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1957 Chicago White Sox season

Field	Value
name	Chicago White Sox
season	1957
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)

(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd) (Bob Elson, Don Wells) |}} 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.

Regular season

April 16, 1957: Roger Maris made his major league debut for the Cleveland Indians against the White Sox. In 5 at bats, Maris had 3 hits.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Luis Aparicio, SS
Nellie Fox, 2B
Minnie Miñoso, LF
Sherm Lollar, C
Larry Doby, CF
Jim Landis, RF
Jim Rivera, 1B
Bubba Phillips, 3B
Billy Pierce, P

Notable transactions

June 14, 1957: Johnny Callison was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.
June 14, 1957: Dave Philley was traded by the White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Earl Torgeson.

Roster

1957 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
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
	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
	90	64	3.35	155	155	27	1401.2	1305	566	521	124	521	665

Awards

Nellie Fox, Gold Glove Award
Minnie Miñoso, Gold Glove Award
Sherm Lollar, Gold Glove Award

Farm system

Notes

References

1957 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsst01.shtml Stan Johnson page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/marisro01.shtml Roger Maris page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/callijo01.shtml Johnny Callison 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/f/foxne01.shtml Nellie Fox at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/minosmi01.shtml Minnie Miñoso at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lollash01.shtml Sherm Lollar at Baseball Reference]

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