1956 Chicago White Sox season

1956 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Grace Comiskey, Dorothy Comiskey Rigney
Manager(s)	Marty Marion
Local television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
Local radio	WCFL (Bob Elson, Don Wells)
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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 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

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	97	57	.630	--
Cleveland Indians	88	66	.571	9
Chicago White Sox	85	69	.552	12
Boston Red Sox	84	70	.545	13
Detroit Tigers	82	72	.532	15
Baltimore Orioles	69	85	.448	28
Washington Senators	59	95	.383	38
Kansas City Athletics	52	102	.338	45

Opening Day lineup

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

32 Harry Byrd

20 Sandy Consuegra

31 Jerry Dahlke

18 Jim Derrington

22 Dick Donovan

27 Bill Fischer

16 Mike Fornieles

29 Jack Harshman

28 Dixie Howell

44 Connie Johnson

15 Bob Keegan

27 Ellis Kinder

31 Paul LaPalme

24 Dick Marlowe

36 Morrie Martin

36 Jim McDonald

19 Billy Pierce

24 Howie Pollet

66,21 Gerry Staley

30 Jim Wilson

Catchers

26 Earl Battey

10 Sherm Lollar

12 Les Moss

Infielders

11 Luis Aparicio

3 Jim Brideweser

8 Walt Dropo

48 Sammy Esposito

2 Nellie Fox

3 Fred Hatfield

42 Ron Jackson

1 George Kell

30 Bob Kennedy

6 Dave Philley

Outfielders

25 Cal Abrams

25 Jim Delsing

14 Larry Doby

9 Minnie Miñoso

18 Bob Nieman

6,32 Ron Northey

5 Bubba Phillips

7 Jim Rivera

Manager

4 Marty Marion

Coaches

37 Ray Berres

39 Don Gutteridge

34 George Myatt

33 Del Wilber

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

RBI

AVG

Cal Abrams, OF

.333

Luis Aparicio, SS

152

533

142

.266

Earl Battey, C

.250

Jim Brideweser, SS

.182

Jim Delsing, OF

.122

Larry Doby, CF

140

504

135

102

105

.268

Walt Dropo, 1B

125

361

.266

Sammy Esposito, 3B,SS

184

.228

Nellie Fox, 2B

154

649

109

192

.296

Fred Hatfield, 3B

106

321

.262

Ron Jackson, 1B

.214

George Kell, 3B,1B

.313

Bob Kennedy, 3B

.077

Sherm Lollar, C

136

450

132

.293

Minnie Miñoso, LF

151

545

106

172

.316

Les Moss, C

127

.244

Bob Nieman, RF

.300

Ron Northey, OF

.354

Dave Philley, 1B,RF,LF

279

.265

Bubba Phillips, OF

.273

Jim Rivera, RF,CF

139

491

125

.255

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
Team totals	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
Team totals	85	69	3.73	154	154	13	1389.0	1351	634	575	118	567	722

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Memphis Chicks	Southern Association	Jack Cassini and Don Griffin
A	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Western League	Jack Conway
B	Waterloo White Hawks	Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League	Ira Hutchinson
C	Duluth-Superior White Sox	Northern League	Joe Hauser
D	Dubuque Packers	Midwest League	George Noga
D	Holdrege White Sox	Nebraska State League	Skeeter Scalzi

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Duluth-Superior^[7]

Notes

↑ Chico Carrasquel page at Baseball Reference
↑ Carl Sawatski page at Baseball Reference
↑ Jim Brideweser page at Baseball Reference
↑ Dave Philley page at Baseball Reference
↑ Gerry Staley page at Baseball Reference
↑ Morrie Martin page at Baseball Reference
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

References

1956 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

1956 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

1956 All-Star Game 1956 World Series

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