# 1954 Chicago White Sox season

The 1954 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 54th season in the major leagues, and its 55th season overall. They finished with a record of 94–60, good enough for third place in the American League, 17 games behind the first place Cleveland Indians.
The 1954 Pale Hose were managed for their first 145 games by fourth-year skipper Paul Richards. But on September 13, 1954, Richards turned in his resignation to join the seventh-place Baltimore Orioles as both field manager and general manager. He departed with Chicago in third place at 91–54, 131⁄2 games behind Cleveland. Coach Marty Marion took the reins and directed the White Sox to a 3–6 record through season's end.

## Offseason

* November 30, 1953: Al Sima was drafted by the White Sox from the Washington Senators in the 1953 rule 5 draft.
* November 30, 1953: Carl Sawatski was selected off waivers by the White Sox from the Chicago Cubs.
* February 5, 1954: Neil Berry and Sam Mele were traded by the White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Johnny Groth and Johnny Lipon.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cleveland Indians | 111 | 43 | .721 | — | 59‍–‍18 | 52‍–‍25 |
| New York Yankees | 103 | 51 | .669 | 8 | 54‍–‍23 | 49‍–‍28 |
| Chicago White Sox | 94 | 60 | .610 | 17 | 45‍–‍32 | 49‍–‍28 |
| Boston Red Sox | 69 | 85 | .448 | 42 | 38‍–‍39 | 31‍–‍46 |
| Detroit Tigers | 68 | 86 | .442 | 43 | 35‍–‍42 | 33‍–‍44 |
| Washington Senators | 66 | 88 | .429 | 45 | 37‍–‍41 | 29‍–‍47 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 54 | 100 | .351 | 57 | 32‍–‍45 | 22‍–‍55 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 51 | 103 | .331 | 60 | 29‍–‍47 | 22‍–‍56 |

### Record vs. opponents

1954 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CHW | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | WSH |
| Baltimore | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 3–19 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 10–12 |
| Boston | 11–11 | — | 5–17 | 2–20–2 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 13–9 |
| Chicago | 15–7 | 17–5 | — | 11–11 | 12–10–1 | 7–15 | 17–5 | 15–7 |
| Cleveland | 19–3 | 20–2–2 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 18–4 | 18–4 |
| Detroit | 14–8 | 8–14 | 10–12–1 | 8–14 | — | 6–16 | 13–9 | 9–13 |
| New York | 17–5 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 16–6 | — | 18–4–1 | 13–9 |
| Philadelphia | 12–10 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 4–18 | 9–13 | 4–18–1 | — | 10–12–1 |
| Washington | 12–10 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 4–18 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 12–10–1 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

* Chico Carrasquel, SS
* Nellie Fox, 2B
* Bob Boyd, LF
* Minnie Miñoso, 3B
* Ferris Fain, 1B
* Sherm Lollar, C
* Jim Rivera, RF
* Johnny Groth, CF
* Billy Pierce, P

### Notable transactions

* June 11, 1954: Sonny Dixon, Al Sima, Bill Wilson, and $20,000 was traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics for Morrie Martin and Ed McGhee.

### Roster
## 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 |
| Matt Batts, C | 55 | 158 | 16 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 15 | .228 | 0 |
| Bob Boyd, LF,1B | 29 | 56 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | .179 | 2 |
| Bob Cain, PR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Chico Carrasquel, SS | 155 | 620 | 106 | 158 | 28 | 3 | 12 | 62 | 85 | 67 | .255 | 7 |
| Phil Cavarretta, 1B,RF,LF | 71 | 158 | 21 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 26 | 12 | .316 | 4 |
| Ferris Fain, 1B | 65 | 235 | 30 | 71 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 51 | 40 | 14 | .302 | 5 |
| Nellie Fox, 2B | 155 | 631 | 111 | 201 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 47 | 51 | 12 | .319 | 16 |
| Johnny Groth, CF,LF | 125 | 422 | 41 | 116 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 60 | 42 | 37 | .275 | 3 |
| Grady Hatton, 3B | 13 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | .167 | 1 |
| Ron Jackson, 1B | 40 | 93 | 10 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 20 | .280 | 2 |
| Stan Jok, 3B | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .167 | 0 |
| George Kell, 1B,3B | 71 | 233 | 25 | 66 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 18 | 12 | .283 | 1 |
| Joe Kirrene, 3B | 9 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .304 | 1 |
| Sherm Lollar, C | 107 | 316 | 31 | 77 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 34 | 37 | 28 | .244 | 0 |
| Fred Marsh, 3B | 62 | 98 | 21 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 16 | .306 | 4 |
| Willard Marshall, RF,LF | 47 | 71 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 9 | .254 | 0 |
| Ed McGhee, OF | 42 | 75 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 8 | .227 | 5 |
| Cass Michaels, 3B | 101 | 282 | 35 | 74 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 56 | 31 | .262 | 10 |
| Minnie Miñoso, LF,RF,CF,3B | 153 | 568 | 119 | 182 | 29 | 18 | 19 | 116 | 77 | 46 | .320 | 18 |
| Don Nicholas, PR,PH | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Jim Rivera, RF,CF | 145 | 490 | 62 | 140 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 61 | 49 | 68 | .286 | 18 |
| Carl Sawatski, C | 43 | 109 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 20 | .183 | 0 |
| Bud Stewart, RF | 18 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .077 | 0 |
| Bill Wilson, LF,RF | 20 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | .171 | 0 |
| Red Wilson, C | 8 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .200 | 0 |
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Sandy Consuegra, P | 39 | 48 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | .229 | 0 |
| Fritz Dorish, P | 37 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .111 | 0 |
| Mike Fornieles, P | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | 1 |
| Jack Harshman, P | 36 | 56 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 21 | .143 | 0 |
| Don Johnson, P | 46 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .029 | 0 |
| Bob Keegan, P | 32 | 75 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 11 | .120 | 0 |
| Morrie Martin, P | 35 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .133 | 0 |
| Billy Pierce, P | 38 | 57 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | .193 | 0 |
| Al Sima, P | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Dick Strahs, P | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Virgil Trucks, P | 40 | 93 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 21 | .183 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 155 | 5168 | 711 | 1382 | 203 | 47 | 94 | 655 | 604 | 536 | .267 | 98 |

### 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 |
| Sandy Consuegra | 16 | 3 | 2.69 | 39 | 17 | 3 | 154.0 | 142 | 52 | 46 | 9 | 35 | 31 |
| Fritz Dorish | 6 | 4 | 2.72 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 109.0 | 88 | 35 | 33 | 9 | 29 | 48 |
| Tom Flanigan | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Fornieles | 1 | 2 | 4.29 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 42.0 | 41 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| Jack Harshman | 14 | 8 | 2.95 | 35 | 21 | 1 | 177.0 | 157 | 61 | 58 | 7 | 96 | 134 |
| Don Johnson | 8 | 7 | 3.13 | 46 | 16 | 7 | 144.0 | 129 | 53 | 50 | 14 | 43 | 68 |
| Bob Keegan | 16 | 9 | 3.09 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 209.2 | 211 | 84 | 72 | 16 | 82 | 61 |
| Morrie Martin | 5 | 4 | 2.06 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 70.0 | 52 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 24 | 31 |
| Billy Pierce | 9 | 10 | 3.48 | 36 | 26 | 3 | 188.2 | 179 | 86 | 73 | 15 | 86 | 148 |
| Al Sima | 0 | 1 | 5.14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Dick Strahs | 0 | 0 | 5.65 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 14.1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Virgil Trucks | 19 | 12 | 2.79 | 40 | 33 | 3 | 264.2 | 224 | 87 | 82 | 13 | 95 | 152 |
| Vito Valentinetti | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 94 | 60 | 3.05 | 155 | 155 | 33 | 1383.0 | 1255 | 521 | 469 | 94 | 517 | 701 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Charleston Senators | American Association | Joe Becker |
| AA | Memphis Chicks | Southern Association | Don Gutteridge |
| A | Colorado Springs Sky Sox | Western League | Mickey Livingston, Bud Stewart and Al Jacinto |
| B | Waterloo White Hawks | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Wally Millies |
| C | Topeka Owls | Western Association | Ira Hutchinson |
| D | Madisonville Miners | KITTY League | Bob Latshaw and Bill Close |
| D | Dubuque Packers | Mississippi–Ohio Valley League | Jack Conway |