1958 Chicago White Sox season

1958 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Dorothy Comiskey Rigney
General manager(s)	Chuck Comiskey/Johnny Rigney
Manager(s)	Al López
Local television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
Local radio	WCFL (Bob Elson, Don Wells)
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The 1958 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 58th season in the major leagues, and its 59th season overall. They finished with a record 82–72, good enough for second place in the American League, 10 games behind the first-place New York Yankees.

Offseason

• December 4, 1957: Minnie Miñoso and Fred Hatfield were traded by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Early Wynn and Al Smith.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	92	62	.597	--
Chicago White Sox	82	72	.532	10
Boston Red Sox	79	75	.513	13
Cleveland Indians	77	76	.503	14.5
Detroit Tigers	77	77	.500	15
Baltimore Orioles	74	79	.484	17.5
Kansas City Athletics	73	81	.474	19
Washington Senators	61	93	.396	31

Record vs. opponents

1958 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	NYY	WSH
Baltimore	—	10–12	9–13–1	10–11	10–12	12–10	8–14	15–7
Boston	12–10	—	10–12	12–10	10–12	12–10	9–13–1	14–8
Chicago	13–9–1	12–10	—	12–10	10–12	12–10	7–15	16–6
Cleveland	11–10	10–12	10–12	—	14–8	10–12	7–15	15–7
Detroit	12–10	12–10	12–10	8–14	—	12–10	12–10	9–13
Kansas City	10–12	10–12	10–12	12–10	10–12	—	9–13	12–10–2
New York	14–8	13–9–1	15–7	15–7	10–12	13–9	—	12–10
Washington	7–15	8–14	6–16	7–15	13–9	10–12–2	10–12	—

Opening Day lineup

• Luis Aparicio, ss
• Nellie Fox, 2b
• Billy Goodman, 3b
• Sherm Lollar, c
• Tito Francona, rf
• Earl Torgeson, 1b
• Al Smith, lf
• Bubba Phillips, cf
• Billy Pierce, p

Notable transactions

• June 15, 1958: Bill Fischer and Tito Francona were traded by the White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Ray Boone and Bob Shaw.^[2]
• June 24, 1958: Walt Dropo was selected off waivers from the White Sox by the Cincinnati Redlegs.^[3]

Roster

1958 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 22 Dick Donovan 20 Bill Fischer 28 Dixie Howell 15 Bob Keegan 18 Barry Latman 27 Turk Lown 36 Jim McDonald 28 Stover McIlwain 29 Ray Moore 19 Billy Pierce 31,36 Tom Qualters 27,15 Don Rudolph 32,35 Bob Shaw 21 Gerry Staley  3 Hal Trosky, Jr. 30 Jim Wilson 24 Early Wynn		Catchers 26 Earl Battey 31 Chuck Lindstrom 10 Sherm Lollar 20 Johnny Romano Infielders 11 Luis Aparicio 3,8 Ray Boone  8 Walt Dropo 14 Sammy Esposito  2 Nellie Fox  6 Billy Goodman  4 Ron Jackson  5 Bubba Phillips 17 Earl Torgeson		Outfielders 16 Ted Beard  9 Johnny Callison 31 Norm Cash  3 Tito Francona  1 Jim Landis 48 Jim McAnany 32 Don Mueller  7 Jim Rivera 9,16 Al Smith Other batters 12 Les Moss		Manager 42 Al López Coaches 37 Ray Berres 34 Johnny Cooney 33 Tony Cuccinello 39 Don Gutteridge

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Luis Aparicio, SS	145	557	76	148	20	9	2	40	35	38	.266	29
Earl Battey, C	68	168	24	38	8	0	8	26	24	34	.226	1
Ted Beard, OF	19	22	5	2	0	0	1	2	6	5	.091	3
Ray Boone, 1B	77	246	25	60	12	1	7	41	18	33	.244	1
Johnny Callison, LF	18	64	10	19	4	2	1	12	6	14	.297	1
Norm Cash, OF	13	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	0
Walt Dropo, 1B	28	52	3	10	1	0	2	8	5	11	.192	0
Sammy Esposito, 3B,SS	98	81	16	20	3	0	0	3	12	6	.247	1
Nellie Fox, 2B	155	623	82	187	21	6	0	49	47	11	.300	5
Tito Francona, RF,LF	41	128	10	33	3	2	1	10	14	24	.258	2
Billy Goodman, 3B	116	425	41	127	15	5	0	40	37	21	.299	1
Ron Jackson, 1B	61	146	19	34	4	0	7	21	18	46	.233	2
Jim Landis, CF	142	523	72	145	23	7	15	64	52	80	.277	19
Charlie Lindstrom, C	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.000	0
Sherm Lollar, C	127	421	53	115	16	0	20	84	57	37	.273	2
Jim McAnany, RF	5	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	0
Les Moss, PH	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0
Don Mueller, RF	70	166	7	42	5	0	0	16	11	9	.253	0
Bubba Phillips, 3B,OF	84	260	26	71	10	0	5	30	15	14	.273	3
Jim Rivera, OF	116	276	37	62	8	4	9	35	24	49	.225	21
John Romano, C	4	7	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.286	0
Al Smith, LF,RF	139	480	61	121	23	5	12	58	48	77	.252	3
Earl Torgeson, 1B	96	188	37	50	8	0	10	30	48	29	.266	7
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Dick Donovan, P 34 80 5 9 0 0 0 1 10 33 .113 0 Bill Fischer, P 17 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .143 0 Bob Keegan, P 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 0 Barry Latman, P 13 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 .083 0 Turk Lown, P 27 9 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 .333 0 Stover McIlwain, P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Ray Moore, P 32 44 1 9 2 0 1 2 2 13 .205 0 Billy Pierce, P 35 83 10 17 3 0 0 4 4 13 .205 0 Tom Qualters, P 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 0 Bob Shaw, P 29 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 .000 0 Gerry Staley, P 50 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 .000 0 Jim Wilson, P 28 51 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 16 .078 0 Early Wynn, P 40 75 7 15 1 0 0 11 10 25 .200 0 Team totals 155 5249 634 1348 191 42 101 594 518 669 .257 101 Pitching Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K Dick Donovan 15 14 3.01 34 34 0 248.0 240 92 83 23 58 127 Bill Fischer 2 3 6.69 17 3 0 36.1 43 28 27 6 14 16 Dixie Howell 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Keegan 0 2 6.07 14 2 0 29.2 44 25 20 9 22 8 Barry Latman 3 0 0.76 13 3 0 47.2 27 7 4 1 17 28 Turk Lown 3 3 3.98 27 0 8 40.2 49 22 18 1 32 40 Jim McDonald 0 0 19.29 3 0 0 2.1 6 8 5 1 4 0 Stover McIlwain 0 0 2.25 1 1 0 4.0 4 1 1 1 0 4 Ray Moore 9 7 3.82 32 20 2 136.2 107 63 58 10 72 73 Billy Pierce 17 11 2.68 35 32 2 245.0 204 83 73 33 68 144 Tom Qualters 0 0 4.19 26 0 0 43.0 45 22 20 1 24 14 Don Rudolph 1 0 2.57 7 0 1 7.0 4 2 2 0 6 2 Bob Shaw 4 2 4.64 29 3 1 64.0 67 33 33 8 31 18 Gerry Staley 4 5 3.16 50 0 8 85.1 81 36 30 10 27 27 Hal Trosky 1 0 6.00 2 0 0 3.0 5 3 2 0 2 1 Jim Wilson 9 9 4.10 28 23 1 155.2 156 75 71 21 71 70 Early Wynn 14 16 4.13 40 34 2 239.2 214 115 110 27 107 179 Team totals 82 72 3.61 155 155 25 1389.2 1296 615 557 152 555 751 Awards Luis Aparicio, Gold Glove Award[4] Sherm Lollar, Gold Glove Award[4] Farm system Level Team League Manager AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Walker Cooper A Colorado Springs Sky Sox Western League Skeeter Scalzi B Davenport DavSox Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Ira Hutchinson C Duluth-Superior White Sox Northern League Joe Hauser and George Sobek D Dubuque Packers Midwest League Frank Parenti D Holdrege White Sox Nebraska State League George Noga LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Colorado Springs[5] Notes Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference Ray Boone page at Baseball Reference Walt Dropo page at Baseball Reference American League Gold Glove winners at Baseball Reference Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 References 1958 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference