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1957 Chicago White Sox  (1956)  (1958) 93-61, 2nd in American League Scored 713 runs, Allowed 599 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-64 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .734 Park Factor: Batting - 104 / Pitching - 102 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 80-74   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 90-64 Manager(s): Robert Rescigno

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Minnie Minoso        31  154  612  111  196  37   4  23  117  17   7   88   65  .320  .404  .507  126   7.6  1(-2)e5    49  
 3B  Don Hoak             29  153  569   83  161  33   1  23  103  28   9   95   57  .283  .385  .466  102   6.2  1e14      -13  
 2B *Nellie Fox           29  154  637   91  198  25   1   5   61  21   7   64   28  .311  .377  .377   94   5.3  1e13      -64  
 OF *Larry Doby           33  133  458   79  126  22   3  25   88   5   3   61  111  .275  .359  .500   85   6.7  2(-2)e5    22  
 OF *Earl Torgeson        33  112  320   62   93  10   2   8   32  21  10   79   64  .291  .432  .409   65   7.3  4(+5)e7    10  
 1B *Whitey Lockman       30  135  509   50  130   9   3   7   51  13   7   29   30  .255  .301  .326   48   3.2  1e15      -12  
 C  *Hobie Landrith       27   79  242   23   59   4   0   6   26   1   1   22   40  .244  .309  .335   25   3.5  4(0)e5     12  
 SS  George Strickland    31   70  211   21   48  11   2   1   18   2   0   33   40  .227  .332  .313   25   3.9  2e29       13  
 1B  Walt Dropo           34   68  133   18   39   2   0   9   35   0   0   13   24  .293  .353  .511   25   6.9  3e15      125  
 OF *Ted Beard            36   98  176   49   47   7   0   0   13  13   6   36   32  .267  .393  .307   24   4.6  3(-1)e7   127  
 OF  Bubba Phillips       29   80  267   22   58   9   2   1   25   6   7   33   25  .217  .306  .277   23   2.8  4(+1)e7  -110  
 SS  Granny Hamner        30   65  226   19   44   9   1   7   21   3   1   18   30  .195  .256  .336   19   2.8  2e32      -26  
 C  *Johnny Roseboro      24   66  152   20   30   4   0   6   22   1   0   24   51  .197  .311  .342   16   3.5  2(-1)e12  139  
 C   Les Moss             32   45  131   12   35   5   0   3   14   0   0   12   31  .267  .329  .374   16   4.4  4(+2)e6   -20  
 PH *Ron Northey          37   82   58   13   15   2   0   3   12   0   2   23   14  .259  .463  .448   13   7.2            201  
 SS  Sammy Esposito       25   52  133   17   24   2   0   0    5   2   3   23   27  .180  .302  .195    9   2.2  3e29     -102  
 3B *Fred Hatfield        32    7   14    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    4  .286  .444  .286    2   5.7  3e25      186  
 C   Joe Lonnett          30   21   48    3    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    8   16  .104  .228  .125    2   1.2  3(+1)e5  -212  
 UT  Felix Mantilla       22    7   11    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .273  .333  .273    1   3.7            -53  
 OF *Bob Will             25   10   27    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    8  .111  .111  .111    0    .0  4(+1)e10 -309  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                           728                    1

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Billy Pierce         30  21   5  .808  40  39   5   0   0   0   1  280.1  243   86   74  19   77  203  2.38   99   3.2  -45  
  P  Jim Wilson           35  14  12  .538  34  31   4   1   0   0   2  219.0  204   93   80  35   60  130  3.29   98   4.0  -17  
  P  Bob Purkey           27  11   7  .611  31  28   0   2   1   0   0  176.1  182   77   70  12   41   52  3.57   76   3.9  -41  
  P  Dixie Howell         37   9   2  .818  49   0   0  16   1   4   0   73.2   66   36   33   8   30   46  4.03   35   4.4  -35  
  P  Ed Roebuck           26   9   4  .692  65   0   0  44  22   3   0  105.0   61   40   35  10   61   96  3.00   33   2.9  -70  
  P *Joe Nuxhall          28   7   8  .467  24  23   1   1   0   0   0  137.2  150   80   73  25   47   90  4.77   86   5.6  -15  
  P  Bob Keegan           36   7  10  .412  39  17   2  10   4   0   1  153.1  122   53   49  20   44   44  2.88   56   3.2 -114  
  P  Bob Lemon            36   5   5  .500  38   4   0  24   5   2   0   71.2   85   54   48   9   49   26  6.03   55   6.9   43  
  P *Seth Morehead        22   4   5  .444  52   0   0  19   2   4   0   44.1   53   23   22   4   18   27  4.47   25   5.1   60  
  P *Jim Derrington       17   3   2  .600  42  12   1   7   1   0   0   86.0   58   38   31   8   64   34  3.24   36   3.7  -84  
  P *Paul LaPalme         33   1   0 1.000  23   0   0   9   1   0   0   35.0   23   10    9   7   17   18  2.31   12   3.1  -78  
  P  Jim McDonald         30   1   0 1.000  19   0   0   5   0   1   0   23.0   16    5    5   1    7   16  1.96    5   2.3 -137  
  P *Don Ferrarese        28   1   1  .500  11   0   0   3   1   0   0   10.2   11    4    4   0    6    7  3.38    4   3.9   93  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                                      626        -40

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Hobie Landrith 582 66 76 362 14 5 2 .987 20 9 Johnny Roseboro 399 41 66 266 19 0 1 1.000 10 5 Les Moss 298 34 41 168 11 3 1 .984 17 8 Joe Lonnett 138 13 20 80 5 0 0 1.000 3 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Whitey Lockman 1166 128 135 1211 88 8 141 .994 10.03 Walt Dropo 228 26 32 247 21 1 21 .996 10.58 Earl Torgeson 22 0 7 24 0 0 3 1.000 9.82 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Nellie Fox 1411 154 154 340 526 14 145 .984 5.52 Felix Mantilla 5 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Don Hoak 1383 150 151 152 381 19 49 .966 3.47 Fred Hatfield 33 4 5 3 10 0 2 1.000 3.55 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- George Strickland 571 64 68 108 174 9 41 .969 4.44 Granny Hamner 547 60 62 106 202 12 43 .962 5.07 Sammy Esposito 298 30 39 64 108 2 23 .989 5.19 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Minnie Minoso 1416 154 154 395 9 4 3 .990 2.57 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Larry Doby 878 96 103 205 8 2 0 .991 2.18 Bubba Phillips 528 57 63 122 7 3 0 .977 2.20 Ted Beard 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bob Will 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Whitey Lockman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Earl Torgeson 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Earl Torgeson 680 78 81 152 3 2 0 .987 2.05 Ted Beard 403 43 66 78 3 1 1 .988 1.81 Larry Doby 182 17 25 57 2 0 0 1.000 2.91 Bubba Phillips 83 9 11 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.95 Bob Will 57 6 8 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 Felix Mantilla 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Whitey Lockman 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1957 Draft

Round 1 (#5):	Larry Doby
Round 2 (#19):	Bob Purkey

Transactions

• 1957-01: acquired Joe Lonnett as a free agent
• 1957-04: acquired Bob Will as a free agent
• 1957 postseason: released Felix Mantilla, Bob Purkey

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