1956 Chicago White Sox

Major League Baseball

Record: 85-69 .552.... 3rd in AL
Manager(s): Marty Marion
Stadium: New Comiskey Park
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,000,090

HR: Larry Doby [24]
RBI: Larry Doby [102]
2B: Minnie Minoso [29]
SB: Luis Aparicio [21]

W: Billy Pierce [20]
SV: Dixie Howell [4]
SO: Billy Pierce [192]

Oldest Player: Ellis Kinder [42]
Youngest Player: Jim Derrington [16]
Longest Tenure: Billy Pierce [8]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Luis Aparicio (Apr 17)
Pitchers: Jerry Dahlke (May 6) Jim Derrington (Sep 30) Bill Fischer (Apr 21)

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Batting Statistics

Pos	#	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
C	10	Sherm Lollar	31	136	450	55	132	28	2	11	75	2	0	53	34	16	4	2	6	19	.293	.383	.438	821
1B	8	Walt Dropo	33	125	361	42	96	13	1	8	52	1	0	37	51	3	2	5	6	15	.266	.334	.374	708
2B	2	Nellie Fox	28	154	649	109	192	20	10	4	52	8	4	44	14	10	1	13	5	19	.296	.347	.376	723
3B	3	Fred Hatfield	31	106	321	46	84	9	1	7	33	1	0	37	36	8	3	3	4	7	.262	.349	.361	710
SS	11	Luis Aparicio	22	152	533	69	142	19	6	3	56	21	4	34	63	1	2	14	1	9	.266	.311	.341	652
OF	9	Minnie Minoso	33	151	545	106	172	29	11	21	88	12	6	86	40	23	4	4	7	10	.316	.425	.525	950
OF	14	Larry Doby	32	140	504	89	135	22	3	24	102	0	1	102	105	4	6	4	5	7	.268	.392	.466	858
OF	7	Jim Rivera	33	139	491	76	125	23	5	12	66	20	9	49	75	3	2	6	6	3	.255	.322	.395	717

1B-OF	6	Dave Philley	36	86	279	44	74	14	2	4	47	1	3	28	27	1	0	2	6	9	.265	.328	.373	701
P	19	Billy Pierce	29	39	102	6	16	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	22	1	0	7	0	3	.157	.189	.157	346
3B	48	Sammy Esposito	24	81	184	30	42	8	2	3	25	1	2	41	19	2	0	5	2	4	.228	.371	.342	713
P	22	Dick Donovan	28	44	90	10	20	4	0	3	15	0	0	14	30	1	1	1	1	2	.222	.330	.367	697
C	12	Les Moss	31	56	127	20	31	4	0	10	22	0	0	18	15	0	0	2	0	7	.244	.338	.512	850
P	29	Jack Harshman	28	36	71	8	12	1	0	6	19	0	0	11	21	0	0	4	1	0	.169	.277	.437	714
OF	5	Bubba Phillips	28	67	99	16	27	6	0	2	11	1	2	6	12	1	0	1	0	0	.273	.321	.394	715
P	15	Bob Keegan	35	20	32	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	7	0	0	4	0	1	.125	.222	.125	347
3B	1	George Kell	33	21	80	7	25	5	0	1	11	0	0	8	6	0	0	2	1	3	.313	.371	.413	784
P	28	Dixie Howell	36	34	17	4	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.316	.588	904
P	30	Jim Wilson	34	28	62	6	19	2	0	1	8	0	0	1	13	0	0	2	1	2	.306	.313	.387	700
P	16	Mike Fornieles	24	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.400	600
1B	42	Ron Jackson	22	22	56	7	12	3	0	1	4	1	0	10	13	0	1	0	0	2	.214	.333	.321	654
P	36	Morrie Martin	33	10	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	533
OF	6	Ron Northey	36	53	48	4	17	2	0	3	23	0	0	8	1	0	2	0	4	2	.354	.417	.583	1000
P	20	Sandy Consuegra	35	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000
OF	25	Jim Delsing	30	55	41	11	5	3	0	0	2	1	0	10	13	0	0	1	0	0	.122	.294	.195	489
P	44	Connie Johnson	33	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000
OF	18	Bob Nieman	29	14	40	3	12	1	0	2	4	0	1	4	4	0	2	0	0	4	.300	.364	.475	839
P	32	Harry Byrd	31	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000
P	21	Gerry Staley	35	26	32	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	6	0	0	1	0	0	.094	.147	.094	241
3B	30	Bob Kennedy	35	8	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.200	.077	277
SS	3	Jim Brideweser	29	10	11	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.273	523
P	24	Howie Pollet	35	12	8	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.375	.375	.375	750
P	31	Paul LaPalme	32	29	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000
P	36	Jim McDonald	29	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	167
C	26	Earl Battey	21	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.400	.250	650
OF	25	Cal Abrams	32	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.600	.333	933
P	18	Jim Derrington	16	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000
P	27	Ellis Kinder	41	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000
Batting Totals:				154	5286	776	1412	218	43	128	726	70	33	619	658	75	30	86	56	130	.267	.349	.397	746

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