Name: Kenny Lofton

Rank: 173

Position: CF

Year With White Sox: 2002

Kenny Lofton joined the White Sox as a free agent on February 1, 2002.  “I looked at the different opportunities that I had and this was a team that won 83 games last year while they were banged up,” Lofton said at the time. “Cleveland lost four good players from last year’s team, and that’s going to be hard to replace. This was an easy decision.”

Unfortunately, things did not work out as planned, and the White Sox faltered.  As the trade deadline approached, they found themselves 6 games under .500.  So, they traded Lofton to the Giants in exchange for Ryan Meaux and Felix Diaz.  “It’s a great opportunity to get into a playoff race, and that’s always exciting,” Lofton said. “It was tough to leave Chicago, but sometimes you just have to go with your heart.”

Lofton’s numbers in a White Sox uniform, both for games I attended and overall, were:

BA	At Bats	Runs	Hits	RBI	Walks	Strike Outs	Doubles	Triples	HR	SB	GIDP	Errors	Games
0.222	18	3	4	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
0.259	352	68	91	42	49	51	20	6	8	22	0	0	93