January 15, 200818 yr THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JANUARY 15TH For more see, www.whitesoxalmanac.com FORMER MVP IN THE FOLD? ROGER THAT 1927: The White Sox acquired former American League Most Valuable Player Roger Peckinpaugh in a three-player swap with the Washington Senators. In exchange for Peckinpaugh, a shortstop, the Sox gave up pitchers Hollis “Sloppy” Thurston and Leo Mangum. The 36-year-old Peckinpaugh didn’t have much gas in the tank when he arrived. In his only season with the Sox (and the last of his 17-year career), Peckinpaugh played in just 68 games and hit .295. This dropoff all a year removed from Peckinpaugh’s MVP season of 1925 when hit .294 for the American League champion Washington Senators. ONE BUSY DAY NETS AN ACE 2003: White Sox general manager Ken Williams executed two trades and ended up with one of the game’s best starting pitchers in Bartolo Colon. Williams first dealt pitchers Antonio Osuna and Delvis Lantigua, a minor leaguer, to the Yankees for pitcher Orlando Hernandez. Williams then sent Hernandez, pitcher Rocky Biddle and outfielder-first baseman Jeff Liefer to the Montreal Expos for Colon and a minor leaguer. Colon, in the final year of his contract, was a workhorse for the 2003 White Sox. He led the A.L. with nine complete games and went 15-13 with a 3.87 ERA with 173 strikeouts. The Sox tried to re-sign Colon but the Angels offered a more lucrative pact which he accepted.
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