1956 Chicago White Sox season 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 Season standings Record vs. opponents Jim Rivera, RF Nellie Fox, 2B Larry Doby, CF Bob Kennedy, 3B Minnie Miñoso, LF Sherm Lollar, C Walt Dropo, 1B Luis Aparicio, SS Billy Pierce, PNotable transactions April 16 , 1956: Carl Sawatski was purchased from the White Sox by the Toronto Maple Leafs . 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 . 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 . May 28 , 1956: Gerry Staley was selected off waivers by the White Sox from the New York Yankees. July 13, 1956: Morrie Martin was selected off waivers from the White Sox by the Baltimore Orioles.Roster 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 Cal Abrams , OF4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .333 0 Luis Aparicio , SS152 533 69 142 19 6 3 56 34 63 .266 21 Earl Battey , C4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 0 Jim Brideweser, SS 10 11 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 .182 0 Jim Delsing, OF 55 41 11 5 3 0 0 2 10 13 .122 1 Larry Doby, CF 140 504 89 135 22 3 24 102 102 105 .268 0 Walt Dropo , 1B125 361 42 96 13 1 8 52 37 51 .266 1 Sammy Esposito , 3B,SS81 184 30 42 8 2 3 25 41 19 .228 1 Nellie Fox , 2B154 649 109 192 20 10 4 52 44 14 .296 8 Fred Hatfield, 3B 106 321 46 84 9 1 7 33 37 36 .262 1 Ron Jackson , 1B22 56 7 12 3 0 1 4 10 13 .214 1 George Kell , 3B,1B21 80 7 25 5 0 1 11 8 6 .313 0 Bob Kennedy, 3B 8 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 .077 0 Sherm Lollar , C136 450 55 132 28 2 11 75 53 34 .293 2 Minnie Miñoso , LF151 545 106 172 29 11 21 88 86 40 .316 12 Les Moss , C56 127 20 31 4 0 10 22 18 15 .244 0 Bob Nieman, RF 14 40 3 12 1 0 2 4 4 4 .300 0 Ron Northey , OF53 48 4 17 2 0 3 23 8 1 .354 0 Dave Philley, 1B,RF,LF 86 279 44 74 14 2 4 47 28 27 .265 1 Bubba Phillips , OF67 99 16 27 6 0 2 11 6 12 .273 1 Jim Rivera , RF,CF139 491 76 125 23 5 12 66 49 75 .255 20
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
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