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1959 Chicago White Sox  (1958)  (1960) 65-89, 5th in American League Scored 615 runs, Allowed 730 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-90 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .692 Park Factor: Batting - 89 / Pitching - 90 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 59-95   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 94-60 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        33  154  583   68  182  43   1  18   89   2  10   63   49  .312  .400  .482  111   7.0  2(-2)e6    36  
 2B *Nellie Fox           31  154  610   79  175  37   5   1   61   3   8   69   14  .287  .361  .369   83   4.8  1e11      -40  
 1B *Earl Torgeson        35   99  299   54   68   6   4  17   44  13  11   68   64  .227  .368  .445   53   5.8  3e29       96  
 OF  Al Smith             31  140  504   54  112  18   7  15   57   9   4   40   87  .222  .285  .375   49   3.2  3(-1)e8   -47  
 SS  George Strickland    33  128  468   53  103  18   1   5   53   3   1   50   65  .220  .293  .295   42   3.1  4e38      -27  
 C  *Johnny Roseboro      26  129  425   45   88  20   6   9   48   5   4   43   82  .207  .287  .346   42   3.3  3(-1)e6   -67  
 UT  Bubba Phillips       31  107  349   38   83  22   2   5   32   3   4   14   20  .238  .266  .355   30   3.0            -77  
 3B *Billy Goodman        33   81  273   25   72  14   0   1   22   4   0   16   25  .264  .308  .326   28   3.7  4e23        9  
 1B *Jim Marshall         28  112  296   33   63   4   0   9   27   0   2   32   44  .213  .289  .318   26   3.0  4e5      -123  
 OF  Jim McAnany          22   89  181   19   47   9   4   0    8   0   1   17   16  .260  .327  .354   21   4.2  2(-1)e12   -7  
 OF *Albie Pearson        24   70  228   19   50   9   0   0   25   2   0   24    9  .219  .292  .259   18   2.7  3(0)e6     -6  
 UT  Felix Mantilla       24   61  112   25   28   2   1   4   10   2   1   13   13  .250  .341  .393   15   4.6            197  
 OF *John Powers          30   16   46   11   15   5   1   5   16   0   0    4   10  .326  .396  .804   13  10.2  4(+1)e16  393  
 1B *Gordy Coleman        25    4   16    3   11   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .688  .722  .750    9  48.8  4e88      243  
 SS  Granny Hamner        32   22   59    6   17   5   0   1    6   0   0    4    5  .288  .328  .424    8   5.4  3e36      140  
 SS  Sammy Esposito       27   22   49    8    9   1   0   3    5   0   0   10   13  .184  .322  .388    6   4.7  3e17      200  
 1B *Larry Doby           35   32   93   10   18   5   0   0   11   1   0    9   21  .194  .257  .247    6   2.3  4e30      -87  
 C   Joe Lonnett          32   31   84    8   13   2   0   2    7   0   0   11   17  .155  .276  .250    6   2.3  3(+1)e7    26  
 3B  Cliff Cook           22    7   22    2    8   2   2   0    6   1   0    3    5  .364  .440  .636    6  11.0  4e59       70  
 1B  Ron Jackson          25    4   11    4    4   1   0   2    3   0   0    1    0  .364  .417 1.000    4  17.7  4e30      604  
 C  *Danny Kravitz        28   18   42    5   11   5   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .262  .262  .452    4   3.3  4(+2)e6    64  
 SS  Clete Boyer          22   59  114    9   19   1   0   0    6   0   0    3   21  .167  .188  .175    3   1.0  2e7       -44  
 OF *Harry Simpson        33   13   32    1    4   1   1   0    2   0   0    1    4  .125  .200  .219    1   1.2  4(+1)e17 -225  
 PH  Del Ennis            34    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -615  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                           594                   -8

     * - 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  Early Wynn           39  17  12  .586  39  39   7   0   0   0   3  288.2  259  120  111  30  133  206  3.46  131   4.1   17  
  P  Orlando Pena         25  12   7  .632  61   8   1  23   1   0   1  132.1  148   74   69  26   35   83  4.69   82   5.7  -35  
  P *Joe Nuxhall          30   9   9  .500  42  15   2  14   2   1   0  130.2  127   60   48   8   42   70  3.31   58   3.9  -92  
  P  Jim Bronstad         23   8  12  .400  31  22   2   4   1   0   1  146.0  180   85   76  17   56   70  4.68   95   5.9    7  
  P *Billy Pierce         32   8  15  .348  36  36   3   0   0   0   0  232.0  251  136  128  30   71  117  4.97  127   4.9   14  
  P  Bennie Daniels       27   4  12  .250  27  24   1   2   0   0   0  149.1  176   97   87  14   53  115  5.24   88   5.3  -42  
  P *Frank Baumann        26   3   7  .300  35   8   1   9   2   1   0   89.2   99   55   53  19   49   40  5.32   64   6.3   34  
  P  Turk Lown            35   2  10  .167  57   0   0  49  25  10   0   80.0   71   41   35  13   31   51  3.94   37   4.1   31  
  P  Ben Johnson          28   1   0 1.000   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   15.0   13    1    1   0    0    9  0.60    3   1.9 -196  
  P  Al Schroll           27   1   4  .200  35   0   0  20   1   0   0   47.0   64   26   26   4   21   32  4.98   33   6.4   59  
  P *Dean Stone           28   0   0  .000  16   0   0   5   1   1   0   20.1   16    9    6   2   16   15  2.66    9   4.2 -102  
  P *Rudy Arias           28   0   1  .000  29   0   0  11   0   1   0   46.1   47   26   21   4   10   38  4.08   22   4.1 -142  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                                      753        -11

     * - 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 1078 120 124 727 38 10 3 .987 34 17 Joe Lonnett 230 26 29 158 3 1 0 .994 12 1 Danny Kravitz 69 8 11 57 3 1 0 .984 1 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Earl Torgeson 678 76 79 666 44 19 70 .974 9.42 Jim Marshall 503 54 65 481 43 1 49 .998 9.38 Larry Doby 140 16 18 143 12 3 11 .981 9.96 Gordy Coleman 32 4 4 29 4 0 5 1.000 9.28 Ron Jackson 24 4 4 25 0 0 4 1.000 9.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Nellie Fox 1377 154 154 415 418 12 115 .986 5.44 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Goodman 620 74 75 64 173 12 14 .952 3.44 Bubba Phillips 378 41 51 36 105 11 15 .928 3.36 George Strickland 312 31 50 29 79 3 7 .973 3.12 Cliff Cook 42 6 6 5 13 1 0 .947 3.86 Al Smith 18 2 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.50 Granny Hamner 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Felix Mantilla 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- George Strickland 723 84 87 156 205 19 51 .950 4.49 Clete Boyer 322 31 59 66 123 2 28 .990 5.29 Sammy Esposito 134 16 18 33 31 1 7 .985 4.31 Granny Hamner 101 12 15 23 31 2 10 .964 4.81 Felix Mantilla 98 11 18 27 35 2 7 .969 5.71 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Minnie Minoso 1370 154 154 333 14 6 0 .983 2.28 Jim Marshall 7 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Albie Pearson 493 56 57 112 6 3 0 .975 2.15 Al Smith 353 40 40 79 1 1 0 .988 2.04 Bubba Phillips 331 36 40 88 5 2 1 .979 2.53 Felix Mantilla 102 11 14 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 Larry Doby 81 9 9 19 2 0 0 1.000 2.33 Jim Marshall 11 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 Minnie Minoso 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Jim McAnany 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Smith 821 92 99 165 4 4 2 .977 1.85 Jim McAnany 284 32 35 49 1 1 0 .980 1.58 John Powers 97 11 11 13 0 1 0 .929 1.21 Jim Marshall 92 10 17 18 1 1 0 .950 1.85 Harry Simpson 59 7 7 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.82 Albie Pearson 15 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 Bubba Phillips 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1959 Draft

Round 1 (#2):	Minnie Minoso
Round 2 (#16):	Granny Hamner
Round 4 (#39):	Bubba Phillips
Round 5 (#52):	Orlando Pena
Round 6 (#65):	Jim Marshall
Round 7 (#78):	Frank Baumann
Round 8 (#87):	Bennie Daniels
Round 9 (#96):	Danny Kravitz
Round 10 (#103):	Al Schroll
Round 11 (#108):	Albie Pearson
Round 12 (#112):	Dean Stone
Round 13 (#114):	Jim Bronstad

Transactions

• 1959-01: acquired John Powers as a free agent
• 1959-02: acquired Ben Johnson as a free agent
• 1959-04: released Ben Johnson
• 1959-04: acquired Joe Lonnett as a free agent
• 1959-05: acquired Cliff Cook as a free agent
• 1959-07: acquired Gordy Coleman as a free agent
• 1959-07: released John Powers
• 1959-07: released Cliff Cook
• 1959-12: released Gordy Coleman
• 1959-12: acquired Ron Jackson as a free agent
• 1959 postseason: released Bennie Daniels, Danny Kravitz, Joe Lonnett

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