1959 Chicago White Sox season














1959 Chicago White Sox
1959 American League Champions
Major League affiliations

  • American League (since 1901)
Location
  • Comiskey Park (since 1910)

  • Chicago (since 1900)

Other information
Owner(s)
Dorothy Comiskey Rigney, Bill Veeck
General manager(s)
Chuck Comiskey/Johnny Rigney, Bill Veeck
Manager(s)Al López
Local television
WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
Local radio
WCFL
(Bob Elson, Don Wells)
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The 1959 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 59th season in the major leagues, and its 60th season overall. They finished with a record 94–60, good enough to win the American League (AL) championship, five games ahead of the second place Cleveland Indians. It was the team's first pennant since 1919 and would be its last until their championship season of 2005.




Contents





  • 1 Offseason


  • 2 Regular season

    • 2.1 Season standings


    • 2.2 Record vs. opponents


    • 2.3 Notable transactions


    • 2.4 Opening Day lineup


    • 2.5 Roster



  • 3 Player stats

    • 3.1 Batting


    • 3.2 Pitching



  • 4 1959 World Series


  • 5 Awards and honors


  • 6 Farm system


  • 7 Notes


  • 8 References




Offseason


  • December 1, 1958: 1958 rule 5 draft

    • Claude Raymond was drafted by the White Sox from the Milwaukee Braves.[1]


    • Lou Skizas was drafted by the White Sox from the Detroit Tigers.[2]


Regular season


In 1959, the team won its first pennant in 40 years, thanks to the efforts of several eventual Hall of Famers – manager Al López, Luis Aparicio, Nellie Fox (the league MVP), and pitcher Early Wynn, who won the Cy Young Award at a time when only one award was presented for both leagues. Veteran catcher Sherm Lollar provided quiet leadership on and off the field, leading the team in home runs and RBIs.[3] The White Sox also acquired slugger Ted Kluszewski in August, a local area native, from the Pittsburgh Pirates for the final pennant push. Kluszewski gave the team the needed power-hitting for the stretch run and hit nearly .300 in the final month of play for the White Sox. Lopez had also managed the Cleveland Indians to the World Series in 1954, making him the only manager to interrupt the New York Yankees pennant run between 1949 and 1964.


After the pennant-clinching victory, Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, a lifelong White Sox fan, ordered his fire chief to set off the city's air raid sirens. Many Chicagoans became fearful and confused since 1959 was the height of the Cold War; however, they relaxed somewhat upon realizing it was part of the White Sox' celebration.[4] The Sox won Game 1 of the World Series 11–0 on the strength of Kluszewski's two home runs, their last postseason home win until 2005. The Los Angeles Dodgers, however, won three of the next four games and captured their first World Series championship since moving to the west coast in 1958. 92,706 fans witnessed Game 5 of the World Series at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the most ever to attend a World Series game, or for that matter any non-exhibition major league baseball game. The White Sox won that game 1–0 over the Dodgers' 23-year-old pitcher Sandy Koufax, but the Dodgers clinched the series by beating the Sox 9–3 two days later at Comiskey Park.


Fox became the last player in the 20th century to have five hits on Opening Day.[5]



Season standings
















































American League
W
L
Pct.
GB
Chicago White Sox9460.610--
Cleveland Indians8965.5785
New York Yankees7975.51315
Detroit Tigers7678.49418
Boston Red Sox7579.48719
Baltimore Orioles7480.48120
Kansas City Athletics6688.42928
Washington Senators6391.40931


Record vs. opponents




















































































1959 American League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team
BAL
BOS
CWS
CLE
DET
KC
NYY
WSH

Baltimore
—8–1411–11–110–1213–98–1412–1012–10

Boston
14–8—8–148–1411–1111–1113–910–12

Chicago
11–11–114–8—15–713–912–1013–9–116–6

Cleveland
12–1014–87–15—14–815–711–1116–6

Detroit
9–1311–119–138–14—15–714–810–12

Kansas City
14–811–1110–127–157–15—5–1712–10

New York
10–129–139–13–111–118–1417–5—15–7

Washington
10–1212–106–166–1612–1010–127–15—




Notable transactions


  • May 1, 1959: Lou Skizas and Don Rudolph were traded by the White Sox to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Del Ennis.[2]

  • May 2, 1959: Ray Boone was traded by the White Sox to the Kansas City Athletics for Harry Simpson.[6]

  • May 11, 1959: Claude Raymond was returned by the White Sox to the Milwaukee Braves.[1]

  • August 25, 1959: Ted Kluszewski was traded to the White Sox from Pittsburgh for outfielder Harry Simpson and minor league pitcher Bob Sagers.


Opening Day lineup



  • Luis Aparicio, SS


  • Nellie Fox, 2B


  • Jim Landis, CF


  • Sherm Lollar, C


  • Norm Cash, 1B


  • Al Smith, RF


  • Johnny Callison, LF


  • Bubba Phillips, 3B


  • Billy Pierce, P


Roster









1959 Chicago White Sox

Roster

Pitchers

  • 25 Rudy Árias


  • 22 Dick Donovan


  • 18 Barry Latman


  • 27 Turk Lown


  • 15 Ken McBride


  • 29 Ray Moore


  • 12 Gary Peters


  • 19 Billy Pierce


  • 28 Claude Raymond


  • 15 Don Rudolph


  • 35 Bob Shaw


  • 21 Gerry Staley


  • 36 Joe Stanka


  • 24 Early Wynn



Catchers

  • 26 Earl Battey


  • 44 Cam Carreon


  • 10 Sherm Lollar


  • 20 Johnny Romano

Infielders



  • 11 Luis Aparicio


  •  8 Ray Boone


  • 38 Norm Cash


  • 14 Sammy Esposito


  •  2 Nellie Fox


  •  6 Billy Goodman


  •  4 Ron Jackson


  • 4,8 Ted Kluszewski


  • 32 J. C. Martin


  •  5 Bubba Phillips


  • 17 Earl Torgeson



Outfielders

  •  9 Johnny Callison


  • 32 Larry Doby


  •  3 Del Ennis


  • 28 Joe Hicks


  •  1 Jim Landis


  •  3 Jim McAnany


  •  7 Jim Rivera


  •  8 Harry Simpson


  •  3 Lou Skizas


  • 16 Al Smith

Other batters



  • 32 Don Mueller


Manager

  • 42 Al López

Coaches



  • 37 Ray Berres


  • 34 Johnny Cooney


  • 33 Tony Cuccinello


  • 39 Don Gutteridge


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

Luis Aparicio, SS
152
612
98
157
18
5
6
51
53
40
.257
56

Earl Battey, C
26
64
9
14
1
2
2
7
8
13
.219
0

Ray Boone, 1B
9
21
3
5
0
0
1
5
7
5
.238
1

Johnny Callison, LF
49
104
12
18
3
0
3
12
13
20
.173
0

Cam Carreon, C
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0

Norm Cash, 1B
58
104
16
25
0
1
4
16
18
9
.240
1

Larry Doby, OF,1B
21
58
1
14
1
1
0
9
2
13
.241
1

Del Ennis, LF
26
96
10
21
6
0
2
7
4
10
.219
0

Sammy Esposito, 3B,SS
69
66
12
11
1
0
1
5
11
16
.167
0

Nellie Fox, 2B
156
624
84
191
34
6
2
70
71
13
.306
5

Billy Goodman, 3B
104
268
21
67
14
1
1
28
19
20
.250
3

Joe Hicks, CF
6
7
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
1
.429
0

Ron Jackson, 1B
10
14
3
3
1
0
1
2
1
0
.214
0

Ted Kluszewski, 1B
31
101
11
30
2
1
2
10
9
10
.297
0

Jim Landis, CF
149
515
78
140
26
7
5
60
78
68
.272
20

Sherm Lollar, C
140
505
63
134
22
3
22
84
55
49
.269
4

J. C. Martin, 3B
3
4
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
.250
0

Jim McAnany, RF
67
210
22
58
9
3
0
27
19
26
.276
2

Don Mueller, PH
4
4
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.500
0

Bubba Phillips, 3B,OF
117
379
43
100
27
1
5
40
27
28
.264
1

Jim Rivera, RF,LF
80
177
18
39
9
4
4
19
11
19
.220
5

John Romano, C
53
126
20
37
5
1
5
25
23
18
.294
0

Harry Simpson, RF
38
75
5
14
5
1
2
13
4
14
.187
0

Lou Skizas, LF
8
13
3
1
0
0
0
0
3
2
.077
0

Al Smith, LF,RF
129
472
65
112
16
4
17
55
46
74
.237
7

Earl Torgeson, 1B
127
277
40
61
5
3
9
45
62
55
.220
7









































































































































































Player
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
AVG
SB

Rudy Árias, P
34
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
.000
0

Dick Donovan, P
31
61
4
8
4
0
1
5
5
32
.131
0

Barry Latman, P
37
47
3
6
1
0
0
6
4
4
.128
0

Turk Lown, P
60
12
1
3
0
0
0
0
1
3
.250
0

Ken McBride, P
11
6
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
.167
0

Ray Moore, P
29
23
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
11
.087
0

Billy Pierce, P
34
68
3
13
1
2
0
7
7
13
.191
0

Bob Shaw, P
47
73
7
9
1
0
0
2
5
19
.123
0

Gerry Staley, P
67
13
2
2
0
0
0
0
3
5
.154
0

Joe Stanka, P
2
3
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
.333
0

Early Wynn, P
37
90
11
22
7
0
2
8
9
18
.244
0

Team totals
156
5297
669
1325
220
46
97
620
580
634
.250
113


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

Rudy Árias
2
0
4.09
34
0
2
44.0
49
23
20
7
27
28

Dick Donovan
9
10
3.66
31
29
0
179.2
171
84
73
15
61
71

Barry Latman
8
5
3.75
37
21
0
156.0
138
71
65
15
75
97

Turk Lown
9
2
2.89
60
0
15
93.1
73
32
30
12
46
63

Ken McBride
0
1
3.18
11
2
1
22.2
20
11
8
1
17
12

Ray Moore
3
6
4.12
29
8
0
89.2
86
46
41
10
49
50

Gary Peters
0
0
0.00
2
0
0
1.0
2
0
0
0
2
1

Billy Pierce
14
15
3.62
34
33
0
224.0
217
98
90
26
66
114

Claude Raymond
0
0
9.00
3
0
0
4.0
5
4
4
2
2
1

Don Rudolph
0
0
0.00
4
0
1
3.0
4
0
0
0
3
0

Bob Shaw
18
6
2.69
47
26
3
230.2
217
72
69
15
59
89

Gerry Staley
8
5
2.24
67
0
14
116.1
111
39
29
5
34
54

Joe Stanka
1
0
3.38
2
0
0
5.1
2
2
2
1
5
3

Early Wynn
22
10
3.17
37
37
0
255.2
202
106
90
20
124
179

Team totals
94
60
3.29
156
156
36
1425.1
1297
588
521
129
570
761


1959 World Series


Main article: 1959 World Series

NL Los Angeles Dodgers (4) vs. AL Chicago White Sox (2)





































GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Dodgers – 0, White Sox – 11October 1Comiskey Park48,013
2
Dodgers – 4, White Sox – 3		October 2Comiskey Park47,368
3White Sox – 1, Dodgers – 3October 4Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum92,394
4White Sox – 4, Dodgers – 5October 5Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum92,650
5
White Sox – 1, Dodgers – 0		October 6Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum92,706
6
Dodgers – 9, White Sox – 3		October 8Comiskey Park47,653


Awards and honors



  • Nellie Fox, American League MVP.[7]Luis Aparicio, second place in MVP voting.[7]


  • Early Wynn, Cy Young Award[8]


  • Nellie Fox, Gold Glove Award[9]


  • Luis Aparicio, Gold Glove Award[9]


  • Sherm Lollar, Gold Glove Award[9]


  • Al López, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year[10]


Farm system


See also: Minor League Baseball





























Level
Team
League
Manager

AAA

Indianapolis Indians

American Association

Walker Cooper

A

Charleston ChaSox

Sally League

Skeeter Scalzi

B

Lincoln Chiefs

Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League

Ira Hutchinson

C

Duluth–Superior Dukes

Northern League

George Noga

D

Clinton C-Sox

Midwest League

Johnny Hutchings

D

Holdrege White Sox

Nebraska State League

Frank Parenti

[11]



Notes




  1. ^ ab Claude Raymond at Baseball Reference


  2. ^ ab Lou Skizas at Baseball Reference


  3. ^ Grosshandler, Stan (October 1979). "Sam Esposito Recalls White Sox Pennant Year". Baseball Digest. 38 (10). ISSN 0005-609X..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  4. ^ Secter, Bob (2016). "The 1959 'Go-Go' White Sox and the air-raid sirens". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2016-11-14.


  5. ^ "SI.com". CNN.


  6. ^ Ray Boone at Baseball Reference


  7. ^ ab 1959 MVP award voting results at Baseball Reference


  8. ^ 1959 Cy Young Award voting results at Baseball Reference


  9. ^ abc American League Gold Glove winners at Baseball Reference


  10. ^ Al López at Baseball Almanac


  11. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007



References


  • 1959 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference








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