Name: Darren Lewis
Rank: 124
Position: OF
Years With White Sox: 1996-1997
Following the 1995 season, Darren Lewis signed with the White Sox as a free agent. He became the team’s primary center fielder for 1996, but struggled. He finished the year with a career-worst .228 batting average.
Lewis looked to bounce back in 1997, but it was not to be. Manager Terry Bevington named Dave Martinez the starter prior to the first spring training game, and the emergence of rookie Mike Cameron pushed him further back on the bench, used mostly late in games for defensive purposes. By August 26, he had started only 19 games all season, and his average had barely improved over the year before, to .234. The next day, Lewis was traded to the Dodgers for a player to be named later, who would turn out to be Chad Fonville.
Lewis’ numbers in a White Sox uniform, both for games I attended and overall, were:
