Name: Miguel Olivo
Rank: 80
Position: C
Years With White Sox: 2002-2004
Miguel Olivo was acquired by the White Sox as the player to be named later in the deal that sent Chad Bradford to the A’s in December of 2000. He made his major league debut on September 15, 2002, hitting a home run in his first at bat against Andy Pettite in the Yankees 8-4 victory. He appeared in 5 additional games that month, finishing with a .211 average.
Olivo broke camp with the White Sox in 2003, splitting time behind the plate with Sandy Alomar Jr. He upped his average to .237 with 6 home runs but only 27 RBIs. Things were starting to look up in 2004, as Olivo raised his average to .270 and an OPS of .812 in 46 games, before the June 27th trade that sent him, along with Mike Morse and Jeremy Reed, to the Mariners for Ben Davis and Freddy Garcia.
Olivo’s numbers in a White Sox uniform, both for games I attended and overall, were:
| BA | At Bats | Runs | Hits | RBI | Walks | Strike Outs | Doubles | Triples | HR | SB | GIDP | Errors | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.216 | 37 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 0.245 | 477 | 60 | 117 | 58 | 31 | 114 | 27 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 166 |