1958 Chicago White Sox season

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.

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)
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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.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	92	62	.597	—	44‍–‍33	48‍–‍29
Chicago White Sox	82	72	.532	10	47‍–‍30	35‍–‍42
Boston Red Sox	79	75	.513	13	49‍–‍28	30‍–‍47
Cleveland Indians	77	76	.503	14½	42‍–‍34	35‍–‍42
Detroit Tigers	77	77	.500	15	43‍–‍34	34‍–‍43
Baltimore Orioles	74	79	.484	17½	46‍–‍31	28‍–‍48
Kansas City Athletics	73	81	.474	19	43‍–‍34	30‍–‍47
Washington Senators	61	93	.396	31	33‍–‍44	28‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1958 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	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

• 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.^[2]
• June 24, 1958: Walt Dropo was selected off waivers from the White Sox by the Cincinnati Redlegs.^[3]

Roster

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

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

Awards

• Luis Aparicio, Gold Glove Award^[4]
• Sherm Lollar, Gold Glove Award^[4]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
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]