Name: Lastings Milledge
Rank: 246
Position: LF
Year With White Sox: 2011
Lastings Milledge signed a minor league deal with the White Sox on February 3, 2011. He earned his way on to the major league squad in spring training and headed north with the team. He lasted less than a week. He went 1 for 4 in his 2 appearances, but was the odd man out when 2 straight 12-inning games left the White Sox with a need for an extra arm in the bullpen.
“Personally, it was very hard for me to do it,” manager Ozzie Guillen said. “When you send someone down that has nothing to do with the situation [how they are playing], that’s [difficult]. I was on the plane thinking all flight how I was going to handle it. He handled it very well. I talked to Milledge about the problem we have. Unfortunately, that’s part of the game. It’s one of the hardest talks I had with any of the players.”
Milledge spent the rest of the season in Triple A, and left to play in Japan following the season.
Milledge’s numbers in a White Sox uniform were: