The 1956 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 56th season in the major leagues, and its 57th season overall. They finished with a record of 85–69, good enough for third place in the American League, 12 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

Offseason October 25, 1955: Chico Carrasquel and Jim Busby were traded by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Larry Doby.Chico Carrasquel page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup Jim Rivera, RF Nellie Fox, 2B Larry Doby, CF Bob Kennedy, 3B Minnie Miñoso, LF Sherm Lollar, C Walt Dropo, 1B Luis Aparicio, SS Billy Pierce, P

Notable transactions April 16, 1956: Carl Sawatski was purchased from the White Sox by the Toronto Maple Leafs.Carl Sawatski page at Baseball Reference May 15, 1956: Jim Brideweser, Harry Byrd and Bob Kennedy were traded by the White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Jim Delsing and Fred Hatfield.Jim Brideweser page at Baseball Reference May 21, 1956: Mike Fornieles, Connie Johnson, George Kell and Bob Nieman were traded by the White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Dave Philley and Jim Wilson.Dave Philley page at Baseball Reference May 28, 1956: Gerry Staley was selected off waivers by the White Sox from the New York Yankees.Gerry Staley page at Baseball Reference July 13, 1956: Morrie Martin was selected off waivers from the White Sox by the Baltimore Orioles.Morrie Martin page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1956 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders 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 Cal Abrams, OF 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .333 0 Luis Aparicio, SS 152 533 69 142 19 6 3 56 34 63 .266 21 Earl Battey, C 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 0 Jim Brideweser, SS 10 11 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 .182 0 Jim Delsing, OF 55 41 11 5 3 0 0 2 10 13 .122 1 Larry Doby, CF 140 504 89 135 22 324102102105 .268 0 Walt Dropo, 1B 125 361 42 96 13 1 8 52 37 51 .266 1 Sammy Esposito, 3B, SS 81 184 30 42 8 2 3 25 41 19 .228 1 Nellie Fox, 2B154 649109192 20 10 4 52 44 14 .296 8 Fred Hatfield, 3B 106 321 46 84 9 1 7 33 37 36 .262 1 Ron Jackson, 1B 22 56 7 12 3 0 1 4 10 13 .214 1 George Kell, 3B, 1B 21 80 7 25 5 0 1 11 8 6 .313 0 Bob Kennedy, 3B 8 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 .077 0 Sherm Lollar, C 136 450 55 132 28 2 11 75 53 34 .293 2 Minnie Miñoso, LF 151 545 106 1722911 21 88 86 40 .316 12 Les Moss, C 56 127 20 31 4 0 10 22 18 15 .244 0 Bob Nieman, RF 14 40 3 12 1 0 2 4 4 4 .300 0 Ron Northey, OF 53 48 4 17 2 0 3 23 8 1 .354 0 Dave Philley, 1B, RF, LF 86 279 44 74 14 2 4 47 28 27 .265 1 Bubba Phillips, OF 67 99 16 27 6 0 2 11 6 12 .273 1 Jim Rivera, RF, CF 139 491 76 125 23 5 12 66 49 75 .255 20 Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Harry Byrd, P 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Sandy Consuegra, P 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 Jim Derrington, P 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 0 Dick Donovan, P 44 90 10 20 4 0 3 15 14 30 .222 0 Mike Fornieles, P 6 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 0 Jack Harshman, P 36 71 8 12 1 0 6 19 11 21 .169 0 Dixie Howell, P 34 17 4 4 0 0 2 3 2 6 .235 0 Connie Johnson, P 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 Bob Keegan, P 20 32 2 4 0 0 0 1 4 7 .125 0 Ellis Kinder, P 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 Paul LaPalme, P 29 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .000 0 Morrie Martin, P 10 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 0 Jim McDonald, P 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 0 Billy Pierce, P 39 102 6 16 0 0 0 3 3 22 .157 0 Howie Pollet, P 12 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .375 0 Gerry Staley, P 26 32 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 6 .094 0 Jim Wilson, P 28 62 6 19 2 0 1 8 1 13 .306 0 154 5286 776 1412 218 43 128 726 619 658 .267 70

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 0 1 10.38 3 1 0 4.1 9 6 5 0 4 0 Sandy Consuegra 1 2 5.17 28 1 3 38.1 45 25 22 0 14 7 Jerry Dahlke 0 0 19.29 5 0 0 2.1 5 5 5 0 6 1 Jim Derrington 0 1 7.50 1 1 0 6.0 9 6 5 2 6 3 Dick Donovan 12 10 3.64 34 31 0 234.2 212 99 95 22 95 120 Bill Fischer 0 0 21.60 3 0 0 1.2 6 4 4 0 1 2 Mike Fornieles 0 1 4.60 6 0 0 15.2 22 9 8 1 7 6 Jack Harshman 15 11 3.10 34 30 0 226.2 183 85 78 14 106 143 Dixie Howell 5 6 4.62 34 1 4 64.1 79 39 33 3 46 28 Connie Johnson 0 1 3.65 5 2 0 12.1 11 5 5 1 7 6 Bob Keegan 5 7 3.93 20 16 0 105.1 119 56 46 15 37 32 Ellis Kinder 3 1 2.73 29 0 3 29.2 33 10 9 2 8 19 Paul LaPalme 3 1 2.36 29 0 2 45.2 31 14 12 2 29 23 Dick Marlowe 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 Morrie Martin 1 0 4.91 10 0 0 18.1 21 10 10 1 7 9 Jim McDonald 0 2 8.68 8 3 0 18.2 29 18 18 2 7 10 Billy Pierce 20 9 3.32 35 33 1 276.1 261 108 102 24 107 192 Howie Pollet 3 1 4.10 11 4 0 26.1 27 15 12 2 11 14 Gerry Staley 8 3 2.92 26 10 0 101.2 98 37 33 11 23 25 Jim Wilson 9 12 4.06 28 21 0 159.2 149 82 72 15 75 82 85 69 3.73 154 154 13 1389.0 1351 634 575 118 567 722

Farm system

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

Notes

References 1956 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference