1958 Chicago White Sox season

Major League Baseball team season

1958 Chicago White Sox

League| American League
Ballpark| Comiskey Park
City| Chicago
Owners| Dorothy Comiskey Rigney
General managers| Chuck Comiskey/Johnny Rigney
Managers| Al López
Television| WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
Radio| WCFL
(Bob Elson, Don Wells)
| <- 1957 | Seasons | 1959 ->

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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 of 82–72, good enough for second place in the American League, 10 games behind the first-place New York Yankees.

## Offseason[edit]

* 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[edit]

### Season standings[edit]

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American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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New York Yankees | 92 | 62  | 0.597  | —  | 44–33  | 48–29
Chicago White Sox | 82 | 72  | 0.532  | 10  | 47–30  | 35–42
Boston Red Sox | 79 | 75  | 0.513  | 13  | 49–28  | 30–47
Cleveland Indians | 77 | 76  | 0.503  | 14½  | 42–34  | 35–42
Detroit Tigers | 77 | 77  | 0.500  | 15  | 43–34  | 34–43
Baltimore Orioles | 74 | 79  | 0.484  | 17½  | 46–31  | 28–48
Kansas City Athletics | 73 | 81  | 0.474  | 19  | 43–34  | 30–47
Washington Senators | 61 | 93  | 0.396  | 31  | 33–44  | 28–49

### Record vs. opponents[edit]

1958 American League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Team  | BAL  | BOS  | CHW  | CLE  | DET  | KCA  | 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

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[edit]

### Batting[edit]

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

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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

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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[edit]

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

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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[edit]

* Luis Aparicio, Gold Glove Award[4]
* Sherm Lollar, Gold Glove Award[4]

## Farm system[edit]

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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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 Chips Sobek
D | Dubuque Packers | Midwest League | Frank Parenti
D | Holdrege White Sox | Nebraska State League | George Noga

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Colorado Springs[5]

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference
2. ^ Ray Boone page at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Walt Dropo page at Baseball Reference
4. ^ a b American League Gold Glove winners at Baseball Reference
5. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

## References[edit]

* 1958 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

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