THIS DATE IN SOX HISTORY: JANUARY 12TH/Big Brewer Barter

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THIS DATE IN SOX HISTORY: JANUARY 12TH

 

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CLOSE CALL FOR LOOIE

1983: Former White Sox shortstop Luis Aparicio garnered 252 votes but failed to gain the necessary 75 percent for induction in voting for the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America. In his fifth year on the ballot, Aparicio’s vote total was a career-high and set the stage for his induction the following year. The news wasn’t as good for Aparicio’s former double play partner, the great Nellie Fox. He polled just 46.26 percent of the vote – a career-best in his 13th year on the ballot but still short of the total needed to get in. Fox would have two more unsuccessful elections but was elected into the Hall by the Veterans Committee in 1997. Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal both received enough votes in 1983 to gain induction.

 

VOTE TOTAL HEFTY FOR LEFTY

1991: Former White Sox pitcher Steve Carlton received a whopping 95.61 percent of the vote in earning induction into the Hall of Fame. “Lefty” was named on 436 of 456 ballots in voting by the Baseball Writers Association of America. He joined fellow 300-game winner Tom Seaver as the only players with Sox ties to earn induction into the Hall on the first ballot. Carlton went 4-3 with a 3.69 ERA in 10 starts for the 1986 Sox – his first foray into the American League after 695 starts and 319 wins in the National League. Former Sox coach Orlando Cepeda was second in the voting but did not garner the necessary 75 percent for induction. Others with Sox ties receiving votes were Ron Santo, Jim Kaat, Dick Allen, Ken Boyer, Minnie Minoso, Bobby Bonds and George Foster.

 

BREW-TOWN BARTER

2000: General manager Ron Schueler pulled off one of his best trades when he acquired pitcher Cal Eldred and shortstop Jose Valentin from the Milwaukee Brewers for pitchers Jaime Navarro and John Snyder. Valentin and Eldred went on to become key players in the White Sox surprising run to the 2000 A.L. Central title while Navarro and Snyder did virtually nothing in Milwaukee. Eldred, who had been plagued by injuries throughout his later years in Milwaukee, was a resurgent 10-2 with a 4.58 ERA for the 2000 Sox before arm woes essentially KO’d his season on July 14. Dubbed “Cornfed” because of his Iowa upbringing, Eldred pitched briefly for the 2001 White Sox before stepping away from the game. He returned with the Cardinals in 2003 where he pitched until 2005. The sometimes defensively-challenged Valentin went on to become the most prolific home run hitting shortstop and switch-hitter (even though he abandoned his right-handed stance one year) in White Sox history. He hit at least 25 home runs in each of his five years with the White Sox and capped his career on the Southside with a career-high 30 roundtrippers in 2004.

 

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