	222	424	18	81	.973	4.840	4.486	0	0	0	0
Jim Brideweser	SS	26	15	132.7	27	48	4	12	.949	5.088	2.885	0	0	0	0
Buddy Peterson	SS	6	5	44.0	10	15	1	4	.962	5.114	4.167	0	0	0	0
Totals		1818	1395	12402.0	4133	1717	111	401	.981	4.245	3.218	6	17	33	23	41.1

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