1990's White Sox: What Happened?
The Sox were supposed to be the team of the 90's. What went wrong?
- Born: 1968/05/27
- Age: 44
- Height: 6-5
- Weight: 275
- Bats/Throws: R / R
- Seasons:
- Place of birth: Columbus, GA
- Drafted by: the Chicago White Sox in 1989 (1st round)
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 17 | 52 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .365 | .470 | .519 | |
| 1990 | White Sox | 60 | 191 | 39 | 63 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 44 | 54 | 0 | 1 | .330 | .454 | .529 |
| 1990 | 109 | 353 | 85 | 114 | 27 | 5 | 18 | 71 | 112 | 74 | 7 | 5 | .323 | .487 | .581 | |
| 1991 | White Sox | 158 | 559 | 104 | 178 | 31 | 2 | 32 | 109 | 138 | 112 | 1 | 2 | .318 | .453 | .553 |
| 1992 | White Sox | 160 | 573 | 108 | 185 | 46 | 2 | 24 | 115 | 122 | 88 | 6 | 3 | .323 | .439 | .536 |
| 1993 | White Sox | 153 | 549 | 106 | 174 | 36 | 0 | 41 | 128 | 112 | 54 | 4 | 2 | .317 | .426 | .607 |
| 1994 | White Sox | 113 | 399 | 106 | 141 | 34 | 1 | 38 | 101 | 109 | 61 | 2 | 3 | .353 | .487 | .729 |
| 1995 | White Sox | 145 | 493 | 102 | 152 | 27 | 0 | 40 | 111 | 136 | 74 | 3 | 2 | .308 | .454 | .606 |
| 1996 | White Sox | 141 | 527 | 110 | 184 | 26 | 0 | 40 | 134 | 109 | 70 | 1 | 1 | .349 | .459 | .626 |
| 1997 | White Sox | 146 | 530 | 110 | 184 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 125 | 109 | 69 | 1 | 1 | .347 | .456 | .611 |
| 1998 | White Sox | 160 | 585 | 109 | 155 | 35 | 2 | 29 | 109 | 110 | 93 | 7 | 0 | .265 | .381 | .480 |
| 1999 | White Sox | 135 | 486 | 74 | 148 | 36 | 0 | 15 | 77 | 87 | 66 | 3 | 3 | .305 | .414 | .471 |
| 2000 | White Sox | 159 | 582 | 115 | 191 | 44 | 0 | 43 | 143 | 112 | 94 | 1 | 3 | .328 | .436 | .625 |
| 2001 | White Sox | 20 | 68 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .221 | .316 | .441 |
| 2002 | White Sox | 148 | 523 | 77 | 132 | 29 | 1 | 28 | 92 | 88 | 115 | 3 | 0 | .252 | .361 | .472 |
| 2003 | White Sox | 153 | 546 | 87 | 146 | 35 | 0 | 42 | 105 | 100 | 115 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .390 | .562 |
| 2004 | White Sox | 74 | 240 | 53 | 65 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 49 | 64 | 57 | 0 | 2 | .271 | .434 | .563 |
| 2005 | White Sox | 34 | 105 | 19 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 26 | 16 | 31 | 0 | 0 | .219 | .315 | .590 |
| 2005 | 11 | 42 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .261 | .286 | |
| 2006 | Athletics | 137 | 466 | 77 | 126 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 114 | 81 | 81 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .381 | .545 |
| 2007 | Blue Jays | 155 | 531 | 63 | 147 | 30 | 0 | 26 | 95 | 81 | 94 | 0 | 0 | .277 | .377 | .480 |
| 2008 | Athletics | 55 | 186 | 20 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 28 | 44 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .364 | .387 |
| 2008 | Blue Jays | 16 | 60 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .306 | .333 |
| 2008 | 71 | 246 | 27 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 39 | 57 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .349 | .374 | |
| Career Total | 2322 | 8199 | 1494 | 2468 | 495 | 12 | 521 | 1704 | 1667 | 1397 | 32 | 23 | .301 | .419 | .555 | |
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