# 1957 Chicago White Sox season

The 1957 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 57th season in the major leagues, and its 58th season overall. They finished with a record of 90–64, good enough for second place in the American League, 8 games behind the first-place New York Yankees.

## Offseason

* Prior to 1957 season: Stan Johnson was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.

## Regular season

* April 16, 1957: Roger Maris made his major league debut for the Cleveland Indians against the White Sox. In 5 at bats, Maris had 3 hits.

### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 98 | 56 | .636 | — | 48‍–‍29 | 50‍–‍27 |
| Chicago White Sox | 90 | 64 | .584 | 8 | 45‍–‍32 | 45‍–‍32 |
| Boston Red Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 16 | 44‍–‍33 | 38‍–‍39 |
| Detroit Tigers | 78 | 76 | .506 | 20 | 45‍–‍32 | 33‍–‍44 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 76 | 76 | .500 | 21 | 42‍–‍33 | 34‍–‍43 |
| Cleveland Indians | 76 | 77 | .497 | 21½ | 40‍–‍37 | 36‍–‍40 |
| Kansas City Athletics | 59 | 94 | .386 | 38½ | 37‍–‍40 | 22‍–‍54 |
| Washington Senators | 55 | 99 | .357 | 43 | 28‍–‍49 | 27‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1957 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KCA | NYY | WSH |
| Baltimore | — | 8–14 | 10–12–1 | 9–12 | 9–13 | 16–5–1 | 9–13 | 15–7 |
| Boston | 14–8 | — | 8–14 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 8–14 | 14–8 |
| Chicago | 12–10–1 | 14–8 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 8–14 | 17–5 |
| Cleveland | 12–9 | 10–12 | 8–14 | — | 11–11 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 15–7 |
| Detroit | 13–9 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 11–11 | — | 8–14 | 10–12 | 13–9 |
| Kansas City | 5–16–1 | 6–16 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 14–8 | — | 3–19 | 12–10 |
| New York | 13–9 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 19–3 | — | 13–9 |
| Washington | 7–15 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 9–13 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

* Luis Aparicio, SS
* Nellie Fox, 2B
* Minnie Miñoso, LF
* Sherm Lollar, C
* Larry Doby, CF
* Jim Landis, RF
* Jim Rivera, 1B
* Bubba Phillips, 3B
* Billy Pierce, P

### Notable transactions

* June 14, 1957: Johnny Callison was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.
* June 14, 1957: Dave Philley was traded by the White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Earl Torgeson.

### 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 |
| Luis Aparicio, SS | 143 | 575 | 82 | 148 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 52 | 55 | .257 | 28 |
| Earl Battey, C | 48 | 115 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 38 | .174 | 0 |
| Ted Beard, RF | 38 | 78 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 14 | .205 | 3 |
| Larry Doby, CF | 119 | 416 | 57 | 120 | 27 | 2 | 14 | 79 | 56 | 79 | .288 | 2 |
| Walt Dropo, 1B | 93 | 223 | 24 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 49 | 16 | 40 | .256 | 0 |
| Sammy Esposito, 3B, SS | 94 | 176 | 26 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 38 | 27 | .205 | 5 |
| Nellie Fox, 2B | 155 | 619 | 110 | 196 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 61 | 75 | 13 | .317 | 5 |
| Fred Hatfield, 3B | 69 | 114 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 20 | .202 | 1 |
| Ron Jackson, 1B | 13 | 60 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 12 | .317 | 0 |
| Bob Kennedy, PH | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Jim Landis, OF | 96 | 274 | 38 | 58 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 45 | 61 | .212 | 14 |
| Sherm Lollar, C | 101 | 351 | 33 | 90 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 70 | 35 | 24 | .256 | 2 |
| Minnie Miñoso, LF | 153 | 568 | 96 | 176 | 36 | 5 | 12 | 103 | 79 | 54 | .310 | 18 |
| Les Moss, C | 42 | 115 | 10 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 18 | .270 | 0 |
| Ron Northey, PH | 40 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 5 | .185 | 0 |
| Dave Philley, RF | 22 | 71 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 10 | .324 | 1 |
| Bubba Phillips, 3B, CF, RF | 121 | 393 | 38 | 106 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 42 | 28 | 32 | .270 | 5 |
| Bob Powell, PR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Jim Rivera, RF,1B | 125 | 402 | 51 | 103 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 52 | 40 | 80 | .256 | 18 |
| Earl Torgeson, 1B | 86 | 251 | 53 | 74 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 46 | 49 | 44 | .295 | 7 |
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Jim Derrington, P | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Dick Donovan, P | 30 | 83 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 32 | .145 | 0 |
| Bill Fischer, P | 33 | 40 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | .150 | 0 |
| Jack Harshman, P | 30 | 45 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | .222 | 0 |
| Dixie Howell, P | 42 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | .185 | 0 |
| Bob Keegan, P | 30 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | .103 | 0 |
| Paul LaPalme, P | 36 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 |
| Barry Latman, P | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Jim McDonald, P | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Billy Pierce, P | 41 | 99 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 25 | .172 | 0 |
| Don Rudolph, P | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 0 |
| Gerry Staley, P | 47 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .045 | 0 |
| Jim Wilson, P | 31 | 68 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | .147 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 155 | 5265 | 707 | 1369 | 208 | 41 | 106 | 670 | 632 | 744 | .260 | 109 |

### 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 |
| Jim Derrington | 0 | 1 | 4.86 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 37.0 | 29 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 29 | 14 |
| Dick Donovan | 16 | 6 | 2.77 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 220.2 | 203 | 76 | 68 | 17 | 53 | 88 |
| Bill Fischer | 7 | 8 | 3.48 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 124.0 | 139 | 50 | 48 | 1 | 41 | 48 |
| Jack Harshman | 8 | 8 | 4.10 | 30 | 26 | 1 | 151.1 | 142 | 78 | 69 | 16 | 84 | 83 |
| Dixie Howell | 6 | 5 | 3.29 | 37 | 0 | 6 | 68.1 | 64 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 34 | 37 |
| Jim Hughes | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Bob Keegan | 10 | 8 | 3.53 | 30 | 20 | 2 | 142.2 | 131 | 62 | 56 | 22 | 39 | 36 |
| Ellis Kinder | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Paul LaPalme | 1 | 4 | 3.35 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 40.1 | 35 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 19 |
| Barry Latman | 1 | 2 | 8.03 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12.1 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 9 |
| Jim McDonald | 0 | 1 | 2.01 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 22.1 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 |
| Stover McIlwain | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Pierce | 20 | 12 | 3.26 | 37 | 34 | 2 | 257.0 | 228 | 98 | 93 | 18 | 80 | 171 |
| Don Rudolph | 1 | 0 | 2.25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Gerry Staley | 5 | 1 | 2.06 | 47 | 0 | 7 | 105.0 | 95 | 27 | 24 | 7 | 36 | 44 |
| Jim Wilson | 15 | 8 | 3.48 | 30 | 29 | 0 | 201.2 | 189 | 85 | 78 | 22 | 73 | 100 |
| Team Totals | 90 | 64 | 3.35 | 155 | 155 | 27 | 1401.2 | 1305 | 566 | 521 | 124 | 521 | 665 |

## Awards

* Nellie Fox, Gold Glove Award
* Minnie Miñoso, Gold Glove Award
* Sherm Lollar, Gold Glove Award

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Indianapolis Indians | American Association | Andy Cohen |
| A | Colorado Springs Sky Sox | Western League | Ira Hutchinson |
| B | Davenport DavSox | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Skeeter Scalzi |
| C | Duluth-Superior White Sox | Northern League | Joe Hauser |
| D | Dubuque Packers | Midwest League | George Noga |
| D | Holdrege White Sox | Nebraska State League | Frank Parenti |