THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: NOVEMBER 28/Donovan, update

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: NOVEMBER 28

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1957: The White Sox Dick Donovan prevented Milwaukee’s Warren Spahn from winning the Cy Young Award unanimiously in results for the honor released by the the Baseball Writers Association of America on this date. Spahn, a 21-game winner, received 15 of the 16 first-place votes while Donovan got the other in the second annual award and the only one presented (there wouldn’t be two awards until 1967). Donovan went 16-6 with a 2.27 ERA for the 1957 Sox.

(I moved this entry to this date from yesterday. Further research revealed the event took place on this date)1961: The White Sox said goodbye to the popular Minnie Minoso for the second time in four years by trading him to the St. Louis Cardinals for first baseman Joe Cunningham. This wasn’t the last the White Sox would hear from Minoso. After brief stints with the Cards in 1962 and Senators in 1963, Minnie returned to the Sox for 30 games in 1964 and then set decade records with appearances for the 1976 and 1980 Sox. The 1961 deal was a goodie for the Sox and general manager Ed Short. While Minnie was having a hard time staying in the lineup in St. Louis, Cunningham hit .295 with eight homers, 70 RBIs and 101 walks while leading A.L. first basemen with a .994 fielding percentage for the 1962 Sox.

1977: The White Sox signed Greg Pryor as a free agent. Pryor played for the White Sox from 1978 to 1981 serving mostly as a utiltyman splitting time between second, short and third. The Marietta, Ohio native was the Sox regular shortstop in 1979, hitting a career-best .275.