Name: Tom Fordham
Rank: 371
Position: P
Years With White Sox: 1997-1998
Tom Fordham spent a little more than a year in the major leagues over the course of 2 forgettable seasons. He made his major league debut on August 19, 1997 and his final appearance on August 30, 1998. In between, he managed to win 1 game.
Fordham’s numbers in a White Sox uniform, both for games I attended and overall, were:
Name: Wayne Tolleson
Rank: 372
Position: P
Year With White Sox: 1986
When Ken Harrelson was named general manager of the White Sox following the 1985 season, his first major move was trading Scott Fletcher and heralded prospect Ed Correa to the Rangers in exchange for Dave Schmidt and Wayne Tolleson. “Wayne Tolleson gives us a versatile infielder who’s a switch hitter and a base-stealing threat,” Harrelson said. “He has played second, short and third, and he can play any of those spots for us.”
He certainly didn’t do so for long, as Tolleson’s tenure on the south side ended on July 30, 1986, when he was sent to the Yankees along with Ron Kittle and Joel Skinner for Ron Hassey, Carlos Martinez, and a player to be named later who eventually became Bill Lindsey.
Tolleson’s numbers in a White Sox uniform were:
Name: Wes Whisler
Rank: 373
Position: P
Year With White Sox: 2009
Wes Whisler managed to get in to 3 games during his brief tenure with the 2009 White Sox, and 2 of them were scoreless appearances. The third, however, was far from it, and that happened to be his one game that I managed to see live and in person. As you can imagine, he left quite an impression.
Midway through the 2010 season, he was basically given away to the Marlins, and eventually found himself back in the White Sox organization before being released earlier this spring.
Whisler’s numbers in a White Sox uniform, both for games I attended and overall, were:
Yesterday we looked at the leaders in games I attended in the first half of this year on the offensive side of the ball. With the second half slated to kick off tomorrow, let’s look at the pitchers.
| Name | Total |
|---|---|
| Gavin Floyd | 4 |
| Chris Sale | 3 |
| Jake Peavy | 2 |
| 11 tied with | 1 |
| Name | Total |
|---|---|
| Chris Sale | 2 |
| Jake Peavy | 2 |
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As we close the books on the first half of the 2012 season, here are the offensive leaders for the games I attended.
| Name | Total |
|---|---|
| Dayan Viciedo | 6 |
| Adam Dunn | 4 |
| Alex Rios | 4 |
| Kevin Youkilis | 3 |
| Paul Konerko | 2 |
| Jason Kipnis | 2 |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | 2 |
| Ichiro Suzuki | 2 |
| AJ Pierzynski | 2 |
| Name | Total |
|---|---|
| Alexei Ramirez | 28 |
| Alex Rios | 26 |
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As we head in to the All Star Break, the White Sox are in first place and I’ve been to 20 games. Here’s the team’s records for those 20 games.
| TeamCity | TeamName | Won | Loss | Winning Pctg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | Nationals | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Kansas City | Royals | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Boston | Red Sox | 2 | 1 | 0.667 |
| Chicago | White Sox | 12 | 8 | 0.600 |
| Seattle | Mariners | 1 | 1 | 0.500 |
| Houston | Astros | 1 | 1 | 0.500 |
| Toronto | Blue Jays | 1 | 1 | 0.500 |
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Name: Raul Casanova
Rank: 374
Position: C
Year With White Sox: 2005
Raul Casanova spent parts of 9 seasons in the big leagues over the course of his 12 year career, and a grand total of 6 games as a member of the White Sox. Those 6 games (and 5 AB) happened to come in the right year, though, as he will go down in history as a member of the first World Series champion to grace the city of Chicago in 88 years.
Casanova’s numbers in a White Sox uniform, both for games I attended and overall, were:
With 81 games in the books, we are officially at the halfway point of the 2012 season. The so-called experts at Sports Illustrated made some pre-season predictions that are looking a little off a this point.
| Team | Won | Lost |
Predicted Wins |
Predicted
Losses |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL East | |||||
| Washington Nationals | 47 | 32 | 84 | 78 |
The Nationals were expected to improve this year, but they appear to have taken a giant leap forward. |
| New York Mets | 44 | 38 | 75 | 87 | One of the surprises of the first half, the Mets were thought to be also-rans following their off-season ownership troubles. |
| Atlanta Braves | 42 | 39 | 82 | 80 | The Braves have kept a steady ship following last season’s late collapse. |
| Miami Marlins | 39 | 42 | 89 | 73 | The Fish surrounded a great May with struggles in April and June. |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 37 | 46 | 94 | 68 | Injuries to Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, and Roy Halladay have kept the Phillies out of their usual spot in the pennant chase. |
| NL Central | |||||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 45 | 36 | 70 | 92 | Last year the Pirates flirted with respectability for the first time since 1992 before faltering after one bad call cost them a game. This year, they may be for real. |
| Cincinnati Reds | 44 | 37 | 89 | 73 | The Reds are right at their expected pace. |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 43 | 39 | 87 | 75 | The defending champions have dealt with the loss of Albert Pujols and Chris Carpenter better than anyone expected them to. |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 38 | 43 | 84 | 78 | After finally winning the NL Central last year, the Brewers have struggled after losing Prince Fielder. |
| Houston Astros | 32 | 50 | 57 | 105 | The rebuilding Astros have been a little better than expected in their final season in the National League. |
| Chicago Cubs | 31 | 50 | 66 | 96 | The rebuilding Cubs have been a little worse than expected in Theo Epstein’s first year as the savior of the franchise. |
| NL West | |||||
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 46 | 37 | 83 | 79 | The Dodgers had a surprising first half, sparked on by their ownership change. |
| San Francisco Giants | 45 | 37 | 90 | 72 | The Giants have had an eventful first half, with a perfect game and 4 straight shutouts. |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 39 | 42 | 88 | 74 | The DBacks struggled in the first half, and that was before losing Daniel Hudson for the season. |
| San Diego Padres | 33 | 50 | 70 | 92 | The Padres have been a little worse than expected in the first half. |
| Colorado Rockies | 31 | 50 | 79 | 83 | The Rockies have struggled in the first half and have turned to a 4 man rotation to try and turn things around. |
With 81 games in the books, we are officially at the halfway point of the 2012 season. The so-called experts at Sports Illustrated made some pre-season predictions that are looking a little off a this point.
| Team | Won | Lost |
Predicted Wins |
PredictedLosses | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL East | |||||
| New York Yankees | 49 | 32 | 95 | 67 |
After a slow-ish start, a long winning streak moved the Yankees back into first place despite an injury-ravaged pitching staff. |
| Baltimore Orioles | 44 | 37 | 63 | 99 | One of the surprises of the first half, theOrioles need only 19 second half wins to match their predicted output. |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 43 | 39 | 92 | 70 | Tampa has continued to keep things togetherwhile once again losing Evan Longoria for an extended period of time. |
| Boston Red Sox | 42 | 40 | 91 | 71 | After their collapse at the end of last season,the Red Sox have struggled to stay above .500 in the first half. |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 42 | 40 | 85 | 77 | The Blue Jays were having a strong half beforelosing nearly their entire starting rotation in one weeks time. |
| AL Central | |||||
| Chicago White Sox | 44 | 37 | 67 | 95 | While most people did not expect the White Soxto be as bad as SI did, nobody thought they would be in first place at the halfway point. |
| Cleveland Indians | 42 | 39 | 80 | 82 | The Indians have been right around where expected, a little over .500 instead of a little under. |
| Detroit Tigers | 40 | 42 | 93 | 69 | The Tigers were expected to run away and hide in this division, but they have been unable to outhit their poor pitching performance to date. |
| Kansas City Royals | 36 | 44 | 82 | 80 | Eric Hosmer’s sophomore slump has held back the developing Royals. |
| Minnesota Twins | 35 | 46 | 72 | 90 | Could this be the end of the Ron Gardenhire era? The Twins are woefully bad for the second straight year. |
| AL West | |||||
| Texas Rangers | 50 | 32 | 94 | 68 | After losing back-to-back World Series, the Rangers look to be stronger than ever. |
| Los Angeles Angels | 45 | 37 | 97 | 65 | The Angels, and new acquisition Albert Pujols, got off to a slow start before putting things together with the arrival of Mike Trout. |
| Oakland A’s | 41 | 42 | 68 | 94 | The A’s have been much better than expected in the first half. |
| Seattle Mariners | 35 | 49 | 64 | 98 | The Mariners have struggled offensively again in the first half. |
Name: Ed Correa
Rank: 375
Position: P
Year With White Sox: 1985
Ed Correa was probably my first introduction to the promising young player in Triple A who was bound to come up to the big leagues and become a huge star, only to see him flame out. Correa, as I recall, was supposed to be the next big thing who would lead the White Sox back to the post-season, but after 5 mediocre appearances during the 1985 season, he was moved, along with Scott Fletcher, to Texas for the overwhelming tandem of Dave Schmidt and Wayne Tolleson.
Correa’s numbers in a White Sox uniform were: