1959 Chicago White Sox roster

33 players appeared for the Chicago White Sox in the 1959 MLB season. They reached the 1959 World Series and lost 4-2.

1959 White Sox roster: batting

1959 Chicago White Sox batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Nellie Fox156624841912705.306.380.770
Luis Aparicio1526129815765156.257.316.647
Jim Landis1495157814056020.272.370.749
Sherm Lollar1405056313422844.265.345.796
Al Smith1294726511217557.237.311.707
Bubba Phillips117379431005401.264.319.699
Earl Torgeson12727740619457.220.359.716
Billy Goodman10426821671283.250.304.625
Jim McAnany6721022580272.276.339.687
Jim Rivera8017718394195.220.266.650
Johnny Romano5312620375250.294.407.875
Norm Cash5810416254161.240.372.747
Johnny Callison4910412183120.173.271.560
Sammy Esposito69661211150.167.282.509
Earl Battey2664914270.219.306.696
Ron Jackson101433120.214.313.813
Lou Skizas81331000.077.250.327
Joe Hicks6703000.429.500.929
J. c. Martin3401010.250.250.500
Don Mueller4402000.500.5001.000
Cam Carreon1100000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1959 White Sox roster: pitching

1959 Chicago White Sox pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Early WynnP373722103.17255.21791.260
Bob ShawP47261862.69230.2891.173
Billy PierceP343314153.62224.01141.250
Dick DonovanP31299103.66179.2711.270
Barry LatmanP3721853.75156.0971.350
Gerry StaleyP670852.24116.1541.1714
Turk LownP600922.8993.1631.2315
Ray MooreP298364.1289.2491.470
Rudy AriasP340204.0944.0281.572
Ken McBrideP112013.1822.2121.631
Claude RaymondP30009.004.011.750
Gary PetersP20000.001.014.000

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.