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1955 Chicago White Sox  (1954)  (1956) 81-73, 3rd in American League Scored 633 runs, Allowed 580 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .720 Park Factor: Batting - 105 / Pitching - 104 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 80-74   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 91-63 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        29  151  576   99  184  34   4  14   83  20  10   60   42  .319  .389  .465  101   6.3  2(-3)e10   43  
 2B *Nellie Fox           27  154  657  104  195  21   5   5   53   9   6   44   24  .297  .349  .367   87   4.8  1e24      -54  
 3B  George Kell          32  137  452   51  130  16   1   9   70   1   2   74   43  .288  .383  .387   72   5.7  4e11      -48  
 OF  Carlos Paula         27  112  346   32  105  27   4  12   58   1   0    8   44  .303  .320  .509   52   5.6  4(-1)e21   50  
 SS  Granny Hamner        28  118  455   65  124  20   6   3   49   0   0   32   28  .273  .318  .363   51   4.0  4e44       15  
 OF *Jim King             22  109  315   30   79  17   4   9   53   0   1   32   45  .251  .323  .416   42   4.6  3(-2)e3     2  
 1B  Walt Dropo           32  110  329   28   78  14   2  11   49   0   0   34   52  .237  .311  .392   39   4.1  3e8       -88  
 1B *Bob Hale             21   68  196   19   76  11   0   0   17   0   0   11   21  .388  .421  .444   35   7.8  5e30       83  
 C  *Toby Atwell          31  107  307   31   64  14   0   1   28   0   0   66   29  .208  .347  .264   33   3.6  3(+2)e3     8  
 C  *Hobie Landrith       25   37   86   17   29   5   2   6   15   0   1   18   17  .337  .452  .651   26  12.3  4(-1)e5   348  
 1B *Dee Fondy            30   60  147   21   41   6   4   4   21   3   2   11   35  .279  .327  .456   20   5.0  2e15       54  
 OF  Tom Umphlett         24  125  366   30   65   6   0   0   23   1   0   29   44  .178  .236  .194   17   1.6  2(-1)e5  -108  
 C   Les Moss             30   54  125   15   31   3   0   1   10   0   0   17   23  .248  .347  .296   14   4.0  4(+3)e2  -155  
 SS  George Strickland    29   78  218   27   37   7   2   1   11   2   1   18   31  .170  .232  .234   13   1.9  2e19     -109  
 3B  Vern Stephens        34   25   73    8   24   5   0   2   14   0   0    7   10  .329  .376  .479   12   6.1  4e15       96  
 OF  Bubba Phillips       27   92  215   15   39   2   0   3    7   3   1   16   30  .181  .241  .233   12   1.9  3(-1)e3  -120  
 C   Bob Roselli          23    4    9    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .444  .615  .556    3  20.1  4(+3)e16  474  
 3B  Kal Segrist          24    3    8    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .500  .636  .500    2  14.1  4e37      348  
 OF *Willard Marshall     34   14   34    0    4   1   0   0    1   0   0   10    2  .118  .318  .147    2   2.2  4(-1)e15  -69  
 3B  Frank Malzone        25    7   22    0    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    5  .273  .273  .273    1   2.8  3e29     -235  
 OF  Wally Westlake       34    8   17    2    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    2  .176  .300  .235    1   2.2  4(+1)e11  -13  
 OF  Mel Clark            31    2    4    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .250  .400  .500    0   8.1  4(-2)e15  421  
 OF *Ron Northey          35    5   13    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    3  .077  .333  .154    0   1.9  4(+3)e16 -698  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           648                  -17

     * - 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  Bob Lemon            34  17   9  .654  32  31   6   0   0   0   2  229.1  230   84   75  18   80  122  2.94  106   4.1  -45  
  P  Herm Wehmeier        28  14   6  .700  28  28   8   0   0   0   2  206.2  189   88   78  21   69  108  3.40   90   4.0  -44  
  P *Joe Nuxhall          26  13  15  .464  36  36   7   0   0   0   1  255.1  262  121  108  27   97  102  3.81  127   4.4    7  
  P *Billy Pierce         28  10  14  .417  30  30   8   0   0   0   2  227.0  185   83   71  25   72  162  2.81   85   3.4   11  
  P  Ed Roebuck           24   9   6  .600  40   0   0  23   2   2   0   56.1   64   35   33   9   16   32  5.27   36   5.7  -89  
  P  Sandy Consuegra      34   6   1  .857  43   7   2  20   6   3   1  108.1  116   41   37   6   20   35  3.07   46   3.8   43  
  P  Harry Dorish         33   4   0 1.000  20   0   0  10   2   1   0   26.2   26   12   12   2   14    7  4.05   13   4.6    6  
  P  Mike Fornieles       23   3   3  .500  32   8   2  12   1   1   2   87.0   70   27   26  11   35   26  2.69   29   3.0 -111  
  P  Dick Hall            24   3  13  .188  23  13   0   8   1   0   0   94.0  112   58   50  11   26   52  4.79   59   5.6   99  
  P *Frank Baumann        22   1   0 1.000  23   0   0   8   2   1   0   33.1   18    7    7   2   20   31  1.89    8   2.5 -296  
  P  Dixie Howell         35   1   5  .167  42   0   0  35  18   3   0   57.2   53   15   14   2   15   14  2.18   20   3.2  -22  
  P  Don Johnson          28   0   0  .000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0    2.0    1    2    0   0    1    1  0.00    0   3.2 -141  
  P *Webbo Clarke         27   0   0  .000   3   0   0   1   0   0   0    1.1    0    0    0   0    3    1  0.00    0   2.3 -208  
  P  Bob Keegan           34   0   1  .000   6   1   0   3   0   0   0   12.1   14    7    5   0    7    6  3.65    7   5.3 -117  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      634        -19

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Toby Atwell 861 95 107 488 44 3 1 .994 23 18 Les Moss 285 32 36 181 6 0 1 1.000 11 1 Hobie Landrith 225 23 33 140 7 0 2 1.000 1 2 Bob Roselli 27 4 4 14 0 1 0 .933 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Walt Dropo 721 80 86 798 96 1 90 .999 11.16 Bob Hale 379 44 47 422 41 6 39 .987 11.00 Dee Fondy 284 30 39 311 35 2 26 .994 10.96 George Kell 10 0 4 8 1 0 1 1.000 8.10 Granny Hamner 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Nellie Fox 1396 154 154 423 477 21 127 .977 5.80 Granny Hamner 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- George Kell 1073 118 126 76 278 4 21 .989 2.97 Vern Stephens 158 18 18 16 48 0 1 1.000 3.64 Bubba Phillips 56 7 7 9 13 2 1 .917 3.51 Minnie Minoso 53 4 11 4 14 1 1 .947 3.08 Frank Malzone 41 5 5 5 14 1 0 .950 4.20 Kal Segrist 16 2 2 1 5 2 0 .750 3.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Granny Hamner 915 104 107 191 382 29 85 .952 5.64 George Strickland 483 50 68 127 200 4 36 .988 6.10 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Minnie Minoso 1249 139 143 254 15 6 0 .978 1.94 Carlos Paula 70 7 13 8 0 3 0 .727 1.03 Willard Marshall 29 4 4 8 0 1 0 .889 2.48 Jim King 16 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 Bubba Phillips 14 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Wally Westlake 11 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 Mel Clark 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 George Kell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tom Umphlett 949 105 122 233 9 1 2 .996 2.30 Bubba Phillips 424 46 60 104 5 0 0 1.000 2.31 Wally Westlake 24 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim King 702 76 86 136 0 0 1 1.000 1.74 Carlos Paula 597 68 70 94 2 6 0 .941 1.45 Willard Marshall 52 6 6 12 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 Ron Northey 31 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.16 Bubba Phillips 13 0 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77 Minnie Minoso 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Wally Westlake 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1955 Draft

Round 1 (#10):	George Kell
Round 2 (#24):	Herm Wehmeier
Round 3 (#38):	Harry Dorish
Round 4 (#51):	Toby Atwell
Round 5 (#64):	Hobie Landrith
Round 6 (#76):	Bubba Phillips
Round 7 (#84):	Mel Clark
Round 8 (#90):	Don Johnson

Transactions

• 1955-01: traded Faye Throneberry, Gil Coan to BAA for Jim King, Wally Westlake
• 1955-01: traded Bob Kennedy to WAA for Tom Umphlett, Carlos Paula
• 1955-01: acquired Frank Baumann as a free agent
• 1955-03: acquired Ron Northey as a free agent
• 1955-06: released Ron Northey
• 1955-06: acquired Kal Segrist as a free agent
• 1955-07: acquired Frank Malzone as a free agent
• 1955-07: released Kal Segrist
• 1955-12: acquired Bob Roselli as a free agent
• 1955-13: released Frank Baumann
• 1955-15: released Bob Roselli
• 1955-15: acquired Webbo Clarke as a free agent
• 1955 postseason: released Hobie Landrith

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