March 23Mar 23 March 23, 1989 - The Sox traded Kenny Williams (who would eventually become the club’s G.M. and vice president) to Detroit for pitcher Eric King. Williams never achieved any measure of consistency in the big leagues. He played three years in Chicago and his best year was 1987. He had 11 home runs, 50 RBI’s and stole 21 bases, batting .281.King at least, had two solid years with the Sox including a spectacular 1990 campaign going 12-4 with a 3.25 ERA with two shutouts and 151 innings pitched, for the “Doin’ the Little Things” White Sox who’d shock baseball by compiling 94 wins in 1990.
March 24Mar 24 Great trade. Fond memories of the King acquisition, as all Sox teams that win are “Shockers”. Kenny was good for something, once.
March 24Mar 24 King was really solid those years. I think Hibbard and Mcdowell got their feet wet around that time as well.p.s. The Sox had cool uniforms at that time. I refer to the late 80's as the Gary Redus era. Not much goodhappened then, but we looked good !! Edited March 24Mar 24 by zisk add
March 24Mar 24 Author 18 minutes ago, zisk said:King was really solid those years. I think Hibbard and Mcdowell got their feet wet around that time as well.p.s. The Sox had cool uniforms at that time. I refer to the late 80's as the Gary Redus era. Not much goodhappened then, but we looked good !!King, McDowell, Hibbard and Melido Perez was basically the rotation in 1990 and they were very good.
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