{"id":9985,"date":"2016-04-28T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=9985"},"modified":"2016-04-28T20:25:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T02:25:08","slug":"96-gary-redus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/96-gary-redus\/","title":{"rendered":"#96 &#8211; Gary Redus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/96-gary-redus\/gredus\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10033\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10033\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gredus.jpg\" alt=\"gredus\" width=\"401\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gredus.jpg 401w, https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gredus-300x281.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Gary Redus<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rank:<\/strong>\u00a096<\/p>\n<p><strong>Position:<\/strong>\u00a0LF<\/p>\n<p><strong>Years With White Sox:<\/strong>\u00a01987-1988<\/p>\n<p>As spring training was winding down in 1987, the White Sox acquired Gary Redus from the Phillies for pitcher Joe Cowley. \u00a0&#8220;Our priorities have been to get a right-handed hitter with power or a right-handed hitter with speed to hit at the top of the order,&#8221; GM Larry Himes said at the time. &#8220;We like what we got with Redus. We traded a player who was going to play once every five days for a player who will play every five days.&#8221; \u00a0Redus played 130 games, but did not live up to the offensive promise that the White Sox were looking for when they acquired him. \u00a0He hit only .236 with 12 home runs, but did finish 3rd in the AL with 52 stolen bases.<\/p>\n<p>Much to his surprise, Redus remained with the White Sox for the beginning of the 1988 season. \u00a0His offense improved somewhat, with his average rising to .263, but, after a hamstring injury kept him on the shelf for 2 weeks, he was traded to the Pirates for Mike Diaz.<\/p>\n<p>Redus\u2019s numbers in a White Sox uniform, both for games I attended and overall, 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;\">BA<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">At Bats<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; 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