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#206 – Jerry Dybzinski

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Name: Jerry Dybzinski

Rank: 206

Position: SS

Years With White Sox: 1983-1984

Jerry Dybzinski came to the White Sox in the trade that sent Pat Tabler to the Indians on April 1, 1983.  He split time with Scott Fletcher at shortstop for the eventual AL West champions, but came under fire for a base-running blunder in the 6th inning of game 4 of the ALCS against the Orioles.  With the game scoreless and Vance Law occupying third base, Dybzinski overran second, running the White Sox out of the inning and costing them the winning run that would have tied the series at 2 games a piece.  Instead, the Orioles scored 3 runs in the 10th inning to win the series and went on to win the World Series.

Dybzinski returned to the White Sox in 1984, backing up Fletcher and hitting a robust .235.  The following spring, 2 years to the day after he was acquired, he was released.

Dybzinski’s numbers in a White Sox uniform, both for games I attended and overall, were:

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#338 – Fred Manrique

Name: Fred Manrique

Rank: 338

Position: 2B

Years With White Sox: 1987-1989

Fred Manrique was acquired prior to the 1987 from the Cardinals in exchange for Bill Dawley.  After getting a smattering of playing time during his previous trips to the show, Manrique became a serviceable second baseman for the 1987 South Siders.  In 1988, Manrique got even more playing time, but his production fell off somewhat from the previous year.  In 1989, Manrique bounced back after starting the year in the minors, just in time to be included in the trade that sent Harold Baines to the Rangers in exchange for Wilson Alvarez, Scott Fletcher, and Sammy Sosa.

Manrique’s numbers in a White Sox uniform, both for games I attended and overall, were:

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#360 – Randy Martz

Name: Randy Martz

Rank: 360

Position: P

Year With White Sox: 1983

Randy Martz, the first round pick for the Chicago Cubs in the 1977 draft, joined the White Sox in a January 1983 trade that sent Steve Trout and Warren Brusstar to the north side and brought Scott Fletcher and Pat Tabler to the south side.

Martz appeared in one game for the eventual division winners, getting a no decision in his August 5th start.  Thus ended the major league career of Randy Martz, and he was released during spring training in 1984.

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#372 – Wayne Tolleson

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:

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#375 – Ed Correa

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:

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#386 – Sammy Sosa

Name: Sammy Sosa

Rank: 386

Position: RF

Years With White Sox: 1989-1991

Before he and Mark McGwire helped heal the remaining wounds from the ’94 strike by smashing Roger Maris’ home run record, before becoming, again with McGwire, the poster boy for performance enhancing drugs and watching his Hall of Fame chances go up in smoke, Sammy Sosa spent 2 1/2 seasons frustrating the Chicago White Sox.

Acquired with Wilson Alvarez and Scott Fletcher at the trade deadline in 1989 in the deal that sent Harold Baines to Texas, Sosa started off strong, hitting .273 with 3 HR to close out the ’89 season.  In 1990, his first full season in the major leagues, his average slipped to .233 and he finished 4th in the AL with 150 strikeouts.

Following the 1990 season, GM Larry Himes, who engineered the trade with Texas, was fired, leaving Sosa without a guardian in the organization.  Unfortunately for Sosa, his 1991 season was even worse, with his average dropping again to .203 and being sent back to Triple A Vancouver for additional seasoning.  In his “autobiography”, aptly titled Sosa: An Autobiography, Sosa blames hitting coach Walt Hriniak for most of his problems with the White Sox and takes no responsibility for his lack of production.

Following the ’91 season, Himes was hired as the Cubs new GM, and near the end of the following spring training in 1992, Sosa was sent to the Northside along with Ken Patterson for a fading George Bell, where his career skyrocketed and then plummeted back down to Earth. But that is a story for a different time.

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#454 – #463 – The Unknowns Part 3

More unknown players from the Chicago White Sox past.

 

Name: Miguel Dilone

Rank: 463

Position: CF

Year With White Sox: 1983

Dilone spent 6 days with the White Sox in September of 1983, acquired from the Indians on September 1st and traded to the Pirates on September 6th.

 

Name: Lou Frazier

Rank: 462

Position: CF

Year With White Sox: 1998

Frazier wrapped up his big league career with 7 games for the ’98 White Sox.

 

Name: Dave Schmidt

Rank: 461

Position: P

Year With White Sox: 1986

Acquired from the Rangers for Ed Correa and Scott Fletcher, Schmidt went 3-6 with a 3.31 ERA for the ’86 squad.

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