1955 Chicago White Sox season

1955 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Grace Comiskey
General manager(s)	Frank Lane
Manager(s)	Marty Marion
Local television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton, Vince Lloyd)
Local radio	WCFL (Bob Elson, Don Wells)
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The 1955 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 55th season in the major leagues, and its 56th season overall. They finished with a record 91–63, good enough for third place in the American League, 5 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

Offseason

December 6, 1954: Leo Cristante, Ferris Fain, and Jack Phillips were traded by the White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Walt Dropo, Ted Gray and Bob Nieman.^[1]
December 6, 1954: Don Ferrarese, Don Johnson, Matt Batts, and Fred Marsh were traded by the White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Bob Chakales, Jim Brideweser and Clint Courtney.^[2]
February 10, 1955: Lloyd Merriman was purchased by the White Sox from the Cincinnati Redlegs.^[3]
Prior to 1955 season (exact date unknown)
- Vito Valentinetti was acquired from the White Sox by the Charleston Senators.^[4]
- Jim McAnany was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	96	58	.623	--
Cleveland Indians	93	61	.604	3
Chicago White Sox	91	63	.591	5
Boston Red Sox	84	70	.545	12
Detroit Tigers	79	75	.513	17
Kansas City Athletics	63	91	.409	33
Baltimore Orioles	57	97	.370	39
Washington Senators	53	101	.344	43

Record vs. opponents

1955 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	NYY	WSH
Baltimore	—	8–14	10–12–1	3–19	9–13	10–12–1	3–19	14–8
Boston	14–8	—	9–13	11–11	13–9	14–8	8–14	15–7
Chicago	12–10–1	13–9	—	10–12	14–8	14–8	11–11	17–5
Cleveland	19–3	11–11	12–10	—	12–10	17–5	13–9	9–13
Detroit	13–9	9–13	8–14	10–12	—	12–10	10–12	17–5
Kansas City	12–10–1	8–14	8–14	5–17	10–12	—	7–15	13–9
New York	19–3	14–8	11–11	9–13	12–10	15–7	—	16–6
Washington	8–14	7–15	5–17	13–9	5–17	9–13	6–16	—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

April 16, 1955: Lloyd Merriman was purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Chicago White Sox.^[3]
June 7, 1955: Bob Chakales, Clint Courtney and Johnny Groth were traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Jim Busby.^[2]

Roster

1955 Chicago White Sox

Roster

Pitchers

32 Harry Byrd

28 Bob Chakales

20 Sandy Consuegra

22,31 Dick Donovan

12 Harry Dorish

16 Mike Fornieles

25 Ted Gray

29 Jack Harshman

28 Dixie Howell

44 Connie Johnson

15 Bob Keegan

36 Morrie Martin

24 Al Papai

19 Billy Pierce

23 Virgil Trucks

Catchers

35,26 Earl Battey

11 Clint Courtney

10 Sherm Lollar

12 Les Moss

Infielders

25 Bobby Adams

3 Jim Brideweser

17 Chico Carrasquel

44 Phil Cavarretta

8 Walt Dropo

16 Sammy Esposito

2 Nellie Fox

42 Ron Jackson

21,31 Stan Jok

1 George Kell

30 Bob Kennedy

11 Buddy Peterson

35 Vern Stephens

Outfielders

5 Jim Busby

35 Gil Coan

5 Johnny Groth

27 Willard Marshall

6,35 Ed McGhee

9 Minnie Miñoso

18 Bob Nieman

6 Ron Northey

7 Jim Rivera

27 Ed White

Other batters

30 Lloyd Merriman

21 Bob Powell

Manager

4 Marty Marion

Coaches

37 Ray Berres

39 Don Gutteridge

34 George Myatt

33 Del Wilber

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
Bobby Adams, 3B	28	21	8	2	0	1	0	3	4	4	.095	0
Earl Battey, C	5	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.286	0
Jim Brideweser, SS	34	58	6	12	3	2	0	4	3	7	.207	0
Jim Busby, CF	99	337	38	82	13	4	1	27	25	37	.243	7
Chico Carrasquel, SS	145	523	83	134	11	2	11	52	61	59	.256	1
Phil Cavarretta, 1B	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Gil Coan, RF	17	17	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	5	.176	0
Clint Courtney, C	19	37	7	14	3	0	1	10	7	0	.378	0
Walt Dropo, 1B	141	453	55	127	15	2	19	79	42	71	.280	0
Sammy Esposito, 3B	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0
Nellie Fox, 2B	154	636	100	198	28	7	6	59	38	15	.311	7
Johnny Groth, CF	32	77	13	26	7	0	2	11	6	13	.338	1
Ron Jackson, 1B	40	74	10	15	1	1	2	7	8	22	.203	1
Stan Jok, 3B	6	4	3	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	.250	0
George Kell, 3B,1B	128	429	44	134	24	1	8	81	51	36	.312	2
Bob Kennedy, 3B,RF	83	214	28	65	10	2	9	43	16	16	.304	0
Sherm Lollar, C	138	426	67	111	13	1	16	61	68	34	.261	2
Willard Marshall, RF,LF	22	41	6	7	0	0	0	6	13	1	.171	0
Ed McGhee, CF,LF	26	13	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	.077	2
Lloyd Merriman, PH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Minnie Miñoso, LF,RF	139	517	79	149	26	7	10	70	76	43	.288	19
Les Moss, C	32	59	5	15	2	0	2	7	6	10	.254	0
Bob Nieman, RF,LF	99	272	36	77	11	2	11	53	36	37	.283	1
Ron Northey, RF	14	14	1	5	2	0	1	4	3	3	.357	0
Buddy Peterson, SS	6	21	7	6	1	0	0	2	3	2	.286	0
Bob Powell, PR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jim Rivera, RF,CF	147	454	71	120	24	4	10	52	62	59	.264	25
Vern Stephens, 3B	22	56	10	14	3	0	3	7	7	11	.250	0
Ed White, RF	3	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	0

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Harry Byrd, P	25	30	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	.067	0
Bob Chakales, P	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Sandy Consuegra, P	44	29	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	8	.103	0
Dick Donovan, P	40	76	10	17	0	0	1	5	9	26	.224	0
Fritz Dorish, P	13	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	0
Mike Fornieles, P	28	29	6	3	1	0	0	1	0	5	.103	0
Jack Harshman, P	32	60	6	11	1	0	2	8	9	17	.183	0
Dixie Howell, P	35	21	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	8	.381	0
Connie Johnson, P	19	33	4	5	2	0	0	5	0	7	.152	0
Bob Keegan, P	18	18	0	6	0	0	0	2	1	3	.333	0
Morrie Martin, P	37	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.300	0
Al Papai, P	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Billy Pierce, P	34	70	5	12	2	0	0	7	3	10	.171	1
Virgil Trucks, P	32	64	2	8	1	0	0	6	0	12	.125	0
Team totals	155	5220	725	1401	204	36	116	677	568	595	.268	69

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	4	6	4.65	25	12	1	91.0	85	49	47	10	34	44
Bob Chakales	0	0	1.46	7	0	0	12.1	11	2	2	2	7	6
Sandy Consuegra	6	5	2.64	44	7	7	126.1	120	42	37	4	25	35
Dick Donovan	15	9	3.32	29	24	0	187.0	186	77	69	17	53	88
Fritz Dorish	2	0	1.59	13	0	1	17.0	16	4	3	0	10	6
Mike Fornieles	6	3	3.86	26	9	2	86.1	84	37	37	12	32	23
Ted Gray	0	0	18.00	2	1	0	3.0	9	6	6	0	2	1
Jack Harshman	11	7	3.36	32	23	0	179.1	144	74	67	16	100	116
Dixie Howell	8	3	2.93	35	0	9	73.2	70	27	24	1	30	25
Connie Johnson	7	4	3.45	17	16	0	99.0	95	40	38	5	52	72
Bob Keegan	2	5	5.83	18	11	0	58.2	83	39	38	4	29	29
Morrie Martin	2	3	3.63	37	0	2	52.0	50	27	21	4	22	22
Al Papai	0	0	3.86	7	0	0	11.2	10	5	5	1	10	5
Billy Pierce	15	10	1.97	33	26	1	205.2	162	50	45	16	69	157
Virgil Trucks	13	8	3.96	32	26	0	175.0	176	78	77	19	66	91
Team totals	91	63	3.37	155	155	23	1378.0	1301	557	516	111	541	720

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Memphis Chicks	Southern Association	Jack Cassini and Ted Lyons
A	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Western League	Jack Conway
B	Waterloo White Hawks	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Dutch Dorman and Willard Marshall
C	Superior Blues	Northern League	Walt Novick
D	Madisonville Miners	KITTY League	Bill Close
D	Dubuque Packers	Mississippi–Ohio Valley League	Ira Hutchinson

Notes

References

1955 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

1955 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City New York Washington

National League	Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1955 All-Star Game 1955 World Series

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Chairman: Jerry Reinsdorf
Vice Chairman: Eddie Einhorn
Executive Vice President: Ken Williams
General Manager: Rick Hahn
Special Assistant to the GM: Jim Thome
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