This Day In Sox History...November 29

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November 29, 1963 – He had a spectacular 1963 season and because of it Gary Peters, Sox star left-handed pitcher was named the American League Rookie of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association of America.

Peters went 19-8 with a 2.33 ERA and had 189 strike outs in 243 innings pitched. He won 11 straight games at one point. He also hit .259 with three home runs and 12 RBI’s. Peters would go on to win 20 games in 1964, lead the league in ERA in 1966 and make the All-Star team twice. He got 10 of 20 first place votes beating out his teammate, power hitting third baseman Pete Ward.

Ward, who would be named American League Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News, hit .295 with 22 home runs, 84 RBI’s and had 177 hits that season.  Ward got six first place votes among the baseball writers while Jimmy Hall of the Twins got the final four votes.

 

November 29, 1967 - The Sox reacquired shortstop Luis Aparicio from the Orioles as part of a six-player deal. Aparicio would have his best seasons hitting-wise in the next few years but part of the cost was speedy Don Buford.

He’d go on to have some of his best seasons with Baltimore and was a key part of their dynasty in the late 60's/early 70's.

Aparicio hit .280 in 1969 and .313 in 1970 but even that couldn’t really help a team that was spiraling into one of the worst in baseball. 

 

November 29, 1972 – Sox G.M. Roland Hemond sent pitcher Tom Bradley to San Francisco for outfielder Ken Henderson and pitcher Steve Stone. Henderson was a Gold Glove winning, power hitting center fielder while Stone added depth to the pitching staff. Bradley never regained the form that he showed with the Sox in 1971 and 1972 when he won 15 games each year with a sub three ERA and was out of baseball by 1975.

Henderson’s best year with the White Sox came in 1974 when he played in every game hitting .292 with 20 home runs and 95 RBI’s.  Stone actually did his best Sox work in his second go-round when he won 15 games in 1977.

 

November 29, 2022 – At a press conference in Houston the Astros officially announced the signing of long time White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu to a three-year contract.

In nine years with the Sox Abreu hit 248 home runs, and drove in 863 RBI’s. He was the American League Rookie of the Year in 2014, won the M.V.P. Award in 2020, won three Silver Slugger Awards and was a three-time All-Star. But his age and the fact that the Sox had Andrew Vaughn, a former first round draft pick who also played first base, waiting in the wings, made Jose expendable in the minds of the organization. Like with another Cuban player, “Minnie” Minoso, when he was traded in 1958, the move was very unpopular with the fan base.