offical Sox release on Everett

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WHITE SOX ACQUIRE OUTFIELDER CARL EVERETT FROM TEXAS

IN EXCHANGE FOR MINOR-LEAGUE PTBNL

 

 

CHICAGO - The Chicago White Sox have acquired outfielder Carl Everett and cash considerations from the Texas Rangers in exchange for two minor-league players to be named later and a third conditional minor-league PTBNL.

 

Everett, 32, was batting .274 (74-270) with 18 home runs, 51 RBI and 53 runs scored in 74 games this season with the Rangers. He is tied for ninth in the American League in home runs and ranks 16th with a .544 slugging percentage. Everett, a switch-hitter, batted .325 (26-80) with nine home runs and 20 RBI in April and drove in 22 runs in May.

 

„We believe the acquisition of Carl, along with another switch hitter in Robbie Alomar earlier today, really gives our batting order balance and depth,“ said Ken Williams, White Sox general manager. „Carl will play center field and can also DH to give Jerry Manuel options with our lineup.“

 

Everett is a career .277 (961-3,474) hitter with 151 home runs, 596 RBI and a .473 slugging percentage in 1,023 games over 11 seasons in the major leagues with Florida (1993-94), the New York Mets (1995-97), Houston (1998-99), Boston (2000-01) and Texas (2002-03).

 

His best seasons came in 1999 with the Astros, when he hit .325 with 25 home runs and 108 RBI and a .571 slugging percentage, and 2000 with the Red Sox, when he batted .300 with a career-high 34 home runs, 108 RBI and a .588 slugging percentage.

 

Everett was an AL All-Star with Boston in 2000 and appeared in the postseason in back-to-back seasons with Houston in 1998-99. He is one of six switch-hitters in major-league history to drive in at least 100 runs in both leagues, joining Bobby Bonilla, Eddie Murray, Ted Simmons, Ken Singleton and J.T. Snow. Everett has 16 career multihomer games, including two in 2003, and eight career grand slams.