1957 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago
OwnersDorothy Comiskey Rigney
General managersChuck Comiskey/Johnny Rigney
ManagersAl López
TelevisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
RadioWCFL
(Bob Elson, Don Wells)
Seasons

The 1957 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 57th season in the major leagues, and its 58th season overall. They finished with a record of 90–64, good enough for second place in the American League, 8 games behind the first-place New York Yankees.

Offseason

  • Prior to 1957 season: Stan Johnson was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9856 0.636 — 48–29 50–27
Chicago White Sox 9064 0.584 8 45–32 45–32
Boston Red Sox 8272 0.532 16 44–33 38–39
Detroit Tigers 7876 0.506 20 45–32 33–44
Baltimore Orioles 7676 0.500 21 42–33 34–43
Cleveland Indians 7677 0.497 21½ 40–37 36–40
Kansas City Athletics 5994 0.386 38½ 37–40 22–54
Washington Senators 5599 0.357 43 28–49 27–50

Record vs. opponents

1957 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA NYY WSH
Baltimore —8–1410–12–19–129–1316–5–19–1315–7
Boston 14–8—8–1412–1010–1216–68–1414–8
Chicago 12–10–114–8—14–811–1114–88–1417–5
Cleveland 12–910–128–14—11–1111–119–1315–7
Detroit 13–912–1011–1111–11—8–1410–1213–9
Kansas City 5–16–16–168–1411–1114–8—3–1912–10
New York 13–914–814–813–912–1019–3—13–9
Washington 7–158–145–177–159–1310–129–13—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

1957 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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 143 575 82 148 22 6 3 41 52 55 .257 28
Earl Battey, C 48 115 12 20 2 3 3 6 11 38 .174 0
Ted Beard, RF 38 78 15 16 1 0 0 7 18 14 .205 3
Larry Doby, CF 119 416 57 120 27 2 14 79 56 79 .288 2
Walt Dropo, 1B 93 223 24 57 2 0 13 49 16 40 .256 0
Sammy Esposito, 3B,SS 94 176 26 36 3 0 2 15 38 27 .205 5
Nellie Fox, 2B 155 619 110 196 27 8 6 61 75 13 .317 5
Fred Hatfield, 3B 69 114 14 23 3 0 0 8 15 20 .202 1
Ron Jackson, 1B 13 60 4 19 3 0 2 8 1 12 .317 0
Bob Kennedy, PH 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
Jim Landis, OF 96 274 38 58 11 3 2 16 45 61 .212 14
Sherm Lollar, C 101 351 33 90 11 2 11 70 35 24 .256 2
Minnie Miñoso, LF 153 568 96 176 36 5 12 103 79 54 .310 18
Les Moss, C 42 115 10 31 3 0 2 12 20 18 .270 0
Ron Northey, PH 40 27 0 5 1 0 0 7 11 5 .185 0
Dave Philley, RF 22 71 9 23 4 0 0 9 4 10 .324 1
Bubba Phillips, 3B,CF,RF 121 393 38 106 13 3 7 42 28 32 .270 5
Bob Powell, PR 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Jim Rivera, RF,1B 125 402 51 103 21 6 14 52 40 80 .256 18
Earl Torgeson, 1B 86 251 53 74 11 2 7 46 49 44 .295 7
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Jim Derrington, P 20 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 0
Dick Donovan, P 30 83 8 12 1 0 3 10 8 32 .145 0
Bill Fischer, P 33 40 1 6 0 0 0 5 0 8 .150 0
Jack Harshman, P 30 45 5 10 1 0 2 5 10 17 .222 0
Dixie Howell, P 42 27 4 5 1 1 3 3 2 6 .185 0
Bob Keegan, P 30 39 3 4 0 0 0 3 4 5 .103 0
Paul LaPalme, P 36 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .500 0
Barry Latman, P 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Jim McDonald, P 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 0
Billy Pierce, P 41 99 7 17 1 0 0 6 2 25 .172 0
Don Rudolph, P 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0
Gerry Staley, P 47 22 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 6 .045 0
Jim Wilson, P 31 68 4 10 2 0 0 5 7 14 .147 0
Team Totals
 155 5265 707 1369 208 41 106 670 632 744 .260 109

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
Jim Derrington 0 1 4.86 20 5 0 37.0 29 21 20 4 29 14
Dick Donovan 16 6 2.77 28 28 0 220.2 203 76 68 17 53 88
Bill Fischer 7 8 3.48 33 11 1 124.0 139 50 48 1 41 48
Jack Harshman 8 8 4.10 30 26 1 151.1 142 78 69 16 84 83
Dixie Howell 6 5 3.29 37 0 6 68.1 64 25 25 6 34 37
Jim Hughes 0 0 10.80 4 0 0 5.0 12 6 6 0 3 2
Bob Keegan 10 8 3.53 30 20 2 142.2 131 62 56 22 39 36
Ellis Kinder 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Paul LaPalme 1 4 3.35 35 0 7 40.1 35 16 15 5 20 19
Barry Latman 1 2 8.03 7 2 1 12.1 12 11 11 2 13 9
Jim McDonald 0 1 2.01 10 0 0 22.1 18 8 5 2 11 12
Stover McIlwain 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Billy Pierce 20 12 3.26 37 34 2 257.0 228 98 93 18 80 171
Don Rudolph 1 0 2.25 5 0 0 12.0 6 3 3 2 2 2
Gerry Staley 5 1 2.06 47 0 7 105.0 95 27 24 7 36 44
Jim Wilson 15 8 3.48 30 29 0 201.2 189 85 78 22 73 100
Team Totals
 90 64 3.35 155 155 27 1401.2 1305 566 521 124 521 665

Awards

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Andy Cohen
A Colorado Springs Sky Sox Western League Ira Hutchinson
B Davenport DavSox Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Skeeter Scalzi
C Duluth-Superior White Sox Northern League Joe Hauser
D Dubuque Packers Midwest League George Noga
D Holdrege White Sox Nebraska State League Frank Parenti

Notes

  1. ↑ Stan Johnson page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Roger Maris page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Johnny Callison page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Dave Philley page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Nellie Fox at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Minnie Miñoso at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Sherm Lollar at Baseball Reference

References

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