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.Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference

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.Ray Boone page at Baseball Reference June 24, 1958: Walt Dropo was selected off waivers from the White Sox by the Cincinnati Redlegs.Walt Dropo page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1958 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

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 .26629 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, 2B15562382187 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 14523 7 15 64 5280 .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 0208457 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 AwardAmerican League Gold Glove winners at Baseball Reference Sherm Lollar, Gold Glove Award

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Colorado SpringsJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

Notes

References 1958 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference