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1956 Chicago White Sox season

Field	Value
name	Chicago White Sox
season	1956
league	American League
ballpark	Comiskey Park
city	Chicago
owners	Grace Comiskey, Dorothy Comiskey Rigney
general_managers	Chuck Comiskey/Johnny Rigney
managers	Marty Marion
television	WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
radio	WCFL
(Bob Elson, Don Wells)

(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd) (Bob Elson, Don Wells) |}} The 1956 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 56th season in the major leagues, and its 57th season overall. They finished with a record of 85–69, good enough for third place in the American League, 12 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

Offseason

October 25, 1955: Chico Carrasquel and Jim Busby were traded by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Larry Doby.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Jim Rivera, RF
Nellie Fox, 2B
Larry Doby, CF
Bob Kennedy, 3B
Minnie Miñoso, LF
Sherm Lollar, C
Walt Dropo, 1B
Luis Aparicio, SS
Billy Pierce, P

Notable transactions

April 16, 1956: Carl Sawatski was purchased from the White Sox by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
May 15, 1956: Jim Brideweser, Harry Byrd and Bob Kennedy were traded by the White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Jim Delsing and Fred Hatfield.
May 21, 1956: Mike Fornieles, Connie Johnson, George Kell and Bob Nieman were traded by the White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Dave Philley and Jim Wilson.
May 28, 1956: Gerry Staley was selected off waivers by the White Sox from the New York Yankees.
July 13, 1956: Morrie Martin was selected off waivers from the White Sox by the Baltimore Orioles.

Roster

1956 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league leader

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
Cal Abrams, OF	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.333	0
Luis Aparicio, SS	152	533	69	142	19	6	3	56	34	63	.266	21
Earl Battey, C	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	0
Jim Brideweser, SS	10	11	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	.182	0
Jim Delsing, OF	55	41	11	5	3	0	0	2	10	13	.122	1
Larry Doby, CF	140	504	89	135	22	3	24	102	102	105	.268	0
Walt Dropo, 1B	125	361	42	96	13	1	8	52	37	51	.266	1
Sammy Esposito, 3B, SS	81	184	30	42	8	2	3	25	41	19	.228	1
Nellie Fox, 2B	154	649	109	192	20	10	4	52	44	14	.296	8
Fred Hatfield, 3B	106	321	46	84	9	1	7	33	37	36	.262	1
Ron Jackson, 1B	22	56	7	12	3	0	1	4	10	13	.214	1
George Kell, 3B, 1B	21	80	7	25	5	0	1	11	8	6	.313	0
Bob Kennedy, 3B	8	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	.077	0
Sherm Lollar, C	136	450	55	132	28	2	11	75	53	34	.293	2
Minnie Miñoso, LF	151	545	106	172	29	11	21	88	86	40	.316	12
Les Moss, C	56	127	20	31	4	0	10	22	18	15	.244	0
Bob Nieman, RF	14	40	3	12	1	0	2	4	4	4	.300	0
Ron Northey, OF	53	48	4	17	2	0	3	23	8	1	.354	0
Dave Philley, 1B, RF, LF	86	279	44	74	14	2	4	47	28	27	.265	1
Bubba Phillips, OF	67	99	16	27	6	0	2	11	6	12	.273	1
Jim Rivera, RF, CF	139	491	76	125	23	5	12	66	49	75	.255	20

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Harry Byrd, P	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Sandy Consuegra, P	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Jim Derrington, P	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	0
Dick Donovan, P	44	90	10	20	4	0	3	15	14	30	.222	0
Mike Fornieles, P	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.200	0
Jack Harshman, P	36	71	8	12	1	0	6	19	11	21	.169	0
Dixie Howell, P	34	17	4	4	0	0	2	3	2	6	.235	0
Connie Johnson, P	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Bob Keegan, P	20	32	2	4	0	0	0	1	4	7	.125	0
Ellis Kinder, P	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Paul LaPalme, P	29	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.000	0
Morrie Martin, P	10	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	0
Jim McDonald, P	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	0
Billy Pierce, P	39	102	6	16	0	0	0	3	3	22	.157	0
Howie Pollet, P	12	8	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	.375	0
Gerry Staley, P	26	32	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	6	.094	0
Jim Wilson, P	28	62	6	19	2	0	1	8	1	13	.306	0
	154	5286	776	1412	218	43	128	726	619	658	.267	70

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
Harry Byrd	0	1	10.38	3	1	0	4.1	9	6	5	0	4	0
Sandy Consuegra	1	2	5.17	28	1	3	38.1	45	25	22	0	14	7
Jerry Dahlke	0	0	19.29	5	0	0	2.1	5	5	5	0	6	1
Jim Derrington	0	1	7.50	1	1	0	6.0	9	6	5	2	6	3
Dick Donovan	12	10	3.64	34	31	0	234.2	212	99	95	22	95	120
Bill Fischer	0	0	21.60	3	0	0	1.2	6	4	4	0	1	2
Mike Fornieles	0	1	4.60	6	0	0	15.2	22	9	8	1	7	6
Jack Harshman	15	11	3.10	34	30	0	226.2	183	85	78	14	106	143
Dixie Howell	5	6	4.62	34	1	4	64.1	79	39	33	3	46	28
Connie Johnson	0	1	3.65	5	2	0	12.1	11	5	5	1	7	6
Bob Keegan	5	7	3.93	20	16	0	105.1	119	56	46	15	37	32
Ellis Kinder	3	1	2.73	29	0	3	29.2	33	10	9	2	8	19
Paul LaPalme	3	1	2.36	29	0	2	45.2	31	14	12	2	29	23
Dick Marlowe	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0
Morrie Martin	1	0	4.91	10	0	0	18.1	21	10	10	1	7	9
Jim McDonald	0	2	8.68	8	3	0	18.2	29	18	18	2	7	10
Billy Pierce	20	9	3.32	35	33	1	276.1	261	108	102	24	107	192
Howie Pollet	3	1	4.10	11	4	0	26.1	27	15	12	2	11	14
Gerry Staley	8	3	2.92	26	10	0	101.2	98	37	33	11	23	25
Jim Wilson	9	12	4.06	28	21	0	159.2	149	82	72	15	75	82
	85	69	3.73	154	154	13	1389.0	1351	634	575	118	567	722

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Duluth-Superior

Notes

References

1956 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carrach01.shtml Chico Carrasquel page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sawatca01.shtml Carl Sawatski page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brideji01.shtml Jim Brideweser page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/phillda01.shtml Dave Philley page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stalege01.shtml Gerry Staley page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martimo01.shtml Morrie Martin page at Baseball Reference]
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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