# 1958 Chicago White Sox season

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.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 92 | 62 | .597 | — | 44‍–‍33 | 48‍–‍29 |
| Chicago White Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 10 | 47‍–‍30 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Boston Red Sox | 79 | 75 | .513 | 13 | 49‍–‍28 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Cleveland Indians | 77 | 76 | .503 | 14½ | 42‍–‍34 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Detroit Tigers | 77 | 77 | .500 | 15 | 43‍–‍34 | 34‍–‍43 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 74 | 79 | .484 | 17½ | 46‍–‍31 | 28‍–‍48 |
| Kansas City Athletics | 73 | 81 | .474 | 19 | 43‍–‍34 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Washington Senators | 61 | 93 | .396 | 31 | 33‍–‍44 | 28‍–‍49 |

### Record vs. opponents

1958 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CHW | CLE | DET | KCA | NYY | WSH |
| Baltimore | — | 10–12 | 9–13–1 | 10–11 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 15–7 |
| Boston | 12–10 | — | 10–12 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 9–13–1 | 14–8 |
| Chicago | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | — | 12–10 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 7–15 | 16–6 |
| Cleveland | 11–10 | 10–12 | 10–12 | — | 14–8 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 15–7 |
| Detroit | 12–10 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | 9–13 |
| Kansas City | 10–12 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 10–12 | — | 9–13 | 12–10–2 |
| New York | 14–8 | 13–9–1 | 15–7 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 |
| Washington | 7–15 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 13–9 | 10–12–2 | 10–12 | — |

### 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.
* June 24, 1958: Walt Dropo was selected off waivers from the White Sox by the Cincinnati Redlegs.

### 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 | 145 | 557 | 76 | 148 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 40 | 35 | 38 | .266 | 29 |
| 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, 2B | 155 | 623 | 82 | 187 | 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 | 145 | 23 | 7 | 15 | 64 | 52 | 80 | .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 | 0 | 20 | 84 | 57 | 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 |
| Team Totals | 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 |
| Team Totals | 82 | 72 | 3.61 | 155 | 155 | 25 | 1389.2 | 1296 | 615 | 557 | 152 | 555 | 751 |

## Awards

* Luis Aparicio, Gold Glove Award
* Sherm Lollar, Gold Glove Award

## Farm system

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