Name: John Kruk
Rank: 154
Position: DH
Year With White Sox: 1995
Following the lockout that delayed the beginning of the 1995 season, John Kruk decided to unretire and was signed by the White Sox on May 13, joining the team 12 days later. The Sox has attempted to sign Kruk during spring training, but the slugger wasn’t interested. “I got a call saying he was interested in playing again,” GM Ron Schueler said. “Other people he used to play with–his friends–had him thinking.”
Kruk joined the White Sox at the end of May, replacing Chris Sabo as the team’s primary designated hitter. He was batting .308 with 2 home runs through July 30, when, after singling at Camden Yards in a game against the Orioles, Kruk took himself out of the game and retired again, this time for good. “He wanted to go out with a hit,” manager Terry Bevington said. “If he wouldn’t have gotten a hit today, he would have waited until he got a hit.”
Kruk’s numbers in a White Sox uniform were:
