CAREER NOTES
Was named the 39th manager in white sox history on 10/6/11, replacing former teammate Ozzie Guillen ...
is the 18th former sox player to manage the club ... is the only current manager to be drafted and play with the
club he now manages ... was hired by the sox as a special advisor to then director of player development Buddy
Bell on 6/6/11 ... in that role, he visited each of the White Sox minor-league affiliates throughout the summer,
evaluating player performance and reporting to Bell.
PLAYING CAREER
Spent 16 major-league seasons with the White Sox (1989-98), New York Mets (1999-2001), New York Yankees
(2002-03) and Los Angeles Dodgers (2003-2004), playing for a managerial list that included Jeff Torborg, Bobby
Valentine, Joe Torre and Jim Tracy ... won six gold gloves (1991-93, 1996, 1998-99) and was a two-time All-Star (1992 and 2002) ... in 2,079 career games, hit .267 (1,885-7,064) with 294 home runs and 1,182 rBi ... hit
20 or more home runs nine times and drove in 100-plus three times ... hit .340 (64-188) with 18 home runs and
214 rBi lifetime with the bases loaded ... his 18 career grand slams are tied for fifth in major-league history ...
received votes in the most valuable player balloting in 1991 and 1999 ... appeared in five different postseasons
with the White Sox (1993), Mets (1999, 2000), Yankees (2002) and Dodgers (2004) ... Batted .274 (1,244-4,542)
with 171 home runs and 741 RBI in 1,254 games over 10 seasons with the sox ... ranks among the white sox
all-time leaders in grand slams (t1st, 10), walks (5th, 668), home runs (6th), rBi (8th) and extra-base hits (10th,
402) ... recorded 21 career multihomer games and drove in six-plus runs on six occasions with a career high
of eight ... his best season came in 1999 with the mets when he batted .301 (177-588) with 32 home runs and
120 rBi ... his 120 rBi set a club record for left-handers ... hit a game-ending "grand slam" in the 15th inning of
game 5 of the 1999 alcs vs. atlanta to give the mets a 4-3 win ... the grand slam was ruled a single after he
did not touch all the bases ... became the fi rst player in major-league history to hit
grand slams in each game of a doubleheader on 5/20/99 vs. Milwaukee ... suffered
a compound fracture and dislocation of his right ankle sliding into home plate during
a spring training game on 3/21/97 ... returned to play in 54 games for the white
sox that season ... started a 5-4-3 triple play on 6/6/96 at Boston ... became the
eighth player in major-league history to hit two grand slams in one game on 9/4/95
at Texas (first since Baltimore's Frank Robinson in 1970) and the fourth to connect
in consecutive innings (fourth and fi fth) ... fi nished with a career-high eight rBi,
matching the sox franchise record ... was ejected on 8/4/93 at Texas after charging nolan ryan on the mound ... was named al player of the month for July 1991
... endured a 0-41 slump during his rookie season of 1990 ... was selected in the
first round (10th overall) of the 1988 draft out of Oklahoma State University ... was
signed by Lou and Mark Snipp (white sox).
MISCELLANEOUS/PERSONAL
Married Stephanie ... has four children: Rachel, Madison, Grace and Jack ... attended Oklahoma State
University, where he was named college player of the decade by Baseball America and was the third baseman
on Baseball America's all-time college all-star team ... was a three-time all-america selection ... was named
1986 freshman of the year by Baseball America after hitting .469 and was named national player of the year
by the same publication as a sophomore in 1987 when he batted .428 with 21 home runs and 110 rBi ... led
the cowboys to consecutive college world series appearances as a freshman and sophomore ... still ranks
second in college world series history with a .459 average ... compiled a ncaa-record, 58-game hitting streak
in 1987, a mark that still stands ... the streak was snapped during the 1987 college world series by Stanford's
Jack Mcdowell, his future teammate with the White Sox ... capped his three-year career at Oklahoma State by
hitting .391 with 26 homers and 96 rBi as a junior in 1988 ... was the recipient of the dick howser trophy as
college baseball's outstanding player and the Golden Spikes Award, college baseball's equivalent of the Heisman Trophy ... holds the school record with 329 career hits and shares the record for most hits in a season
(116) with Pete Incaviglia ... his jersey no. 21 was retired by Oklahoma State on 2/22/98 ... was a member of
the 1988 u.s. Olympic baseball team ... batted .409 to help team usa win the gold medal in Seoul ... posted
a .380 average with 12 home runs and 77 rBi during a 50-game tour before the summer games ... is the only
manager in major-league history who has won an olympic gold medal in baseball.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
In January 2013, made a special visit to Gilda's Club Chicago, spending time
with men and women living with cancer and also participated in a special "gentle
yoga" session with members ... prior to the start of the 2012 season, participated
in the taping of an anti-bullying psa, along with Gordon Beckham, John Danks
and Alexei Ramirez ... was reunited in may 2012 with Ryan Reithel, a former
pediatric cancer patient at the old children's memorial hospital in lincoln park,
whom he first visited at the hospital in 1991 ... made his first visit to the new
lurie children's hospital, accompanied by reithel, as well as alex rios and
hector santiago, and dedicated the new "chicago white sox play area" in the
pediatric oncology floor of the hospital ... appeared in "A Christmas Carol" at Chicago's Goodman Theatre with
make-a-wish recipient Emily Beazley as part of a partnership with the non-profit organization in December 2011
... while playing for the Mets and Yankees, sponsored an annual Robin Ventura All-star Bowling Tournament
to raise money for the new york police and fire widows and children's Benefit fund, inc. ... hosted the Robin
Ventura all-star classic to support the chelsea piers scholarship fund, which allowed underprivileged youths
to attend sports programs throughout the new york city area ... while playing for the White Sox, was actively
involved with children's memorial hospital and the united way ... received honorable mention recognition in
1996 for the USA Weekend most caring athlete award ... made a psa in 1995 to assist those affected by the
Oklahoma City bombing.
