Bill Veeck basically inherited the 1959 White Sox when Dorothy Rigney sold her 54% of the team to Barnum Bill, the team was built by Frank Lane and Chuck Comiskey with guys like Fox, Aparicio, Pierce, Wynn, Rivera, Shaw and Donovon already in place and managed by Al Lopez. They win the pennant and then Veeck decides to trade away future stars Johnny Callison, Norm Cash, John Romano, Don Mincher and Earl Battey for aging vets Roy Sievers, Gene Freese and Minnie Minoso, horrible trades even though it was great to see Minnie back in a Sox uniform and after a nice 1960 season he was fading fast and traded again in 1962.