1957 Chicago White Sox Replay.
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Pitching Stats Thru 23 Games:
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The White Sox made 4 transactions on May 16th to get down to 25 players on the roster:
Released: Bob Kennedy, Ellis Kinder, Leroy Powell
Sent to Minors: Jim McDonald.
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Update after 50 games. The White Sox have lost their last 4 games, one to Baltimore, and a 3 game sweep at the hands of the Yankees.
They are hanging onto first place over the second place Tigers, with the Yankees looming in 3rd place:
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Batting stats through June 13th:
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Pitching Stats through June 13:
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The White Sox and the Tigers have made a trade. The White Sox are sending Dave Philley to the Tigers and are getting Earl Torgeson in return.
Philley posted a .203/.282/.250 stat line for the Sox in 64 At Bats. Torgeson went 2 for 10 with 2 singles in 5 games of action against the Sox.
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Seven more games in the books for the White Sox. They split a 4-game series with the Senators, and took 2 of 3 from the Orioles.
The Sox Remain 2 games off their 1957 pace:
The Yankees have moved past the Tigers into second place, just a game and a half behind the Sox:
The Sox and the Yankees kick off the next block of games with a 4-game set in New York.
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One player that will not be with the team to take on the Yankees is Sherm Lollar. The Sox placed Lollar on the DL. Sherm has posted a rather pedestrian slash line of .220/.313/.302 for Chicago so far, but he has been solid behind the plate. In his absence, the Sox will turn to a combination of Earl Battey (.200/.300.314) and Les Moss(.143/.143/.286)
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The White Sox finished the month of June on a tear. They are 11-1 in their last 12 games. After taking 3 of 4 from the Yankees, they swept 4-game sets from both the Red Sox and the Senators.
The hot streak has put the Sox 3 games ahead of their 1957 pace:
They lead the 2nd place Yankees by six games:
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Sox Batting Stats through the end of June:
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Sox Pitching Stats through the end of June:
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Another 13 games in the books for the White Sox, and they went 8-5 over those games.
Tigers: 1-1
Royals: 2-1
Indians: 2-2
Senators: 2-1
Yankees: 2-0The Sox continue to own the Yankees. The Sox have won 10 games against New York, while losing only 4.
At this point in 1957, the White Sox trailed the Yankees by 3 games in the standings:
But in the replay, they hold a 5-game lead over New York:
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Here is a comparison of the replay stats versus actual stats through 82 games for the Sox:
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Batting Stat comparison through 82 games:
(Pitchers were omitted from the details, but included in the totals)
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Seven more games in the books for the White Sox. They dropped 2 of 3 to both the Orioles and the Red Sox. They took the opener of a 3-game set against the Yankees in New York. After 89 games, the standings look like this:
The Sox are 4 games ahead of their actual pace:
The White Sox have made another roster move. They released Ron Northey and called up Ted Beard from Indianapolis.
Northey put up the following stats for the Sox:
Beard has forced his way onto the major league roster by posting a slash line of .347/.454/.559 for Indianapolis.
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The White Sox replay has reached August 1st. The Sox Split the final 2 games of their series with the Yankees, then took 4 out of 5 from the Orioles and took 2 of 3 from the Senators.
The White Sox hold a 5 game lead over the Yankees:
The Sox are now back at full strength as Sherm Lollar has returned from a stint on the disabled list. In Lollar’s absence, White Sox catchers contributed the following:
The White Sox conclude their current road trip with 3 games in Boston, then return home for a 3-game set against Kansas City.
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The Sox wrapped up their road trip with a 3-game sweep of the Red Sox. Their first series back home did not go as well, as they lost 2 of 3 to the Kansas City A’s.
The Sox maintain a 4 game lead on the Yankees:
Chicago made another roster move during the Kansas City Series. Earl Battey was sent down to the Minors, and Jim Hughes was purchased from the Cubs, to take his roster spot.
Battey’s season stat comparison:
Hughes went 7-6 with a 3.95 ERA in 66 innings of relief work with the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League. This will be Hughes’ first appearance in the American League, having seen action in parts of 5 National League seasons for the Dodgers and Cubs.
The Sox host the Tigers for 4 games before heading back out on the road to Cleveland.
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August 15th update. The Sox split their 4-game series with Detroit, and dropped 2 of 3 to the Indians. They remain 4 games ahead of their actual 1957 pace:
Their lead over the 2nd place Yankees stands at 3 1/2 games:
The Sox made a roster move on the 14th, sending Jim Landis to the minors:
The Sox now travel to Detroit for 4 games against the Tigers.
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The White Sox wrapped up their road trip by taking 3 of 4 from the Tigers. (In 1957, it was the Tigers that took 3 of 4 in this series). As a result, the Sox have moved 6 games ahead of their 1957 pace:
Their lead over the Yankees remains at 3 1/2 games.
The Sox now start a 10 game home-stand, one that opens with 3 games against the Senators. The home-stand will culminate with a big three game set against the 2nd place Yankees.
