StatManDu Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: NOVEMBER 20 For more, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1980: The White Sox acquired catcher Jim Essian for a second time, this time signing him as a free agent. After playing for the White Sox in 1976 and 1977, Essian was traded to Oakland where he spent the next three seasons. The Detroit native played in just 27 games in the strike-shortened 1981 season, hitting .308 with no homers and five RBIs. Essian’s time with the Sox ended on Dec. 11, 1981 when he was dealt with Todd Cruz and Rod Allen to Seattle for Tom Paciorek. 1990: Thanks to their renaissance season, the White Sox had three players receive votes for the American League MVP Award in results for the award released by the Baseball Writers Association of America on this date. Reliever Bobby Thigpen and his still-standing big league record of 57 saves finished fifth in balloting topped by Oakland’s Rickey Henderson. Catcher Carlton Fisk was 15th and shortstop Ozzie Guillen was 17th to round out the White Sox voting in the award. The last time the Sox had this many players show up in A.L. MVP voting was in their division winning title season of 1983. 1990 marked the first time since 1985 that any Sox player received votes for this award. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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