Name: Dennis Cook
Rank: 336
Position: P
Year With White Sox: 1994
Coming off a poor 1993 with the Indians where he posted a 5.67 ERA, Dennis Cook signed a minor league deal with the White Sox in January 1994. Cook impressed Gene Lamont enough in spring training to break camp with the big league club. The highlight of Cook’s season may have been in July, when his former team accused him of cheating due to his success against them.
Indians manager Mike Hargrove had the home plate umpire check Cook’s glove for pine tar in both the 7th and 8th innings as Cook pitched 2 1/3 innings of one-hit scoreless relief, keeping the Sox within percentage points of the first-place Indians. Cook’s season ended prematurely, along with the rest of the sport, on August 12th, when the Major League Baseball Players Association went on strike, with the White Sox holding a one game lead in the newly formed AL Central.
Following the lost season, which saw the cancellation of the playoffs and World Series, Cook was selected off waivers by the Indians.
Cook’s numbers in a White Sox uniform were: