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1958 Chicago White Sox  (1957)  (1959) 67-87, 6th in American League Scored 561 runs, Allowed 734 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-97 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .682 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 100 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 68-86   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 82-72 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        32  154  580   85  170  25   4  15   76  24   8   78   70  .293  .378  .428   93   5.7  2(-2)e8   -61  
 2B *Nellie Fox           30  154  645   77  193  15   4   0   45  24  18   42   29  .299  .342  .335   73   4.0  2e13      -33  
 SS *Billy Goodman        32  130  465   45  139  13   7   0   38   3   3   43   27  .299  .360  .357   57   4.5  4e28        5  
 C  *Johnny Roseboro      25  130  420   48   97  12   8  11   50  12   3   40   78  .231  .298  .376   46   3.6  2(-1)e6  -114  
 OF  Dick Williams        29  125  447   38  114  20   0   4   59   5   3   35   63  .255  .316  .327   45   3.4  3(+2)e6   -41  
 1B *Earl Torgeson        34   91  212   44   46   7   0  13   22  21   7   48   49  .217  .362  .434   37   5.7  3e23      -88  
 3B  Don Hoak             30  117  435   43   91  21   0   7   40   8  10   40   48  .209  .275  .306   35   2.6  1e19     -128  
 1B  Walt Dropo           35   72  228   28   62   7   2  13   49   1   0   18   59  .272  .327  .491   35   5.5  3e14       50  
 SS  Granny Hamner        31   68  132   18   42  12   3   4   21   0   0   13   17  .318  .381  .545   28   8.5  2e29      142  
 OF  Al Smith             30  107  246   27   55  12   3   4   19   0   2   19   49  .224  .279  .346   22   3.1  3(-1)e9   -94  
 UT  Bubba Phillips       30   85  277   18   60  13   0   1   27   8   3   19   21  .217  .267  .274   20   2.4           -138  
 C  *Hobie Landrith       28   53  141   19   33   3   0   5   25   1   1   27   21  .234  .360  .362   19   4.6  4(0)e5     81  
 OF *Don Mueller          31   55  180   13   49   6   0   0   11   0   1   10    8  .272  .314  .306   17   3.5  4(-1)e7    39  
 OF *Irv Noren            33   60  188   14   41   7   2   3   15   0   1   19   18  .218  .288  .324   17   3.1  3(-2)e7  -107  
 1B *Whitey Lockman       31   80  122   18   34   5   0   1    7   3   1   18    6  .279  .378  .344   17   4.7  1e14       83  
 SS  Sammy Esposito       26   18   54    3   13   2   0   0    6   1   0    6    6  .241  .317  .278    5   3.6  3e28      -47  
 OF *Eddie Haas           23    5   15    2    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .400  .471  .467    3  10.6  4(+3)e7   143  
 OF  Leo Burke            24    5   12    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .417  .462  .417    2   9.4  3(+3)e6  -440  
 UT  Felix Mantilla       23   14   19    2    1   1   0   0    0   1   0    0    4  .053  .053  .105    0   -.2           -469  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                           580                  -47

     * - 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         31  16  10  .615  40  40   2   0   0   0   0  244.1  205  101   87  31   68  191  3.20   94   3.4  -19  
  P *Harvey Haddix        32  12   9  .571  27  26   8   1   0   1   3  201.1  202   63   63  19   25  128  2.82   76   3.4 -132  
  P *Joe Nuxhall          29   9  10  .474  27  25   0   0   0   0   0  174.2  168   76   70  15   63  140  3.61   79   4.0  -30  
  P  Jim Wilson           36   7  13  .350  25  25   5   0   0   0   0  164.2  182   97   84  19   73   88  4.59   98   5.3   -2  
  P  Early Wynn           38   7  20  .259  38  36   1   1   0   0   0  244.2  234  123  117  30  110  237  4.30  127   4.7    7  
  P *Hank Aguirre         27   5   5  .500  50   0   0  43  15   4   0   58.2   57   30   27   5   18   38  4.14   25   3.8  -16  
  P *Seth Morehead        23   4   1  .800  63   2   0  16   3   0   0   88.0  128   64   54  10   20   70  5.52   67   6.8   21  
  P  Ed Roebuck           27   3  10  .231  57   0   0  19   2   2   0   47.2   63   45   39  14   15   31  7.36   43   8.1  101  
  P  Dick Brodowski       25   2   0 1.000   7   0   0   7   3   0   0   10.2    4    0    0   0    2   10  0.00    0    .6  -50  
  P  Turk Lown            34   1   2  .333  44   0   0  15   1   2   0   58.2   84   54   48   6   44   48  7.36   54   8.3   74  
  P  Tom Qualters         23   1   4  .200  26   0   0  14   1   1   0   31.2   39   22   20   0   16    8  5.68   20   5.6   38  
  P  Bob Kelly            30   0   0  .000   4   0   0   2   0   0   0    5.1   10    7    7   4    0    3 11.81    9  16.6  593  
  P  Howie Reed           21   0   0  .000   9   0   0   7   7   1   0   11.0    5    0    0   0    3    8  0.00    1   1.1  -76  
  P  Bob Lemon            37   0   1  .000   4   0   0   3   0   0   0    5.1    8    3    3   1    1    4  5.06    5   9.5  -48  
  P  Bob Keegan           37   0   2  .000  20   0   0  10   0   2   0   35.2   71   49   44   9   22   11 11.10   58  14.6   87  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                                      762        -10

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Johnny Roseboro 1029 113 121 796 34 4 1 .995 24 16 Hobie Landrith 354 41 41 300 13 0 0 1.000 9 6 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Walt Dropo 500 61 65 500 32 2 61 .996 9.57 Earl Torgeson 458 53 65 437 36 10 49 .979 9.30 Whitey Lockman 313 28 71 313 24 1 28 .997 9.68 Billy Goodman 60 6 9 55 2 0 4 1.000 8.55 Dick Williams 51 6 7 49 6 0 2 1.000 9.71 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Nellie Fox 1373 154 154 336 466 18 129 .978 5.26 Billy Goodman 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Felix Mantilla 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Granny Hamner 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Whitey Lockman 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Don Hoak 1008 112 116 105 322 11 40 .975 3.81 Bubba Phillips 342 41 42 47 105 5 14 .968 4.00 Al Smith 20 0 10 5 5 1 1 .909 4.43 Dick Williams 8 1 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.50 Billy Goodman 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.37 Granny Hamner 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Goodman 956 112 113 172 324 19 61 .963 4.67 Granny Hamner 270 25 48 58 98 7 20 .957 5.21 Sammy Esposito 132 14 17 16 43 1 5 .983 4.02 Don Hoak 13 2 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 2.08 Felix Mantilla 12 1 3 2 7 0 0 1.000 6.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick Williams 694 80 80 167 10 5 0 .973 2.30 Al Smith 492 53 67 114 2 1 0 .991 2.12 Don Mueller 114 13 13 30 2 0 0 1.000 2.53 Minnie Minoso 36 4 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 Bubba Phillips 17 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 Whitey Lockman 15 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Johnny Roseboro 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Irv Noren 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 Eddie Haas 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Irv Noren 464 52 54 104 5 4 0 .965 2.12 Don Mueller 330 38 38 64 4 2 0 .971 1.85 Bubba Phillips 298 33 35 67 4 1 0 .986 2.14 Minnie Minoso 215 23 24 48 1 0 0 1.000 2.05 Eddie Haas 24 3 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 Leo Burke 19 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 Al Smith 16 1 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Felix Mantilla 11 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 Dick Williams 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 Johnny Roseboro 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Minnie Minoso 1131 127 127 215 6 5 1 .978 1.76 Dick Williams 248 27 28 38 0 3 0 .927 1.38 Bubba Phillips 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Al Smith 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Johnny Roseboro 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1958 Draft

Round 1 (#1):	Bob Lemon
Round 2 (#15):	Don Hoak
Round 3 (#28):	Harvey Haddix
Round 4 (#41):	Dick Williams
Round 5 (#54):	Hank Aguirre
Round 6 (#65):	Ed Roebuck
Round 7 (#73):	Walt Dropo
Round 8 (#80):	Hobie Landrith
Round 9 (#85):	Seth Morehead
Round 10 (#89):	Whitey Lockman
Round 11 (#92):	Irv Noren

Transactions

• 1958-03: acquired Howie Reed as a free agent
• 1958-06: acquired Dick Brodowski as a free agent
• 1958-07: acquired Leo Burke as a free agent
• 1958-13: released Howie Reed
• 1958-13: acquired Bob Kelly as a free agent
• 1958-15: released Leo Burke
• 1958-15: acquired Eddie Haas as a free agent

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