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1960 Chicago White Sox  (1959)  (1961) 70-84, 4th in American League Scored 663 runs, Allowed 757 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-87 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .681 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 69-85   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 87-67 Manager(s): Ron Tidrow

 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        34  154  614   95  198  31   6  22  101  15   2   52   70  .322  .386  .500  116   7.1  2(-2)e7    31  
 2B *Nellie Fox           32  152  643   98  181  28  13   1   41   1   5   55   17  .281  .346  .370   82   4.6  2e14       -6  
 OF  Al Smith             32  138  532   71  162  35   2  10   58   6   3   40   63  .305  .356  .434   81   5.6  3(-1)e11  -35  
 3B  Gene Freese          26  132  467   64  135  41  10  11   80  11   3   37   65  .289  .337  .490   71   5.3  4e27       34  
 OF  Frank Howard         23  130  457   60  117  13   1  27   79   0   0   42  103  .256  .319  .466   65   5.0  4(-2)e6     1  
 SS  Clete Boyer          23  118  403   52  100  23   1  18   45   2   2   26   84  .248  .299  .444   52   4.4  2e36       53  
 1B  Frank Thomas         31  128  492   46  115  13   3  15   57   3   0   23   86  .234  .266  .364   44   3.1  4e25      -48  
 C  *Johnny Roseboro      27  107  292   41   69  13   1   8   30   5   2   29   49  .236  .313  .370   36   4.3  3(-1)e4   -10  
 OF *Bob Will             28   64  207   25   55   5   6   3   29   0   1   30   24  .266  .359  .391   28   4.8  4(+1)e3    56  
 SS #Jerry Kindall        25   59  147   14   38   7   1   1   15   3   1    3   32  .259  .268  .340   12   2.9  2e48       10  
 1B  Dick Gernert         31   46   93   10   26   4   0   0   14   0   0   12   21  .280  .358  .323   11   4.8  4e22       14  
 UT  Alvin Dark           38   26   94   11   26   3   0   1    4   0   0    4    8  .277  .306  .340    9   3.8            -25  
 C  *Joe Ginsberg         33   27   80    4   25   2   0   0    9   0   0    3    5  .312  .337  .338    9   4.6  3(0)e12    12  
 C   Cal Neeman           31   58  174   15   24  10   2   3   23   0   0   13   40  .138  .194  .270    9   1.6  3(0)e8   -105  
 1B *Earl Torgeson        36   26   44    8   12   0   0   1    3   0   0   18    7  .273  .484  .341    9   7.4  3e25      -40  
 UT  Felix Mantilla       25   63  127   13   23   5   0   1    9   1   0    6   18  .181  .218  .244    7   1.9           -194  
 3B *Billy Goodman        34   31   46    2   12   4   0   0    4   0   0    9    6  .261  .382  .348    7   5.6  4e8       107  
 PH *Floyd Robinson       24   28   27    6    9   2   0   0    1   0   0    7    5  .333  .471  .407    5   8.0            164  
 OF  Charlie James        22   22   27    4    8   0   0   1    8   0   0    0   10  .296  .286  .407    3   4.4  3(0)e25   177  
 SS  George Strickland    34   10   25    2    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    2  .160  .214  .280    1   1.7  4e44        1  
 3B  Sammy Esposito       28   14   31    2    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    2   10  .161  .212  .194    0    .3  3e35     -153  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           666                   -2

     * - 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 *Frank Baumann        27  12   7  .632  31  30   4   0   0   0   0  208.0  216   87   77  16   63   82  3.33  102   4.4   32  
  P  John Buzhardt        23  12  11  .522  30  29   4   1   1   0   2  204.1  199   95   85  16   66   72  3.74  100   4.4  -33  
  P *Billy Pierce         33   9  13  .409  32  30   6   1   0   0   0  202.0  240  120  109  21   61  111  4.86  120   5.3   35  
  P  Early Wynn           40   7  16  .304  34  33   1   1   1   0   1  215.0  238  119  108  22  102  143  4.52  128   5.3   42  
  P  Russ Kemmerer        29   6   6  .500  33   4   1  20   4   2   0   74.2   63   29   25   6   24   62  3.01   29   3.5  -32  
  P *Ted Bowsfield        25   5   1  .833  30   3   1  14   2   2   1   60.2   56   23   16   1   34   28  2.37   25   3.8 -100  
  P  Tom Sturdivant       30   5   6  .455  49   2   0  30   8   4   0   97.0  103   64   58  19   43   84  5.38   61   5.6  -19  
  P  Turk Lown            36   4   5  .444  42   0   0  28   7   5   0   65.2   68   40   36   5   33   42  4.93   33   4.4   21  
  P *Joe Nuxhall          31   4   5  .444  48   6   1  24   6   5   1  106.0  139   58   52  10   21   68  4.42   65   5.6   -1  
  P *Herb Score           27   4   8  .333  18  15   0   2   1   0   0   85.2   95   67   58  10   72   62  6.09   66   6.9  126  
  P  Gabe Gabler          29   1   3  .250  25   2   0   9   2   1   0   39.2   44   29   25   4   34   17  5.67   30   6.9  139  
  P  John Briggs          26   1   3  .250  12   0   0   6   0   2   0   26.0   39   26   22   3   11   17  7.62   26   8.9   16  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                                      791         18

     * - 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 748 82 99 528 35 2 5 .996 33 14 Cal Neeman 451 51 57 283 9 10 4 .967 26 3 Joe Ginsberg 184 21 23 106 8 1 0 .991 5 5 Sammy Esposito 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank Thomas 870 100 103 875 103 24 100 .976 10.11 Frank Howard 182 20 24 204 6 4 16 .981 10.40 Dick Gernert 152 15 21 154 22 3 23 .983 10.44 Earl Torgeson 106 12 12 107 5 3 12 .974 9.48 Alvin Dark 71 7 9 71 3 0 6 1.000 9.34 Johnny Roseboro 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 .500 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Nellie Fox 1362 152 152 446 472 15 131 .984 6.07 Jerry Kindall 21 2 4 9 6 0 3 1.000 6.43 Felix Mantilla 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gene Freese 993 111 115 80 263 13 14 .963 3.11 Frank Thomas 132 15 16 7 41 3 2 .941 3.26 Clete Boyer 86 10 13 6 30 1 2 .973 3.75 Billy Goodman 71 8 8 9 26 0 0 1.000 4.44 Sammy Esposito 53 5 8 4 19 1 3 .958 3.91 Alvin Dark 33 4 4 2 11 0 1 1.000 3.55 George Strickland 16 1 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Clete Boyer 886 100 100 186 349 23 94 .959 5.43 Jerry Kindall 283 31 36 65 113 7 23 .962 5.67 Felix Mantilla 149 16 18 32 55 5 15 .946 5.27 George Strickland 41 4 7 6 18 2 3 .923 5.23 Sammy Esposito 18 2 4 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.00 Gene Freese 8 1 1 0 2 1 0 .667 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Minnie Minoso 805 92 92 200 9 3 1 .986 2.34 Bob Will 267 29 29 50 2 1 0 .981 1.76 Alvin Dark 103 10 11 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 Frank Thomas 84 9 10 15 0 2 0 .882 1.60 Felix Mantilla 59 6 10 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.67 Frank Howard 42 5 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 Dick Gernert 25 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.09 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Smith 1134 127 130 280 14 8 2 .974 2.33 Bob Will 190 23 24 31 2 1 0 .971 1.56 Charlie James 21 0 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 Floyd Robinson 20 2 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.15 Felix Mantilla 12 1 2 6 1 0 1 1.000 5.25 Dick Gernert 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank Howard 792 90 90 134 10 1 2 .993 1.64 Minnie Minoso 565 60 63 100 7 4 3 .964 1.70 Al Smith 9 1 2 3 0 1 0 .750 3.00 Bob Will 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Charlie James 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Alvin Dark 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Floyd Robinson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1960 Draft

Round 1 (#8):	Joe Nuxhall
Round 2 (#22):	Gene Freese
Round 3 (#36):	Clete Boyer
Round 4 (#48):	Reno Bertoia
Round 5 (#60):	Frank Thomas
Round 6 (#72):	Tom Sturdivant
Round 7 (#83):	George Strickland
Round 8 (#92):	Gabe Gabler
Round 9 (#99):	Cal Neeman
Round 10 (#106):	Ted Bowsfield

Transactions

• 1960-01: traded Roy Sievers, Sherm Lollar, Jim Landis to LAN for Nellie Fox, Johnny Roseboro, Frank Howard
• 1960-01: traded Reno Bertoia to MLN for Alvin Dark
• 1960-04: acquired Dick Gernert as a free agent
• 1960-09: traded Alvin Dark to CHN for Bob Will
• 1960-15: acquired John Briggs as a free agent
• 1960 postseason: released Frank Howard, Jerry Kindall, Bob Will

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