#153 – Bobby Bonilla

$_35Name: Bobby Bonilla

Rank: 153

Position: LF/1B

Year With White Sox: 1986

After breaking his leg and missing most of the 1985 season, Bobby Bonilla was left off the Pirates 40 man roster and was selected by the White Sox in the Rule 5 draft in December.  He opened the 1986 season with the White Sox, making his major league debut on April 9, going 0-1 as a pinch hitter in the Sox loss to the Brewers.

With the chaos of Hawk Harrelson’s lone season as GM swirling around him, Bonilla put together a pretty decent rookie campaign, especially since he was making the jump from A ball.  He was hitting .269 with 2 home runs in 75 games when, with the trade deadline approaching, Harrelson decided to blow up the team and sent Bonilla back to the Pirates, in exchange for pitcher Jose DeLeon.

Bonilla’s numbers in a White Sox uniform were:

BA At Bats Runs Hits RBI Walks Strike Outs Doubles Triples HR SB GIDP Errors Games
0.269 234 27 63 26 33 49 10 2 2 4 4 2 75

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