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TYLER SALADINO 18 INFIELDER Given Name: Tyler Artolo Saladino Bats: Right Throws: Right

FRONT OFFICE FRONT Height: 6-0 Weight: 200 Age: 25 (July 20, 1989) Birthplace/Residence: , Calif. First Pro Contract: White Sox. Sox Acquisition: Selected in the seventh round, June 2010 First-Year Player Draft.

FIELD STAFF Major League Service: None. Contract Status: Signed through 2015.

2015 SEASON  Was promoted to Charlotte on 7/30 and returned to Birmingham on 8/17, where he fi nished the season.  Along with Micah Johnson and , represented  Finished the season ranked by America as the White Sox at the MLB Rookie Career Development Program Possessing the Best Strike Zone Judgement in the SL … entered PLAYERS from 1/8-11 in Leesburg, Va. … also took part in the Sox hitters the season ranked by the same publication as the No. 8 Prospect mini camp from 1/5-7 in Glendale, Ariz. in the White Sox organization.

2014 SEASON 2011 SEASON  Batted .310 (91-294) in 82 games with Class AAA Charlotte  Tied for the lead in triples (nine), ranked before suffering a torn UCL in his right elbow on 7/13. third in slugging percentage (.501) and runs scored (75), fourth  Would have ranked fourth in the in in extra-base hits (51) and fi fth in on-base percentage (.363) at average and 11th in OBP (.367) with the required PAs. Winston-Salem.  Appeared in 50 games at , 10 at fi rst base, eight in

OPPONENTS  Collected fi ve RBI on 6/12 vs. Wilmington … was named CL left fi eld, four at second and three at third. Batter of the Week for 8/15-21.  Batted .471 (33-70) with RISP and .330 (31-94) vs. LHP.  Was ranked by following the season as the  Homered twice on 4/22 vs. Durham … homered in three No. 20 Prospect in the CL. straight games from 6/30-7/1.  Underwent surgery on 8/15 in Birmingham, Ala. 2010 SEASON … procedure performed by Dr. James Andrews.  Batted .305 (65-213) in 60 games between Advanced Rookie 2013 SEASON Bristol and Class A Kannapolis in his pro debut.

2014 REVIEW  Recorded an 11-game from 8/2-14 (.432, 16-37)  Ranked ninth in the Southern League with 28 stolen bases … rated by Baseball America as the Best Defensive Player in the at Class AA Birmingham. Sox draft class … recommended/signed by Clay Overcash.  Entered the season ranked by Baseball America as the No. 26 Prospect and Possessing the Best Strike Zone Discipline in MISCELLANEOUS/PERSONAL the White Sox organization.  Single … was the subject of an audio journal for National 2012 SEASON Public Radio during the 2012 season. HISTORY  Spent two years at Palomar College in San Marcos, Calif. …  Combined to .236 (110-467) with 80 runs scored, 39 stolen was named the Pacifi c Coast Conference Player of the Year in bases and 79 walks over 127 games between Birmingham and 2008 … transferred to Oral Roberts University prior to his 2009 Class AAA Charlotte … was successful on 83.0 percent (39-47) junior season … was named Summit League Newcomer of the of his stolen-base attempts. Year in 2009 and conference Player of the Year in 2010.  Ranked third in the SL in walks (75) and stolen bases (38)  Drafted by Houston in the 36th round in 2009 but did not sign and tied for seventh in runs scored (71). … is a 2007 graduate of the Charter School of San Diego.  Reached base safely in 25 consecutive games from 4/12-5/9,

RECORDS the seventh-longest streak in the SL.

CAREER PLAYING RECORD YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 2010 Bristol .292 13 48 7 14 20 3 0 1 6 1 1 1 5 12 1 2 .364 .417 4 Kannapolis .309 47 165 40 51 73 14 1 2 24 4 3 4 22 44 4 2 .397 .442 5 2011 Winston-Salem .270 102 397 75 107 199 26 #9 16 55 4 3 9 51 90 7 7 .363 .501 23 2012 Birmingham .237 112 418 71 99 134 15 4 4 39 2 6 8 75 91 38 8 .359 .321 23 Charlotte .224 15 49 9 11 13 2 0 0 6 1 0 1 4 16 1 0 .296 .265 2 2013 Birmingham .229 118 424 49 97 133 17 2 5 55 6 6 6 51 86 28 8 .316 .314 17 MINOR LEAGUES 2014 Charlotte .310 82 294 41 91 142 16 4 9 43 1 2 1 27 50 7 1 .367 .483 10 MINOR TOTALS .262 489 1795 292 470 714 93 20 37 222 19 21 30 235 389 86 28 .353 .398 84 #Tied For League Lead

CAREER TRANSACTIONS — Selected by the White Sox in the seventh round of the First-Year Player Draft (6/10). — On Class A Winston-Salem disabled list with a fractured left hand (4/8-5/11/11). MEDIA/MISC. — On Class AAA Charlotte disabled list with torn ulnar collateral ligament in right elbow (7/14/14-remainder of season).

136 49 FRONT OFFICE LEFT-HANDED Given Name: Christopher Allen Sale Bats: Left Throws: Left Height: 6-6 Weight: 180 Opening Day Age: 26 (March 30, 1989) IL TF LYR POET 04RVE ITR RECORDS HISTORY 2014 REVIEW OPPONENTS PLAYERS FIELD STAFF Birthplace/Residence: Lakeland, Fla./Fort Myers, Fla. First Pro Contract: White Sox. Sox Acquisition: Selected in the fi rst round (13th overall), June 2010 First-Year Player Draft. Major League Service: Three years, 61 days. Contract Status: Signed through 2017 (club options for 2018 and 2019).

2014 SEASON SALE AMONG AL SALE AMONG AL  Was a fi nalist for both the Award LEADERS IN 2014 LEADERS, 2012-14 and the Players Choice AL Outstanding Pitcher … fi nished third Category Rank No. Category Rank No. in the Cy Young voting (78 points) behind Cleveland's Corey SO/9.0 IP 1st 10.76 ERA 2nd 2.79 Kluber (169) and Seattle's Felix Hernandez (159). ERA 2nd 2.17 Opp. Avg. 2nd .224  Narrowly missed becoming the fi rst White Sox pitcher to lead WHIP 2nd 0.97 Opp. OPS 2nd .624 the AL in ERA since Joel Horlen in 1967, fi nishing .03 behind Opp. OBP 2nd .262 WHIP 2nd 1.06 Hernandez. BR/9.0 IP 2nd 9.26 CG 2nd 7  His 2.17 ERA was the lowest by a Sox pitcher since Wilbur Opp. Avg. 3rd .205 SO/9.0 IP 3rd 9.71 Wood (1.91) in 1971 and the lowest by an AL lefty since Ron Hits/9.0 IP 3rd 6.67 SO/BB 3rd 4.60 Guidry (1.74) in 1978. Opp. SLG 3rd .305 Opp. OBP 4th .279  Ranked among the AL leaders in almost every category (see Opp. OPS 3rd .567 Opp. SLG 4th .345 box at right) despite missing a month of the season with a fl exor Winning Pct. 4th .750 5th 626 muscle strain in his left elbow. SO/BB 5th 5.33 Quality Starts 7th 63  Held opponents to a .205 average, the eighth-lowest mark in Strikeouts 6th 208 Wins T7th 40 White Sox history and best since (.199) in 1967. CG T6th 2 Innings 9th 580.1  Struck out 208 batters, joining (1907-08, ‘10-12), LOWEST ERA BY SOX MOST 10-PLUS SO (1971-72) and Javier Vazquez (2007-08) as the PITCHER SINCE 1970 GAMES, SOX HISTORY only in franchise history to record 200 in back-to-back Pitcher Year ERA Pitcher GS No. seasons … his 208 strikeouts set a franchise-record by a White Sox pitcher through 26 starts of a season, seven more than the 1971 1.91 Chris Sale 85 18 mark he set in 2013 (STATS LLC). Chris Sale 2014 2.17 Ed Walsh 312 17 Wilbur Wood 1972 2.51 145 15  Set franchise records with 10.76 strikeouts per 9.0 IP and a 1980 2.84 Javier Vazquez 97 13 5.33 -to-walk ratio, breaking the club marks of 9.49 and Esteban Loaiza 2003 2.90 Alex Fernandez 197 12 4.91 he set in 2013.  Was named to his third straight AL All-Star Team via the Final MOST 12-PLUS SO MOST 12-PLUS SO Vote after going 8-1 with a 2.08 ERA (22 ER/95.0 IP) and 102 GAMES, SOX HISTORY GAMES SINCE 2012 strikeouts before the break … became the fi rst Sox pitcher to Pitcher GS No. Pitcher GS No. accomplish the feat since Jack McDowell from 1991-93. Chris Sale 85 10 Chris Sale 85 10  Recorded a franchise-record eight -digit strikeout Juan Pizarro 145 6 83 8 games, tied with for third-most in the majors … Javier Vazquez 97 4 99 6 fanned 12-plus batters a major-league high four times, with a 101 4 Max Scherzer 97 6 season best of 13. 390 4 Felix Hernandez 98 6  Limited left-handers to a .165 (20-121) average with two extra-base hits (both doubles), the second-lowest mark among AL starters behind Kansas City's Danny Duffy (.137) … also

ranked second in the AL behind Duffy in opponents OBP (.211), MINOR LEAGUES slugging (.182) and OPS (.393).  Went 3-1 with a 1.93 ERA (16 ER/74.2 IP) in 11 starts on the road … his 1.93 road ERA would have ranked fourth in the major leagues with the minimum IP.  Was 9-3 with a 2.36 ERA (29 ER/99.1 IP), 129 strikeouts and two complete games in 15 starts at U.S. Cellular Field  Went 2-0 with a 1.57 ERA (4 ER/23.0 IP) and 28 strikeouts in three starts during , including a 1-0 record with a 1.93 ERA (3 ER/14.0 IP) and 19 strikeouts in two starts MEDIA/MISC. against the World Champion .  Went 2-1 with a 1.77 ERA (9 ER/45.2 IP) and 50 strikeouts in seven starts vs. the AL East, including a 0.00 ERA (12.0 IP) with 17 strikeouts against the Yankees.  Was 1-1 with a 2.25 ERA (5 ER/20.0 IP) and 33 strikeouts in three starts vs. , fanning 10 or more in all three starts.

20132015 SEASON MEDIA IN REVIEWGUIDE 137  Limited opponents to a .152 (31-204) average through his fi rst SALE ON THE WHITE SOX LEADERBOARD nine starts, the lowest mark by an AL pitcher since 1971, when Oakland’s also held the opposition to a .152 mark. Pitcher, Year SO Pitcher, Year SO/BB  His 80.8 (21-26) percentage ranked fi fth in the Ed Walsh, 1908 269 Chris Sale, 2014 5.33 major leagues and fourth in White Sox history. Ed Walsh, 1910 258 Chris Sale, 2013 4.91  Sox went 15-11 in his starts … fi ve of his 10 no decisions Ed Walsh, 1911 255 Ed Walsh, 1908 4.80 resulted in starts when he left with the lead … went 5-0 with eight Ed Walsh, 1912 254 LaMarr Hoyt, 1983 4.77 FRONT OFFICE FRONT ND when pitching after a Sox loss … gave up fi ve hits or less in Chris Sale, 2013 226 Javier Vazquez, 2007 4.26 16 of his 26 starts … opponents were 4-8 (50.0) in stolen-base Gary Peters, 1967 215 Ed Walsh, 1910 4.23 attempts … received 4.40 runs of support per 9.0 IP, up from Javier Vazquez, 2007 213 , 2012 3.96 Wilbur Wood, 1971 210 Chris Sale, 2012 3.76 3.19 in 2013. Tom Bradley, 1972 209 , 2005 3.73  Carried a no-hitter into the fourth inning in six straight starts Chris Sale, 2014 208 , 1907 3.71 from 4/17-6/12, including into the sixth on 4/17 vs. Boston and 5/22 vs. Yankees. Pitcher, Year SO/9.0 IP Pitcher, Year AVG FIELD STAFF  Made his second straight Opening Day start on 3/31 vs. Chris Sale, 2014 10.76 Ed Walsh, 1910 .187 Kansas City (3 ER/7.1 IP) … threw 8.0 scoreless IP in his next Chris Sale, 2013 9.49 Joel Horlen, 1964 .190 start on 4/6 at Kansas City. Chris Sale, 2012 9.00 Gary Peters, 1967 .199 Allowed one hit with 10 strikeouts in back-to-back starts on Javier Vazquez, 2007 8.85 Ed Walsh, 1908 .203 4/17 vs. Boston and 5/22 vs. the Yankees, joining R.A. Dickey Juan Pizarro, 1961 8.69 Ed Walsh, 1909 .203 (6/13-18/12) as the only pitchers in the modern era to accomplish Javier Vazquez, 2008 8.64 Joel Horlen, 1967 .205 that feat (Elias). , 1985 8.46 Chris Sale, 2014 .205

PLAYERS Was on the disabled list for the fi rst time in his career from Esteban Loaiza, 2003 8.23 Eddie Fisher, 1965 .205 4/18-5/21 with a fl exor muscle strain in his left arm … made Javier Vazquez, 2006 8.17 Tommy John, 1968 .212 one rehab start for Class AAA Charlotte on 5/16-1 at Durham, Jason Bere, 1994 8.07 Gary Peters, 1966 .212 allowing one hit with 11 strikeouts over 4.0 scoreless IP.  Went the distance for the sixth time in his career on 6/1 vs. HIGHEST QS PCT., HIGHEST QS PCT., San Diego (28 ) … carried a three-hit shutout into MLB IN 2014 WHITE SOX HISTORY the eighth inning on 6/7 at the Angels before giving up fi ve runs without recording an out, including a to Pitcher Pct. Pitcher, Year Pct. … suffered his fi rst loss on 6/12 vs. Detroit (1 ER/7.0 IP) … did 88.9 , 1917 91.4 OPPONENTS not issue a walk and struck out 10 … allowed a career-high 11 85.3 Wilbur Wood, 1971 88.1 hits over 6.0 IP on 6/23 at Baltimore. 84.4 Eddie Cicotte, 1919 82.9  Posted a 0.85 ERA (3 ER/31.2 IP) in July, the fi fth-lowest by 83.3 Chris Sale, 2014 80.8 a Sox pitcher in that month since at least 1914 … recorded his Chris Sale 80.8 Gary Peters, 1964 80.6 seventh career on 7/4 vs. Seattle and his fourth Source: STATS LLC career start with no walks and 10-plus strikeouts.  Gave up one in back-to-back starts on 7/9 at Boston (7.2  His 434 combined strikeouts in 2013-14 are the most by a White Sox pitcher in back-to-back seasons since Walsh (509) 2014 REVIEW IP) and 7/21 vs. Kansas City (7.0 IP) … threw 8.0 scoreless IP with no walks and 12 strikeouts on 7/26 at Minnesota. in 1911-12.  His 56 strikeouts in August tied San Francisco’s Madison  Has struck out 10 or more batters with no walks four times in Bumgarner for the major-league lead and tied Javier Vazquez 85 career starts, tied with Juan Pizarro (145 starts from 1961-66) (9/07) for the sixth-highest monthly total in franchise history. for the franchise record. Posted a ND on 8/12 at San Francisco despite throwing 8.0  Has limited left-handers to a .184 (85-462) average in three scoreless IP … struck out a season-high 13 on 8/30-1 vs. Detroit seasons as a starter, the second-lowest mark in the major

HISTORY … fanned 10-plus batters for the 17th time in 81 career starts, leagues behind the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw (.179). tying the club record set by Ed Walsh, who reached the mark in  Lefties are hitting .194 (119-613) with a .247 on-base percent- his 288th start. age and three home runs in his career … Brennan Boesch (two)  Earned his 12th and fi nal victory on 9/11 vs. Oakland, allowing and Travis Hafner (one) are the only lefties to homer off Sale … just two singles over 8.0 scoreless IP. Boesch (9/2/12 at Comerica Park) is the last lefty to homer off  Struck out 10 batters over 6.0 IP on 9/24 at Detroit (ND). Sale, who has faced 328 lefties since then. Has gone 27-14 with a 2.72 ERA (110 ER/364.1 IP) and 405 CAREER HIGHLIGHTS strikeouts in 86 career games (45 starts) at home … is 25-13

RECORDS  Has fi nished in the Top 6 of the American League Cy Young with a 2.57 ERA (90 ER/314.2 IP) and 345 strikeouts in 45 career voting each of the last three seasons. starts (35 quality) at home.  Is a three-time AL All-Star (2012-14) … is the fi rst White Sox Is 24-11 with a 2.41 ERA (85 ER/317.2 IP) and 331 strikeouts to make three straight All-Star Games since in 47 games (46 starts) in the fi rst half since 2012 … his 2.41 Jack McDowell (1991-93) … Billy Pierce (1955-59) was the last ERA ranks third in the major leagues behind Kershaw (2.24). Sox pitcher to make four or more consecutive All-Star Teams … Has gone 3-0 with a 0.79 ERA (3 ER/34.1 IP) and 42 was the winning pitcher at the 2013 Midsummer Classic at New strikeouts in fi ve career starts against the Yankees, 3-0 with a York’s Citi Field, throwing 2.0 scoreless IP. 1.55 ERA (5 ER/29.0 IP) and 32 strikeouts in four starts vs. the  Has allowed one or no runs in 36 of his 85 career starts (42.4 Angels and 2-1 with a 0.38 ERA (1 ER/24.0 IP) and 33 strikeouts in three starts vs. Houston. MINOR LEAGUES percent), including 14 scoreless outings.  Has struck out 12-plus batters a franchise-record 10 times, 2013 SEASON the most in the major leagues since 2012.  Has fanned 625 batters through his fi rst 85 career starts,  Was named to his second straight AL All-Star Team (chosen which, according to Elias, is the most in Sox history and second- by Jim Leyland) in his second season as a starter. most among active pitchers behind (648).  Established single-season franchise records in strikeouts  Has struck out 10 or more batters a franchise-record 18 times per 9.0 IP (9.49) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.91) … his 226

MEDIA/MISC. in 85 career starts, one more than Hall-of-Famer Ed Walsh, who strikeouts ranked third in the AL and were the highest total by a accomplished the feat in 312 starts. lefty in White Sox history.

138 CHICAGO WHITE SOX  Became the eighth Sox pitcher (third lefty) to strike out 200- FRONT OFFICE SALE'S 10-PLUS STRIKEOUT GAMES (18) plus batters in a season … recorded 12 or more strikeouts four times to up his career total to six. Date Opp. SO Date Opp. SO  Became the eighth Sox pitcher (15th time) to reach 200.0 IP 9/24/14 at Det. 10 7/22/13 at Det. 11 and 200 strikeouts in a season and fi rst since Javier Vazquez 8/30-1/14 vs. Det. 13 6/30/13 vs. Cle. 10 in 2007-08 … became the fastest pitcher in franchise history to 8/12/14 at S.F. 12 6/25/13 vs. NYN 13 reach 200 strikeouts in a season (193.2 IP and 27 starts) and 7/26/14 at Min. 12 6/14/13 at Hou. 14 7/4/14 vs. Sea. 12 5/17/13 at LAA 12 500 career strikeouts (472.1 IP). 6/12/14 vs. Det. 10 8/22/12 vs. NYY 13  His four complete games were the most by a Chicago lefty 5/22/14 vs. NYY RECORDS 10 HISTORY 8/12/12 2014 REVIEW vs. Oak. OPPONENTS PLAYERS 11 FIELD STAFF since Mark Buehrle in 2004 (also four) … received a 3.19 run 4/17/14 vs. Bos. 10 5/28/12 at T.B. 15 support average (76 RS), the third-lowest mark in the majors 8/28/13 vs. Hou. 12 4/20/12 at Sea. 11 … posted a 2.97 ERA at U.S. Cellular Field (40 ER/121.1 IP), the 10th-lowest mark in the AL … his .215 opponent average  Earned the victory at the All-Star game on 7/16 at Citi Field (95-441) at home ranked sixth. … worked 2.0 scoreless IP with two strikeouts (Carlos Gonzalez  Left-handers hit just .135 (20-148) with three-extra base hits and Troy Tulowitzki) … the victory was the seventh by a White (no home runs), the third-lowest average in the major-leagues Sox pitcher in the All-Star Game, the most among AL franchises behind Boston's Koji Uehara and Pittsburgh's Francisco Liriano and the second-most in baseball (San Francisco, 8). … opponents hit just .213 (94-442) in the fi rst half.  Surrendered just two earned runs over 8.0 IP in a loss on  Worked at least 7.0 IP 23 times, going 10-8 with a 2.14 ERA 7/22 vs. Detroit … the loss was his third of the season when (42 ER/176.1 IP) and a 3.42 RSA (67 RS) in those outings … working at least 8.0 IP … suffered the loss on 7/27 vs. Kansas compiled a 28.0 scoreless IP streak from 5/6-6/2, the 11th- City (1 ER) despite throwing his fourth career complete game. longest streak in franchise history and longest since Wilson  Allowed two earned runs in a complete-game victory on Alvarez went 31.0 scoreless 9/11-27/93. 8/12 vs. Detroit … matched his career high by allowing eight  Earned the victory in his fi rst Opening Day start on 4/1 vs. earned runs over 7.0 IP on 8/23 vs. Texas (also 4/13/13 at Kansas City, throwing 7.2 scoreless IP … surrendered eight runs Cleveland). in a loss on 4/13 at Cleveland.  Registered his sixth double-digit strikeout game of the season  Went 4-0 with a 1.18 ERA (5 ER/38.0 IP) in fi ve starts from on 8/28 vs. Houston, allowing one run with 12 strikeouts over 8.0 4/25-5/17 … allowed two earned runs or less over 6.0-plus IP IP … recorded 12-plus strikeouts for the sixth time in his career, in seven consecutive starts from 4/18-6/2 … recorded a major- tying Pizarro and Ed Walsh for the club record. league best 0.87 ERA (3 ER/31.0 IP) in May.  Earned his fi nal win on 9/9 vs. Detroit (1 ER/8.0 IP) … was  Posted his fi rst career shutout and second complete game charged with the loss in his 30th and fi nal start on 9/27 vs. on 5/12 vs. Los Angeles-AL, allowing one hit while facing 28 Kansas City. batters … retired the fi rst 19 batters faced, did not issue a walk  Agreed to terms on a fi ve-year, $32.5-million contract on 3/7, and went to a three-ball count once. including club options for 2018 and 2019.  It was the 63rd one-hitter in Sox history … according to the Elias Sports Bureau, he became the 12th pitcher in White Sox 2012 SEASON history to throw a shutout while allowing one hit with no walks or Went 17-8 with a 3.05 ERA (65 ER/192.0 IP) and 192 hit batters, and just the sixth since 1958 to equal those numbers strikeouts in his fi rst professional season as a starting pitcher when facing 27 or 28 batters. … was selected to his fi rst American League All-Star Team.  Joined St. Louis' Shelby Miller, Boston's Jon Lester and  Ranked among the AL leaders in ERA (4th), strikeouts/9.0 New York-NL's as pitchers in May who worked 9.0 IP (4th, 9.0), wins (T4th), (T5th, .680), scoreless IP and allowed no more than one batter to reach base opponents average (6th, .235) and on-base percentage (6th, safely … it was the fi rst time in the modern era (since 1900) that .291), strikeout-to-walk ratio (8th, 3.76) and strikeouts (9th). four pitchers have accomplished the feat in a single month.  His 192 strikeouts were the most by a Sox left-hander since  Threw 7.2 scoreless IP in his next start on 5/17 at the Angels, Floyd Bannister in 1985 (198), and his 17 wins were the most allowing three hits with 12 strikeouts to extend his winning streak since Buehrle in 2002 (19) … his 9.0 strikeouts per 9.0 IP (1st) to four games … improved to 10-0 lifetime vs. the AL West, and 3.76 strikeout-to-walk ratio (6th) ranked among the single- joining (1976-77) as the only pitchers in history to season franchise leaders. win his fi rst 10 decisions vs. the division (STATS LLC).  Recorded 11 or more strikeouts four times, joining Ed Walsh  Was scratched from his scheduled start on 5/22 vs. Boston (four in 1910) and Javier Vazquez (four in 2006) as the only due to tendinitis in his left posterior shoulder … suffered a players in White Sox history to accomplish the feat. career-high, six-game losing streak from 6/2-7/6 (seven starts)  Became the fi fth White Sox pitcher to strike out 13-plus despite recording a 3.10 ERA (17 ER/49.1 IP) … the 3.10 ERA batters twice in one season (5/28 at Tampa Bay and 8/22 vs. was the lowest by a White Sox pitcher during a losing streak the Yankees). of six-plus games since in 1923 (six games, MINOR LEAGUES  Compiled an eight-game home winning streak from 5/24-9/8, 2.64 ERA) … the last pitcher in baseball to reach those marks tied for third-longest in franchise history. was in 1989 (seven straight losses, 2.29 ERA).  Went 11-3 (.786) following a Sox loss, tied with ’s  Suffered the loss on 6/14 at Houston despite throwing his Cole Hamels for the best mark in the majors. third career complete game … allowed one unearned run with 14  Was 9-3 with a 2.30 ERA (24 ER/94.0 IP) at home … ranked strikeouts over 8.0 IP … became the third pitcher in the last 100 among the AL home leaders in ERA (3rd), winning percentage years to lose a game while striking out 14-plus and surrendering (5th, .750), wins (T5th, 9) and opponents average (7th, .215). zero earned runs, joining the White Sox (6/22/1913)  Was 10-2 with a 2.19 ERA (25 ER/102.2 IP) and a .198 and Cleveland's Sam McDowell (7/6/68) … the 14 strikeouts

(73-368) opponents average in the fi rst half and 7-6 with a 4.03 MEDIA/MISC. tied for the seventh-highest total in franchise history and were mark (40 ER/89.1 IP) after the break. the second-most of his career (15 on 5/28/12 at Tampa Bay).  Made 19 quality starts and worked at least 7.0 IP 13 times …  Recorded 13 strikeouts over 8.0 IP in a no decision on 6/25 lefties hit .233 (45-193) with two home runs while righties were vs. the Mets … became the fi rst pitcher since at .236 (122-518) with 17 homers … limited the opposition to a in 2004 to make two starts of 8.0-plus IP with 13-plus strikeouts .169 (26-154) average with RISP. without earning a win … snapped his losing streak on 7/11 at Detroit (3 ER/6.2 IP).

20132015 SEASON MEDIA IN REVIEWGUIDE 139  Was named AL Pitcher of the Month for May after going 4-1  His streak of eight straight saves converted ended in the with a 1.71 ERA (6 ER/31.2 IP), 35 strikeouts and a .181 (21-116) season fi nale on 9/28 vs. Toronto when he allowed two runs in opponents average over six games (fi ve starts) … the award the ninth inning. was his fi rst career monthly honor.  Entered the season ranked by Baseball America as the No.  Allowed three runs or less over his fi rst 11 starts, joining Gary 1 Prospect in the White Sox organization … also tabbed by the Peters (16 starts, 1963), Cisco Carlos (13, 1967-68) and Fred same publication as possessing the Best , Best Klages (12, 1966-67) as the only pitchers in franchise history and Best among Sox prospects who spent time in FRONT OFFICE FRONT to accomplish the feat. the minor leagues in 2010.  Went 6-0 with a 2.65 ERA (16 ER/54.1 IP) over his fi rst nine road starts from 4/9-7/15. 2010 SEASON  Earned the win in his fi rst career start on 4/9 at Cleveland  Went 2-1 with a 1.93 ERA (5 ER/23.1 IP), four saves and (1 ER/6.2 IP) … struck out 11 in a victory on 4/20 at Seattle (3 32 strikeouts in 21 relief appearances with the White Sox … ER/6.1 IP). converted all four opportunities … averaged 12.3 strikeouts  Was moved to the on 5/4 after experiencing per 9.0 IP. FIELD STAFF tenderness in his elbow … suffered a blown save in his only  Was the only player from the 2010 draft to play in the major relief outing on 5/8 at Cleveland (1 ER/1.0 IP) … was moved leagues … also became the fi rst Sox pitcher to make his debut in back into the rotation on 5/12 and started that night vs. Kansas the same year he was drafted since Alex Fernandez in 1990. City (L, 3 ER/5.0 IP).  His contract was purchased from Class AAA Charlotte on 8/4  Compiled an eight-game winning streak from 5/17-7/15, tied … did not retire either batter faced in his major-league debut on for the third-longest in the AL during the season and tied for the 8/6 at Baltimore … made fi ve straight scoreless appearances to second-longest by a White Sox fi rst-year starter since 1919 begin his career before suffering the loss on 8/21-1 at Kansas PLAYERS (STATS LLC). City (1 ER/1.2 IP).  Allowed just one run on three hits with 15 strikeouts in a  Earned his fi rst major-league save on 9/1 at Cleveland and victory on 5/28 at Tampa Bay … the 15 strikeouts tied for the fi rst win on 9/6 at Detroit with 2.2 scoreless IP … struck out four second-most in franchise history (fi fth time) and were the most batters on 10/3 vs. Cleveland … issued one walk and struck out by a Sox pitcher since Jack Harshman struck out a team-record 16 over his fi nal 10 outings (12.1 IP). 16 on 7/25/54 at Boston.  Was named Minor League Rookie of the  Also set a Tropicana Field record for strikeouts, breaking the Year (players drafted in 2010) after going 0-0 with a 2.61 ERA mark of 14 set by Boston's Pedro Martinez on 7/7/99 … became (3 ER/10.1 IP) and 19 strikeouts in 11 relief outings between the youngest AL pitcher (23 years, 59 days) to record 15 or more OPPONENTS Class A Winston-Salem and Charlotte. strikeouts since Cleveland's Greg Swindell (5/10/87) and the  Was listed by Baseball America as the No. 4 overall prospect youngest in the majors since the Cubs' registered in the 2010 draft and as possessing the Best Command and 16 on 6/26/03. being the Second-Closest to the Majors among draft-eligible  Threw his fi rst career complete game on 6/3 vs. Seattle, college players … was recommended/signed by Jose Ortega. allowing two runs on fi ve hits with eight strikeouts … worked 8.0 scoreless IP in a victory on 6/9 vs. Houston. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT  Posted a no decision on 6/22 vs. despite throwing  Visited children at Lurie Children’s Hospital in August 2014 …

2014 REVIEW 8.0 scoreless IP and registering his 200th career strikeout … joined teammates and their wives at the “Wild Pitches” comedy reached 200 career strikeouts in 182.2 IP, tied with Cole Hamels event benefi tting White Sox Charities in June 2014. for the fourth-fewest IP to reach the mark among active pitchers  In 2013, visited Lurie Children's hospital, attended the Ronald (source: STATS LLC). McDonald House rooftop ribbon-cutting event, hosted families  Worked 1.0 scoreless IP at the All-Star Game on 7/10 in through the Make-A-Wish Foundation and participated in the Kansas City … his eight-game winning streak ended on 7/21 at "Wild Pitches" variety show benefi tting White Sox charities. Detroit (5 ER/7.0 IP).  Participated in the Chicago White Sox Charities Celebrity HISTORY  Struck out 11 over 6.2 IP in a victory on 8/12 vs. Oakland … Bowling Classic and played video games with troops serving earned the win on 8/22 vs. the Yankees, allowing one run over overseas as part of the “Pros vs. G.I. Joes” event in 2011-12 … 7.2 IP with 13 strikeouts. visited and interacted with kids at the Bulls/Sox Academy … read  His eight-game home winning streak ended in his fi nal start to children at a local library during in Glendale, on 9/29 vs. Tampa Bay (5 ER/3.1 IP). Ariz. … visited veterans at the Hines (Ill.) VA Hospital.

2011 SEASON MISCELLANEOUS/PERSONAL  Went 2-2 with a 2.79 ERA (22 ER/71.0 IP), eight saves, 16  Married Brianne … has one child: Rylan. RECORDS holds and 79 strikeouts in his fi rst full major-league season …  Along with teammate Addison Reed, visited the MLB Fan his 71.0 IP in relief led the team. Cave in June 2012.  Ranked among the AL relief leaders in IP (6th), strikeouts  Attended Florida Gulf Coast University … his uniform No. 41 (6th), strikeouts per 9.0 IP (8th, 10.01) and inherited runners was retired by the school on 1/31/15. scored percent (8th, 18.4).  Was named First-Team All-American in 2010 after going 11-0  Went 2-0 with a 3.47 ERA (14 ER/36.1 IP) in the fi rst half and with a 2.01 ERA (23 ER/103.0 IP), 14 walks and 146 strikeouts in 0-2 with a 2.08 ERA (8 ER/34.2 IP) after the break … posted a 17 games (15 starts) … ranked fourth among Division I pitchers 1.66 ERA (10 ER/54.1 IP) over his fi nal 41 outings, lowering his in strikeouts, eighth in ERA and 13th in wins. season mark from 6.48 to 2.79.  Also was named the National Player of the Year by Collegiate

MINOR LEAGUES  Held right-handers to a .199 (27-136) average and lefties to Baseball, the Atlantic Sun Conference Pitcher of the Year and a a .208 (25-120) mark … allowed 18.4 (7-38) percent of inherited semifi nalist for the Golden Spikes Award, given annually to the runners to score … fi rst batters hit .273 (15-55). nation’s best amateur player.  Recorded a 1.59 ERA (6 ER/34.0 IP) on the road and a 3.89  Was named by Baseball America as the No.1 Prospect in mark (16 ER/37.0 IP) at home. the Cape Cod League in 2009 after going 4-2 with a 1.47 ERA  Threw 13.2 consecutive scoreless IP from 7/24-8/16 … (9 ER/55.0 IP) and 57 strikeouts for Yarmouth-Dennis. surrendered his fi rst career to a lefty on 8/16 vs.  Was selected by Colorado in the 21st round in 2007 … MEDIA/MISC. Cleveland (Travis Hafner). graduated in 2007 from Lakeland (Fla.) High School.

140 CHICAGO WHITE SOX CAREER PLAYING RECORD FRONT OFFICE YEAR CLUB W-L PCT ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK AVG 2010 Winston-Salem 0-0 .000 2.25 4 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 2 1 0 0 2-0 4 0 0 .200 Charlotte 0-0 .000 2.84 7 0 0 0 0 6.1 3 2 2 2 0 4-0 15 0 0 .136 WHITE SOX 2-1 .667 1.93 21 0 0 0 4 23.1 15 5 5 2 0 10-0 32 1 0 .185 2011 WHITE SOX 2-2 .500 2.79 58 0 0 0 8 71.0 52 22 22 6 2 27-3 79 2 0 .203 2012 WHITE SOX 17-8 .680 3.05 30 29 1 0 0 192.0 167 66 65 19 6 51-5 192 6 0 .235 2013 WHITE SOX 11-14 .440 3.07 30 30 4 1 0 214.1 184 81 73 23 14 46-2 226 8 1 .230

2014 Charlotte 0-0 .000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 RECORDS 0 0 HISTORY 0 2-0 2014 REVIEW 11 OPPONENTS 1 0 PLAYERS .077 FIELD STAFF WHITE SOX 12-4 .750 2.17 26 26 2 0 0 174.0 129 48 42 13 11 39-2 208 3 0 .205 MINOR TOTALS 0-0 .000 1.88 12 1 0 0 0 14.1 7 4 3 2 0 8-0 30 1 0 .140 M.L. TOTALS 44-29 .603 2.76 165 85 7 1 12 674.2 547 222 207 63 33 173-12 737 20 1 .221

CAREER TRANSACTIONS — Selected by White Sox in the fi rst round (13th overall) of the First-Year Player Draft (6/10). — On the White Sox disabled list with a fl exor muscle strain in his left arm (4/18-5/22/14); included rehabilition assignment to Class AAA Charlotte (5/15-22/14).

CAREER PITCHING BREAKDOWN Quality Starts — Career: 63; 2014: 21; 2013: 23; 2012: 19. Club Record As A Starter — Career: 47-38; 2014: 15-11; 2013: 14-16; 2012: 18-11. Starts Lasting At Least 6.0/7.0/8.0 IP — Career: 71/50/21; 2014: 23/14/6; 2013: 25/23/9; 2012: 23/13/6 Save Pct. — Career: 12-15 (80.0); 2012: 0-1 (0.0); 2011: 8-10 (80.0); 2010: 4-4 (100.0). Holds — Career: 18; 2012: 0; 2011: 16; 2010: 2. Inherited Runners/Scored — Career: 53-12 (22.6); 2012: 2-2 (100.0); 2011: 38-7 (18.4); 2010: 13-3 (23.1). First Batter Effi ciency — Career: 17-75 (.227); 2012: 0-1 (.000); 2011: 15-55 (.273); 2010: 2-19 (.105).

CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS POSITION PCT G GS TC PO A E DP Pitcher .979 165 85 97 22 73 2 2

ALL-STAR GAME RECORD YEAR CLUB W-L PCT ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK AVG 2012 A.L., Kansas City 0-0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 .400 2013 A.L., New York-NL 1-0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 .000 2014 A.L., Minnesota 0-0 .000 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0-0 1 0 0 .250 TOTALS 1-0 1.000 2.25 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 0 1 0-0 4 0 0 .200

CAREER GAME BESTS AS STARTER STRIKEOUTS — 15 (5/28/12 at T.B., 7.1 IP) … IP — 9.0 (6x, last 7/4/14 vs. Sea.) … CG — 7 (last 7/4/14 vs. Sea.) SHO — 1 (5/10/13 vs. LAA) … WIN. STREAK — 8 (5/17-7/15/12) … CONSEC. SCORELESS IP — 28.0 (5/6-6/2/13) MINOR LEAGUES MEDIA/MISC.

20132015 SEASON MEDIA IN REVIEWGUIDE 141 29 RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER Given Name: Jeffrey Alan Samardzija Bats: Right Throws: Right

FRONT OFFICE FRONT Height: 6-5 Weight: 225 Opening Day Age: 30 (January 23, 1985) Birthplace/Residence: Merrillville, Ind./Scottsdale, Ariz. First Pro Contract: , selected in the fi fth round, June 2006 First-Year Player Draft. Sox Acquisition: Obtained from the Oakland A's with RHP in

FIELD STAFF exchange for RHP , C , 1B and INF , December 9, 2014. Major League Service: Five years, 28 days. Contract Status: Signed through 2015.

2014 SEASON SAMARDZIJA AMONG RIGHT-HANDED

PLAYERS  Combined to go 7-13 with a 2.99 ERA (73 ER/219.2 IP), 202 STARTERS IN 2014 (MIN. 30 STARTS) strikeouts and a .234 opponents average (191-815) over 33 Category Rank No. Category Rank No. starts between the Cubs and Oakland. Opp. OBP 5th .279 SO/BB 9th 4.70  Recorded career highs in IP (219.2) and strikeout-to-walk Runners/9.0 6th 10.0 Opp. OPS 10th .646 ratio (4.70) and career lows in opponents on-base percentage Innings 8th 219.2 GS T10th 33 (.279) and walks per 9.0 IP (1.76) … matched his career highs Strikeouts 8th 202 ERA 12th 2.99 in starts (33), losses (13) and complete games (2). CG T8th 2 SO/9.0 12th 8.28  Became just the sixth pitcher since 1919 to own a winning Opp. Avg. 9th .234 QS T12th 23

OPPONENTS percentage of .350 or less with a sub-3.00 ERA (.350, 2.99), joining Al Benton (1942; .350, 2.90), (1968, .350,  Posted a ND on 5/5 vs. the White Sox despite allowing one 2.96), (1981; .333, 2.32), (1987; unearned run on three hits over a career-high tying 9.0 IP. .333, 2.76) and Jim Abbott (1992; .318, 2.77).  Earned his fi rst win in his 200th career game on 5/26 at  Ranked among the major-league leaders in IP (T9th), San Francisco (3 ER/7.0 IP), snapping a six-game and 16-start opponents on-base percentage (10th), starts (T11th), strikeouts winless stretch since 2013 (sixth 10-plus strikeout game). (13th, 202), strikeout-to-walk ratio (14th) and opponents average  Went 1-1 with a 1.32 ERA (5 ER/34.0 IP) in fi ve May starts (16th, .234). … led the majors in ERA during the month.

2014 REVIEW  Was traded on 7/5 by the Cubs with RHP to  Gave up eight runs in 3.0 IP on 6/1 at Milwaukee, the shortest the Athletics in exchange for RHP Dan Straily, OF Billy McKinney, start of his career … snapped a streak of 14 consecutive starts INF and a PTBNL or cash considerations. allowing three earned runs or less.  Was named to his fi rst All-Star Team on 7/7,  Worked 7.0-plus IP in each of his fi rst four starts with Oakland, two days after the trade (was not eligible to pitch). the longest such streak by an Athletics pitcher since 1943.  His 13 no decisions tied for third in the major leagues …  Won his A's debut on 7/6 vs. Toronto … recorded his fourth bullpen surrendered a lead six times in his starts. career complete game on 7/11 at Seattle (3-2 loss).

HISTORY  Made fi ve scoreless starts (all no decisions), allowed one  Lasted 6.0-plus IP for the eighth consecutive start on 8/14 run or fewer in 11 starts (three wins and eight ND) and worked at Kansas City, the second-longest streak by a pitcher to start at least 7.0 IP 21 times. his A’s career since at least 1914.  Became just the sixth pitcher since 1914 to have at least fi ve  Struck out 10 over 8.0 IP in a win on 8/25 at Houston … fanned no decisions in a season when allowing zero runs. nine without issuing a walk in consecutive losses on 8/30 at the  Received two runs of support or fewer in 19 of his 33 starts Angels (complete-game, four-hitter) and 9/5 vs. Houston. … his teams were shut out six times.  Recorded a 2.25 ERA (9 ER/36.0 IP) with 37 strikeouts in  Went 0-4 with a 1.46 ERA (11 ER/68.0 IP) over his fi rst 10 September … threw a career-high 16.0 consecutive scoreless

RECORDS starts (8 QS) … made his second career Opening Day start on IP from 9/5-17 … did not allow an over 23.0 IP from 3/31 at Pittsburgh, throwing 7.0 scoreless IP in a no decision 9/5-22. … extended his OD scoreless streak to 16.0 (since 2011).  Made consecutive scoreless starts in no decisions on 9/10 at the White Sox (7.0 IP) and 9/17 vs. Texas (8.0 IP, 10 SO) … became the fi rst Athletics pitcher since at least 1914 to receive a ND in consecutive scoreless starts of 6.0-plus IP.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS  Is one of three pitchers in the major leagues to record at least

MINOR LEAGUES 200.0 IP and 200 strikeouts in each of the last two seasons, joining Max Scherzer and Felix Hernandez.  Is tied for seventh in the majors since the start of the 2013 season with four complete games, ranks eighth with 433.1 IP and ninth with 416 strikeouts.  Has struck out 10 or more batters eight times in his career and has allowed one or no runs in 30 of his 99 career starts.

MEDIA/MISC.  Has averaged 8.82 strikeouts per 9.0 IP (596 SO/608.0 IP) since becoming a starting pitcher in 2012.

142 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2013 SEASON 2010 SEASON FRONT OFFICE  Ranked among the NL leaders in (T2nd, 33),  Made his fi rst Opening Day roster with the Cubs but spent a strikeouts (4th, 214), IP (5th, 213.2), strikeouts per 9.0 IP (5th, majority of the season with Class AAA Iowa. 9.01) and complete games (T5th, 2).  Began the season in the Cubs bullpen, going 0-1 with an  Became the fi rst Cubs pitcher since in 2010 18.90 ERA (7 ER/3.1 IP) over four relief appearances. to record 200.0 IP and 200 strikeouts in a season.  Was optioned to Iowa on 4/24 after LHP was  Joined the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw (236.0 IP, 232 SO), reinstated from the disabled list. Philadelphia's (222.2 IP, 222 SO) and St. Louis' Adam  Was recalled by the Cubs on 9/7 for the rest of the season … Wainwright (241.2 IP, 219 SO) as the only four NL pitchers to made three starts, going RECORDS 2-1 with HISTORY a 6.19 ERA 2014 REVIEW (11 OPPONENTS ER/16.0 PLAYERS IP). FIELD STAFF reach those marks.  Made 35 appearances (15 starts) with the I-Cubs, going 11-3  Cubs were shut out in six of his 33 starts … left four starts with a 4.37 ERA (54 ER/111.1 IP) and 102 strikeouts. with a lead before receiving a no decision.  His 47 strikeouts in April were second-most in franchise 2009 SEASON history behind Matt Garza’s 51 in April 2011.  Split the season between Iowa and the Cubs (three stints) …  Allowed two hits over 8.0 scoreless IP on Opening Day (4/1) opened the season with Iowa before being recalled by the Cubs at Pittsburgh … joined (4/17/34 at Cincinnati) as on 4/23 … made fi ve relief appearances before being optioned the only Cubs season-opening starters in the last 100 years to back to Iowa on 5/6. work at least 8.0 IP with two or fewer .  Was recalled a second time from 6/30-8/13, going 1-2 with  Struck out a career-high 13 batters on 4/7 at , the a 7.77 ERA (21 ER/24.1 IP) over 12 games (one start). most by a Cubs pitcher since Mark Prior fanned 16 on 9/30/04  Earned his only win on 7/27 vs. Houston after working 2.0 vs. Cincinnati. scoreless IP in relief … made his fi rst major-league start on 8/12  Recorded his fi rst career shutout on 5/27 at the White Sox, vs. Philadelphia (L, 7 ER/3.1 IP). allowing two hits with eight strikeouts … struck out 11 over 6.1  Connected on his fi rst major-league home run on 9/23 at IP on 6/1 vs. Arizona … thrwe his second complete game on Milwaukee (off Chris Narveson). 8/19 vs. Washington.  Went 6-6 with a 4.35 ERA (43 ER/89.0 IP) and 71 strikeouts  Was named co-NL Pitcher of the Week for 8/20-26 after going in 18 games (17 starts) with the I-Cubs. 2-0 with a 1.59 ERA (3 ER/17.0 IP) and 12 strikeouts.  Worked at least 6.0 IP in each of his fi nal nine starts from 2008 SEASON 8/30-9/29.  Made 26 relief appearances with the Cubs after starting the season with Class AA Tennessee and Iowa. 2012 SEASON  Posted a 0.95 ERA (2 ER/19.0 IP) over 15 games at Wrigley  Made 28 starts in his fi rst full season in the Cubs' starting Field (5.19 mark in 11 road outings). rotation … led the team in starts, quality starts (17) and strikeouts  Limited opponents to a .226 average (24-106), including a (180) and tied for the lead in wins (9). .167 mark (8-48) against left-handers.  Averaged 9.3 strikeouts per 9.0 IP (174.2 IP) … Cubs went  Was recalled from Iowa on 7/25 and made his major-league 14-14 in his 28 starts … threw 100-plus pitches 13 times. debut that afternoon in relief vs. Florida (1 ER/2.0 IP) … recorded  Posted a 2.58 ERA (21 ER/73.1 IP) in 11 starts following the his fi rst save on 7/27 vs. the Marlins, tossing 2.0 scoreless and All-Star break, compared to a 4.71 mark (53 ER/101.1 IP) in 17 hitless IP with three strikeouts. starts in the fi rst half.  Posted a 15.1-IP scoreless streak from 8/1-9/1, allowing 10  Earned the win on 4/13 at St. Louis, extending his career-high hits with 14 strikeouts … earned his fi rst career win on 8/29 vs. winning streak to fi ve games dating back to 8/4/11. Philadelphia after working 1.1 scoreless IP.  Recorded a 2.58 ERA (25 ER/87.1 IP) over his fi nal 13 starts  Combined to go 7-6 with a 4.29 ERA (54 ER/113.1 IP) in 22 from 7/2-9/8, including a 1.91 ERA (7 ER/33.0 IP) in July. games (21 starts) between Iowa and Tennessee.  Tossed his fi rst complete game in his fi nal start of the season on 9/8 at Pittsburgh, allowing three runs (two earned) with one 2007 SEASON walk and nine strikeouts … hit eighth in the Cubs lineup.  Combined to make 30 appearances (26 starts) between  Was shut down for the season following that start after Class A Daytona and Tennessee, going 6-11 with a 4.57 ERA reaching 174.2 IP, which surpassed the total from his fi rst four (72 ER/141.2 IP) and 65 strikeouts. major-league seasons (169.2 from 2008-11).  Started the season with Daytona before being promoted to Tennessee on 8/2, where he won each of his fi rst three starts. 2011 SEASON  Entered the season ranked by Baseball America as the No.  Tied for 10th among NL relievers with 75 relief appearances in 4 Prospect in the Cubs organization. his fi rst full season with the Cubs … his eight wins were the most by a Cubs reliever since Lee Smith recorded nine in 1986. 2006 SEASON MINOR LEAGUES  Held opponents scoreless in 57 of 75 outings, including his  Made his pro debut with Class A Boise and Class A Peoria, last nine appearances (10.0 IP) from 9/6-27. going 1-2 with a 2.70 ERA (9 ER/30.0 IP) in seven starts.  Limited the opposition to a .200 (64-320) average … fi rst  Following the baseball season, returned to the University of batters faced were 20-75 (.267). Notre Dame to fulfi ll his committment to the football team.  Worked 2.0-plus IP 15 times, recording a 1.74 ERA (6 ER/31.0 IP) in those outings. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT  Was 3-0 with a 2.23 ERA (9 ER/36.1 IP) over 36 appearances  During his time with the Cubs, hosted veterans and members in the second half, compared to 5-4 with a 3.48 ERA (20 ER/51.2 of the USO and visited fans on the Cubs Caravan. IP) in 39 contests before the break. MEDIA/MISC.  Recorded a 1.77 ERA (9 ER/45.1 IP) and .196 opponents average (32-163) over his fi nal 43 outings of the season from 6/28-9/27.  Compiled a 15.0 scoreless IP streak over 11 appearances from 4/12-5/11 … registered a hold in fi ve consecutive outings from 8/10-15.

20132015 SEASON MEDIA IN REVIEWGUIDE 143 MISCELLANEOUS/PERSONAL  Finished his Notre Dame career with 179 receptions (school record), 27 touchdowns and 2,593 receiving yards.  Married Andrea … nickname is "Shark."  Was named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball  Attended the University of Notre Dame from 2003-06, where Magazine in 2004 after fi nishing second in the Big East in ERA he played both baseball and football. (2.95) and opponents average (.209).  Established Fighting Irish single-season records with 1,215  Is a 2003 graduate of Valparaiso (Ind.) High School … lettered receiving yards and 15 touchdown receptions in 2005. in football, basketball and baseball … was named First-Team FRONT OFFICE FRONT  Was named First-Team All-America by the Football Writers All-State three times in football and once in baseball. Association of the America in 2006 … caught a touchdown pass in each of Notre Dame's fi rst eight games, a school record.

CAREER PLAYING RECORD YEAR CLUB W-L PCT ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK AVG 2006 Boise 1-1 .500 2.37 5 5 0 0 0 19.0 18 5 5 1 5 6-0 13 2 0 .247

FIELD STAFF Peoria 0-1 .000 3.27 2 2 0 0 0 11.0 6 5 4 1 0 6-0 4 0 0 .167 2007 Daytona 3-8 .273 4.95 24 20 1 0 0 107.1 142 69 59 8 1 35-1 45 3 0 .323 Tennessee 3-3 .500 3.41 6 6 0 0 0 34.1 33 15 13 8 1 9-0 20 0 0 .250 2008 Tennessee 3-5 .375 4.86 16 15 0 0 0 76.0 71 43 41 6 2 42-0 44 4 0 .252 Iowa 4-1 .800 3.13 6 6 1 0 0 37.1 32 13 13 5 1 16-0 40 3 0 .241 CHICAGO 1-0 1.000 2.28 26 0 0 0 1 27.2 24 12 7 0 1 15-2 25 2 0 .226 2009 Iowa 6-6 .500 4.35 18 17 1 0 0 89.0 98 46 43 12 3 27-1 71 3 0 .283 CHICAGO-NL 1-3 .250 7.53 20 2 0 0 0 34.2 46 29 29 7 1 15-1 21 2 0 .329 PLAYERS 2010 CHICAGO-NL 2-2 .500 8.38 7 3 0 0 0 19.1 21 22 18 4 2 20-1 9 1 0 .269 Iowa 11-3 .786 4.37 35 15 0 0 0 111.1 86 62 54 9 2 67-3 102 5 1 .212 2011 CHICAGO-NL 8-4 .667 2.97 75 0 0 0 0 88.0 64 35 29 5 5 50-3 87 8 0 .200 2012 CHICAGO-NL 9-13 .409 3.81 28 28 1 0 0 174.2 157 79 74 20 4 56-2 180 10 0 .240 2013 CHICAGO-NL 8-13 .381 4.34 33 33 2 1 0 213.2 210 109 103 25 8 78-3 214 11 0 .255 2014 CHICAGO-NL 2-7 .222 2.83 17 17 0 0 0 108.0 99 44 34 6 6 31-3 103 6 0 .245 OAKLAND 5-6 .455 3.14 16 16 2 0 0 111.2 92 42 39 13 12 12-0 99 4 0 .224 MINOR TOTALS 31-28 .525 4.30 112 86 3 0 0 485.1 486 258 232 50 15 208-5 339 20 1 .263

OPPONENTS A.L. TOTALS 5-6 .455 3.14 16 16 2 0 0 111.2 92 42 39 13 4 12-0 99 4 0 .224 N.L. TOTALS 31-42 .425 3.97 206 83 3 1 1 666.0 621 330 294 68 27 265-15 639 40 0 .246 M.L. TOTALS 36-48 .429 3.85 222 99 5 1 1 777.2 713 372 333 81 31 277-15 738 44 0 .243

CAREER TRANSACTIONS — Selected by Chicago-NL in the fi fth round of the First-Year Player Draft (6/06). — Traded by Chicago-NL with Jason Hammel to Oakland in exchange for Dan Straily, Billy McKinney, Addison Russell and a PTBNL. — Traded by Oakland with RHP Michael Ynoa to the White Sox in exchange for RHP Chris Bassitt, C Josh Phegley, INF Rangel Ravelo and INF

2014 REVIEW Marcus Semien, December 9, 2014.

CAREER PITCHING BREAKDOWN Quality Starts — Career: 60; 2014: 23; 2013: 19; 2012: 17; 2010: 1. Club Record As Starter — Career: 40-59; 2014: 11-22; 2013: 13-20; 2012: 14-14; 2010: 2-1; 2009: 0-2. Starts Lasting 6.0/7.0/8.0 IP — Career: 72/48/15; 2014: 28/21/5; 2013: 26/12/6; 2012: 17/14/3; 2010: 1/0/0.

HISTORY CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS POSITION PCT G GS TC PO A E DP Pitcher .937 222 99 159 65 84 10 6

CAREER GAME BESTS (STARTER) STRIKEOUTS — 13 (4/7/13 at Atl.) … IP — 9.0 (4x, last 5/5/14 vs. White Sox) … CG — 5 (last 8/30/14 at LAA, 8.0 IP) SHO — 1 (5/27/13 at White Sox) … WIN. STREAK — 5 (8/4/11-5/13/12) … CONSEC. SCORELESS IP — 16.0 (9/5-17/14)

RECORDS DIVISION SERIES RECORD YEAR CLUB W-L PCT ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK AVG 2008 Cubs vs. LAD 0-0 .000 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500

ALL-STAR GAME RECORD YEAR CLUB W-L PCT ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK AVG 2014 N.L., Min. DID NOT PITCH MINOR LEAGUES

400 Club: Members Only Paul Konerko (April 25, 2012 at Oakland) and Adam Dunn (August 18, 2012 at Kansas City) became the fi rst teammates in baseball history to hit their 400th career homer in the same season (Elias). Konerko and Dunn became the fourth and fi fth players, respectively, in White Sox history to hit a milestone homer of 400 MEDIA/MISC. or more with the club, joining Frank Thomas (400), (500) and Andruw Jones (400).

144 CHICAGO WHITE SOX NOLAN SANBURN 82 FRONT OFFICE RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER NON-ROSTER INVITEE Given Name: Nolan Richard Sanburn Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6-1 Weight: 205 Opening Day Age: 23 (July 21, 1991) IL TF LYR POET 04RVE ITR RECORDS HISTORY 2014 REVIEW OPPONENTS PLAYERS FIELD STAFF Birthplace/Residence: Kokomo, Indiana First Pro Contract: , selected in the second round, June 2012 First-Year Player Draft. Sox Acquisition: Obtained from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for Adam Dunn, August 31, 2014. Major League Service: None. Contract Status: Signed through 2015.

2014 SEASON  Began the season on the disabled list with a right shoulder strain … appeared in two games with the AZL Athletics before  Went 3-1 with a 3.28 ERA (26 ER/71.1 IP), six saves and 73 making his season debut on 7/10 vs. Lake County. strikeouts in 42 relief appearances with Class A Stockton.  Recorded multiple strikeouts seven times, including a season-  Averaged 9.2 strikeouts per 9.0 IP … threw 2.0 IP or more high four on 8/22 at Kane County. in 21 of his 42 outings.  Entered the season rated by MLB.com as the No. 10 Prospect  Was 3-0 with a 2.60 ERA (13 ER/45.0 IP) and 50 strikeouts in the Oakland organization. in 27 games from May-July.  Earned the save in each of his fi rst two outings on 4/3 at 2012 SEASON Visalia and 4/7 at Bakersfi eld (4.0 scoreless IP overall).  Made seven starts with Advanced Rookie Vermont in his pro  Worked 2.0 IP in six consecutive appearances to open the debut … averaged 9.16 strikeouts per 9.0 IP (19 SO/18.2 IP) season, allowing three runs in 12.1 IP. with a 3.18 strikeout-to-walk ratio (6 BB).  Struck out a season-high four batters on 4/25 vs. High Desert  Was recommended/signed by Yancy Ayers. and 7/31 at San Jose … threw a season-high 3.0 IP in a victory on 6/19 vs. Bakersfi eld. MISCELLANEOUS/PERSONAL  Was traded to Chicago on 8/31 in exchange for Adam Dunn  Single … Twitter: @Nolan_Sanburn. (acquisition recommended by Kevin Bootay and Bill Young).  Attended the University of Arkansas … went 4-1 with a  Entered the season ranked by Baseball America as the No. 2.43 ERA over 22 games as a sophomore in 2012, helping 10 Prospect in the Athletics organization. the Razorbacks reach the College … fi ve of his 2013 SEASON teammates from that team also were drafted in 2012.  Is a 2010 graduate of Kokomo (Ind.) High School.  Was limited to 14 games (one start) with Class A Beloit …  Was drafted by Detroit in the 34th round of the 2010 draft but went 1-3 with a 1.38 ERA (4 ER/26.0 IP). did not sign.  Limited opponents to a .191 (17-89) average with Beloit, including a .179 (10-59) mark by right-handers … worked at least 2.0 IP in each of his 13 relief outings.

CAREER PLAYING RECORD YEAR CLUB W-L PCT ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK AVG 2012 Vermont 0-1 .000 3.86 7 7 0 0 0 18.2 23 10 8 2 0 6-0 19 4 0 .299 2013 AZL Athletics 0-0 .000 2.25 2 1 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 0 1 1-1 6 1 0 .200 Beloit 1-3 .250 1.38 14 1 0 0 0 26.0 17 4 4 1 0 9-0 20 1 0 .191 2014 Stockton 3-1 .750 3.28 42 0 0 0 6 71.1 78 29 26 6 2 25-1 73 5 0 .279 MINOR TOTALS 4-5 .444 2.93 65 9 0 0 6 120.0 121 44 39 9 3 41-1 118 11 0 .262

CAREER TRANSACTIONS

— Selected by Oakland in the second round of the First-Year Player Draft (6/12). MINOR LEAGUES — On Class A Beloit disabled list with a right shoulder strain (6/20-7/7/13); included rehab assignment with the AZL Athletics (6/30-7/7/13). — Traded by Oakland to the White Sox in exchange for fi rst baseman/ Adam Dunn (8/31/14).

White Sox Suspended Games

Date Opponent Score Inn. Reason Resumed Result

4/20/52-2 at St. Louis 10-2 7th Darkness 5/26/52 W, 10-5 MEDIA/MISC. 4/27/52-2 vs. St. Louis 3-1 5th Darkness 7/3/52 W, 6-3 8/10/72 at Oakland 3-3 17th Curfew 8/11/72 L, 5-3 5/26/73 vs. Cleveland 2-2 16th Curfew 5/28/73 W, 6-3 5/8/84 vs. Milwaukee 3-3 17th Curfew 5/9/84 W, 7-6 (25) 4/28/08 vs. Baltimore 3-3 11th Weather *8/25/08 L, 4-3

*Resumed at Baltimore’s Camden Yards

20132015 SEASON MEDIA IN REVIEWGUIDE 145 CARLOS SANCHEZ 5 INFIELDER Given Name: Yolmer Carlos Sanchez Bats: Switch Throws: Right

FRONT OFFICE FRONT Height: 5-11 Weight: 195 Opening Day Age: 22 (June 29, 1992) Birthplace/Residence: Maracay, Venezuela First Pro Contract: White Sox. Sox Acquisition: Signed as a free agent, May 6, 2009. Major League Service: 45 days.

FIELD STAFF Contract Status: Signed through 2015.

2014 SEASON 2012 SEASON  Spent most of the season with Class AAA Charlotte but also  Finished the season ranked by Baseball America as the Best appeared in 28 games with the White Sox. Defensive Second Baseman in the Carolina League.

PLAYERS  Started 27 games at second base with the Sox … hit .364  Split time between Class A Winston-Salem, Class AA (12-33) vs. left-handers (.194 vs. righties) … owned a .992 Birmingham and Charlotte, hitting a combined .323 (169-523) fi elding percentage (1 E/128 TC). with 25 doubles, seven triples, 56 RBI and 79 runs scored over  Was recalled from Charlotte on 7/13 and made his major- 133 games. league debut that afternoon at Cleveland as the starting short- Led all White Sox farmhands in average and hits, tied for stop (went 0-5) … was optioned back to Charlotte on 7/19. third in triples, ranked fourth in stolen bases (26), sixth in total  Was recalled from the Knights on 8/22 and spent the rest of bases (211) and tied for sixth in on-base percentage (.378). the season with the Sox.  Tied for the CL lead in average (.315) and ranked fi fth in  His 16 hits through 12 career games were the most by a on-base percentage (.374) during his time with Winston-Salem OPPONENTS White Sox player since Craig Wilson (21 hits) in 1998. … was named to the CL postseason All-Star Team.  Recorded his fi rst major-league hit (off Shane Greene) as  Appeared in 68 games at shortstop, 59 at second base, four part of a three-hit effort on 8/22 at the Yankees … became the at third and one as the designated hitter. fi rst White Sox to register a three-hit game within his fi rst two  Reached base in a CL-leading 37 straight games from 5/24- career contests since Brian Simmons and Wilson in 1998. 7/2, hitting .336 (50-149) with 16 RBI and 27 runs scored.  Picked up his fi rst extra-base hit (double) and RBI on 8/23 at  Posted a 13-game hitting streak from 5/24-6/4 (.400). Yankee Stadium … hit safely in fi ve straight games from 8/22-27  Was promoted to Birmingham on 7/21, where he batted .370 (.381, 8-21) and 8/29-9/2 (.381, 8-21) … recorded his second (44-119) in 30 games … was promoted to Charlotte on 8/22, 2014 REVIEW three-hit game on 9/2 at Minnesota. where he fi nished the season.  Tied for fi fth in the International League with six triples … led  Appeared in seven games for the Knights in the International Charlotte in triples and stolen bases (16), ranked second in hits League playoffs, going 4-23 (.174) with two RBI. (160) and total bases (180), tied for third in RBI (57) and ranked fourth in doubles (19). 2011 SEASON  Ranked among the White Sox organizational leaders in  Combined to hit .286 (80-280) with 11 doubles, 30 RBI and

HISTORY triples (T6th) and hits (7th). 48 runs scored over 68 games between Advanced Rookie Bristol  Appeared in 64 games at second base, 44 at shortstop, two and Class A Kannapolis. at third and one at DH with the Knights.  Batted .354 (28-79) vs. left-handers … compiled a 10-game  Posted three hitting streaks of 10-plus games: 4/26-5/8 (.310, hitting streak from 8/10-20 (.380, 16-42) and an 11-game streak 13-42), 5/16-26 (.381, 16-42) and 7/25-8/13 (.410, 16-39). from 8/26-9/5 (.319, 15-47).  Registered three straight multiRBI efforts from 5/23-25 …  Went 3-6 with a and four RBI on 8/18 at Rome. went 4-5 with a homer and two RBI on 5/25 vs. Indianapolis.  Drove in three runs in back-to-back games on 5/28-29 … his 2010 SEASON

RECORDS fi ve RBI on 7/27 at Louisville were a season high … recorded  Spent 2010 with the Dominican Summer League Sox. an RBI in four straight games from 8/9-13.  Hit .389 (31-84) with 13 RBI at home … posted a .346 average  Played in 38 games for Tiburones in the Venezuelan Winter (18-52) in July. League, batting .265 (41-155) with nine doubles and 15 RBI. 2009 SEASON 2013 SEASON  Made his professional debut with the DSL White Sox,  Spent the season with Charlotte, appearing in 61 games (60 appearing in 11 games at shortstop, seven at second base and starts) at second base and 52 (51) at shortstop. one at third.  Posted a .275 average (39-142) against left-handers and  Was recommended and signed by Amador Arias.

MINOR LEAGUES .276 (29-105) with RISP.  Was disabled from 8/8-26 with a sprained right ankle. MISCELLANEOUS/PERSONAL  Was named Venezuelan Winter League Rookie of the Year  Married Moralis … has one son: Noah … is a graduate of after batting .358 (77-221) with 10 doubles, four triples, 31 RBI, Ayacucho High School in Maracay, Venezuela. 48 runs scored and a .428 OBP in 58 games with La Guaira.  Twitter: @CarlosSan29.  Entered the season ranked by Baseball America as the No. 3 Prospect, Best Hitter for Average and Best Defensive Infi elder

MEDIA/MISC. in the White Sox system.

146 CHICAGO WHITE SOX CAREER PLAYING RECORD FRONT OFFICE YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 2009 DSL White Sox .156 22 32 7 5 5 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 8 10 1 0 .341 .156 0 2010 DSL White Sox .269 52 156 26 42 54 5 2 1 18 1 1 4 41 26 7 3 .431 .346 8 2011 Bristol .250 5 16 4 4 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 5 2 1 2 .500 .313 0 Kannapolis .288 63 264 44 76 91 10 1 1 27 7 1 7 15 49 7 8 .341 .345 7 2012 Winston-Salem #.315 92 365 58 115 144 14 6 1 42 7 6 7 31 64 19 10 .374 .395 14 Birmingham .370 30 119 17 44 55 9 1 0 13 1 1 2 10 22 7 5 .424 .462 2

Charlotte .256 11 39 4 10 12 2 0 0 1 0 0 RECORDS 0 0 HISTORY 6 0 2014 REVIEW 0 OPPONENTS .256 .308 PLAYERS 0 FIELD STAFF 2013 Charlotte .241 112 432 50 104 128 20 2 0 28 11 3 4 29 76 16 7 .293 .296 17 2014 Charlotte .293 110 437 60 128 180 19 6 7 57 10 6 5 36 84 16 4 .349 .412 10 WHITE SOX .250 28 100 6 25 30 5 0 0 5 0 1 0 3 25 1 1 .269 .300 1 MINOR TOTALS .284 497 1860 270 528 674 80 18 10 192 38 18 33 175 339 74 39 .353 .362 58 M.L. TOTALS .250 28 100 6 25 30 5 0 0 5 0 1 0 3 25 1 1 .269 .300 1 #Tied For League Lead

CAREER TRANSACTIONS — Signed by the White Sox as a free agent (5/6/09). — On Class AAA Charlotte disabled list with a sprained right ankle (8/8-26/13).

CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS POSITION PCT G GS TC PO A E DP POSITION PCT G GS TC PO A E DP Second Base .992 27 26 122 49 72 1 18 Shortstop 1.000 1 1 6 1 5 0 0

CAREER GAME BESTS HITS — 3 (2x, last 9/2/14 vs. Min.) … HR — NONE … RBI — 1 (5x, last 9/16/14 at K.C.) RUNS — 2 (8/31/14 vs. Det.) … SB — 1 (9/2/14 at Min.) … HITTING STREAK — 5 games (2x, last 8/29-9/2/14) 55 LEFT-HANDED PITCHER NON-ROSTER INVITEE Given Name: Joseph Cain Savery Bats: Left Throws: Left Height: 6-3 Weight: 215 Opening Day Age: 29 (November 4, 1985) Birthplace/Residence: Houston, Texas First Pro Contract: , selected in fi rst round (19th overall), June 2007 First-Year Player Draft. Sox Acquisition: Signed as a free agent, November 18, 2014. Major League Service: One year, 66 days. Contract Status: Signed through 2015.

2014 SEASON  Was recalled on 5/31 and appeared in nine games, recording a 1.50 ERA (2 ER/12.0 IP) and .190 opponents average (8-42)  Went 7-1 with a 2.84 ERA (14 ER/44.1 IP) and 45 strikeouts … was charged with four unearned runs. in 43 relief appearances with Class AAA Sacramento … also  Was on the Philadelphia disabled list from 7/14-8/28 with appeared in three games with Oakland. loose bodies in his left elbow … appeared in two rehab games  Was designated for assignment by Philadelphia on 2/16 and with the GCL Phillies and Class A Clearwater … was returned claimed off waivers by the Athletics on 2/17. from the rehab assignment, reinstated from the disabled list and  Was recalled from Sacramento on 5/11 and made three optioned to Lehigh Valley on 8/28. scoreless relief appearances (4.0 IP) with the A's before being  Was recalled for the remainder of the season on 9/3, making MINOR LEAGUES optioned to the RiverCats for the remainder of the season. eight relief appearances.  Limited left-handers to a .216 (16-74) mark with Sacramento  Averaged 11.19 strikeouts per 9.0 IP (29 SO/23.1 IP) with … opponents hit .205 (8-39) with RISP. the Iron Pigs … left-handers hit just .194 (6-31).  Earned four of his seven wins in April … was 5-0 with a 2.57  Registered an 8.1 scoreless IP streak over his fi nal seven ERA (8 ER/28.0 IP) and 28 strikeouts in the fi rst half. games with Lehigh Valley.  Was designated for assignment on 9/1, outrighted on 9/4 and signed by Chicago as a free agent on 11/18 (acquisition 2012 SEASON recommended by Kevin Bootay and Bill Scherrer).  Split the season between Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley …

2013 SEASON made his fi rst career Opening Day roster and appeared in 19 MEDIA/MISC. games over four stints with the Phillies.  Made 18 appearances over four stints with the Phillies …  Earned his fi rst major-league win on 7/23 vs. Milwaukee, limited right-handers to a .118 average (6-51). throwing 1.0 scoreless IP in relief.  Was recalled from Class AAA Lehigh Valley on 4/19 … threw  Recorded a 9.0 scoreless IP streak over eight games from 1.0 scoreless IP on 4/20 vs. St. Louis before being optioned back 7/4-8/12 with Lehigh Valley … did not allow an earned run over to the Iron Pigs on 4/21 … was recalled a second time on 5/6 his fi nal fi ve outings with the Iron Pigs from 8/19-31 (6.0 IP). but did not appear in a game before being optioned on 5/9.

20132015 SEASON MEDIA IN REVIEWGUIDE 147 2011 SEASON  Began the season with Reading and was named to the Eastern League midseason All-Star Team.  Appeared in four games with Philadelphia while also playing  Won 12 consecutive decisions from 4/28-7/9, including six for Clearwater, Class AA Reading and Lehigh Valley … started straight starts from 5/25-6/20 … was named Phillies Minor the season with Clearwater as a fi rst baseman. League Pitcher of the Month for June (5-0, 1.76 ERA).  Combined to go 5-0 with a 1.50 ERA (6 ER/36.0 IP) and two  Was promoted to Lehigh Valley on 7/31, where he fi nished the saves in 25 games between his three minor-league stops. season … was leading the EL in wins at the time of his promotion FRONT OFFICE FRONT  Did not allow a run and surrendered just one hit over four … did not allow a home run over 39.0 IP with the Iron Pigs. relief appearances with Philladelphia.  His contract was purchased by the Phillies on 9/16 and made 2008 SEASON his major-league debut on 9/20-1 vs. Washington (0.1 IP).  Spent the season with Clearwater … did not allow a home  Was named the Phillies Minor League Player of the Week run over a span of 70.0 IP from 6/1-8/11. for 4/7-17 after hitting .550 (22-40) with a home run, four RBI  Served as the designated hitter in four games, going 3-13 and eight runs scored over 11 games. (.231) with two doubles, a RBI and walk.

FIELD STAFF  Was promoted to Reading on 6/16 and converted back to a pitcher on 6/27 while continuing to hit … fi ve of his six games 2007 SEASON with Reading were scoreless … hit a grand slam 7/4 at Bowie.  Made his pro debut with Advanced Rookie Williamsport …  Was promoted to Lehigh Valley on 7/14 and recorded a 14.1 was recommended/signed by Steve Cohen. scoreless IP streak from 7/26-8/27 (11 relief appearances).  Went 1-1 with a 0.64 ERA with Peoria in the AFL. 2010 SEASON MISCELLANEOUS/PERSONAL

PLAYERS  Spent the entire season with Lehigh Valley … went 1-10 with  Married Jennifer … has one son: George. a 5.01 ERA in his 19 starts compared to 0-2 with a 3.38 ERA in  Attended Rice University, where he pitched and played fi rst nine relief appearances … also batted .348 (16-46). base … was named National Freshman of the Year by Baseball  Was converted to a fi rst baseman in the Florida Instructional America, WAC Player of the Year and First-Team All-WAC at League following the season. both pitcher and fi rst base in 2005. 2009 SEASON  Earned Third-Team All America honors in 2006 and helped lead Rice to the College World Series.  Split the season between Reading and Lehigh Valley, going  Was named First-Team All-American and WAC Player of the 16-6 with a 4.40 ERA (74 ER/151.1 IP) over 28 games (27 starts)

OPPONENTS Year for the second time in 2007 while leading Rice to a second … tied for second among Phillies minor leaguers in wins. straight berth in the CWS.  Hit a .225 (9-40) with two doubles, a RBI, three walks and  Is a 2004 graduate of Lamar (Texas) High School. four strikeouts.

CAREER PLAYING RECORD YEAR CLUB W-L PCT ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK AVG 2007 Williamsport 2-3 .400 2.73 7 7 0 0 0 26.1 22 9 8 0 0 13-0 22 1 0 .214 2008 Clearwater 9-10 .474 4.13 27 24 0 0 0 150.1 171 84 69 10 6 60-1 122 6 0 .286 2014 REVIEW 2009 Reading 12-4 .750 4.41 21 20 1 0 0 112.1 111 55 55 13 1 53-1 77 6 0 .262 Lehigh Valley 4-2 .667 4.38 7 7 1 0 0 39.0 42 23 19 0 1 24-0 19 2 0 .286 2010 Lehigh Valley 1-12 .077 4.66 28 19 0 0 0 127.1 154 78 66 13 4 51-1 67 1 1 .303 2011 Clearwater 0-0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 .250 Reading 1-0 1.000 1.00 6 0 0 0 0 9.0 7 1 1 0 0 0-0 14 0 0 .212 Lehigh Valley 4-0 1.000 1.80 18 0 0 0 2 25.0 23 6 5 0 0 6-0 26 1 0 .258 PHILADELPHIA 0-0 .000 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 .125 HISTORY 2012 PHILADELPHIA 1-2 .333 5.40 19 0 0 0 0 25.0 26 17 15 4 1 8-1 16 0 1 .274 Lehigh Valley 1-1 .500 4.24 20 0 0 0 2 23.1 27 14 11 3 1 9-1 26 1 0 .281 2013 Lehigh Valley 3-1 .750 3.80 20 0 0 0 2 23.2 28 11 10 2 0 9-1 29 0 0 .209 PHILADELPHIA 2-0 1.000 3.15 18 0 0 0 0 20.0 15 11 7 1 0 11-0 14 0 0 .205 GCL Phillies 0-0 .000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 .000 Clearwater 0-0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 .000 2014 Sacramento 7-1 .875 2.84 43 0 0 0 2 44.1 37 15 14 4 1 17-1 45 2 0 .227 OAKLAND 0-0 .000 0.000 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 .214

RECORDS MINOR TOTALS 44-34 .564 3.97 200 78 2 0 8 584.2 614 296 258 45 14 242-6 450 20 1 .272 A.L. TOTALS 0-0 .000 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 .214 N.L. TOTALS 3-2 .600 4.15 41 0 0 0 0 47.2 42 28 22 5 1 19-1 32 0 1 .239 M.L. TOTALS 3-2 .600 3.83 44 0 0 0 0 51.2 45 28 22 5 1 20-1 32 0 1 .237

CAREER TRANSACTIONS — Selected by Phildelphia in the fi rst round (19th overall) of the First-Year Player Draft (6/07). — On Class AAA Lehigh Valley disabled list with turf toe (8/11-18/10). — On Philadelphia 15-day disabled list with a loose bodies in his left elbow (7/14-8/28); included rehab assignments with the Gulf Coast League

MINOR LEAGUES Phillies (8/22-25) and Class A Clearwater (8/25-28). — Claimed by Oakland off waivers from Philadelphia (2/17/14). — On Class AAA Sacramento inactive list (5/19-23/14). — Signed by the White Sox as a free agent (11/18/14). MEDIA/MISC.

148 CHICAGO WHITE SOX J.B. SHUCK 20 FRONT OFFICE Given Name: Jack Burdett Shuck III Bats: Left Throws: Left Height: 5-11 Weight: 195 Opening Day Age: 27 (June 18, 1987) IL TF LYR POET 04RVE ITR RECORDS HISTORY 2014 REVIEW OPPONENTS PLAYERS FIELD STAFF Birthplace/Residence: Westerville, Ohio/Gailion, Ohio First Pro Contract: , selected in the sixth round, June 2008 First-Year Player Draft. Sox Acquisition: Claimed off waivers from the , November 3, 2014. Major League Service: One year, 111 days. Contract Status: Signed through 2015.

2014 SEASON 2012 SEASON  Combined to hit .145 (16-110) with two home runs and nine  Spent the season with Class AAA Oklahoma City in the Astros RBI in 38 games between the Angels and Cleveland. organization … went 5-5 on 4/28 vs. Round Rock … hit .397  Opened the season with Class AAA Salt Lake, going 9-24 (23-58) in July. (.375) with a double, two triples, home run, four RBI and fi ve runs scored in his fi rst fi ve games before being recalled by the 2011 SEASON Angels on 4/9.  Appeared in 37 games with Houston … his contract was  Hit a two-run home run off in his fi rst game on purchased from Oklahoma City on 8/5 … made his major-league 4/11 vs. New York-NL … matched his career high with three hits debut as a defensive replacement that night vs. Milwaukee … on 4/13 vs. the Mets … connected on his second career leadoff singled off in his fi rst at-bat. home run on 4/19 at Detroit (off Max Scherzer).  Was optioned back to Oklahoma City on 8/24 and recalled  Was optioned to Salt Lake on 5/3 after hitting .173 (14-81) in on 9/2 for the remainder of the season … went 3-3 on 9/13 vs. 19 games with the Angels … recorded six straight multihit efforts Philadelphia and 3-4 with a triple and three runs scored on 9/23 from 5/4-9, going 13-26 (.500) … collected four hits on 6/27 at vs. Colorado. Fresno and 7/9 vs. Tacoma.  Was named to the Pacifi c Coast League mid-season All-Star  Was recalled by the Angels a second time on 7/26 … played Team … was cited by Baseball America as Possessing the Best in two games before being optioned back to Salt Lake on 8/2 … Strike Zone Discipline in the Astros organization for the second went 4-4 on 8/23 vs. Round Rock … homered on 8/29 and 9/1 straight season. at El Paso.  Was designated for assignment on 9/2 and claimed off 2010 SEASON waivers by the Indians on 9/5 … made his Cleveland debut on  Split the season between Class AA Corpus Christi and Class 9/6 vs. the White Sox. AAA Round Rock, hitting .292 (154-528) in 137 games … ranked  Was claimed off waivers by the White Sox on 11/3 (acquisition second among Astros farmhands with 154 hits. recommended by Joe Butler).  Was named to the Texas League All-Star Team … played for the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League. 2013 SEASON  Spent his fi rst full season in the major leagues with the Angels, 2009 SEASON hitting .293 (128-437) with 20 doubles, three triples, two home  Led the League in hits (175) and at-bats (556) and runs, 39 RBI and 60 runs scored. ranked among the leaders in runs scored (4th, 98), average  Led American League rookies in hits, runs scored and multihit (7th, .315), triples (7th, 11) and on-base percentage (8th, .389) games (37), tied for the lead in total bases (160), ranked second at Class A Lancaster. in doubles and third in average.  Joined Mark Trumbo (2011) and Mike Trout (2012) as the 2008 SEASON third straight Angels rookie to collect 120-plus hits in a season  Was named to the New York-Penn All-Star Team in his … became the fi rst Angels left-handed batter to hit .290-plus in professional debut with Advanced Rookie Tri-City … was a season since (.321) in 1995. MINOR LEAGUES recommended/signed by Nick Venuto (Astros).  Was the Angels recipient of the "Heart and Hustle" Award.  Joined (6/23/77) as the only players in Angels MISCELLANEOUS/PERSONAL history to record two hits, two walks, two runs scored, two stolen  Married Christine. bases and two RBI in a game on 6/23 vs. Pittsburgh.  Attended Ohio State University, where he hit .356 as a junior  Went 3-5 with a career-high four RBI on 6/25 vs. Detroit … … graduated in 2005 from Galion (Ohio) High School, where he became the 16th Angels leadoff hitter with three hits and four was a two-time All-State selection. RBI in a game and fi rst since Erick Aybar on 9/18/11.  Hit his fi rst major-league home run on 7/29 at Texas, a solo shot off Matt Garza … hit his fi rst career leadoff homer on 8/20 MEDIA/MISC. vs. Cleveland (off Danny Salazar).  Collected 33 hits in August, the most by an Angels rookie since in 2001 (41).

20132015 SEASON MEDIA IN REVIEWGUIDE 149 CAREER PLAYING RECORD YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 2008 Tri-City .300 65 263 51 79 113 12 5 4 24 2 1 2 35 34 8 6 .385 .430 2 2009 Lancaster .315 133 *556 98 *175 230 30 11 1 36 4 0 4 64 55 18 9 .389 .414 4 2010 Corpus Christi .298 101 389 52 116 140 14 2 2 28 0 0 0 46 56 9 9 .372 .360 2 Round Rock .273 36 139 15 38 140 2 2 0 7 1 0 0 16 15 7 3 .348 .317 0

FRONT OFFICE FRONT 2011 Oklahoma City .297 108 354 60 105 44 11 7 0 30 4 1 4 56 30 20 11 .398 .367 1 HOUSTON .272 37 81 9 22 26 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 11 7 2 0 .359 .321 1 2012 Oklahoma City .298 115 315 49 94 111 11 3 0 33 2 2 0 39 20 12 8 .374 .352 5 2013 LOS ANGELES-AL .293 129 437 60 128 160 20 3 2 39 6 7 1 27 54 8 4 .331 .366 2 2014 Salt Lake .320 102 406 64 130 181 18 9 5 57 4 9 2 43 30 9 6 .383 .446 3 LOS ANGELES-AL .167 22 84 10 14 21 1 0 2 9 1 0 0 3 11 2 0 .195 .250 0 CLEVELAND .077 16 26 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .077 .077 0 MINOR TOTALS .304 660 2422 389 737 949 98 39 12 215 17 13 13 299 240 83 52 .382 .392 19 FIELD STAFF A.L. TOTALS .263 167 547 72 144 183 21 3 4 48 7 7 1 30 66 10 4 .299 .335 2 N.L. TOTALS .272 37 81 9 22 26 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 11 7 2 0 .359 .321 1 M.L. TOTALS .264 204 628 81 166 209 23 4 4 51 7 7 1 41 73 12 4 .307 .333 3 *Led League

CAREER TRANSACTIONS

PLAYERS — Selected by Houston in the sixth round of the First-Year Player Draft (6/08). — Signed by Los Angeles-AL as a free agent (11/15/12). — Claimed by Cleveland off waivers from Los Angeles-AL (9/5/14). — Claimed by the White Sox off waivers from Cleveland (11/3/14).

CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS POSITION PCT G GS TC PO A E DP POSITION PCT G GS TC PO A E DP Left Field .990 128 109 208 197 9 2 0 Center Field .960 9 7 25 23 1 1 0 Right Field 1.000 33 14 37 37 0 0 0 OPPONENTS CAREER GAME BESTS AND HOME RUN INFORMATION HITS — 3 (9x, last 4/13/14 vs. NYM) … HR — 1 (4x, last 4/19/14 at Det.) … RBI — 4 (6/25/13 at Det.) RUNS — 3 (2x, last 7/25/13 at Oak.) … SB — 2 (6/25/13 vs. Pit.) … HITTING STREAK — 8 games (2x, last 8/24-9/3/13) GAME-ENDING HOME RUNS — NONE … GRAND SLAMS — NONE MULTIHOMER GAMES — NONE … PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS — NONE INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS — NONE … LEADOFF HOME RUNS — 2 (last 4/19/14 at Det). 2014 REVIEW HISTORY RECORDS MINOR LEAGUES MEDIA/MISC.

150 CHICAGO WHITE SOX KEVAN SMITH 81 FRONT OFFICE Given Name: Kevan Alan Smith Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6-4 Weight: 230 Opening Day Age: 26 (June 28, 1988) IL TF LYR POET 04RVE ITR RECORDS HISTORY 2014 REVIEW OPPONENTS PLAYERS FIELD STAFF Birthplace/Residence: Pittsburgh, Pa. First Pro Contract: White Sox. Sox Acquisition: Selected in seventh round, June 2011 First-Year Player Draft. Major League Service: None. Contract Status: Signed through 2015.

2014 SEASON 2012 SEASON  Spent the season with Class AA Birmingham … ranked sixth  Appeared in 108 games between Class A Kannapolis and in the organization in on-base percentage (.379) and seventh in Winston-Salem, hitting .281 (117-417) with 30 doubles, 10 home average (.290). runs, 83 RBI and 56 runs scored.  Was named a Southern League midseason All-Star.  Was named a South Atlantic League midseason All-Star.  Threw out 33.3 percent (35-105) of attempted basestealers  Batted .301 (72-239) with six home runs and 45 RBI in 76 … batted .342 (26-76) vs. left-handers (.278 vs. RHP). games as the catcher … threw out 33.3 percent (35-105) of  Hit .302 (57-189) with 12 doubles, two triples, four home runs attempted basestealers. and 23 RBI in the fi rst half and .280 (56-200) with nine doubles,  Began the season with Kannapolis and led the team in six homers and 25 RBI after the break. doubles (26) … hit .339 (20-59) in June.  Batted .358 (29-81) in 22 games in May and .293 (24-82)  Was promoted to Winston-Salem on 7/25, where he spent over 22 games in August. the rest of the season … collected fi ve RBI in his Dash debut  Compiled a season-high, 14-game hitting streak from 8/1-18 on 7/26 vs. Carolina. (.373, 19-51), eighth-longest in the SL during the season.  Reached base in a season-high 19 consecutive games from 2011 SEASON 5/5-30 (28 hits and 12 walks).  Split time between Advanced Rookie Bristol and Advanced  Appeared in 12 games with Glendale of the Arizona Fall Rookie Great Falls, hitting .355 (72-203) with nine homers and League, batting .244 (11-45) with four doubles and fi ve RBI. 48 RBI in 56 games.  Entered the season rated by Baseball America as the Best  Was ranked by Baseball America as the No. 17 Prospect in Defensive Catcher in the White Sox organization. the Pioneer League No. 20 in the Appalachian League.  Threw out 34.3 percent (23-67) of attempted basestealers. 2013 SEASON  Led Bristol with a .396 (38-96) average and .740 slugging  Spent the season with Class A Winston-Salem, appearing in percentage before being promoted. 92 games at catcher and nine as the DH.  Was named APPY Player of the Month for July and PL Batter  Ranked among the Sox organizational leaders in RBI (T7th, of the Week for 7/18-24 … posted a 15-game hitting streak with 73), runs scored (9th, 66), slugging (9th, .464), hits (10th, 110), Great Falls from 8/18-9/2 (.528, 28-53). total bases (10th, 178) and extra-base hits (10th, 41).  Was recommended/signed by Phil Gulley.  Threw out 24.8 percent (33-133) of attempted basestealers.  Batted .281 (98-349) at catcher, .317 (26-82) vs. left-handers, MISCELLANEOUS/PERSONAL .314 (61-194) at home and .313 (62-198) in the second half.  Single … Twitter: @bass_slayer32.  Recorded a season-high .345 average in June and August  Graduated from the University of Pittsburgh … batted .375 … hit .325 (40-123) with four home runs and 58 RBI with RISP with 40 doubles, six triples, 19 home runs and 123 RBI at Pitt. and .365 (19-52) with RISP/two outs.  Was named First-Team All-Big East in 2010 and 2011 … led  Collected four hits and four RBI on 6/27 vs. Salem. the league with a .396 average in 2011.  Hit safely in 11 of his fi nal 12 games (seven multihit), batting  Graduated in 2006 from Seneca Valley (Pa.) High School. .435 (20-46) with two homers, 10 RBI and seven runs scored. MINOR LEAGUES CAREER PLAYING RECORD YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 2011 Bristol .396 26 96 24 38 71 10 1 7 32 0 0 2 14 14 1 2 .482 .740 4 Great Falls .318 30 107 22 34 56 12 2 2 16 0 1 5 14 16 1 0 .417 .523 3 2012 Kannapolis .282 86 340 48 96 143 26 0 7 60 1 4 9 25 62 0 1 .344 .421 7 Winston-Salem .273 22 77 8 21 38 4 2 3 23 0 3 1 5 17 0 0 .314 .494 2 2013 Winston-Salem .286 101 384 66 110 178 26 3 12 73 2 3 15 38 66 4 1 .370 .464 9 2014 Birmingham .290 106 389 45 113 170 21 3 10 48 2 3 9 46 68 1 1 .376 .437 10

MINOR TOTALS .296 371 1393 213 412 656 99 11 41 252 5 14 41 142 243 7 5 .374 .471 35 MEDIA/MISC.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS — Selected by the White Sox in the seventh round of the June First-Year Player Draft (6/11). — On the Class A Kannapolis disabled list with a neck strain (6/6-14/12). — On the Class A Winston-Salem disabled list with a concussion (6/11-21/13).

20132015 SEASON MEDIA IN REVIEWGUIDE 151 58 CATCHER NON-ROSTER INVITEE Given Name: Geovany Soto Bats: Right Throws: Right

FRONT OFFICE FRONT Height: 6-1 Weight: 220 Opening Day Age: 32 (January 20, 1983) Birthplace/Residence: San Juan, Puerto Rico First Pro Contract: Chicago Cubs, selected in the 11th round, June 2001 First-Year Player Draft. Sox Acquisition: Signed as a free agent, January 22, 2015.

FIELD STAFF Major League Service: Seven years, 96 days. Contract Status: Signed through 2015.

2014 SEASON  Threw out 16.7 percent (13-78) of attempted basestealers between the two clubs.  Appeared in just 24 games (all starts at catcher) with Texas  Started the season with the Cubs and appeared in 52 games and Oakland due to injuries … hit .280 (20-80) with six doubles, (51 starts) … was on the disabled list from 5/19-6/17 with a torn PLAYERS one home run and 11 RBI … was traded by the Rangers to the meniscus in his left knee, including a rehab assignment with Athletics on 8/24 in exchange for cash considerations. Class AAA Iowa from 6/11-17.  Threw out 38.1 percent (8-21) of attempted basestealers,  Started 41 of the Rangers fi nal 59 games after being acquired including 8-16 (50.0 percent) with Oakland. from the Cubs on 7/31 … Texas went 26-15 in his starts.  Began the season on the Rangers 60-day disabled list with  Made his Texas debut as the starting catcher on 8/2 vs. the torn lateral meniscus cartilage in his right knee … was sent on an Angels (multihit effort) … posted a career-high, six-game RBI injury rehab assignment at Class AAA Round Rock on 7/4 (fi ve streak from 8/19-25 … hit his fi nal homer on 9/23 at Seattle. games) and transfered to Class AA Frisco on 7/10 (six games)  Went 0-2 as the starting catcher in the Rangers home loss … was reinstated from the disabled list on 7/18.

OPPONENTS vs. Baltimore in the Wild Card Game.  Started three games with Texas before being placed on the disabled list a second time on 7/22 with a strained right groin 2011 SEASON … appeared in fi ve rehab games with Class AAA Round Rock  Ranked among National League catching leaders in homers before being reinstated on 8/8. (3rd, 17), OPS (5th, .721) and walks (6th, 45) in his fourth full  Went 5-27 (.185) over his next seven games with the Rangers season with the Cubs … made 119 starts behind the plate. before being traded to Oakland on 8/24.  Threw out 26.1 percent (30-115) of attempted basestealers …  Was 3-19 (.158) with two RBI over his fi rst seven games with his 30 caught stealing led the NL and were the third-most among the Athletics before going 8-23 (.348) with three doubles and six 2014 REVIEW major-league behind the Yankees Russell Martin (35) RBI over his fi nal seven … committed an in consecutive and Baltimore's (32). games on 9/11-12, snapping a 60-game errorless streak  Threw out three baserunners attempting to steal on 4/20-2 (previously committed an error on 5/6/13). vs. San Diego, becoming the fi rst Cubs catcher to accomplish  Went 0-1 in the A's Wild Card Game loss at Kansas City. the feat since Scott Servais on 4/15/96 vs. Cincinnati.  Hit a game-winning, two-run double with two outs in the ninth 2013 SEASON inning on 5/3 at … was on the disabled list from

HISTORY  Appeared in 54 games (49 starts) in his fi rst full season with 5/11-28 with a strained left groin. Texas … became the fourth Puerto Rico native to catch for the  Connected on a pinch-hit, game-ending, three-run homer in Rangers since 1991: Bengie Molina (2010), Ivan Rodriguez the 13th inning on 6/30 vs. San Francisco, his fi rst career pinch (1991-2002, 2009) and Sandy Alomar Jr. (2005). and walkoff shot … went 4-4 on 7/14 vs. Florida.  Hit .324 (23-72) after the All-Star Break, up from .185 in the  Snapped an 0-25 stretch with a solo homer on 8/29 at San fi rst half. Francisco (off Tim Lincecum) … recorded his third career  Threw out 29.4 percent (10-34) of attempted basestealers … multihomer effort and drove in fi ve on 9/19 vs. Milwaukee. compiled a .995 fi elding percentage (2 ER/424 TC), including a

RECORDS 46-game errorless streak to fi nish the season. 2010 SEASON  Homered in consecutive games on 5/17-18 and 7/29-30 …  Hit .280 (90-322) over 105 games with the Cubs, a 62-point hit his second career game-ending home run on 7/29 vs. the improvement from 2009 (.218) … missed the fi nal two weeks Angels (off Ernesto Frieri) … became just the eighth Rangers due to right shoulder surgery. catcher to hit a walkoff shot.  Led all major-league catchers with a .890 OPS (minimum  Went 9-38 (.237) with two homers and fi ve RBI over 11 games 300 at-bats) and ranked third with 62 walks … at the time he from 5/6-20 while A.J. Pierzynski was on the disabled list … was disabled, led the Cubs with a .393 on-base percentage and recorded a season-high three hits on 5/19 vs. Detroit. .497 slugging percentage.  Played third base on 6/4 at Boston, his fi rst career appearance  Made 97 starts behind the plate … threw out 18-92 (19.6 at a position other than catcher. MINOR LEAGUES percent) of attempted basestealers.  Hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning of the Rangers'  Reached base safely in a career-high, 20 straight games from 14-11, comeback win on 7/30 vs. the Angels. 4/11-5/7, batting .400 (24-60) with four doubles, four home runs, 10 RBI and 16 runs scored … homered in a career-high three 2012 SEASON consecutive games from 7/20-23.  Split the season between the Cubs and Texas, batting .198  Was on the disabled list from 8/7-22 with a sprained right (63-318) with 11 home runs and 38 RBI in 97 games … was shoulder … made his fi nal appearance on 9/18 vs. Florida before

MEDIA/MISC. traded by the Cubs with cash considerations to the Rangers on being shut down for the remainder of the season … underwent 7/31 in exchange for right-hander Jake Brigham and cash. arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder on 9/20.

152 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2009 SEASON  Became the fi rst catcher to win the PCL MVP honors since FRONT OFFICE Sandy Alomar Jr. in 1988-89 … was the catcher on the All-PCL  Appeared in 102 games in his second full season with the team and named the Cubs Minor League Player of the Year. Cubs, 39 fewer than his rookie season of 2008 (141).  Led the PCL in RBI (109) and ranked second in average  Was on the disabled list from 7/7-8/6 with a strained left (.353) … led the Cubs organization in average, home runs (26) oblique, including four games with the AZL Cubs and Class AA and RBI. Tennessee on a rehab assignment.  Played for the World Team at the All-Star Futures Games in  Threw out 28.0 percent (23-82) of attempted basestealers, San Francisco on 7/8 … was honored as the Topps PCL Player including a 45.4 mark (15-33) from 6/7-end of season. of the Month for August.  Recorded his fi rst career on 6/18 vs. the Sox. RECORDS HISTORY 2014 REVIEW OPPONENTS PLAYERS FIELD STAFF 2006 SEASON 2008 SEASON  Was named to the PCL All-Star Team with Iowa.  Earned NL Rookie of the Year honors … his 23 home runs  Played in 11 games over two stints with the Cubs (6/27-29 were the most by a Cubs rookie since Billy Williams in 1961 and 9/1-end of season) … was recalled on 6/27 and optioned (club-record 25) and the most by a rookie catcher since the on 6/29 without appearing in a game. Dodgers hit 35 in 1993.  Was recalled a second time on 9/1 … made his fi rst career  Led major-league rookies in doubles (35) and RBI (86) and start on 9/23 vs. San Francisco, recording his fi rst hit with an ranked second among NL rookies in average (.285) and home infi eld single off . runs … tied Atlanta's Brian McCann for the most homers by a catcher and ranked second to McCann in slugging (.504). 2005 SEASON  Became the fi rst Cubs rookie catcher to record at least 30  Spent a majority of the season with Iowa before being recalled doubles and 20 homers … was the fi rst Cubs catcher to start by the Cubs in September. an All-Star Game since Gabby Hartnett in 1937.  Made his major-league debut on 9/23 vs. Houston as a pinch  Earned NL Rookie of the Month honors in April and August hitter, lining out. … was the fi rst rookie catcher to hit fi ve homers in April since Baltimore’s Geronimo Gil in 2002 … his 20 RBI in April were a 2004 SEASON Cubs rookie record … hit .355 (27-76) in August.  Was named to the Southern League All-Star Team with Class  Recorded his fi rst career multihomer game and collected six AA West Tennessee. RBI on 4/ 30 vs. Milwaukee.  Hit an inside-the-park home run on 5/19 at Houston, becoming 2003 SEASON the fi rst Cubs catcher to accomplish the feat since Cal Neeman  Spent the entire season with Class A Daytona … was named on 6/17/59 vs. Pittsburgh. to the Florida State League midseason All-Star Team.  Established a Cubs rookie catcher record with his 20th homer on 8/26 at Pittsburgh … also drove in a career-high seven runs 2002 SEASON … hit a game-tying, three-run home run with two outs in the  Spent most of the season with the Arizona Summer League ninth inning on 9/18 vs. Milwaukee. Cubs (44 games) and appeared in one game with Advanced Rookie Boise … helped the Cubs win the AZL Championship. 2007 SEASON  Was named Pacifi c Coast League Most Valuable Player with 2001 SEASON Class AAA Iowa … also appeared in 18 games with the Cubs.  Made his pro debut with the AZL Cubs … was recommended/  Was recalled by the Cubs for the fi rst time on 7/13 … caught signed by Jose Trujillo and Sam Hughes. 's shutout win that night vs. Houston … was optioned back to Iowa on 7/16. MISCELLANEOUS/PERSONAL  Was recalled for the second time on 9/1 … hit his fi rst major-  Married Lzuem … has two children: Gia and Leahny. league home run on 9/9 at Pittsburgh (off Romula Sanchez).  During his time with the Cubs, helped raise money and  Started two of Chicago's three games during its NLDS loss awareness for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation vs. Arizona, going 1-6 (.167) with a homer, two RBI, two runs and the Dominican Development Alliance … raised more than scored and two walks … his home run in Game 2 was the fi rst $100,000 during his time as chairman. by a Cubs rookie in the postseason since Frank Demaree in  Attended the American Military Academy in Gouynavo Puerto Game 4 of the 1932 World Series vs. the Yankees. Rico … Is the cousin of former MLB INF Ramon Martinez.

CAREER CATCHING BREAKDOWN Caught Stealing Percentage — Career: 124-528 (23.5); 2014: 8-21 (38.1); 2013: 10-34 (22.9); 2012: 13-78 (16.7); 2011: 30-115 (26.1); 2010: 18-92 (19.6); 2009: 23-82 (28.0); 2008: 18-87 (20.7); 2007: 4-14 (28.6); 2006: 0-5 (0.0). Catcher’s ERA — Career: 4.05 (2,460 ER/5,470.0 IC); 2014: 3.78 ERA (86 ER/204.2 IC); 2013: 3.67 (176 ER/431.1 IC); MINOR LEAGUES 2012: 4.17 (374 ER/806.2 IC); 2011: 4.29 (497 ER/1,041.2 IC); 2010: 4.26 (401 ER/847.1 IC); 2009: 3.98 (359 ER/811.0 IC); 2008: 3.80 (486 ER/1,150.1 IC); 2007: 3.61 (49 ER/122.0 IC); 2006: 5.24 (32 ER/55.0 IC).

CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS POSITION PCT G GS TC PO A E DP POSITION PCT G GS TC PO A E DP Catcher .992 654 624 5237 4870 326 41 41 Third Base — 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

CAREER GAME BESTS AND HOME RUN INFORMATION MEDIA/MISC. HITS — 4 (4x, last 7/14/11 vs. Fla.) … HR — 2 (3x, last 9/19/11 vs. Mil.) … RBI — 7 (8/26/08 at Pit.) RUNS — 3 (3x, last 8/4/10 vs. Mil.) … SB — 3 (3x, last 9/8/13 at LAA) … HITTING STREAK — 8 games (4/29-5/6/08) GAME-ENDING HOME RUNS — 2 (last 7/29/13 vs. LAA) … GRAND SLAMS — NONE MULTIHOMER GAMES — 3 (last 9/19/11 vs. Mil.) … PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS — 1 (6/30/11 vs. S.F.) INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS — 1 (5/19/08 at Hou.) … LEADOFF HOME RUNS — NONE

20132015 SEASON MEDIA IN REVIEWGUIDE 153 CAREER PLAYING RECORD YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 2001 AZL Cubs .260 41 150 18 39 58 16 0 1 20 1 0 3 15 33 1 0 .339 .387 7 2002 AZL Cubs .269 44 156 24 42 65 10 2 3 24 1 2 3 13 35 0 2 .333 .417 1 Boise .400 1 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .400 .400 0 2003 Daytona .242 89 297 26 72 94 12 2 2 38 4 6 2 31 58 0 0 .313 .316 9

FRONT OFFICE FRONT 2004 West Tenn. .271 104 332 47 90 133 16 0 9 48 1 3 5 40 71 1 2 .355 .401 6 2005 Iowa .253 91 292 30 74 100 14 0 4 39 3 2 0 48 77 0 1 .357 .342 4 CHICAGO-NL .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 2006 Iowa .272 108 342 34 93 132 21 0 6 38 3 2 3 41 74 0 1 .353 .386 8 CHICAGO-NL .200 11 25 1 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 .231 .240 1 2007 Iowa .353 110 385 75 136 251 31 3 26 109 1 9 1 53 94 0 0 .424 .652 4 CHICAGO-NL .389 18 54 12 21 36 6 0 3 8 0 1 0 5 14 0 0 .433 .667 0 2008 CHICAGO-NL .285 141 494 66 141 249 35 2 23 86 0 5 2 62 121 0 1 .364 .504 5

FIELD STAFF 2009 CHICAGO-NL .218 102 331 27 72 126 19 1 11 47 0 5 3 50 77 1 0 .321 .381 5 AZL Cubs .333 1 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .667 0 Tennessee .333 3 9 2 3 9 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .455 1.000 0 2010 CHICAGO-NL .280 105 322 47 90 160 19 0 17 53 0 3 0 62 83 0 1 .393 .497 4 2011 CHICAGO-NL .228 125 421 46 96 173 26 0 17 54 0 2 6 45 124 0 0 .310 .411 13 Tennessee .000 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 0 2012 CHICAGO-NL .199 52 176 26 35 61 6 1 6 14 0 0 2 19 35 0 0 .284 .347 7 Iowa .188 5 16 1 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 .235 .313 0 PLAYERS TEXAS .196 47 148 19 29 50 6 0 5 25 2 2 1 11 41 1 0 .253 .338 1 2013 TEXAS .245 54 163 20 40 76 9 0 9 22 1 0 0 20 60 1 2 .328 .466 2 2014 Round Rock .188 10 32 2 6 11 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 10 0 0 .212 .344 0 Frisco .368 6 19 4 7 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 .455 .474 0 TEXAS .237 10 38 5 9 14 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 .237 .368 0 OAKLAND .262 14 42 3 11 15 4 0 0 8 1 0 0 6 8 0 0 .354 .357 3 MINOR TOTALS .278 615 2045 264 568 871 127 7 54 325 14 24 18 247 470 2 6 .357 .426 39 A.L. TOTALS .228 125 391 47 89 155 21 0 15 58 4 2 1 37 120 2 2 .295 .396 6

OPPONENTS N.L. TOTALS .252 555 1824 225 460 811 112 4 77 264 0 16 14 243 459 1 2 .342 .445 35 M.L. TOTALS .248 680 2215 272 549 966 133 4 92 322 4 18 15 280 579 3 4 .334 .436 41

CAREER TRANSACTIONS — Selected by Chicago-NL in the 11th round of the First-Year Player Draft (6/01). — On Chicago-NL 15-day disabled list with a strained left oblique (7/7-8/7/09); included rehab assignments with the AZL Cubs (8/1-2/09) and Class AA Tennessee (8/3-7/09). — On Chicago-NL 15-day disabled list with a sprained right shoulder ligament (8/7-23/10).

2014 REVIEW — On Chicago-NL 15-day disabled list following arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder (9/19/10-remainder of season). — On Chicago-NL 15-day disabled list with a strained left groin (5/11-29/11); included rehab assignment with Class AA Tennessee (5/26-29). — On Chicago-NL 15-day disabled list with a torn meniscus in his left knee (5/19-6/17/12); included rehab assignment with Class AAA Iowa (6/11-17). — Traded by Chicago-NL with cash considerations to Texas in exchange for pitcher Jake Brigham (7/31/12). — On Texas disabled list following right-knee surgery (3/30-7/18/14); included rehab assignment with Class AAA Round Rock (7/4-18/14). — On Texas 15-day disabled list with a strained right groin (7/22-8/8/14); included rehab assignment with Class AAA Round Rock (8/1-8/14).

HISTORY — Traded by Texas to Oakland in exchange for cash considerations (8/24/14). — Signed by the White Sox as a free agent (1/22/15).

WILD CARD GAME RECORD YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 2012 Tex. vs. Bal. .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 0 2014 Oak. vs. K.C. .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 0 TOTALS .000 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 0 RECORDS DIVISION SERIES RECORD YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 2007 CUBS vs. Ari. .167 2 6 1 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .375 .667 0 2008 CUBS vs. LAD .182 3 11 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .250 .273 0 TOTALS .176 5 17 1 3 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 .300 .412 0

ALL-STAR GAME RECORD YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E

MINOR LEAGUES 2008 N.L., New York-AL .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 0

WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC RECORD YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 2009 Puerto Rico .231 4 13 2 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 .308 .444 0 MEDIA/MISC.

154 CHICAGO WHITE SOX ERIC SURKAMP 54 FRONT OFFICE LEFT-HANDED PITCHER Given Name: Eric Michael Surkamp Bats: Left Throws: Left Height: 6-5 Weight: 220 Opening Day Age: 27 (July 16, 1987) IL TF LYR POET 04RVE ITR RECORDS HISTORY 2014 REVIEW OPPONENTS PLAYERS FIELD STAFF Birthplace/Residence: Cincinnati, Ohio/Charleston, S.C. First Pro Contract: San Francisco Giants, selected in sixth round, June 2008 First-Year Player Draft. Sox Acquisition: Claimed off waivers from San Francisco, December 23, 2013. Major League Service: Two years, 32 days. Contract Status: Signed through 2015.

2014 SEASON 2011 SEASON  Made 18 appearances (11 starts) with Class AAA Charlotte  Made six starts with San Francisco … his contract was and 35 relief appearances with the White Sox … 31 of his outings purchased from Class AA Richmond on 8/27 … made his major- with the Sox were 1.0 IP or less, including 14 of 0.1 or less. league debut that night in a start vs. Houston, allowing one run  Limited left-handers to a .174 average (8-46) with 11 over 6.0 IP of a no decision … recorded his fi rst strikeout in the strikeouts … fi rst batters faced went just 3-29 (.103) … allowed second inning (Jimmy Parades). 10.7 percent (3-28) of inherited runners to score.  Earned his fi rst win on 9/6 at San Diego (3 ER/5.0 IP) …  Was recalled from Charlotte on 6/26 and made his White Sox recorded his fi rst major-league hit and RBI with a single off Drew debut that night at Toronto (1 ER/1.1 IP). Pomeranz on 9/17 at Colorado.  Made four straight scoreless appearances from 7/6-11.  Combined to go 11-4 with a 1.94 ERA (32 ER/148.1 IP) and  Earned his fi rst win on 8/9 at Seattle after inducing an inning- 170 strikeouts over 24 appearances (23 starts) with San Jose ending in the ninth inning. and Richmond.  Was optioned to Charlotte on 8/10 and recalled a second time  Was named to the Eastern League mid and postseason on 8/16 … appeared in two games before being optioned on All-Star Teams … led the EL in ERA (2.02), WHIP (1.08) and 8/22 … was recalled on 9/2 for the remainder of the season. opponents average (.213) and ranked among the leaders in  Recorded a 1.80 ERA (2 ER/10.0 IP) with nine strikeouts over strikeouts (2nd, 165) and wins (T5th, 10). 12 September appearances … did not allow an earned run over  Earned EL Pitcher of the Week honors from 5/2-8 (2-0, 0.73 his fi nal six appearances (4.2 IP) from 9/16-27. ERA, 20 strikeouts) and 7/4-10 (1-0, 2.13 ERA, 23 strikeouts).  Recorded career highs in relief with four strikeouts over 1.2 IP on 9/13 vs. Minnesota. 2010 SEASON  Made 11 starts (3-4, 5.25 ERA) and seven relief appearances  Went 4-2 with a 3.11 ERA (35 ER/101.1 IP) and 108 strikeouts (1-1, 3.10 ERA) with the Knights. in 17 starts with San Jose … was named to the California League  Was named International Pitcher of the Week for 6/16-22 mid and postseason All-Star Teams. after going 1-0 with a 0.64 ERA (1 ER/14.0 IP) in two starts.  Was placed on the disabled list on 7/18 with a dislocated hip  Struck out a season-high 12 on 5/30 at Toledo over 6.0 IP. and missed the remainder of the season.

2013 SEASON 2009 SEASON  Appeared in 17 games between San Francisco, Class A San  Spent the season with Class A Augusta … averaged 11.6 Jose and Class AAA Fresno. strikeouts per 9.0 IP (169 SO/131.0 IP).  Began the season on the 15-day disabled list to continue his  Led Giants system in strikeouts … ranked among the South recovery from Tommy John surgery on 7/24/12 … was transfered Atlantic League leaders in strikeouts (3rd) and wins (3rd, 11). to the 60-day disabled list on 5/28.  Was sent to San Jose on a rehab assignment on 6/5 (fi ve 2008 SEASON starts) … was returned from his rehab assignment, reinstated  Made his pro debut with the Arizona League Giants and Class from the 60-day disabled list and optioned to Fresno on 6/27. A Salem-Keizer, going 0-2 with a 5.71 ERA (11 ER/17.1 IP) and  Was recalled by the Giants on 7/23 as the 26th man prior to 23 strikeouts over seven appearances (four starts). a vs. Cincinnati … made the start in Game 1 and MINOR LEAGUES suffered the loss after allowing seven runs over 2.2 IP. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT  Was optioned back to the Grizzlies following the game, where  Visited fans at Brookfi eld Zoo in 2014. he spent the remainder of the season.  Won four of his fi rst six starts and three of last four with Fresno MISCELLANEOUS/PERSONAL … worked at least 7.0 IP in each of his fi nal seven starts.  Single … Twitter: @ESurkamp.  Was claimed off waivers by the Sox on 12/23 (acquisition  Played three seasons at North Carolina State University recommended by Daraka Shaheed and John Tumminia). (2006-08), where he was teammates with Seattle Seahawks

2012 SEASON quarterback Russell Wilson. MEDIA/MISC.  Played for Orleans in the Cape Cod League in 2006-07 and  Missed the season after undergoing Tommy John surgery … for Team USA at the 2007 World Port Tournament. Dr. James Andrews performed the procedure on 7/24/12.  Is a 2005 graduate of Moeller High School in Cincinnati …  Was placed on the disabled list on 3/26 and transferred to pitched a no-hitter in a playoff game during as a junior year in the 60-day disabled list on 6/29. 2004 to help Moeller win the Ohio state championship.

20132015 SEASON MEDIA IN REVIEWGUIDE 155 CAREER PLAYING RECORD YEAR CLUB W-L PCT ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK AVG 2008 AZL Giants 0-0 .000 2.70 2 0 0 0 0 3.1 3 1 1 0 0 0-0 7 0 0 .231 Salem-Keizer 0-2 .000 6.43 5 4 0 0 0 14.0 20 10 10 1 1 5-0 16 0 0 .351 2009 Augusta 11-5 .688 3.30 23 23 2 0 0 131.0 129 57 48 6 4 39-0 169 9 0 .257 2010 San Jose 4-2 .667 3.11 17 17 1 1 0 101.1 79 39 35 5 6 22-0 108 5 0 .218

FRONT OFFICE FRONT 2011 Richmond 10-4 .714 2.02 23 22 1 0 0 142.1 110 37 32 5 5 44-0 165 5 1 .213 San Jose 1-0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 4 0 0 0 0 1-0 5 0 0 .190 SAN FRANCISCO 2-2 .500 5.74 6 6 0 2 0 26.2 32 18 17 1 2 17-1 13 0 0 .311 2012 DID NOT PLAY DUE TO INJURY 2013 San Jose 0-0 .000 2.93 5 5 0 0 0 15.1 8 6 5 2 0 3-0 17 0 0 .157 SAN FRANCISCO 0-1 .000 23.62 1 1 0 0 0 2.2 9 7 7 2 2 0-0 0 0 0 .562 Fresno 7-1 .875 2.78 11 11 0 0 0 71.1 56 23 22 4 2 20-0 54 1 0 .221 2014 Charlotte 4-5 .444 4.69 18 11 0 0 0 78.2 95 46 41 8 7 20-0 86 3 1 .304

FIELD STAFF WHITE SOX 2-0 1.000 4.81 35 0 0 0 0 24.1 22 14 13 3 1 13-3 20 0 0 .244 MINOR TOTALS 37-19 .661 3.10 105 94 4 1 0 563.1 504 219 194 31 25 154-0 627 23 2 .241 A.L. TOTALS 2-0 1.000 4.81 35 0 0 0 0 24.1 22 14 13 3 1 13-3 20 0 0 .244 N.L. TOTALS 2-3 .400 7.36 7 7 0 0 0 29.1 41 25 24 3 4 17-1 13 0 0 .345 M.L. TOTALS 4-3 .571 6.20 42 7 0 0 0 53.2 63 39 37 6 5 30-4 33 0 0 .301

CAREER TRANSACTIONS PLAYERS — Selected by San Francisco in the eighth round of the First-Year Player Draft (6/08). — On Class AA Connecticut disabled list with a ribcage muscle strain (8/20-9/22/08). — On Class A San Jose disabled list with a labral tear in his right hip (7/20-9/8/10). — On Class AA Richmond disabled list with a left knee strain (6/12-24/11). — On San Francisco disabled list following ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery on his left elbow (3/26/12-remainder of season). — On San Francisco disabled list following ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery on his left elbow (3/22-6/27/13); included rehabilitation assignments at Class A San Jose and Class AAA Fresno (6/5-27/13). — Claimed by the White Sox off waivers from San Francisco (12/23/13).

OPPONENTS CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS POSITION PCT G GS TC PO A E DP Pitcher .875 42 7 16 2 12 2 1

CAREER GAME BESTS (RELIEVER) STRIKEOUTS — 4 (9/13/13 vs. Min.) … IP — 1.2 (9/13/14 vs. Min.) WINNING STREAK — 2 games (8/9/14-current) … CONSECUTIVE SCORELESS IP — 3.0 (8/7-17/14) 2014 REVIEW HISTORY RECORDS MINOR LEAGUES MEDIA/MISC.

156 CHICAGO WHITE SOX MICHAEL TAYLOR 51 FRONT OFFICE OUTFIELDER NON-ROSTER INVITEE Given Name: Michael David Taylor Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6-5 Weight: 255 Opening Day Age: 29 (December 19, 1985) IL TF LYR POET 04RVE ITR RECORDS HISTORY 2014 REVIEW OPPONENTS PLAYERS FIELD STAFF Birthplace/Residence: Cheverly, Md./Apopka, Fla. First Pro Contract: Philadelphia Phillies, selected in the fi fth round, June 2007 First-Year Player Draft. Sox Acquisition: Signed as a free agent, December 23, 2014. Major League Service: 91 days. Contract Status: Signed through 2015.

 Ranked second in the Oakland system in on-base percentage, 2014 SEASON tied for second in walks, third in doubles (31), fi fth in runs scored  Split the season between the Oakland and Chicago organiza- and stolen bases, sixth in average (.287), seventh in RBI (67), tions … began the season with Class AAA Sacramento before extra-base hits (44) and total bases (198), eighth in hits (129) being traded to the White Sox on 6/4 in exchange for right-hander and 10th in sugging percentage (.441). Jake Sanchez (acquisition was recommended by Kevin Bootay)  Reached base in 36 consecutive road games from 4/10-7/17, … was assigned to Class AAA Charlotte. the longest streak in the PCL … hit .365 with a .445 on-base  Appeared in 11 games in left fi eld with the Sox, including percentage during that streak. seven starts … went 1-4 (.250) as a pinch hitter.  Reached base safely in 23 straight home games from 6/27-  His contract was purchased from Charlotte on 9/2 … started 8/23, hitting .333 with a .495 on-base percentage. in left fi eld in his Sox debut on that night at Minnesota … recorded  Recorded hitting streaks of 10 (5/31-6/10) and 12 games his fi rst hit with Chicago on 9/3 at Minnesota, a pinch single … (7/3-17) … was named PCL Batter of the Week for 7/9-15 after posted his only mutlihit game on 9/13 vs. the Twins. going 7-13 (.538) with two home runs and six RBI.  Combined to hit .275 (120-437) with 32 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs, 69 RBI and 75 runs scored over 123 games 2011 SEASON between Sacramento and Charlotte … appeared in 56 games  Spent most of the season with Sacramento but appeared in in right, two in left and one at DH with the River Cats. 11 games with Oakland in September … made seven starts in  Hit .357 (35-98) on the road, .375 (24-64) with RISP and .321 right fi eld and two in left. (9-28) with RISP/two outs with the Knights.  Was recalled by the A's on 9/2 … made his major-league  Batted .546 (12-22) with two home runs and nine RBI during debut that night vs. Seattle, going 0-3 with a walk in right fi eld a season-high, seven-game hitting streak from 7/31-8/7. … recorded his fi rst career hit on 9/6 vs. Kansas City (off Blake  Was outrighted to Charlotte on 10/24. Wood) … hit his fi rst home run on 9/20 vs. Texas, a solo shot 2013 SEASON off Derek Holland.  Tied for seventh in the A’s farm system in home runs (16)  Spent most of the season with Sacramento but appeared in and ranked ninth in slugging (.456). nine games (six starts) in two stints with Oakland.  Began the season on Sacramento's disabled list with a  Was recalled for the fi rst time on 4/13 and appeared in three sprained left wrist … was reinstated on 5/13 and hit .377 over games, including his fi rst start on 4/15 vs. Houston … was his fi rst 12 games of the season … recorded multihomer efforts optioned to Sacramento on April 22. on 6/13 at Salt Lake and 8/27 at Fresno.  Was recalled a second time on 5/4 and optioned back to the  Following the season, was rated by Baseball America as the RiverCats on 5/14 for the remainder of the season. No. 9 Prospect in the Oakland system.  Ranked sixth in the Pacifi c Coast League in RBI (85) and tied for eighth in home runs (18) … ranked among Oakland's 2010 SEASON organizational leaders in slugging percentage (6th, .474), RBI  Spent the season with Sacramento in his fi rst season in the (T6th), batting average (8th, .281) and homers (T8th) … led Oakland organization … ranked sixth in the A's system in RBI Sacramento in home runs and ranked second in RBI. (78), tied for sixth in triples (6) and eighth in stolen baes (16).  Appeared in 81 games in right fi eld, 16 in left and eight in  Tied for the lead among PCL outfi elders with fi ve double plays center … recorded nine outfi eld assists overall. MINOR LEAGUES and ranked third with 12 assists.  Recorded two games with a grand slam and fi ve RBI: 5/26 at  Was on the disabled list from 5/14-29 (strained left calf). Tucson and 7/22 vs. Colorado Springs … posted an eight-game  Recorded a season-high, 17-game hitting streak from 7/3-22 hitting streak from 7/18-25 (.400, 14-35; 4 HR, 15 RBI). (.373, 19 RBI) … hit .324 with two home runs, 24 RBI, 19 runs 2012 SEASON and 15 walks in July.  Went 3-19 (.158) with a double, home run and three RBI over  Played in six games over two stints with Oakland … spent fi ve PCL postseason games. most of the season with Sacramento.  Hit .278 with eight doubles, two home runs and 15 RBI in 30  Was recalled for the fi rst time on 5/4 and made four starts

games for Phoenix in the Arizona Fall League … led the AFL in MEDIA/MISC. with the Athletics … was optioned back to the RiverCats on 5/11, games and hit by pitches (4). recalled a second time on 8/3 and optioned on 8/5.  Finished the season ranked by Baseball America as the  Recorded a multihit effort on 5/6 at Tampa Bay … doubled No. 10 Prospect in the A's system … also was tabbed by the in his next game on 5/8 vs. Toronto. same publication prior to the season as the No. 29 prospect in  Led the PCL and tied for 10th among all minor leaguers baseball. with 86 walks … ranked eighth in the PCL with a .405 on-base percentage and tied for 10th with 81 runs scored.

20132015 SEASON MEDIA IN REVIEWGUIDE 157 2009 SEASON  Was named Phillies Minor League Player of the Month for April after hitting .354.  Combined to hit .320 (137-428) with 28 doubles, 20 home  Hit safely in 27 consecutive road games from 4/24-6/20 … runs and 84 RBI over 74 games between Class AA Reading and was named South Atlantic League Player of the Week for 5/5-11 Class AAA Lehigh Valley … led the Phillies system in average … hit .421 with four homers and 12 RBI. for the second consecutive season.  Was named to the SAL midseason All-Star team but did not  Began the season with Reading and earned Eastern League play in the game after being promoted to Clearwater 6/19…was FRONT OFFICE FRONT Rookie of the Year honors … was named to the EL mid and leading the SAL in average (.361) at the time of his promotion. postseason All-Star Teams … was named EL Player of the Week  Named Phillies Minor League Player of the Month for a for 6/1-7 (hit .462) … played in the EL All-Star Game on 7/15. second time in August after hitting .376 with 17 doubles, six  Hit for the cycle for Lehigh Valley on 8/12 vs. Louisville … home runs and 19 RBI in 28 games. was named International League Player of the Week for 8/10-16  Played for Honolulu in the Hawaiian Winter League. after going 10-24 (.417) with two home runs and eight RBI.  Following the season, was ranked by Baseball America as  Missed the remainder of the regular season after being placed the No. 6 Prospect in the Phillies system.

FIELD STAFF on the disabled list on 8/24 with a strained right oblique … was reinstated on 9/9 and transfered to Reading … went 3-12 (.250) 2007 SEASON with a RBI in three EL playoff games.  Made his professional debut with Class A Williamsport …  Finished the season rated by Baseball America as the No. 3 appeared in 47 games in left fi eld and 13 in right. Prospect in the Philadelphia system.  Earned New York-Penn League Player of the Week honors  Was traded by Philadelphia to Oakland on 12/16 with catcher for 8/13-19 after hitting .571 (8-14) with two homers and four Travis d'Arnaud and right-hander Kyle Drabek in exchange for RBI over four games.

PLAYERS right-hander and cash considerations.  Played for Obregon in the Mexican Winter League, hitting MISCELLANEOUS/PERSONAL .308 with a homer and 11 RBI in 19 games.  Married Addie … Twitter: @mtayinh.  Attended Stanford University and earned All Pac-10 honors 2008 SEASON following his junior season in 2007 … hit .316 with 21 home runs  Hit .346 (170-492) with 19 homers and 88 RBI in 132 games and 126 RBI in 174 games in three seasons as a Cardinal. between Class A Lakewood and Class A Clearwater … ranked  Is a 2004 graduate of Apopka (Fla.) High School … was third among Class A hitters and eighth among full-season minor named a First-Team All-American by USA Today and Collegiate leaguers in AVG … led the Phillies system in AVG and RBI. Baseball in 2004. OPPONENTS

CAREER PLAYING RECORD YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 2007 Williamsport .227 66 233 30 53 85 14 0 6 33 1 2 2 23 53 8 2 .300 .365 10 2008 Lakewood .361 67 249 40 90 138 12 3 10 50 0 2 6 31 43 10 3 .441 .554 6 Clearwater .329 65 243 36 80 136 27 1 9 38 0 2 2 19 46 5 6 .380 .560 4 2009 Reading .333 86 318 59 106 181 22 4 15 65 0 3 7 35 51 18 4 .408 .569 2

2014 REVIEW Lehigh Valley .282 30 110 15 31 54 6 1 5 19 0 3 2 13 19 3 1 .359 .491 4 2010 Sacramento .272 127 464 79 126 182 26 6 6 78 0 3 5 51 92 16 5 .348 .392 9 2011 Sacramento .272 93 349 51 95 159 16 0 16 64 0 2 3 46 80 14 5 .360 .456 10 OAKLAND .200 11 30 4 6 9 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 11 0 0 .314 .300 2 2012 OAKLAND .143 6 21 2 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 .143 .190 0 Sacramento .287 120 449 81 129 198 31 1 12 67 0 3 5 86 105 18 3 .405 .441 8 2013 OAKLAND .043 9 23 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 .120 .043 0 2014 Sacramento .243 59 218 34 53 199 14 1 5 31 0 1 6 33 50 7 2 .357 .385 6 HISTORY Charlotte .306 64 219 41 67 107 18 2 6 38 0 4 2 29 50 1 0 .386 .489 3 WHITE SOX .250 11 28 3 7 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 0 0 .364 .286 0 MINOR TOTALS .290 889 3272 520 948 1523 211 20 108 568 1 26 37 416 677 105 33 .374 .465 71 SOX TOTALS .250 11 28 3 7 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 0 0 .364 .286 0 M.L. TOTALS .167 37 102 9 17 22 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 12 35 0 0 .254 .216 2

CAREER TRANSACTIONS — Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent (6/13/07). RECORDS — On Class AAA Lehigh Valley disabled list with a strained right oblique (8/24/09-remainder of the season). — Traded by Philadelphia with catcher Travis d'Arnaud and pitcher Travis Drabek to Toronto in exchange for pitcher Roy Halladay and cash considerations (12/16/09). — Traded by Toronto to Oakland in exchange for infi elder Brett Wallace (12/16/09). — On Class AAA Sacramento disabled list with a strained left calf (5/14-29/10). — On Class AAA Sacramento disabled list with a sprained left wrist (4/7-5/13/11). — Traded by Oakland to the White Sox in exchange for pitcher Jake Sanchez (6/14/14).

CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS

MINOR LEAGUES POSITION PCT G GS TC PO A E DP POSITION PCT G GS TC PO A E DP Right Field .947 18 14 38 36 0 2 0 Left Field 1.000 18 13 28 26 2 0 0

CAREER GAME BESTS AND HOME RUN INFORMATION HITS — 3 (6x, last 9/12/13 vs. LAA) … HR — 1 (7x, last 9/3/13 at Ariz.) … RBI — 3 (2x, last 9/3/13 at Ariz.) RUNS — 3 (9x, 9/24/12 at Bal.) … SB — 1 (2x, last 9/11/13 vs. LAA) … HITTING STREAK — 5 games (9/18-22/13) GAME-ENDING HOME RUNS — NONE … GRAND SLAMS — NONE … MULTIHOMER GAMES — NONE MEDIA/MISC. PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS — NONE … INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS — NONE … LEADOFF HOME RUNS — NONE

158 CHICAGO WHITE SOX TRAYCE THOMPSON 75 FRONT OFFICE OUTFIELDER Given Name: Trayce Nikolas Thompson Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6-3 Weight: 210 Opening Day Age: 24 (March 15, 1991) IL TF LYR POET 04RVE ITR RECORDS HISTORY 2014 REVIEW OPPONENTS PLAYERS FIELD STAFF Birthplace/Residence: Los Angeles, Calif./Ladera Ranch, Calif. First Pro Contract: White Sox. Sox Acquisition: Selected in second round, June 2009 First-Year Player Draft. Major League Service: None. Contract Status: Signed through 2015.

2014 SEASON  Was promoted to Birmingham on 8/13 and Charlotte on 8/29 … appeared in seven games for the Knights during the  Spent his second straight season at Class AA Birmingham International League playoffs. … led the Southern League in at-bats (518) and ranked among  Entered the season ranked by Baseball America as the No. the leaders in runs scored (2nd, 86), doubles (T4th, 34), total 4 Prospect in the Sox organization … also tabbed as the Best bases (T4th, 217), triples (T7th, 6), home runs (T7th, 16) and Power Hitter in the Chicago system. stolen bases (10th, 20).  Was named to the SL midseason All-Star Team … collected 2011 SEASON four hits on 6/7 vs. Jacksonville and hit a pair of home runs on  Led the South Atlantic League in runs scored (95) and games 8/14 at Jacksonville. played (136), and ranked among the leaders in home runs (3rd,  Entered the season ranked by Baseball America as the No. 24), extra-base hits (3rd, 82), RBI (T3rd, 87), total bases (4th, 8 Prospect, Best Athlete and Best Defensive Outfi elder in the 237) and doubles (T4th, 36) at Class A Kannapolis. White Sox organization.  Was named to the SAL midseason All-Star Team … was 2013 SEASON ranked by Baseball America as the No. 15 Prospect in the SAL and the No. 9 Prospect in the White Sox organization.  Tied for third in the SL in runs scored (78) and ranked fourth  Recorded three multihomer games. in RBI (73) as Birmingham won the SL championship.  Was a SL midseason All-Star … won SL Batter of the Week 2010 SEASON honors for 6/10-16 (.435, 3 HR, 9 RBI) … homered twice on  Spent the season with Kannapolis … homered twice with 6/16 vs. Jackson and 9/1 vs. Montgomery. fi ve RBI on 5/12 vs. Delmarva … was on the disabled list from  Hit .300 (6-20) with a home run and six RBI in the North 5/31-8/17 with a fractured right thumb. Division playoff series vs. Tennessee … appeared in 13 games  Entered the season ranked by Baseball America as the No. with La Guaira in the Venezuelan Winter League. 6 Prospect in the White Sox organization.  Entered the season ranked by Baseball America as the No. 2 Prospect in the White Sox organization. 2009 SEASON 2012 SEASON  Played in 32 games with Advanced Rookie Bristol and Ad- vanced Rookie Great Falls in his fi rst professional season.  Hit .253 (131-517) with 31 doubles, six triples, 25 home runs, 96 RBI, 88 runs and 21 stolen bases in 136 games with Class MISCELLANEOUS/PERSONAL A Winston-Salem, Birmingham and Class AAA Charlotte.  Single … is a 2009 graduate of Santa Margarita (Calif.)  Led the Carolina League in RBI (90) and extra-base hits (55) Catholic High School … also played basketball, leading his team and ranked among the leaders in homers (T1st, 22), total bases to the California Division III Championship in 2008. (2nd, 218), slugging percentage (3rd, .486) and runs (4th, 77).  Brother, Klay, plays for the NBA's Golden State Warriors and  Was named to the CL postseason All-Star Team … won CL brother, Mychel, played for the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2011-12 Batter of the Week honors for 6/4-10 (.367, 11-30) … homered … father, Mychal, played 14 seasons in the NBA. twice with four RBI on 7/2 at Lynchburg.

CAREER PLAYING RECORD MINOR LEAGUES YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 2009 Bristol .188 25 85 8 16 21 3 1 0 10 0 1 3 4 33 2 0 .247 .247 1 Great Falls .238 7 21 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 1 0 .333 .238 1 2010 Kannapolis .229 58 210 28 48 91 13 3 8 21 0 2 2 21 69 6 4 .302 .433 5 2011 Kannapolis .241 136 519 95 125 237 36 2 24 87 4 4 10 60 172 8 4 .329 .457 9 2012 Winston-Salem .254 116 449 77 114 218 28 5 22 90 2 8 6 45 144 18 3 .325 .486 5 Birmingham .280 14 50 10 14 26 1 1 3 6 0 0 0 8 16 2 0 .379 .520 1 Charlotte .167 6 18 1 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 0 .250 .278 1 2013 Birmingham .229 135 507 78 116 194 23 5 15 73 2 8 13 60 139 25 8 .321 .383 7 MEDIA/MISC. 2014 Birmingham .237 133 518 86 123 217 34 6 16 59 3 5 4 65 151 20 5 .324 .419 5 MINOR TOTALS .237 630 2377 385 564 1014 140 23 88 356 12 28 38 268 738 83 24 .321 .427 35

CAREER TRANSACTIONS — Selected by the White Sox in the second round of the First-Year Player Draft (6/09). — On Class A Kannapolis disabled list with a fractured right thumb (5/31-8/17/10).

20132015 SEASON MEDIA IN REVIEWGUIDE 159 40 RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER Given Name: Robert McDaniel Webb Bats: Right Throws: Right

FRONT OFFICE FRONT Height: 6-3 Weight: 215 Opening Day Age: 25 (August 18, 1989) Birthplace/Residence: Paducah, Ky. First Pro Contract: , selected in the 18th round, June 2009 First Year Player Draft. Sox Acquisition: Obtained from Toronto with pitcher Myles Jaye in exchange

FIELD STAFF for pitcher , January 1, 2012. Major League Service: One year, 27 days. Contract Status: Signed through 2015.

2014 SEASON  Limited right-handers to a .188 average (25-133), while lefties batted .202 (20-99) across all three stops … held lefties to a  AL Relief Leaders: T6th in wins (6); T8th in GIDP (8). .100 average (3-30) with the Barons.

PLAYERS  Made his fi rst Opening Day roster with the White Sox …  Made eight straight scoreless appearances (14.1 IP) from ranked third on the club with 57 appearances … 46 of his outings 5/10-6/6 … struck out fi ve batters on 4/15 at Myrtle Beach and were at least 1.0 IP. 7/9 vs. Durham.  Recorded a 3.12 ERA (14 ER/40.1 IP) in the fi rst half, com-  Did not allow an earned run in his last 15 appearances (20.2 pared to a 5.27 mark (16 ER/27.1 IP) after the break. IP) with the Knights from 7/12-8/31.  Averaged 7.8 strikeouts (58 SO) and 5.6 walks (42 BB) per 9.0 IP … limited left-handers to a .217 average (25-115), com- 2012 SEASON pared to .256 (34-133) vs. righties … fi rst batters faced went  Spent his fi rst full season in the White Sox system with Class 10-49 (.204).

OPPONENTS A Kannapolis … was obtained from Toronto with right-hander  Struck out three over 2.2 IP in his season debut on 4/3 vs. Myles Jaye in exchange for reliever Jason Frasor on 1/1 (ac- Minnesota (2.2 IP) … posted his fi rst hold on 4/10 vs. Cleveland, quisition recommended by Joe Siers). throwing 2.0 scoreless IP.  Earned his fi rst major-league win on 4/15 vs. Boston (threw 2011 SEASON one pitch to end the top of the eighth inning) … threw a career-  Combined to go 4-5 with a 5.48 ERA (41 ER/67.1 IP) in 19 high 3.0 IP (59 pitches) the next night vs. the Red Sox. appearances (12 starts) between Class A Lansing and the Gulf  Made six straight scoreless appearances from 4/27-5/10 (7.0 Coast League Blue Jays. IP), allowing just four hits … pitched in three consecutive games 2014 REVIEW from 5/4-6 (2.1 IP). 2010 SEASON  Was 3-0 with a 1.35 ERA (2 ER/13.1 IP) in May … did not al- low a run over seven straight outings from 5/17-6/8 (10.0 IP).  Combined to 1-7 with a 4.74 ERA (36 ER/68.1 IP) in 15 starts  Surrendered just one hit over fi ve straight scoreless appear- between Rookie Auburn and Lansing … entered the season ances (4.2 IP) from 7/22-29. ranked by Baseball America as the No. 20 Prospect in the  Allowed a game-ending single to Martin Prado in the ninth Toronto system.

HISTORY inning on 8/22 at Yankee Stadium. 2009 SEASON  Made fi ve straight scoreless outings from 8/28-9/8 (5.2 IP).  Did not play after signing with Toronto following the June 2013 SEASON First-Year Player Draft.  Spent time with Class A Winston-Salem, Class AA Birming- COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ham, Class AAA Charlotte and the White Sox … his contract was purchased by Chicago on 9/3.  In 2014, visited wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Medical  Limited right-handers to a .167 average (3-18) and fi rst bat- Center and participated in a USO lunch and pre-game military

RECORDS ters faced to a .125 (1-8) mark. family ceremony.  Did not allow any of his six inherited runners to score … all nine of his outings were at least 1.0 IP … averaged 7.94 MISCELLANEOUS/PERSONAL strikeouts per 9.0 IP (10 SO/11.1 IP).  Single … has one daughter: Baylie.  Made his major-league debut on 9/4 at Yankee Stadium,  Attended Northwest Florida State College. allowing one run in 1.0 IP … recorded his fi rst career strikeout  Is a 2007 graduate of Heath High School in Paducah, Ky. (Asdrubal Cabrera) on 9/14 vs. Cleveland.  Was selected by Arizona in the 18th round of the 2007 First-  Worked 6.1 scoreless IP with seven strikeouts over his fi nal Year Player Draft but did not sign. four appearances.  Threw 2.0 scoreless IP on 9/18 vs. Minnesota … recorded MINOR LEAGUES his fi rst hold on 9/28 vs. Kansas City (1.1 scoreless IP).  Combined to go 2-1 with a 1.87 ERA (13 ER/62.2 IP), 10 saves, 78 strikeouts and a .194 opponents average (45-232) over 42 games at the three minor-league stops.  Was 10-11 in save chances, converting his fi rst eight … the 10 saves ranked third among White Sox farmhands.

MEDIA/MISC.  Averaged 11.2 strikeouts per 9.0 IP between the three clubs and struck out at least one batter 39 times.

160 CHICAGO WHITE SOX CAREER PLAYING RECORD FRONT OFFICE YEAR CLUB W-L PCT ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK AVG 2010 Auburn 0-6 .000 5.24 13 13 0 0 0 56.2 69 43 33 4 9 26-0 39 2 1 .299 Lansing 1-1 .500 2.31 2 2 0 0 0 11.2 8 7 3 0 1 6-0 4 2 0 .195 2011 GCL Blue Jays 0-0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 .333 Lansing 4-5 .444 5.59 18 12 0 0 2 66.0 80 53 41 7 6 24-0 51 3 1 .303 2012 Kannapolis 1-8 .111 5.81 31 4 0 0 3 62.0 73 51 40 2 3 27-0 50 7 0 .293 2013 Winston-Salem 1-0 1.000 0.00 8 0 0 0 2 15.0 10 2 0 0 0 5-0 19 1 1 .182

Birmingham 0-0 .000 1.77 13 0 0 0 4 20.1 11 4 RECORDS 4 0 HISTORY 1 5-0 2014 REVIEW 21 OPPONENTS 1 0 PLAYERS .155 FIELD STAFF Charlotte 1-1 .500 2.96 21 0 0 0 4 27.1 24 15 9 1 0 17-0 38 5 0 .226 WHITE SOX 0-0 .000 3.18 9 0 0 0 0 11.1 9 4 4 0 0 4-0 10 1 0 .220 2014 WHITE SOX 6-5 .545 3.99 57 0 0 0 0 67.2 59 31 30 6 2 42-5 58 13 0 .238 MINOR TOTALS 8-21 .276 4.49 107 31 0 0 15 260.1 277 175 130 14 20 110-0 222 22 3 .271 M.L. TOTALS 6-5 .545 3.87 66 0 0 0 0 79.0 68 35 34 6 2 46-5 68 14 0 .235

CAREER TRANSACTIONS — Selected by Toronto in the 18th round of the First-Year Player Draft (6/09). — On Class A Lansing disabled list with right elbow infl ammation (6/12-8/20/11). — Traded by Toronto with pitcher Myles Jaye to the White Sox in exchange for pitcher Jason Frasor (1/1/12). — On Class A Kannapolis disabled list with a right elbow strain (5/31-6/29/12).

CAREER RELIEF BREAKDOWN Save Pct. — Career: None. Holds — Career: 4; 2014: 4; 2013: 1. Inherited Runners/Scored — Career: 48-12 (25.0); 2014: 42-12 (28.6); 2013: 6-0 (0.0). First Batter Effi ciency — Career: 11-57 (.193); 2014: 10-49 (.204); 2013: 1-8 (.125).

CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS POSITION PCT G GS TC PO A E DP Pitcher .769 66 0 13 3 7 3 0

CAREER GAME BESTS STRIKEOUTS — 5 (7/1/14 vs. LAA) … IP — 3.0 (4/16/14 vs. Bos.) WINNING STREAK — 4 games (4/15-5/23/14) … CONSECUTIVE SCORELESS IP — 10.0 (5/17-6/8/2014) ANDY WILKINS 38 INFIELDER Given Name: Andrew Robert Wilkins Bats: Left Throws: Right Height: 6-1 Weight: 220 Opening Day Age: 26 (September 13, 1988) Birthplace/Residence: Tulsa, Okla. First Pro Contract: White Sox. Sox Acquisition: Selected in the fi fth round, June 2010 First-Year Player Draft. Major League Service: 29 days. Contract Status: Signed through 2015.

2014 SEASON  Was named to the IL postseason All-Star Team.  Led the Knights in runs, hits, total bases, doubles, home runs,  Spent most of the season with Class AAA Charlotte … also RBI, slugging percentage and extra-base hits. MINOR LEAGUES appeared in 17 games with the White Sox.  Batted .360 (41-114) with 12 homers and 61 RBI with RISP  Made 11 starts with the Sox, including eight at fi rst base and and .306 (19-62) with RISP/two outs. three as the designated hitter, after his contract was purchased  Hit .379 (61-161) with 16 doubles, 14 home runs, 39 RBI, 37 from Charlotte on 8/31 … made his major-league debut that day runs scored and a 1.178 OPS in the second half. as the fi rst baseman vs. Detroit.  Was named the IL Player of the Month for July after hitting  Recorded his fi rst career hit on 9/7 at Cleveland, a fi fth-inning .431 (47-109) with 12 home runs and 31 RBI in 27 games. double off Carlos Carrasco … registered his fi rst RBI (single) on  Posted a season-high, 12-game hitting streak from 7/13-26, 9/13-1 vs. Minnesota.

going 27-49 (.551) with 10 home runs and 24 RBI … owned 10 MEDIA/MISC.  Collected his only multihit effort in the season fi nale on 9/28 multihit and four multihomer efforts during the streak. vs. Kansas City … replaced Paul Konerko at fi rst base in the  Was named IL Batter of the Week in consecutive weeks on sixth inning of his fi nal game. 7/14-20 and 7/21-27 … combined to hit .532 (25-47) with 10  Led the International League in home runs (30), extra-base homers and 24 RBI … hit a three-run homer and grand slam hits (69) and total bases (274), tied for the lead in RBI (85), as part of a seven-RBI game on 7/23 at Indianapolis. ranked second in doubles (38) and slugging percentage (.558),  Went 3-6 with a homer and fi ve RBI on 8/18 vs. Gwinnett. fourth in hits (144) and runs (79) and 10th in average (.293).

20132015 SEASON MEDIA IN REVIEWGUIDE 161 2013 SEASON 2011 SEASON  Appeared in 125 games between Class AA Birmingham and  Ranked among the Carolina League leaders in home runs Charlotte, hitting a combined .277 (127-458) with 29 doubles, (2nd, 23), RBI (2nd, 89), games (2nd, 134), total bases (3rd, 17 home runs, 79 RBI and 62 runs scored. 239), doubles (3rd, 33), extra-base hits (3rd, 56), slugging  Was named a Southern League midseason All-Star. percentage (4th, .485), hits (5th, 137) and average (10th, .278)  Ranked among the White Sox organizational leaders in RBI at Class A Winston-Salem.

FRONT OFFICE FRONT (4th), home runs (T4th), extra-base hits (T6th, 46), doubles,  Was named a CL mid and postseason All-Star … earned CL (7th), total bases (7th, 127) and walks (9th). Batter of the Week honors for 5/23-29 and 8/29-9/5.  Began the season with Birmingham, appearing in 43 games  Posted a .317 average (78-246) with 13 home runs and 56 at fi rst base and 24 as the designated hitter … hit .317 (26-82) RBI in the second half. with RISP and .345 (10-29) with RISP/two outs.  Compiled a nine-game hitting streak from 5/3-12, going 14-38 2010 SEASON (.368) with four home runs and 10 RBI.  Ranked fi fth among Sox farmhands in average (.307) and on-

FIELD STAFF  Hit a pair of home runs on 5/7 at Tennessee … registered a base percentage (.396) in his professional debut with Advanced 13-game hitting streak from 5/18-6/2, going 17-48 (.354) with Rookie Great Falls. two homers and 15 RBI.  Was named to the Pioneer League postseason All-Star Team.  Was promoted to Charlotte on 6/24, where hit safely in his  Collected a season-high fi ve RBI on 7/29 at Helena. fi rst eight games and 10 of his fi rst 11.  Was rated by Baseball America as the Best Pure Hitter and  Was 19-59 (.322) with RISP with the Knights. Best Power Hitter in the White Sox 2010 draft class … was  Recorded his second multihomer game on 7/14 at Norfolk. recommended/signed by Clay Overcash.

PLAYERS  Hit safely in 10 consecutive games from 7/12-26 (.471, 16-34).  Entered the season rated by Baseball America as the No. 12 MISCELLANEOUS/PERSONAL Prospect in the White Sox organization.  Married Charity.  Attended the University of Arkansas … hit .281 (66-235) 2012 SEASON with 15 home runs and 69 RBI in 2010 … was named a 2010  Ranked among the SL leaders in home runs (7th, 17), RBI Baseball America preseason All-American. (8th, 69), doubles (T8th, 28) and walks (9th, 63) at Birmingham  Led the Razorbacks in homers (19) and RBI (58) in 2009 … … led the Barons in doubles, home runs, extra-base hits (46) was amed Most Outstanding Player of the 2009 NCAA Norman and RBI. Regional after hitting .750 with two homers and 11 RBI. OPPONENTS  Appeared in 93 games at fi rst base, 18 as the designated  Was selected to play for the USA Collegiate National Team hitter and fi ve at third. in 2009 … drafted by the Rangers in the 25th round in 2007 but  Compiled a 20-game road on-base streak from 4/5-6/6. did not sign.  Was on the disabled list with right shoulder infl ammation from  Graduated from Broken Arrow (Okla.) High School in 2007, 5/12-29. where he was a two-time Louisville Slugger All-American.  Recorded a RBI in fi ve consecutive games from 6/1-5.  Went 5-6 with two doubles, two home runs and fi ve RBI on 6/27 at Tennessee. 2014 REVIEW

CAREER PLAYING RECORD YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 2010 Great Falls .307 53 218 37 37 101 14 1 6 40 1 3 1 33 31 7 2 .396 .463 8 2011 Winston-Salem .278 134 493 72 137 239 33 0 23 89 3 4 0 56 91 2 2 .349 .485 7 2012 Birmingham .239 116 435 68 104 185 28 1 17 69 0 3 1 63 94 6 4 .335 .425 8

HISTORY 2013 Birmingham .288 67 243 37 70 116 16 0 10 49 0 2 2 38 58 3 0 .386 .477 3 Charlotte .265 58 215 25 57 91 13 0 7 30 0 3 2 14 52 2 1 .312 .423 4 2014 Charlotte .293 127 491 79 144 274 38 1 *30 85 0 3 1 34 91 0 1 .338 .558 5 WHITE SOX .140 17 43 2 6 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 22 0 0 .178 .186 0 MINOR TOTALS .276 555 2095 318 579 1006 142 3 93 362 4 18 7 238 417 20 10 .349 .480 35 M.L. TOTALS .140 17 43 2 6 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 22 0 0 .178 .186 0 *Led League

RECORDS CAREER TRANSACTIONS — Selected by the White Sox in the fi fth round of the First-Year Player Draft (6/10). — On Class AA Birmingham disabled list with right shoulder infl ammation (5/12-29/12).

CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS POSITION PCT G GS TC PO A E DP First Base 1.000 13 8 79 75 4 0 7

CAREER GAME BESTS AND HOME RUN INFORMATION

MINOR LEAGUES HITS — 2 (9/28/14 vs. K.C.) … HR — NONE … RBI — 1 (2x, last 9/21/14 at T.B.) RUNS — 1 (2x, last 9/21/14 at T.B.) … SB — NONE … HITTING STREAK — 2 games (9/10-13/14) GAME-ENDING HR — NONE … GRAND SLAMS — NONE … MULTIHOMER GAMES — NONE PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS — NONE … INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS — NONE … LEADOFF HOME RUNS — NONE MEDIA/MISC.

162 CHICAGO WHITE SOX MICHAEL YNOA 66 FRONT OFFICE RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER Given Name: Michael Jose Ynoa Ventura Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6-7 Weight: 210 Opening Day Age: 23 (September 24, 1991) IL TF LYR POET 04RVE ITR RECORDS HISTORY 2014 REVIEW OPPONENTS PLAYERS FIELD STAFF Birthplace/Residence: Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic First Pro Contract: Oakland Athletics, signed as a free agent, July 2, 2008. Sox Acquisition: Obtained from the Oakland A's with RHP Jeff Samardzija in exchange for RHP Chris Bassitt, C Josh Phegley, 1B Rangel Ravelo and INF Marcus Semien, December 9, 2014. Major League Service: None. Contract Status: Signed through 2015.

2014 SEASON 2012 SEASON  Spent the season with Class A Stockton in the Oakland  Combined to go 1-4 with a 6.46 ERA (22 ER/30.2 IP) and 25 organization … averaged 12.6 strikeouts per 9.0 IP (64 SO/45.2 strikeouts over 14 games (12 starts) between Arizona League IP) … limited left-handers to a .191 (13-68) average. Athletics and Class A Vermont.  Recorded a 2.87 ERA (5 ER/15.2 IP) in May, down from 17.18  Tossed 5.2 scoreless IP with seven strikeouts over his two (7 ER/3.2 IP) in April … went 2-0 with a 2.00 ERA (4 ER/18.0 relief appearances. IP) over his last 12 games.  Held opponents to a .205 (8-39) average with RISP and a  Struck out fi ve batters on 5/6 at Visalia (2.0 IP) and 7/19 at .067 (1-15) mark with RISP/two outs. Inland Empire (2.0) … tossed 7.0 consecutive scoreless IP from  Was promoted to Vermont on 7/28, where he limited right- 7/1-16. handers to a .149 (7-47) average.  Was acquired from Oakland on 12/9 with RHP Jeff Samardzija  Struck out fi ve batters over 2.2 IP on 8/21 at Staten Island. in exchange for RHP Chris Bassitt, C Josh Phegley, 1B Rangel Ravelo and INF Marcus Semien (acquisition recommended by 2011 SEASON Kevin Bootay and Bill Young).  Missed the season while recovering from ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery in 2010. 2013 SEASON  Went a combined 3-3 with a 3.69 ERA (31 ER/75.2 IP), one 2010 SEASON save and 68 strikeouts over 22 appearances (21 starts) between  Made his professional debut with the AZL Athletics … Class A Beloit and Stockton. underwent Tommy John surgery on 8/25.  Was rated by Baseball America following the season as the No. 4 prospect in Athletics organization. 2009 SEASON  Went 0-1 with a 1.82 ERA (5 ER/24.2 IP) over his fi rst nine  Missed the season with a strained right elbow. starts of the season.  Entered the season rated by Baseball America as the No. 3  Held hitters to a .196 (10-51) average with RISP while he prospect in the Athletics organization and No. 54 in baseball. was at Beloit.  Was 2-0 with a 1.93 ERA (5 ER/23.1 IP) in his last fi ve starts MISCELLANEOUS/PERSONAL with the Snappers before being promoted to Stockton on 7/5.  Was the top international free agent when he signed with  Tossed 5.0 IP or less in 20 of his 21 starts … tossed 5.1 Oakland at age 16 on 7/2/08 … received a then-record 4.25- scoreless IP on 7/26 vs. San Jose. million signing bonus.

CAREER PLAYING RECORD YEAR CLUB W-L PCT ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK AVG 2009 DID NOT PLAY DUE TO INJURY 2010 AZL Athletics 0-1 .000 5.00 3 3 0 0 0 9.0 6 5 5 1 1 4-0 11 3 0 .188 2011 DID NOT PLAY DUE TO INJURY

2012 AZL Athletics 0-1 .000 5.40 6 6 0 0 0 10.0 11 7 6 1 1 9-0 6 1 0 .282 MINOR LEAGUES Vermont 1-3 .250 6.97 8 6 0 0 0 20.2 20 18 16 2 3 16-0 19 10 1 .247 2013 Beloit 2-1 .667 2.14 15 15 0 0 0 54.2 45 19 13 3 7 18-0 48 5 1 .221 Stockton 1-2 .333 7.71 7 6 0 0 1 21.0 23 20 18 2 2 17-0 20 2 0 .274 2014 Stockton 4-2 .667 5.52 31 0 0 0 0 45.2 42 28 28 5 5 21-2 64 7 0 .247 MINOR TOTALS 8-10 .444 4.81 70 36 0 0 1 161.0 147 97 86 14 19 85-2 168 28 2 .241

CAREER TRANSACTIONS — Signed by Oakland as a free agent (7/2/08).

— On AZL Athletics disabled list with a right elbow strain (6/22/09-remainder of the season). MEDIA/MISC. — On AZL Athletics disabled list with a right elbow strain (8/17/10-remainder of the season). — On AZL Athletics disabled list following Tommy John surgery (8/15/11-remainder of the season). — On Class A Stockton disabled list with right shoulder strain (8/2-28/13). — On Class A Stockton disabled list with a right biceps strain (4/12-29/14). — Traded by Oakland with pitcher Jeff Samardzija to the White Sox in exchange for pitcher Chris Bassitt, catcher Josh Phegley and infi elders Rangel Ravelo and Marcus Semien (12/9/14).

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