1957 Chicago White Sox season

1957 Chicago White Sox
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (Since 1910) Chicago, Illinois (Since 1900)
1957 Information
Owner(s)	Dorothy Comiskey Rigney
General manager(s)	Johnny Rigney, Chuck Comiskey
Manager(s)	Al Lopez
Local television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
Local radio	WCFL (Bob Elson, Don Wells)
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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 90-64, good enough for second place in the American League, 8 games behind the first-place New York Yankees.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 Season standings 2.2 Opening Day lineup 2.3 Notable transactions 2.4 Roster 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Starters by position 3.1.2 Other batters 3.2 Pitching 3.2.1 Starting pitchers 3.2.2 Other pitchers 3.2.3 Relief pitchers 4 Awards 5 Farm system 6 Notes 7 References

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]

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	98	56	.636	--
Chicago White Sox	90	64	.584	8
Boston Red Sox	82	72	.532	16
Detroit Tigers	78	76	.506	20
Baltimore Orioles	76	76	.500	21
Cleveland Indians	76	77	.497	21.5
Kansas City Athletics	59	94	.386	38.5
Washington Senators	55	99	.357	43

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, cf
• 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 18 Jim Derrington 22 Dick Donovan 20 Bill Fischer 29 Jack Harshman 28 Dixie Howell 32 Jim Hughes 15 Bob Keegan 27 Ellis Kinder 31 Paul LaPalme 35 Barry Latman 36 Jim McDonald  6 Stover McIlwain 19 Billy Pierce 27 Don Rudolph 21 Gerry Staley 30 Jim Wilson		Catchers 26 Earl Battey 10 Sherm Lollar 12 Les Moss Infielders 11 Luis Aparicio  8 Walt Dropo 48 Sammy Esposito  2 Nellie Fox  3 Fred Hatfield  4 Ron Jackson  5 Bubba Phillips 17 Earl Torgeson		Outfielders 16 Ted Beard 14 Larry Doby  1 Jim Landis  9 Minnie Miñoso  6 Dave Philley  7 Jim Rivera Other batters 16 Bob Kennedy 32 Ron Northey 17 Leroy Powell		Manager 42 Al Lopez Coaches 37 Ray Berres 34 Johnny Cooney 33 Tony Cuccinello 39 Don Gutteridge

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Lollar, ShermSherm Lollar	101	351	90	.256	11	70
2B	Fox, NellieNellie Fox	155	619	196	.317	6	61
SS	Aparicio, LuisLuis Aparicio	143	575	148	.257	3	41
LF	Miñoso, MinnieMinnie Miñoso	153	568	176	.310	12	103

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Powell, LeroyLeroy Powell	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Donovan, DickDick Donovan	28	220.2	16	6	2.77	88

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Fischer, BillBill Fischer	33	124	7	8	3.48	48
Derrington, JimJim Derrington	20	37	0	1	4.86	14

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
McIlwain, StoverStover McIlwain	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards

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

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	American Association	Andy Cohen
A	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Western League	Ira Hutchinson
B	Davenport DavSox	Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League	Skeeter Scalzi
C	Duluth-Superior White Sox	Northern League	Joe Hauser
D	Dubuque Packers	Midwest League	George Noga
D	Holdrege White Sox	Nebraska State League	Frank Parenti

Notes

References

• 1957 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

1957 MLB season by team American League Baltimore • Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Kansas City • New York • Washington National League Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • Milwaukee • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis 1957 All-Star Game • 1957 World Series

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