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#28 – Tim Raines

Name: Tim Raines

Rank: 28

Position: LF

Years With White Sox: 1991-1995

Acquired in December of 1990 from the Expos, along with Jeff Carter and a player to be named later, for Ivan Calderon and Barry Jones, Tim Raines took over left field, and the lead off spot, as the White Sox moved in to the new Comiskey Park.  At the age of 31, Raines appeared in 155 games, his highest total since 1984, while hitting .268 with 51 stolen bases.

In 1992, Raines had another strong season, putting up a .294 average with 7 home runs, 54 RBIs, and 45 stolen bases.

Limited to 115 games in 1993 due to a torn thumb ligament, Raines had the best season of his post-Expos career, hitting .306 and posting a .401 OBP, adding 16 home runs and 21 stolen bases.  During the ALCS against the Blue Jays, Raines hit .444 with an OPS of 1.038 as the White Sox dropped the series in 6 games.

Raines saw his production drop off a bit in 1994, his average dropping to .266 but with 10 home runs when the season ended early due to the player’s strike.  When baseball returned in 1995, so did Raines.  He bounced back with a .285 average and a .796 OPS, his second highest total as a member of the White Sox.  Following the season, Raines was traded to the Yankees for an unheralded player to be named later.

Raines rejoined the White Sox organization in November of 2004 when he was named the first base coach, a position he would hold for the championship season in 2005.  For 2006, he was moved to bench coach and, after the season, his services were not retained.

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

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#42 – Ivan Calderon

Name: Ivan Calderon

Rank: 42

Position: RF/LF

Years With White Sox: 1986-1990, 1993

Acquired from the Mariners as the player to be named later from an earlier trade for Scott Bradley, Ivan Calderon joined the White Sox on July 1, 1986.  After spending some time in Triple A Buffalo, Calderon was called up to the big leagues, appearing in 13 games and hitting .303.

Taking over as the every day right fielder in 1987, Calderon put up impressive offensive numbers.  He hit .293 with a career high 28 home runs and .888 OPS.  He made one of the defensive plays of the year on July 27 at Tiger Stadium.  Playing left field, he jumped on top of the mini scoreboard at the bottom of the fence to rob Alan Trammel of a home run.

An injured shoulder cut short Calderon’s season in 1988, as he was placed on the disabled list on August 1 and missed the remainder of the year.  Appearing in only 73 games, he managed to hit only 14 home runs while his average dropped to .212.

A healthy Calderon returned in 1989, but the shoulder injury seemed to have sapped him of much of his power.  He appeared in 157 games and totaled 622 at bats, but managed to only hit 14 home runs, equaling his total from the injury shortened season the year before and falling well below his career high in 1987.  1990 was more of the same, with the third straight season of 14 home runs, but he did manage a career high 44 doubles.

Following the season, he was traded, along with Barry Jones, to the Expos for future Hall of Famer Tim Raines, Jeff Carter, and a player to be named later.  He returned to the White Sox on August 31, 1993 as a free agent.  He appeared in only 9 games over the final month of the season, hitting an anemic .115 no home runs and 3 RBIs.  He was left off the playoff roster and, after the season came to an end, he decided to retire at the age of 31.

Sadly, 10 years later, on December 27, 2003, he was murdered in a bar in his native Puerto Rico.

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

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#251 – Barry Jones

EPSON MFP imageName: Barry Jones

Rank: 251

Position: P

Years With White Sox: 1988-1990, 1993

Barry Jones was acquired by the White Sox in August of 1988 from the Pirates in exchange Dave LaPoint.  Jones pitched well for a White Sox team playing out the string in 1988, putting up a 2.42 ERA in 17 games.

Jones pitched well again in 1989, lowering his ERA to 2.37, but was limited to 22 games after suffering an elbow injury in May.  He bounced back tremendously in 1990 for the surprisingly competitive White Sox, lowering his ERA again to 2.31 while appearing in 65 games and winning 11 out of the bullpen.

Following the 1990 season, Jones was packaged with Ivan Calderon and sent to the Expos in exchange for Tim Raines, Jeff Carter, and a player to be named later.  2 years later, he re-signed with the White Sox as a free agent prior to the 1993 season.

Things did not go well for Jones that year.  He appeared in only 6 games for the big league club, putting up an attrocious 8.59 ERA.  He was released on June 4, and he never pitched in the major leagues again.

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

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#289 – Jeff Carter

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Name: Jeff Carter

Rank: 289

Position: P

Year With White Sox: 1991

Jeff Carter came to the White Sox organization in the Decmber 23, 1990 trade that sent Tim Raines from the Expos in exchange for Ivan Calderon and Barry Jones.  Carter made it to the big leagues on July 29, 1991, replacing an ineffective Greg Hibbard on the roster.  He made his major league debut 2 days later, getting the start in the White Sox 10-8 victory over the Rangers at new Comiskey Park.

Carter appeared in 4 other games over the course of the season, finishing up with 2 innings of relief in the second game of a double header against the Twins on October 3rd, which ended up being the final appearance of his White Sox, and major league, career.

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

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