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1958 Chicago White Sox season

Field	Value
name	Chicago White Sox
season	1958
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 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

December 4, 1957: Minnie Miñoso and Fred Hatfield were traded by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Early Wynn and Al Smith.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

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

June 15, 1958: Bill Fischer and Tito Francona were traded by the White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Ray Boone and Bob Shaw.
June 24, 1958: Walt Dropo was selected off waivers from the White Sox by the Cincinnati Redlegs.

Roster

1958 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	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
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
	155	5249	634	1348	191	42	101	594	518	669	.257	101

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
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
	82	72	3.61	155	155	25	1389.2	1296	615	557	152	555	751

Awards

Luis Aparicio, Gold Glove Award
Sherm Lollar, Gold Glove Award

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Colorado Springs

Notes

References

1958 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/minosmi01.shtml Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boonera01.shtml Ray Boone page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dropowa01.shtml Walt Dropo page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/gold_glove_al.shtml#top American League Gold Glove winners 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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