{"id":4311,"date":"2013-08-29T06:40:48","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T12:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=4311"},"modified":"2013-08-28T19:36:31","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T01:36:31","slug":"286-shawn-hillegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/286-shawn-hillegas\/","title":{"rendered":"#286 &#8211; Shawn Hillegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/51DBnfWtm+L._SY300_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4493\" alt=\"51DBnfWtm+L._SY300_\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/51DBnfWtm+L._SY300_.jpg\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Shawn Hillegas<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rank:<\/strong>\u00a0286<\/p>\n<p><strong>Position:<\/strong>\u00a0P<\/p>\n<p><strong>Years With White Sox:\u00a0<\/strong>1988-1990<\/p>\n<p>Shawn Hillegas joined the White Sox on August 30, 1988 from the Dodgers in exchange for Ricky Horton. \u00a0He made his White Sox debut on September 6, taking the place of an injured Jack McDowell in the starting rotation. \u00a0Hillegas ended up starting six games that September, going 3-2 with a 3.15 ERA.<\/p>\n<p>Hillegas broke camp in 1989 as part of the starting rotation, but he struggled early, going 1-6 by May. \u00a0Hillegas went to manager Jeff Torborg and asked to be used in relief. \u00a0&#8220;I told him I didn&#8217;t feel like I was doing the job starting,&#8221; Hillegas told the Chicago Tribune. &#8220;I&#8217;m putting the team behind in the game.&#8221; \u00a0Hillegas moved to the bullpen, where he made 37 appearances, and finished the year with an ERA of 4.74.<\/p>\n<p>Hillegas spent most of 1990 at Triple A Vancouver, only making 7 appearances for the big league club. \u00a0That December, he was packaged, along with fellow pitcher Eric King, to the Indians in exchange for Cory Snyder.<\/p>\n<p>Hillegas\u2019 numbers in a White Sox uniform were:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Wins<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Losses<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">ERA<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Saves<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; 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