{"id":14447,"date":"2019-01-26T06:17:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T12:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=14447"},"modified":"2019-01-26T14:31:02","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T20:31:02","slug":"10-ozzie-guillen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/10-ozzie-guillen\/","title":{"rendered":"#10 – Ozzie Guillen"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Name:<\/strong> Ozzie Guillen<\/p>\n

Rank:<\/strong> 10<\/p>\n

Position:<\/strong> SS<\/p>\n

Years With White Sox:<\/strong> 1985-1997<\/p>\n

Acquired by the White Sox, along with Tim Lollar,\u00a0Bill Long, and\u00a0Luis Salazar, on December 6, 1984 from the Padres for\u00a0Kevin Kristan,\u00a0Todd Simmons, and\u00a0LaMarr Hoyt, Ozzie Guillen made his major league debut on Opening Day 1985, leading off against the Brewers and going 1-5 in the 4-2 victory at County Stadium.\u00a0 Settling in as the everyday shortstop, Guillen finished the year with a .273 average, 21 doubles, and 9 triples.\u00a0 Those totals were good enough to score Guillen the 1985 AL Rookie of the Year trophy.<\/p>\n

Guillen saw a slight drop off in his sophomore season.\u00a0 His average dropped to .250 and he managed 19 doubles and 4 triples.\u00a0 Defensively, he led the American League in Defensive WAR.<\/p>\n

1987 was a nice bounce back for Guillen.\u00a0 He raised his average back up to .279 with a .656 OPS.\u00a0 For the second straight year, he led the AL, and all of baseball, in Defensive WAR.<\/p>\n

Guillen earned his first All Star nod in 1988, though he didn’t get in to the game.\u00a0 By the end of the season, he once again led all of baseball in Defensive WAR, while seeing his average drop to .261 with 7 triples, the fifth highest total in the AL.<\/p>\n

1989 was a tough year for Guillen.\u00a0 He posted his worst offensive numbers since 1986 and, on the base paths, he fell victim to the hidden ball trick.\u00a0 Twice. On June 23, against the Brewers, first baseman Greg Brock held the ball after a pickoff attempt and when Guillen took his hand off the base to stand up, Brock tagged him out.\u00a0 Less than 2 months later, on August 5 against the Tigers,\u00a0Dave Bergman\u00a0made the same play.\u00a0 He finished the year with .253 average and, despite his adventures on pick off attempts, a career high 36 stolen bases.<\/p>\n

As the surprising White Sox challenged for the AL West title while saying goodbye to Comiskey Park, Guillen put in one of the finest seasons of his career.\u00a0 He was named to his second All Star team, going 0-2, finished in 17th place in MVP voting, and earned his first, and only, Gold Glove.\u00a0 He raised his average back up to .279 and knocked in a career high 58 RBIs.<\/p>\n

Expectations were high for the White Sox as they moved across the street to the new Comiskey Park in 1991.\u00a0 Guillen earned his third, and final, All Star nod, getting a sacrifice in his only plate appearance.\u00a0 He ended the year with a .273 average and set a career high with 3 home runs.<\/p>\n

Guillen’s 1992 season came to an early end when, on April 21 during a loss against the Yankees, a collision with\u00a0outfielder\u00a0Tim Raines ended in a severe knee injury.\u00a0 Appearing in only 20 games, he hit a career low .200 in only 40 at bats.<\/p>\n

Guillen recovered in\u00a01993, though he appeared in only 134 games, his lowest total to date.\u00a0 However, it was his most productive season offensively, posting a .280\u00a0batting average, and career highs with 4\u00a0home runs\u00a0and a .666 OPS, as the White Sox won their first division\u00a0title in a decade.\u00a0 He hit .273 and scored 4 runs in a losing effort, as the White Sox were defeated in 6 games by the Blue Jays\u00a0in the ALCS.<\/p>\n

1994 looked to be the year that the White Sox finally broke through.\u00a0 Guillen was up to the challenge, hitting a career high .288 with a .659 OPS.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the year ended early when players went on strike on August 12 with the White Sox in first place in the newly created AL Central.<\/p>\n

The 1995 season got off to a late start and had an abbreviated schedule due to the long work stoppage.\u00a0 The success of the White Sox, and for Guillen himself, didn’t survive the long layoff.\u00a0 Guillen saw his average drop to .248, his lowest over a “full” season in his career to this point.\u00a0 His OPS dropped to its lowest total, excepting 1992, since 1989.<\/p>\n

1996 saw a slight improvement for Guillen.\u00a0 He appeared in 150 games, his highest total since his knee injury in 1992.\u00a0 He raised his average back to .263 and tied his career high with 4 home runs.<\/p>\n

1997 was easily the worst season of Guillen’s White Sox career.\u00a0 He had the lowest average of his career, coming in at .245, though he did once again tie his career high with 4 home runs.\u00a0 Following the season, Guillen became a free agent and his playing career with the White Sox came to an end.<\/p>\n

Guillen returned to the White Sox organization for the 2004 season as manager.\u00a0 In 2005, he led the team to their first American League pennant since 1959 and their first World Series title in 88 years.\u00a0 Ongoing personal difficulties with General Manager\u00a0Kenny Williams\u00a0led to his leaving with 2 games left in the 2011 season as the third winningest manager in franchise history.<\/p>\n

Guillen\u2019s\u00a0numbers in a White Sox uniform, both for games I attended and overall, were:<\/p>\n

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Career Batting<\/b><\/caption>\n
BA<\/span><\/th>\nAt Bats<\/span><\/th>\nRuns<\/span><\/th>\nHits<\/span><\/th>\nRBI<\/span><\/th>\nWalks<\/span><\/th>\nStrike Outs<\/span><\/th>\nDoubles<\/span><\/th>\nTriples<\/span><\/th>\nHR<\/span><\/th>\nSB<\/span><\/th>\nGIDP<\/span><\/th>\nErrors<\/span><\/th>\nGames<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
0.200<\/span><\/td>\n70<\/span><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/td>\n14<\/span><\/td>\n12<\/span><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n21<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
0.265<\/span><\/td>\n6067<\/span><\/td>\n693<\/span><\/td>\n1608<\/span><\/td>\n565<\/span><\/td>\n193<\/span><\/td>\n460<\/span><\/td>\n240<\/span><\/td>\n68<\/span><\/td>\n24<\/span><\/td>\n163<\/span><\/td>\n104<\/span><\/td>\n203<\/span><\/td>\n1743<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n