1958 Chicago White Sox

82-72 • .532 Win% • 2nd in AL

The 1958 Chicago White Sox went 82-72 (.532) finishing 2nd in the AL. The club scored 634 runs, allowed 615, and played home games at Comiskey Park. Team leaders included Sherm Lollar (20 HR, 84 RBI) and Billy Pierce (17-11, 2.68 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

82 Wins
72 Losses
.532 Win %
2nd Rank
634 R 615 RA
Diff +19

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634 Runs Scored
615 Runs Allowed
+19 Run Diff
797K Attendance

📈 vs. 1958 AL Average

Batting Avg .256 1% above the 1958 league average (.254)
OBP .326 1% above the 1958 league average (.321)
SLG .366 4% below the 1958 league average (.383)
Team ERA 3.61 4% better than the 1958 league average (3.77)
Runs Scored 634 2% below the 1958 league average (645 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumComiskey Park
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 797,566
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Avg per Game 10,358

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1958

Batting Avg

1 Nellie Fox 0.300 2 Billy Goodman 0.299 3 Johnny Callison 0.297 4 Jim Landis 0.277 5 Sherm Lollar 0.273

Home Runs

1 Sherm Lollar 20 2 Jim Landis 15 3 Al Smith 12 4 Earl Torgeson 10 5 Jim Rivera 9

RBI

1 Sherm Lollar 84 2 Jim Landis 64 3 Al Smith 58 4 Nellie Fox 49 5 Ray Boone 41
1958 Chicago White Sox — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Nellie Fox 155 623 82 187 21 6 0 49 47 11 5 0.300
Luis Aparicio 145 557 76 148 20 9 2 40 35 38 29 0.266
Jim Landis 142 523 72 145 23 7 15 64 52 80 19 0.277
Al Smith 139 480 61 121 23 5 12 58 48 77 3 0.252
Billy Goodman 116 425 41 127 15 5 0 40 37 21 1 0.299
Sherm Lollar 127 421 53 115 16 0 20 84 57 37 2 0.273
Jim Rivera 116 276 37 62 8 4 9 35 24 49 21 0.225
Bubba Phillips 84 260 26 71 10 0 5 30 15 14 3 0.273
Ray Boone 77 246 25 60 12 1 7 41 18 33 1 0.244
Earl Torgeson 96 188 37 50 8 0 10 30 48 29 7 0.266
Earl Battey 68 168 24 38 8 0 8 26 24 34 1 0.226
Don Mueller 70 166 7 42 5 0 0 16 11 9 0 0.253
Ron Jackson 61 146 19 34 4 0 7 21 18 46 2 0.233
Tito Francona 41 128 10 33 3 2 1 10 14 24 2 0.258
Billy Pierce 35 83 10 17 3 0 0 4 4 13 0 0.205
Sammy Esposito 98 81 16 20 3 0 0 3 12 6 1 0.247
Dick Donovan 34 80 5 9 0 0 0 1 10 33 0 0.113
Early Wynn 40 75 7 15 1 0 0 11 10 25 0 0.200
Johnny Callison 18 64 10 19 4 2 1 12 6 14 1 0.297
Walt Dropo 28 52 3 10 1 0 2 8 5 11 0 0.192
Jim Wilson 28 51 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 16 0 0.078
Ray Moore 32 44 1 9 2 0 1 2 2 13 0 0.205
Ted Beard 19 22 5 2 0 0 1 2 6 5 3 0.091
Bob Shaw 29 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 0.000
Jim McAnany 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Barry Latman 13 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0.083
Gerry Staley 50 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.000
Turk Lown 27 9 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0.333
Norm Cash 13 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Bill Fischer 17 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.143
John Romano 4 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.286
Bob Keegan 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Qualters 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.000
Charlie Lindstrom 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1.000
Stover McIlwain 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Les Moss 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Dixie Howell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim McDonald 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Don Rudolph 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hal Trosky 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1958

ERA

1 Barry Latman 0.76 2 Billy Pierce 2.68 3 Dick Donovan 3.01 4 Gerry Staley 3.16 5 Ray Moore 3.82

Wins

1 Billy Pierce 17 2 Dick Donovan 15 3 Early Wynn 14 4 Ray Moore 9 5 Jim Wilson 9

Strikeouts

1 Early Wynn 179 2 Billy Pierce 144 3 Dick Donovan 127 4 Ray Moore 73 5 Jim Wilson 70
1958 Chicago White Sox — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dick Donovan 15 14 3.01 34 34 0 248.0 240 83 53 127
Billy Pierce 17 11 2.68 35 32 2 245.0 204 73 66 144
Early Wynn 14 16 4.13 40 34 2 239.2 214 110 104 179
Jim Wilson 9 9 4.10 28 23 1 155.2 156 71 63 70
Ray Moore 9 7 3.82 32 20 2 136.2 107 58 70 73
Gerry Staley 4 5 3.16 50 0 8 85.1 81 30 24 27
Bob Shaw 4 2 4.64 29 3 1 64.0 67 33 28 18
Barry Latman 3 0 0.76 13 3 0 47.2 27 4 17 28
Tom Qualters 0 0 4.19 26 0 0 43.0 45 20 20 14
Turk Lown 3 3 3.98 27 0 8 40.2 49 18 28 40
Bill Fischer 2 3 6.69 17 3 0 36.1 43 27 13 16
Bob Keegan 0 2 6.07 14 2 0 29.2 44 20 18 8
Don Rudolph 1 0 2.57 7 0 1 7.0 4 2 5 2
Stover McIlwain 0 0 2.25 1 1 0 4.0 4 1 0 4
Hal Trosky 1 0 6.00 2 0 0 3.0 5 2 2 1
Jim McDonald 0 0 19.29 3 0 0 2.1 6 5 4 0
Dixie Howell 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0

👥 Roster (40)

Luis Aparicio Earl Battey Ted Beard Ray Boone Johnny Callison Norm Cash Dick Donovan Walt Dropo Sammy Esposito Bill Fischer Nellie Fox Tito Francona +28 more

40 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1958 Chicago White Sox

What was the 1958 Chicago White Sox record?
The 1958 Chicago White Sox finished 82-72 (.532 win pct).
Who led the 1958 Chicago White Sox in home runs?
Sherm Lollar led the 1958 Chicago White Sox with 20 home runs.
What was the 1958 Chicago White Sox team ERA?
The 1958 Chicago White Sox posted a team ERA of 3.61.
Did the 1958 Chicago White Sox win the World Series?
No. The 1958 Chicago White Sox did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1958 Chicago White Sox play?
The 1958 Chicago White Sox played home games at Comiskey Park.
Who led the 1958 Chicago White Sox in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Sherm Lollar (20 HR, 84 RBI) and Billy Pierce (17-11, 2.68 ERA).
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