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Professional ScoutsJoe Butler, gary Pellant, Paul Provas, daraka Shaheed, John tumminia, dedrick williams, Bill young

Full-Time Scouting AreasMike Baker — Southern californiaKevin Burrell — georgia and South carolinaAlex Cosmidis — north carolinaDan Durst — illinois, iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, north dakota, South dakota, wisconsinChuck Fox — delaware, eastern canada, Maryland, new england, new york, new Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, washington d.c.Phil Gulley — eastern Kentucky, eastern tennessee, west virginia, western PennsylvaniaWarren Hughes — alabama, Florida Panhandle, Mississippi, louisianaGeorge Kachigian — Southern california, Southern nevadaJohn Kazanas — arizona, colorado, new Mexico, utah, idaho, wyoming, MontanaJose Ortega — South Florida, Puerto ricoClay Overcash — arkansas, Kansas, nebraska, oklahomaAndrew Pinter — north carolina, virginiaMike Shirley — indiana, western Kentucky, ohio, Michigan, western tennesseeJoe Siers — north FloridaKeith Staab — texasAdam Virchis — northern california, northern nevada, oregon, washingtonGary Woods — Southern california

2008 White Sox Draft RecapThe White Sox selected infielder Gordon Beckham in the first round (eighth overall) of the 2008 draft. Beckham, from the University of Georgia, debuted with Class A Kannapolis, hitting .310 (18-58) with two doubles, three home runs, eight RBI and 11 runs scored in 14 games. Chicago selected 20 pitchers (16 right-handers and four lefties), seven catchers, 16 infielders and six outfielders. Of their 49 picks, 29 were from the college ranks and 20 were high schoolers. The Sox drafted college players with 25 of their first 27 picks, but took high schoolers with 16 of their last 20. Outfielder Kenny Williams Jr., son of White Sox general manager Ken williams, was taken in the sixth round out of wichita State university.

Part-Time Scouting AreasTom Butler — los angelesJavier Centeno — Puerto ricoMike Davenport — illinois, wisconsinJohn Doldoorian — new englandTrent Eckstaine — iowa, Minnesota, nebraska, South dakotaCade Griffis – northern texasBrian Huey — arizonaJack Jolly — tennesseeDavid Kheel — northeastJason Morvant — louisianaGlenn Murdock — MichiganHoward Nakagama — utahAl Otto — chicagoMike Paris — iowa

Full-Time Foreign ScoutingRafael Santana – dominican republic Scouting and Player development SupervisorAmador Arias — venezuelaMiguel Ibarra — Panama

Part-Time Foreign ScoutingEhire Adrianza — venezuelaMarino DeLeon — dominican republicJhonny Pantoja — colombiaMiguel Peguero – dominican republic

Nathan Durstnational crosschecker

Scouting

Ed Pebleynational crosschecker

Derek Valenzuelaeast coast crosschecker

Nick Hostetlerwest coast crosschecker

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Signed Players Only Rd Player Pos. B T Age HT WT School (Hometown) Scout 1 Gordon Beckham SS R R 21 6-0 190 University of Georgia (Atlanta, Ga.) KB/NH 2 Pick awarded to Milwaukee as compensation for signing of free agent rHP Scott linebrink 3 Brent Morel 3B R R 21 6-1 220 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (Bakersfield, Calif.) GW/DV 4 Drew O’Neil RHP R R 22 6-4 200 Penn State University (Port Charlotte, Fla.) MS/NH 5 Dan Hudson RHP R R 21 6-4 215 Old Dominion University (Virginia Beach, Va.) CF/NH 6 Kenny Williams, Jr. CF S R 22 6-0 180 Wichita State University (Paradise Valley, Ariz.) CO 7 Jordan Danks OF L R 21 6-4 210 University of Texas (Round Rock, Texas) KS/DV 8 Kevin Dubler C L R 21 6-0 205 Illinois State University (Downers Grove, Ill.) DD 9 Ryan Strauss RHP R R 22 6-2 200 Florida State University (Tampa, Fla.) JS 10 Stephen Sauer RHP R R 21 6-2 180 Arizona State University (Las Vegas, Nev.) JK/DV 11 Charlie Leesman LHP L L 21 6-4 205 Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio) MS/PG 12 Steven Upchurch RHP R R 18 6-5 190 Faith Academy High School (Mobile, Ala.) WH 13 Dexter Carter RHP R R 21 6-6 205 Old Dominion University (Murfreesboro, N.C.) CF 15 Tyler Kuhn SS L R 21 5-10 185 West Virginia University (Louisville, Ky.) MS/PG 18 Joshua Billeaud RHP R R 21 6-3 220 University of Southern Mississippi (Scott, La.) WH 19 Justin Kuehn RHP R R 20 6-1 200 Santa Clara University (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) AV/DV 20 Justin Greene CF R R 22 6-0 183 Francis Marion University (Goose Creek, S.C.) KB 21 Andrew Garcia 2B S R 22 6-0 175 UC Riverside (El Cajon, Calif.) MB 22 Jose Vargas 3B R R 20 6-3 235 Ventura Junior College (Ventura, Calif.) GW 24 Brett Graffy RHP R R 21 6-2 195 University of Notre Dame (Homer Glen, Ill.) ND 26 Jorge Castillo 1B/3B L R 21 6-2 220 Florida International University (Miami, Fla.) JO 27 Douglas Thennis 1B/OF R R 22 6-2 205 Texas Tech University (Citrus Heights, Calif.) KS 28 Brandon Short OF R R 19 6-0 185 St. John’s River CC (Mechanicsville, Md.) JS 30 Kevin Asselin RHP L R 23 6-0 180 Sonoma State University (Redwood City, Calif.) AV 37 John Doyle RHP R R 22 6-4 230 Boston College (Warwick, R.I.) CF 46 Lee Fischer SS R R 21 6-0 175 University of Missouri (Orland Park, Ill.) DD

White Sox 2008 Draft

no. 1 Draft SelectionSYear Player Pos. High School/College1965 Ken Piesha C Notre Dame1966 Carlos May OF Parker (Ala.) H.S.1967 Dan Haynes 3B Headland (Ga.) H.S.1968 Rich McKinney SS Ohio1969 Ted Nicholson 3B Oak Park (Miss.) H.S.1970 Lee Richard SS Southern1971 Danny Goodwin C Peoria Central (Ill.) H.S.1972 Mike Ondina OF Rancho Cordova (Calif.) H.S.1973 Steve Swisher C Ohio1974 Larry Monroe P Forest View (Ill.) H.S.1975 Chris Knapp P Central Michigan1976 Steve Trout P Thornwood (Ill.) H.S.1977 Harold Baines OF St. Michaels (Md.) H.S.1978 Choice to Yankees as compensation for free agent ron Blomberg1979 Steve Buechele SS Servite (Calif.) H.S. Rick Seilheimer C Brenham (Texas) H.S.1980 Cecil Espy OF Point Luma (Calif.) H.S.1981 Daryl Boston OF Woodward (Ohio) H.S.1982 Ron Karkovice C Boone H.S., Orlando, Fla.1983 Joel Davis P Sandalwood H.S., Jacksonville (Fla.) Russ Morman 1B Wichita State1984 Tony Menendez P American (Fla.) H.S. Tom Hartley OF Hudson Bay (Wash.) H.S.1985 Kurt Brown C Glendora (Calif.) H.S.

Year Player Pos. High School/College1986 Grady Hall P Northwestern1987 Jack McDowell P Stanford1988 Robin Ventura 3B Oklahoma State1989 Frank Thomas 1B Auburn1990 Alex Fernandez P Miami-Dade South J.C.1991 Scott Ruffcorn P Baylor1992 Eddie Pearson 1B Bishop State C.C.1993 Scott Christman P Oregon State1994 Mark Johnson C Warner Robins (Ga.) H.S.1995 Jeff Liefer OF Long Beach State1996 *Bobby Seay P Sarasota (Fla.) H.S.1997 Jason Dellaero SS South Florida1998 Kip Wells P Baylor1999 Jason Stumm P Centralia (Wash.) H.S. Matt Ginter P Mississippi State2000 Joe Borchard OF Stanford2001 Kris Honel P Providence (Ill.) Catholic H.S.2002 Royce Ring P San Diego St.2003 Brian Anderson OF Arizona2004 Josh Fields 3B Oklahoma State2005 Lance Broadway P Texas Christian University2006 Kyle McCulloch P University of Texas2007 aaron Poreda P university of San Francisco2008 gordon Beckham inF university of georgia

Bold indicates players who reached the major leagues.

MB — Mike BakerKB — Kevin BurrellJB — Joe Butlerac — alex comsidis

dd — dan durstnd— nathan durstcF — chuck FoxPg — Phil gulley

nH — nick HostetlerwH — warren HughesgK — george KachigianJK — John Kazanas

dl — doug laumannJM — Jeff McKaydo — danny ontiverosJo — Jose ortega

co — clay overcashJS — Joe SiersMS — Mike ShirleyaS — alex Slattery

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Minor league affiliateS

Instructorsdirector of Minor league instruction ................................... Buddy Bellassistant director of Minor league instruction ....................nick capraPitching coordinator ......................................................Kirk championHitting coordinator................................................................Jeff MantoOutfield Instructor .............................................................daryl BostonInfield Instructor .................................................................. ron oesterBunting/Baserunning instructor ......................................... Manny trillocatching instructor ..............................................................John ortonBullpen instructor................................................................art Kusynerconditioning coordinator ..................................................dale torborgMinor league Medical coordinator ....................................Scott takaoSpecial assistant .................................................................Jim Snyder

Charlotte Knights Class AAA 2280 Deerfield Drive, Fort Mill, SC 29715

2008 record ................................................................................ 63-78Manager ..................................................................... chris chamblissPitching coach .............................................................richard dotsonHitting coach ....................................................................... gary wardtrainer ............................................................................Scott Johnsonconditioning........................................................................ chad efrongeneral Manager...........................................................Dan RajkowskiPublic relations director ...................................................John agrestiE-Mail Address ........................................ johna@charlotteknights.comStadium, capacity ............................................ Knights castle, 10,000Sox Affiliation ....................................................................... since 1999Pr telephone .............................................. (704) 357-8071, ext. 2108Fax ................................................................................(704) 329-2155Press Box .....................................................................(704) 329-2144website ........................................................www.charlotteknights.com

Birmingham Barons Class AAP.O. Box 36007, Birmingham, AL 35236

2008 record ................................................................................ 74-63Manager ...............................................................everado MagallanesPitching coach ..................................................................J.r. PerdewHitting coach ................................................................andy tomberlintrainer ................................................................................... Joe geckconditioning.................................................................raymond Smithgeneral Manager........................................................Jonathan nelsonMedia relations director ...........................................Justin rosenbergE-Mail Address ..................................................... media@barons.comStadium, capacity ..............................................regions Park, 10,800Sox Affiliation ....................................................................... since 1986Pr telephone .................................................. (205) 988-3200, ext. 17Press Box ........................................................ (205) 988-3200, ext. 28Fax ................................................................................(205) 988-9698website ...................................................................... www.barons.com

Winston-Salem Dash Class A926 Brookstown Ave., Winston-Salem, NC 27101

2008 record ................................................................................ 71-68Manager .......................................................................... Joe McewingPitching coach ............................................................. Bobby thigpenHitting coach ..................................................................robert Sassertrainer ................................................................................. Josh Fallinconditioning....................................................................adam tischlergeneral Manager............................................................. ryan Manueldirector of Broadcasting and Media relations ......................ed collariE-Mail Address .................................................. ecollari@wsdash.comStadium, capacity ..... New Downtown Winston-Salem Ballpark, 5,500Sox Affiliation ....................................................................... since 1997Pr telephone ................................................(336) 714-2287 ext. 1114Press Box ...................................................................................... tBdFax ................................................................................(336) 714-2288website .....................................................................www.wsdash.com

Kannapolis Intimidators Class A2888 Moose road, Kannapolis, nc 28082

2008 record ................................................................................ 67-68Manager ............................................................................ ernie youngPitching coach ................................................................. larry owensHitting coach .......................................................................greg Brileytrainer ............................................................................Kevin Pullifantconditioning...................................................................tim rodmakergeneral Manager............................................................... randy longdirector of Media relations .....................................................alex gyrE-Mail Address ................................... agyr@intimidatorsbaseball.comStadium, capacity ........................................ Fieldcrest Cannon, 4,500Sox Affiliation ....................................................................... since 2001Pr telephone ...............................................................(704) 932-3267Press Box .....................................................................(704) 933-7800Fax ................................................................................(704) 938-7040website ................................................. www.intimidatorsbaseball.com

Great Falls Advanced Rookie1015 25th St. N., Great Falls, MT 59404

2008 record ................................................................................ 39-37Manager .............................................................................. chris cronPitching coach ............................................................. Brian drahmanHitting coach .................................................................olmedo Saenztrainer ................................................................................James Krukconditioning...................................................................Jeremie imbusPublic relations contact ....................................................lorie HarrisE-Mail Address ......................................................... lorie@gfvoyagersStadium, capacity .................................................. legion Park, 4,201Sox Affiliation ....................................................................... since 2003telephone ..................................................................... (406) 452-5311Fax ................................................................................ (406) 454-0811website ................................................................www.gfvoyagers.com

Bristol Advanced RookieP.o. Box 1434, Bristol, va 24203

2008 record ................................................................................ 34-30Manager ........................................................................ryan newmanPitching coach ................................................................... curt HaslerHitting coach .................................................................. Jerry Hairstontrainer ............................................................................... cory Bartonconditioning................................................................... ibrahim riverageneral Manager............................................................Mahlon lutrellPublic relations contact ................................................Mahlon lutrellE-Mail Address ..............................................................brisox@btes.tvStadium, capacity ......................................... DeVault Memorial, 1,500 Sox Affiliation ....................................................................... since 1995telephone .....................................................................(276) 206-9946Press Box .....................................................................(276) 645-7364Fax ................................................................................(276) 645-7234

Dominican AcademyScouting/Player development Supervisor ....................rafael SantanaField coordinator ............................................................... Julio valdez

Dominican Summer LeagueManager .............................................................................Fermin ubriPitching coach .................................................................Melido PerezHitting coach ...............................................................domingo MichelInfield Coach................................................................ angel gonzalezOutfield Coach .................................................................nelson abreutrainer .............................................................................Jose de villar

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2009 Minor league ScheDuleS

APRIL9-12 .................gwinnett13-16 ................. norfolk17-19 ................ durham20-22 ..............at norfolk23-26 ...........at gwinnett27.......................off day28-29 ............ at durham30.................... Syracuse

MAY1-3 .................. Syracuse4-5 ................ at durham6-7 .................... durham8-11 ............at rochester 12-15 ....at Scranton-WB16-19 ...................toledo20.......................off day21-24 .......... indianapolis25-28 .........at columbus29-31 ...............at toledo

JUNE1.......................at toledo2-5 .................columbus6-9 ............Scranton-WB10.......................off day11-14 .....at lehigh valley15-18 .........at Pawtucket19-22 ..................Buffalo23-26 .............. louisville27-30 ..............at Buffalo

JULY1.........................off day2-3 ................ at durham4-6 .................... durham7-9 ......................norfolk10-12 ...............gwinnett13-15 .......All-Star Break16-19 ..............at norfolk20-23 ........lehigh valley24-27 .............rochester28-31 .......... at Syracuse

AUGUST1-4 .............. at louisville5.........................off day6-9 ..........at indianapolis10-13 .............Pawtucket14-17 ..................norfolk18-21 ............ at durham22-24 ...........at gwinnett25.......................off day26-28 ...............gwinnett29-31 ..............at norfolk

SEPTEMBER1......................at norfolk2-4 .................... durham5-7 ...............at gwinnett

Charlotte Winston-Salem BristolAPRIL9-13 ...........chattanooga14.......................off day15-19 ........at tennessee20-24 ..........Jacksonville25-29 ..... at Montgomery30................. west tenn.

MAY1-4 ............... west tenn.5-9 ......... at Montgomery10.......................off day11-15 .................carolina16-20 ....... at west tenn.21-25 ........at tennessee26-30 ............Mississippi31................at Huntsville

JUNE1-4 ..............at Huntsville5-9 ............. Montgomery10.......................off day11-15 .........at Mississippi16.......................off day17-21 ..............Huntsville22--27 .......at Mississippi28-30 ...................Mobile

JULY1-3 .......................Mobile4-7 ......... at Montgomery8-11 ...............Mississippi12-14 .......All-Star Break15-19 ...............at Mobile20.......................off day21-25 ......... Montgomery26.......................off day27-31 ......at Jacksonville

AUGUST1-5 .......................Mobile6-10 ..............tennessee11 .......................off day12-16 ............at carolina17-21 ......... Montgomery22-26 ........... west tenn.27.......................off day28-31 ..............Huntsville

SEPTEMBER1......................Huntsville2.........................off day3-7 .............chattanooga

APRIL9-12 ............... at Kinston13-16 ............ lynchburg17-19 ............. at Kinston20-22 ...........at Potomac23-26 ........... wilmington27-30 .............. Frederick

MAY1-3 ........... at wilmington4-7 .............. at Frederick8-10 .................Potomac11 .......................off day12-14 ............ lynchburg15-17 ...............at Salem18-21 ........ Myrtle Beach22-24 ...................Salem25.......................off day26-28 ... at Myrtle Beach29-31 ................. Kinston

JUNE1-3 ............ Myrtle Beach4-7 ..................... Kinston8.........................off day9-11 ..............at Potomac12-14 ........... wilmington15-17 .............. Frederick18-21 ....... at wilmington22-24 .......All-Star Break25-27 .......... at Frederick28-30 ...............Potomac

JULY1.......................Potomac2.................... lynchburg3-5 ............ at lynchburg6-9 .......................Salem10-12 ............ lynchburg13.......................off day14-16 ...............at Salem17.......................off day18-20 .... at Myrtle Beach21-23 ............. at Kinston24-26 ........ Myrtle Beach27-29 ................. Kinston30-31 ...........at Potomac

AUGUST1-2 ...............at Potomac3-5 ............... wilmington6-9 .................. Frederick10-13 ....... at wilmington14-16 .......... at Frederick17.......................off day18-20 ...............Potomac21-23 ........ at lynchburg24-27 ...............at Salem28-30 ........... lynchburg31.......................off day

SEPTEMBER1-3 .......................Salem4-7 ........ at Myrtle Beach

APRIL9-12 .................asheville13-16 ..........at lexington17-20 .. at Bowling green21-24 ........... greensville25-26 ............. at Hickory27.......................off day28-29 ................. Hickory30..............lake country

MAY1-3 ............lake country4.........................off day5-8 .............at lakewood9-12 ......at lake country13.......................off day14-17 .............lakewood18-21 ..........Hagerstown22-25 ..........at delmarva 26-29 ......at Hagerstown30-31 ..............delmarva

JUNE1-2 ..................delmarva3-7 ............ west virginia8.........................off day9-10 ............... at Hickory11-12 ....... at greensboro 13-14 .......... greensboro15-17 .... at west virginia18-19 .......... greensboro20-21 ...... at greensboro 22-24 ......All- Star Break25-28 ............. at Hickory29.......................off day30............at Hagerstown

JULY1-3 ..........at Hagerstown4-7 ..................delmarva8-11 ................lakewood12.......................off day13-16 .........at Savannah17-20 ........at charleston21.............................. off22-25 ................augusta26-29 ....................rome30.......................off day31..........at lake country

AUGUST1-3 ........at lake country4-7 ........ at west virginia8-11 ............. greensboro12.......................off day13-16 ...........at asheville17-20 ..............lexington21-24 ......Bowling green25-28 ....... at greensville29-31 ...... at greensboro

SEPTEMBER1-3 ........... west virginia4-7 ..................... Hickory

JUNE23-25 ..............at Billings26-28 ..................Billings29-30 ...........at Missoula31.......................off day

JULY1-3 ...............at Missoula4-5 ......................Helena6.........................off day7-10 ................ at ogden11-13 ................. at orem14.......................off day15-17 .................. ogden18-21 .................... orem22.......................off day23-24 ..............at Helena25-26 ..................Helena27-28 ..............at Billings29-30 ..............at Helena31.....................Missoula

AUGUST1-2 ...................Missoula3-5 ..................at Billings6-8 ...................Missoula9.........................off day10-13 ..............at casper14-16 ........at idaho Falls17-19 ..................casper20-23 ............idaho Falls24.......................off day25-27............at Missoula28-29 ..............at Helena30-31 ..................Helena

SEPTEMBER1-3 ......................Billings4-5 ...............at Missoula6-7 ..................at Helena8-9 ......................Helena10-11 ...................Billings

Birmingham Great FallsKannapolisJUNE23-25 ...........greeneville26-28 ..............Princeton 29-30 ..... at elizabethton

JULY1............. at elizabethton2-4 ............ Johnson city5-7 ........ at Johnson city 8-10 ...............Burlington11-13 ...........at Kingsport14.......................off day15-17 ............... Bluefield18-20 ............ at danville21-23 .........at Burlington24-27 ..............at Pulaski28-30 ...........greeneville31...................... danville

AUGUST1-2 .................... danville3.........................off day4-6 ................ Kingsports7-9 .............at greenville 10-12 .... at Johnson city13-15 ......... elizabethton16-18 ........... at Bluefield19.......................off day20-22 ..........at Princeton23-25 ............ Kingsports26-29 ..................Pulaski30 -31 .... at elizabethton

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JOSE BAUTISTA Latin Roving InstructorBorn: July 25, 1964, Bani, Dominican Republic Resides: Pembroke Pines, Fla.Managerial/Coaching Highlights: Enters his second season in the White Sox organization and first as the latin roving instructor … served as advanced rookie Bristol’s pitching coach in 2008 … spent seven seasons (2001-07) as a pitching coach in the Kansas City farm system.Managerial/Coaching Career: 2001-02 – Pitching Coach, Burlington (Royals); 2003-06 – Pitching coach, idaho Falls (Royals); 2007 – Pitching Coach, Burlington (Royals); 2008 – Pitching Coach, Bristol (White Sox).Playing Career: Went 32-42 with a 4.62 ERA (352 ER/685.2 IP) and three saves in 312 major-league ap-pearances (49 starts) with Baltimore (1988-91), the Cubs (1993-94), San Francisco (1995-96), Detroit (1997)

and St. Louis (1997) … originally was signed by the Mets as a free agent in 1981.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Lea … has three children: Leo, Jose and Jessenia … is a 1981 graduate of Bani High School in the dominican republic.

DARYL BOSTON Outfield InstructorBorn: January 4, 1963, Cincinnati, Ohio Resides: lithonia, ga.Managerial/Coaching Highlights: Begins his ninth season as minor league outfield instructor in the White Sox organization … served as hitting coach at Advanced Rookie Bristol (1998) and Class A Burlington (1999), helping each team win its respective league title … spent the 1996 season as a player/coach with Regina in the independent Prairie league.Managerial/Coaching Career: 1998 – Hitting Coach, Bristol (White Sox); 1999 – Hitting Coach, Burlington (White Sox); 2000 – Hitting Coach, Winston-Salem (White Sox); 2001-current – Outfield Instructor (White Sox).Playing Career: Played 11 seasons in the major leagues with the White Sox (1984-90), Mets (1990-92),

Colorado (1993) and Yankees (1994) … batted .249 (655-2,629), 83 home runs, 278 RBI and 98 stolen bases in 1,058 games … hit a careeer-high 15 home runs with the White Sox in 1988 … made his major-league debut on 5/13/84 vs. Texas, singling in first at-bat off Charlie Hough … was selected by the Sox in the first round (seventh overall) of the 1981 draft.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Sherrilyn … has one son: dash … graduated from woodward High School in cincinnati, ohio … father, Henry, managed the semipro Cincinnati Tigers baseball team, which featured future major-leaguer Dave Parker.

NICK CAPRA Field CoordinatorBorn: March 8, 1958, Denver, Colo. Resides: Birmingham, ala.Managerial/Coaching Highlights: Begins his 14th season in the White Sox organization and first as field coordinator … held the position of assistant director of minor league instruction in 2008 and served as minor league hitting coordinator from 2006-07 … spent 10 seasons (1996-2005) as a manager within the Sox farm system, winning two league titles (Class A Burlington in 1999 and Class A Kannapolis in 2005) … in 2000, managed the Southern League West Division All-Stars, the American League Class AA All-Stars and was a coach on the U.S. Team that participated in the All-Star Futures Game in Atlanta … was named Appalachian League Manager of the Year in 1998 after leading Advanced Rookie Bristol to the league title game.

Managerial/Coaching Career: 1996-98 – Manager, Bristol (White Sox); 1999 – Manager, Burlington (White Sox); 2000-01 – Manager, Birmingham (White Sox); 2002-04 – Manager, Charlotte (White Sox); 2005 – Manager, Kannapolis (White Sox); 2006-07 – Hitting Coordinator (White Sox); 2008 – Assistant Director, Minor League Instruction (White Sox).Playing Career: Played in 45 games with Texas (1982-83, 1985, 1991) and Kansas City (1988), hitting .167 (9-54) … batted .274 with 92 home runs and 652 RBI in 1,888 minor-league games.Miscellaneous/Personal: Single … has two daughters: Ainsley and Cara … played one season (1979) at the University of Oklahoma, earning All-Big Eight and All-America honors … graduated in 1976 from Lincoln High School in Denver.

Managerial CareerYEAR CLUB LEAGUE CLASS W-L PCT POS. NOTES1996 Bristol Appalachian Advanced Rookie 17-51 .250 9th1997 Bristol Appalachian Advanced Rookie 30-38 .441 7th1998 Bristol Appalachian Advanced Rookie 42-24 .636 1st APPY Manager of the Year1999 Burlington Midwest A 71-68 .511 3rd/1st MWL Champions2000 Birmingham Southern AA 77-63 .550 1st/2nd Lost to West Tennessee2001 Birmingham Southern AA 80-60 .571 3rd/1st Lost to Huntsville2002 Charlotte International AAA 55-88 .385 4th/4th2003 Charlotte International AAA 74-70 .514 2nd2004 Charlotte International AAA 68-74 .479 4th2005 Kannapolis South Atlantic A 74-59 .556 5th/1st SAL ChampionsMINOR TOTALS 588-595 .497

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KIRK CHAMPION Pitching CoordinatorBorn: September 4, 1957, Granite City, Ill. Resides: Shiloh, ill.Managerial/Coaching Highlights: Begins his seventh full season as the minor-league pitching coordinator after serving 14 as a pitching coach in the white Sox system … worked as a pitching coach in the arizona Fall League in 1998 and 2008 … was the pitching coach for Team USA in the 2006 Olympic Qualifying Tour-nament in Havana, cuba … in 2001, was the pitching coach for the uSa squad that won the Silver Medal at the World Cup Tournament in Taiwan and for the International League All-Star Team … was a coach for the World Team at 2000 Futures Game in Atlanta … was pitching coach in Venezuelan Winter League in 1990, 1992-93 … served as assistant coach at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (1986-88) and Southwest

Missouri State University (1979-81) … was head coach at Rend Lake (Ill.) Junior College (1982-85).Managerial/Coaching Career: 1989-91 – Pitching Coach, South Bend (White Sox); 1992 – Pitching Coach, Sarasota (White Sox); 1993-96 – Pitching Coach, Birmingham (White Sox); 1997 – Pitching Coach, Nashville (White Sox); 1998 – Pitching coach, Calgary (White Sox); 1999-2002 – Pitching Coach, Charlotte (White Sox); 2003-current – Pitching coordinator, Minor leagues (White Sox).Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Jodi … has two children: atlee and Mabree … graduate of Southwest Missouri State university with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education … spoke at a European pitching clinic prior to the 2009 season in Germany … younger brother of Keith champion, a former catcher and national league scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

ART KUSNYER Bullpen InstructorBorn: December 19, 1945, Akron, Ohio Resides: Sarasota, Fla.Managerial/Coaching Highlights: enters his 23rd season as a coach in the white Sox organization and second as minor-league bullpen instructor … spent the 11 seasons (1997-2007) on the Sox major-league staff as bullpen coach (also held position from 1980-87) … was an advance scout for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1996 after serving as Tony La Russa’s bullpen coach in Oakland from 1989-95 … has been a member of two American League All-Star coaching staffs (1989 and 2006).Playing Career: Played professionally for 14 seasons, spending parts of six campaigns in the major leagues with the White Sox (1970), California (1971-73), Milwaukee (1976) and Kansas City (1978) … caught Nolan

Ryan’s second no-hitter on 7/15/73 at Detroit.Managerial/Coaching Career: 1979 – Player/Coach, Iowa (White Sox); 1980-87 – Bullpen Coach (White Sox); 1988 – Manager, Sarasota (White Sox); 1989-95 – Bullpen Coach (A’s); 1997-2007 – Bullpen Coach (White Sox); 2008-current – Bullpen instructor, Minor Leagues (White Sox).Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Judy … has one son: ryan … attended Kent State university … nickname is “cave.”

Managerial CareerYEAR CLUB LEAGUE CLASS W-L PCT POS.1988 Sarasota Gulf Coast Rookie 42-21 .667 3rd

JEFF MANTO Hitting CoordinatorBorn: August 23, 1964, Bristol, Pa. Resides: Bristol, Pa.Managerial/Coaching Highlights: Begins his second season as the White Sox minor-league hitting coordinator … spent five seasons (2003-07) in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, including the last two as hitting coach at the major-league level (2006-07) … under his direction, Freddy Sanchez captured the franchise’s 25th batting championship in 2006, leading the National League with a .344 average … spent 2002 as manager of Class A Lakewood (Phillies).Managerial/Coaching Career: 2001 – Coach, Lakewood (Phillies); 2002 – Manager, Lakewood (Phillies); 2003-05 – Roving Hitting Instructor (Pirates); 2006-07 – Hitting Coach (Pirates); 2008-current – Hitting

Coordinator, Minor Leagues (White Sox).Playing Career: Played nine major-league seasons with Cleveland (1990-91, ‘97-99), Philadelphia (1993), Baltimore (1995), Boston (1996), Seattle (1996), Detroit (1998), the Yankees (1999) and Colorado (2000) … was a career .230 (164-713) hitter in 289 games … homered in four consecutive at-bats with the Orioles from 6/8-10/95 … also played 10 games with the Yomiuri Giants of the Japanese Central League in 1996 … was selected by California in the 14th round of the 1985 draft.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married denise … has three children: gabrielle, andreana and Jeffrey … attended temple university … is a 1982 graduate of Bristol (Pa.) High School.

Managerial CareerYEAR CLUB LEAGUE CLASS W-L PCT POS. NOTES2002 Lakewood South Atlantic A 69-70 .496 6th/5th

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RON OESTER Infield InstructorBorn: May 5, 1956, Cincinnati, Ohio Resides: cincinnati, ohioManagerial/Coaching Highlights: Enters his first season as the White Sox infield instructor … spent 24 seasons in the Cincinnati organization, including 13 as a player (1978-1990) and 11 in various coaching capacities (1991-95, ‘97-2001 and ‘04) … worked on the Reds major-league coach staff in 1993 (first base coach), 1998 (first base) and 1999-2001 (third base) … led Class AA Chattanooga to a 37-27 record in 1992 and the Southern League West Division second-half title after taking over as manager midseason.Managerial/Coaching Career: 1991-92 – Roving Hitting Instructor (Reds); 1992 – Manager, chattanooga (Reds); 1993 – First Base Coach (Reds); 1994-95 – Roving Hitting Instructor (Reds); 1996 – First Base coach

(Tigers); 1997 – Infield Coach (Reds); 1998 – First Base Coach (Reds); 1999-2001 – Third Base Coach (Reds); 2002 – Minor league Infield Coordinator (Phillies); 2003 – Minor League Defensive Coordinator (Phillies); 2004 – Field Coordinator (Reds).Playing Career: Played 13 major-league seasons with Cincinnati (1978-90), hitting .265 (1,118-4,214) in 1,276 games … finished fourth in the National League Rookie of the Year voting in 1980, behind the Dodgers’ Steve Howe, Montreal’s Bill Gullickson and Philadelphia’s Lonnie Smith … was a member of the 1990 World Champion Reds.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Jackie … has four children: Julianne, Jill, Jake and Josh … is a 1974 graduate of Withrow High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he earned All-State honors as a senior.

Managerial CareerYEAR CLUB LEAGUE CLASS W-L PCT POS. NOTES1992 Chattanooga Southers AA 37-27 .578 1st Took over midseason as manager

JOHN ORTON Catching InstructorBorn: December 8, 1965, Santa Cruz, Calif. Resides: Mesa, ariz.Managerial/Coaching Highlights: returns for his ninth season in the white Sox organization and fourth as minor-league catching instructor … spent the 2004-05 seasons as manager of Advanced Rookie Great Falls … won the Pioneer League second-half North Division title in 2004, making a 7.5-game improvement from the first half of season (17-20 to 25-13) … worked in private business from 1996-99.Managerial/Coaching Career: 1999-2000 – Hitting Coach, Lake Elsinore (Angels); 2001 – Manager, Bristol (White Sox); 2002-03 – Manager, Kannapolis (White Sox); 2004-05 – Manager, Great Falls (White Sox); 2006-current – Catching Instructor (White Sox).

Playing Career: Played five seasons in the major leagues with California from 1989-93, hitting .200 (80-401) with four home runs and 29 RBI in 156 games … caught shutouts in his major-league debut on 8/20/89 vs. Cleveland (1-0) and his next start on 8/24/89 at Kansas City (5-0) … pitchers owned a 3.41 ERA when he was behind the plate … caught 34.7 (41-118) percent of attempted basestealers … was selected by California in the first round of the 1987 draft. Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Patrice … has three children: son Kale and two daughters Korin and carly Jean … was inducted into the Hall of Fame at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 1999 … attended Cal Poly from 1985-87 … graduated from Soquel High School in 1984 … played in the Babe Ruth World Series.

Managerial CareerYEAR CLUB LEAGUE CLASS W-L PCT POS. NOTES2001 Bristol Appalachian Advanced Rookie 38-26 .594 2nd 2002 Kannapolis South Atlantic A 66-74 .471 4th/7th2003 Kannapolis South Atlantic A 55-82 .401 6th/8th2004 Great Falls Pioneer Advanced Rookie 38-38 .500 3rd/1st Lost to Billings2005 Great Falls Pioneer Advanced Rookie 32-44 .421 3rd/4th

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SCOTT TAKAO Minor League Medical CoordinatorBorn: November 30, 1963, Selma, Calif. Resides: Litchfield Park, Ariz.Professional Career: Enters his 21st year with the White Sox minor-league training staff … was appointed Minor League/Rehabilitation Coordinator following the 2000 season … is a certified member of the National athletic trainers’ association and the national Strength and conditioning association … served as trainer for Class AA Birmingham from 1998-2000 … was named the West Division Athletic Trainer for the 2000 Southern League All-Star Game … was honored as the SL Athletic Trainer of the Year in 1999 … spent three seasons in the Carolina League with Class A Prince William (1995-96) and Winston-Salem (1997) … began his career with the Sox in 1989 as the rookie ball/rehabilitation trainer at Sarasota of the Florida Gulf Coast

league … worked two seasons with caribes de oriente in the venezuelan winter league … served as the assistant athletic trainer for Phoenix of the Arizona Fall League in 2000, and head trainer for Mesa in 2001 and Scottsdale in 2006.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Tamara … graduated from California State-Hayward with a bachelor’s degree in Physical Educa-tion/Athletic Training in 1988 … obtained his master’s degree from Temple University in 1991.

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CORY BARTON Bristol Head TrainerBorn: August 23, 1976, McConnellsburg, Pa. Resides: tucson, ariz.Sox Acquisition: Hired as an Athletic Trainer at Advanced Rookie Bristol in 2005. College: Indiana University of Pennsylvania (B.S. in Physical Education and Sport).Professional Career: Enters his fifth season as trainer at Advanced Rookie Bristol … was named the Appalachian League Athletic trainer of the year in 2007 … spent the previous six years as a trainer for Blairsville, central and northern Bedford High Schools in Pennsylvania … is a certified member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association … is also a certified instructor for the American red cross cPr/First aid/aed.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Michele … has two children: connor and laurel … graduated from the indiana university of Pennsylvania with a degree in Physical education and Sport.

CHAD EFRON Charlotte Conditioning CoachBorn: February 28, 1977, Plantation, Fla. Resides: Port St. lucie, Fla.Sox Acquisition: Hired as a Conditioning Coach at Class A Winston-Salem in 2004. College: University of Florida (B.S. in Telecommunications).Professional Career: enters his sixth season as conditioning coach in the white Sox organization and fourth at class aaa charlotte … worked as conditioning coach with Class A Winston-Salem in 2004 and Class AA Birmingham in 2005 … served as a strength and conditioning intern with Class A Port Saint Lucie (Mets) from 2002-03 … is a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) by the National Strength and Conditioning Association … is also certified by the American Council on Exercise.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Melissa … has one son: rylan and one stepson: Braeden gage … graduated from the university of Florida … worked with MlB Productions in 2000.

DALE TORBORG Minor League Conditioning CoordinatorBorn: October 24, 1971 Resides: daytona Beach, Fla.Professional Career: Enters his sixth season as the White Sox minor-league conditioning coordinator … served as the White Sox interim director of conditioning in 2005 in Allen Thomas’ absence and spent most of the 2007 season with the Sox … spent two seasons (2002-03) as strength and conditioning director for the Florida Marlins prior to joining the Sox in 2004 … assisted with infield duties and managed strength and conditioning programs in Montreal in 2001 … prior to returning to baseball, he spent five years as a wrestler named “The Demon” with World Championship Wrestling and Hulk Hogan’s XTreme Wrestling Federation … was joined by White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski in the ring as part of a TNA Wrestling pay-per-view events in 2005 and

2006 … originally was signed by the New York Mets as a free agent on 6/22/94 and played three minor-league seasons.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Christie (former pro wrestler Asya and national level bodybuilder) … has one daughter: Sierra … played collegiate baseball at northwestern university … appeared in twentieth century Fox’s “transporter 2” and various com-mercials … serves as Chief Marketing Officer for mycontent.com … is the son of former White Sox manager Jeff Torborg.

MANNY TRILLO Bunting/Baserunning InstructorBorn: December 25, 1950, Caripito, Venezuela Resides: Maracaibo, venezuelaManagerial/Coaching Highlights: Begins his sixth season in the White Sox organization and first as bunting/baserunning instructor … served as the minor-league infield instructor from 2006-08 … spent 2005 as hitting coach at class aaa charlotte and 2004 in the same capacity at class aaa Birmingham … worked in private business in 2003 … served as the minor-league infield coordinator for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1999 … worked three seasons as a hitting coach in the Chicago Cubs system at Class A Rockford (1998), Class AA Orlando (1997) and Class A Williamsport (1996). Managerial/Coaching Career: 1996 – Hitting Coach, Williamsport (Cubs); 1997 – Hitting coach, orlando

(Cubs); 1998 – Hitting Coach, Rockford (Cubs); 1999 – Infield Coordinator (Phillies); 2000 – Hitting Coach, Norwich (Yankees); 2001 - Hitting Coach, High Desert (Brewers); 2002 – Hitting Coach, Huntsville (Brewers); 2004 – Hitting Coach, Birmingham (White Sox); 2005 – Hitting Coach, Charlotte (White Sox); 2006-08 – Infield Instructor (White Sox). Playing Career: Played 17 major-league seasons with Oakland (1973-74), the Cubs (1975-78, 1986-89), Philadelphia (1979-82), Cleveland (1983), Montreal (1983) and San Francisco (1984-85) … batted .263 with 61 homers and 571 RBI … was a four-time All-Star (1977, 81-83) and three-time Gold Glove Award winner (1979, ‘81-82) … hit a career-high .292 in 1980 to help the Phillies win their first World Series … was named MVP of the 1980 National League Championship Series vs. Houston after hitting .381 (8-21) … was the first player to start at second base in consecutive All-Star Games in different leagues (1982-83) … owns the major-league record for most consecutive chances handled without an error by a second baseman in one season (479 in 1982).Miscellaneous/Personal: Single … has three children: aloha, Jesus and Sophia … conducts several baseball clinics in his native venezuela in the offseason.

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JOSH FALLIN Winston-Salem Head TrainerBorn: April 22, 1975, Abilene, Texas Resides: lewisville, n.c.Sox Acquisition: Hired as an Athletic Trainer prior to the 1999 season. College: new Mexico State university.Professional Career: Begins his 11th season as a trainer in the White Sox organization and ninth at Class A Winston-Salem … was named Carolina League Trainer of the Year in 2005 and 2007 … served as a CL trainer at the 2004 All-Star Game and as an athletic trainer for the arizona Fall league in 2003 … served as trainer for the 2007 ncaa division i national champion wake Forest Men’s soccer team … is a certified member of the National Athletic Trainers Association and North Carolina Athletic Trainers Association.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Brenna … has two daughters: Kaylee grace and anna elizabeth … graduated from new Mexico State, where he participated in track and served as a student trainer for football and baseball.

JOE GECK Birmingham Head TrainerBorn: April 12, 1968, Ann Arbor, Mich. Resides: Hickory, n.c.Sox Acquisition: Hired as an intern with the Sarasota White Sox of the Gulf Coast League in 1992. College: University of South Florida (B.S. in Wellness Leadership).Professional Career: Enters 17th season as a trainer in the White Sox minor-league system and ninth at Class AA Birmingham … was named Southern League Athletic Trainer of the Year in 2002 … served as trainer for the 2002 SL All-Star Game … worked in the same capacity at Class A Winston-Salem from 1999-2000 and at Class A Hickory from 1993-98, where he was the South Atlantic League All-Star Athletic Trainer in 1994 … interned with the White Sox Gulf Coast League affiliate in Sarasota, Fla. in 1992 … is a certified and licensed Athletic Trainer and member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association … began career with the Kansas City Royals in 1990 as the GCL Athletic Trainer … served as trainer for Caribes de Oriente of the Venezuelan Winter League in 1994 … has worked several Instructional Leagues with the White Sox.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Susan … graduated from the university of South Florida.

JEREMIE IMBUS Great Falls Conditioning CoachBorn: May 6, 1983, Cincinnati, Ohio Resides: cincinnati, ohioSox Acquisition: Hired as an intern with Advanced Rookie Great Falls in 2006.College: Butler University (B.S. in Exercise Physiology).Professional Career: Begins his fourth season as conditioning coach at Advanced Rookie Great Falls … spent the 2006 season as an intern at Great Falls … also interned at the Indianapolis Athletic Club in 2005 and worked as an assistant at the Tekulve Ac-celeration training in cincinnati, ohio in 2002 … is a member of the national Strength and conditioning association.Miscellaneous/Personal: Single … graduated from Butler university … was an offensive lineman on the 2001 Bulldogs football team … is a 2001 graduate of St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, Ohio.

SCOTT JOHNSON Charlotte Head TrainerBorn: August 7, 1960, Bismarck, N.D. Resides: charlotte, n.c.Sox Acquisition: Hired as an Athletic Trainer with Class A South Bend prior to the 1989 season. College: North Dakota State University (B.S. in Athletic Training).Professional Career: returns for his 21st season as a trainer in the white Sox organization … has spent the past 11 seasons with the White Sox Class AAA affiliate (10 with Charlotte and one at Calgary) … was the Head Trainer for the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classic Taiwanese National Team … was selected as a trainer for the 2003 Triple-A All-Star Game … was named Inter-national League Athletic Trainer of the Year for 2001 and 2002 … served as trainer for Class AA Birmingham (1995-97) … spent 1992-93 as the trainer for Class A Sarasota … was selected as the All-Star Trainer for the FSL in 1992 and the Midwest League in 1989 … spent his first three seasons in the Sox organization with Class A South Bend of the Midwest League … has worked in the venezuelan winter league and the arizona Fall league … served as a trainer for the venezuelan team in the 2000 caribbean World Series … spent three seasons (1986-89) with the Alaska Goldpanners of the Alaska Summer League … is a certified member of the national athletic trainers’ association.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Susan … graduated from north dakota State with a Bachelor’s degree in athletic training.

JAMES KRUK Great Falls Athletic TrainerBorn: August 26, 1983, Riverhead, N.Y. Resides: clearwater, Fla.Sox Acquisition: Hired as an athletic trainer at advanced rookie great Falls in 2008.College: Coastal Carolina University (B.S. in Physical Education); Texas Tech University (M.S. in Athletic Training).Professional Career: Enters his first season in the White Sox organization as athletic trainer at Advanced Rookie Great Falls … spent the previous two seasons as an athletic training intern with Philadelphia … also served as the head athletic trainer for tarpon Springs (Fla.) High School … is certified athletic trainer by the National Athletic Trainers Association … is a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS).Miscellaneous/Personal: Marie lauren … attended coastal carolina university and texas tech university.

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KEVIN PILLIFANT Kannapolis Head TrainerBorn: September 4, 1977, Sarasota, Fla. Resides: Park city, utahSox Acquisition: Hired as an athletic trainer at advanced rookie Bristol prior to the 2000 season. College: Bluefield College (B.S. in Sport Medicine); San Jose State University (M.S. in Kinesiology).Professional Career: Begins his ninth season as a trainer in the White Sox organization … returns to Class A Kannapolis (2001-03) after five campaigns at Advanced Rookie Great Falls (2004-08) … worked in the Venezuelan Winter League in 2005 … spent his first season in the Sox organization as trainer for Advanced Rookie Bristol in 2000. Miscellaneous/Personal: Single … obtained his bachelor’s degree in sports medicine from Bluefield College … played baseball and was a student trainer for numerous sports teams … rated as a Top 100 NAIA baseball player in 1999 … earned a master’s degree in kinesiology from San Jose State … attended San Jose State’s graduate athletic training Program … works for the United States Ski and Snowboard Teams (USSA) as an Athletic Trainer in the offseason and is a member of the medical staff for ESPN’s Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo.

IBRAHIM RIVERA Bristol Conditioning CoachBorn: March 5, 1966, Manati, Puerto Rico Resides: Barceloneta, Puerto ricoSox Acquisition: Hired as a conditioning coach at rookie Bristol in 2007.College: Sacred Heart University (B.S. in Exercise and Sports Sciences).Professional Career: enters his second season as conditioning coach in the white Sox organization at advanced rookie Bristol … served as a conditioning coach in the Puerto Rican Winter League from 2002-08 … is a member of the National Strength and conditioning association and the national association of Sport Medicine.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married liz … has worked as a personal trainer for multiple professional baseball players.

TIM RODMAKER Kannapolis Conditioning CoachBorn: April 14, 1982, Milan, Ind. Resides: georgetown, ind.Sox Acquisition: Hired as a Conditioning Coach at Rookie Bristol in 2006. College: Indiana University (B.S. in Exercise Science).Professional Career: Begins his fourth season as conditioning coach in the white Sox organization and third at class a Kannapolis … spent the 2006 season at Advanced Rookie Bristol … served as a physical/occupational therapy technician at LaGrange Hospital in 2005 … also interned with DePaul University as their strength and conditioning room assistant and at Meadowood Retirement Communinity … is certified by the American Heart Association as a health care provider, as a personal trainer by the American council on exercise and a Strength and conditioning Specialist.Miscellaneous/Personal: Single … graduated from indiana university with a bachelor’s degree in exercise Science.

RAYMOND SMITH Birmingham Conditioning CoachBorn: September 30, 1978, Winston-Salem, N.C. Resides: abbeville, S.c.Sox Acquisition: Hired as a conditioning coach at advanced rookie Bristol in 2004. College: Appalachian State University (B.S. in Exercise Science).Professional Career: Enters his fifth season as conditioning coach in the Sox organization and first at Class AA Birmingham … served as conditioning coach at Class A Winston-Salem in 2006-07 and with Class A Rome in 2005 in the Atlanta organization … worked at advanced rookie Bristol in 2004 … is a member of the national Strength and conditioning association and the associa-tion of Professional Ball Players of America … is also a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist.Miscellaneous/Personal: engaged to ashley ellis … graduated from appalachian State university.

ADAM TISCHLER Winston-Salem Conditioning CoachBorn: August 23, 1981, New York, N.Y. Resides: whitsett, n.c.Sox Acquisition: Hired as a Conditioning Coach at Advanced Rookie Great Falls in 2005. College: Ithaca College (B.S. in Exercise and Sports Sciences).Professional Career: Enters his fifth season as conditioning coach in the White Sox organization and second at Class A Winston-Salem … spent the 2007 season in the same capacity at Class AA Birmingham, and with Class A Kannapolis in 2006 and Advanced Rookie Great Falls in 2005 … is a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) by the National Strength and Conditioning Association … is also a certified Kettelbells Instructor.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married dana … is a 2003 graduate of ithaca college … has worked as a personal trainer since 2003.

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CHRIS CHAMBLISS ManagerBorn: December 26, 1948, Dayton, Ohio Resides: alpharetta, ga.Managerial/Coaching Highlights: Begins his first season in the White Sox organization as manager of class aaa charlotte and 40th season in professional baseball … spent the 2008 season as hitting coach for class aaa richmond in the Braves system … compiled a 372-337 (.525) record over five seasons as a minor league manager in the tigers, Braves and Marlins organizations … won four world Series titles as Yankees hitting coach from 1996-2000 … was a coach on the American League All-Star Team in 1999 … named the Eastern League Manager of the Year with Class A London (Tigers) in 1990 and the Southern League Manager of the Year in 1991 with Class AA Greenville (Braves).

Managerial/Coaching Career: 1988 – Hitting Coach (Yankees); 1989-90 – Manager, London (Tigers); 1991 – Manager, greenville (Braves); 1992 – Manager, Richmond (Braves); 1993-95 – Hitting Coach (Cardinals); 1996-2000 – Hitting Coach (Yankees); 2001 – Manager, Calgary (Marlins); 2002 – Minor League Roving Hitting Instructor (Pirates); 2002 – Hitting Coach (Mets); 2003 – Minor League Hitting Coordinator (Mets); 2004-06 – Hitting Coach (Reds); 2008 – Hitting Coach, Richmond (Braves).Playing Career: Played 17 seasons in the major leagues with Cleveland (1971-74), the Yankees (1974-79, ‘88) and Atlanta (1980-86), hitting .279 (2,109-7,571) with 185 home runs and 972 RBI in 2,175 games … was selected by the Indians in the first round (No. 1 overall) in the January 1970 free-agent draft … was named the 1971 American League Rookie of the Year, batting .275 in 111 games with the Indians … named to the 1976 AL All-Star Team and finished fifth in the AL in Most Valuable Player balloting after hitting .293 with 17 home runs and 96 RBI … earned a Gold Glove Award at first base in 1978 … participated in four League Championship Series and three World Series, winning consecutive titles with the Yankees in 1977-78 … hit the game-ending home run in Game 5 of the 1976 ALCS vs. Kansas City, sending the Yankees to the World Series.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Audry … has one son: Russell, who played in the Yankee organization from 1997-99 … is a 1966 graduate of Oceanside (Calif.) High School … earned a degree in physical education and recreation from Montclair State (N.J.) College … also attended Mira Costa Junior College and UCLA … cousin, Jo Jo White, was named the 1976 NBA Finals Most valuable Player while playing with the Boston celtics.

Managerial CareerYEAR CLUB LEAGUE CLASS W-L PCT POS. NOTES1989 London Eastern AA 63-76 .453 6th1990 London Eastern AA 76-63 .547 2nd EL Manager of the Year; won title1991 Greenville Southern AA 88-56 .611 1st/2nd SL Manager of the Year1992 Richmond International AAA 73-71 .507 3rd2001 Calgary Pacific Coast AAA 72-71 .503 2ndMINOR TOTALS 372-337 .525

RICHARD DOTSON Pitching CoachBorn: January 10, 1959, Cincinnati, Ohio Resides: new richmond, ohioManagerial/Coaching Highlights: enters his eighth season as a pitching coach in the white Sox system and second at Class AAA Charlotte … spent three seasons at Class AA Birmingham (2005-07), two at Great Falls (2003-04) and one at Bristol (2002).Managerial/Coaching Career: 2002 – Coach, Bristol (White Sox); 2003-04 – Pitching coach, great Falls (White Sox); 2005-07 – Pitching Coach, Birmingham (White Sox); 2008-current – Pitching coach, charlotte (White Sox).Playing Career: Played 12 major-league seasons with the White Sox (1979-87, 89), Yankees (1988-89) and

Kansas City (1990) … was 111-113 with a 4.23 ERA in 305 games (295 starts) … finished fourth in the Cy Young voting in 1983 after going 22-7 with a 3.23 ERA … was named to the AL All-Star Team in 1984 … was selected by California in the first round (seventh overall) in the June 1977 draft and later traded to the Sox on 12/5/77 as part of a six-player deal.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Sally … has four daughters: nicki, rachel, rachelle and claire and two sons: wade and cody.

GARY WARD Hitting CoachBorn: December 6, 1953, Los Angeles, Calif. Resides: riverside, calif.Managerial/Coaching Highlights: returns as the hitting coach for class aaa charlotte after serving in the same capacity from 1999-2001 … also worked as the White Sox hitting coach from 2001-03 … the Sox ranked second in the American League in 2002 in runs scored (856) and third in home runs (217).Managerial/Coaching Career: 1999-01 – Hitting Coach, Charlotte (White Sox); 2001-03 – Hitting coach, chicago white Sox.Playing Career: Played 12 seasons in the major leagues with Minnesota (1979-83), Texas (1984-86), the Yankees (1987-89) and Detroit (1989-90) … batted .276 (1,236-4,479) with 130 home runs and 597 RBI in

1,287 games … was named american league rookie of the year by Baseball Digest in 1982 after batting .285 (165-570) with 28 home runs, 91 RBI and 85 runs scored in 152 games … was named to the AL All-Star Team in 1983 and 1985.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Jerri … has three children: agee, daryle and Kuhrye … son, daryle, has played 11 seasons in the major leagues with Houston (1998-2002), Dodgers (2003), Pittsburgh (2004-05), Washington (2006), Atlanta (2006) and the Cubs (2007-08).

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PITCHERS W-L PCT ERA G-GS CG SHO GF SV IP H AB TBF R ER HR SH SF HB BB IB SO WP BK 0H 1H 2HAnderson, M. 0-0 .000 5.60 15-0 0 0 5 0 17.2 16 68 79 11 11 2 1 1 1 8 0 15 2 0 0 0 0Babula, S. 0-0 .000 7.71 3-0 0 0 0 0 4.2 6 19 24 4 4 1 0 0 1 4 1 2 1 2 0 0 0Bell, R. 1-5 .167 8.03 12-6 0 0 3 0 37.0 52 150 172 34 33 5 6 3 3 10 0 26 3 0 0 0 0Broadway, L. 11-7 .611 4.66 24-23 1 0 0 0 145.0 166 569 627 87 75 24 8 5 1 44 1 101 13 1 0 0 0Carrasco, D. 2-1 .667 2.88 8-1 0 0 3 1 25.0 24 93 104 9 8 0 2 1 1 7 2 24 2 0 0 0 0Childers, J. 4-2 .667 1.22 50-0 0 0 36 17 59.0 34 203 222 10 8 2 1 4 1 13 2 61 4 0 0 0 0Contreras, J. 0-0 .000 5.40 1-1 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 16 19 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0Day, D. 0-3 .000 4.56 21-0 0 0 7 0 23.2 29 100 107 14 12 3 1 0 0 6 1 25 3 1 0 0 0Egbert, J. 4-2 .250 4.65 24-22 1 1 0 0 129.2 133 505 565 80 67 15 5 6 8 41 2 117 3 0 0 0 1German, F. 1-1 .500 4.26 5-0 0 0 0 0 6.1 6 26 32 7 3 1 0 0 0 6 1 9 0 0 0 0 0Haeger, C. 10-13 .435 4.45 28-25 3 0 1 0 178.0 167 667 772 96 88 13 2 11 15 77 0 117 9 2 0 0 0King, R. 0-0 .000 3.86 4-0 0 0 2 0 4.2 6 19 20 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0Loaiza, E. 0-2 .000 6.55 5-0 0 0 0 0 11.0 18 48 51 9 8 2 0 3 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0Logan, B. 0-1 .000 6.00 5-0 0 0 1 0 9.0 10 34 46 8 6 2 1 2 3 6 0 7 1 0 0 0 0MacDougal, M. 0-4 .000 3.83 38-2 0 0 21 4 49.1 48 192 227 22 21 2 1 2 2 30 3 65 14 0 0 0 0Ohka, T. 5-11 .313 4.18 28-20 1 0 3 0 135.2 146 532 586 71 63 23 8 8 3 35 3 112 5 1 0 0 0Perez, O. 0-1 .000 9.53 14-0 0 0 0 0 17.0 28 78 89 18 18 5 1 0 1 9 3 19 2 0 0 0 0Richard, C. 6-0 1.000 2.45 7-7 1 0 0 0 44.0 33 162 167 12 12 3 0 0 1 4 0 33 0 2 0 0 0Rodriguez, D. 0-1 .000 3.19 20-1 0 0 5 1 36.2 24 134 155 16 13 5 2 0 4 15 0 44 1 0 0 0 0Russell, A. 3-2 .600 2.89 25-0 0 0 7 0 37.1 28 138 160 13 12 3 1 1 1 19 0 28 2 0 0 0 0Sauerbeck, S. 1-3 .250 5.06 35-0 0 0 14 0 26.2 21 101 136 20 15 2 1 2 2 30 1 31 3 0 0 0 0Torres, C. 0-0 .000 4.58 8-1 0 0 4 0 19.2 23 78 91 10 10 2 2 0 0 11 0 19 0 0 0 0 0Wassermann, E. 3-0 1.000 1.15 32-0 0 0 17 7 39.0 29 137 156 8 5 1 4 1 1 13 2 42 6 0 0 0 0Whisler, W. 12-10 .545 3.92 27-27 1 0 0 0 156.0 176 623 682 86 68 12 7 1 6 45 0 71 2 0 0 0 0Winkelsas, J. 0-0 .000 3.60 3-0 0 0 1 0 5.0 3 18 20 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 63-78 .447 4.16 141-141 8 6 133 30 1218.0 1224 4693 5287 648 563 129 54 51 54 435 23 982 78 9 0 0 1

2008 International League StandingsSouth Division W-L PCT. GBDurham (TB) 74-70 .514 —Norfolk (NYM) 64-78 .451 9.0Charlotte (SOX) 63-78 .447 9.5Richmond (ATL) 63-78 .447 9.5

North Division W-L PCT. GBScranton-WB (NYY) 88-56 .611 —Pawtucket (BOS) 85-58 .594 2.5Rochester (MIN) 74-70 .514 14.0Syracuse (TOR) 69-73 .486 18.0Buffalo (CLE) 66-77 .462 21.5Lehigh Valley (PHI) 55-89 .382 33.0

West Division W-L PCT. GBLouisville (CIN) 88-56 .611 —Toledo (DET) 75-69 .521 13.0Columbus (WAS) 69-73 .486 18.0 Indianapolis (PIT) 68-76 .472 20.0

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White Sox Dominican Academythe chicago white Sox dominican academy is located in Boca chica, in a complex referred to as Baseball city with the cubs, Minnesota, Baltimore, cincinnati and arizona teams in the same vicinity. the white Sox Academy opened in 2008 with Rafael Santana, a former major-league infielder and coach, serving as a scout and supervisor of the academy. in addition, Santana and his staff of 10 will oversee various tryouts at the complex.

EVERADO MAGALLANES ManagerBorn: November 6, 1965, Chihuahua, Mexico Resides: Surprise, ariz.Managerial/Coaching Highlights: Enters his first season in the White Sox organization as manager of Class AA Birmingham … spent the last three seasons as a manager in the Angels organization, compiling a 138-134 (.507) record … led Class A Cedar Rapids to the Midwest League playoffs in 2007 and Rookie Tempe to the Arizona League playoffs in 2006 … was named the 2006 AZL Manager of the Year.Managerial/Coaching Career: 2006 – Manager, Tempe (Angels); 2007 – Manager, Cedar Rapids (Angels); 2008 – Manager, Rancho Cucamonga (Angels).Playing Career: Appeared in the Cleveland (1987-92), White Sox (1992), Texas (1993-94) and Arizona

(2004) farm system, hitting .298 in 1,543 minor-league games … also played in the independent Mexican League from 1995-2005 … went 0-2 in three contests with the Indians in 1991 … made his major-league debut on 5/17/91 vs. Oakland (walk) … originally drafted by Cleveland in 10th round of 1987 free-agent draft.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Maria … has three children: diego, Jacob and Maria … attended texas a&M university and Cerritos (Calif.) Community College … helped team to 1986 California State JC Championship … graduated from Bell (Calif.) High School where he played baseball and basketball … brother, Bobby, is a manager in the angels farm system.

Managerial CareerYEAR CLUB LEAGUE CLASS W-L PCT POS. NOTES2006 Tempe Arizona R 34-21 .618 4th/1st Named AL Manager of the year2007 Cedar Rapids Midwest A 37-39 .487 T3rd/T1st Lost to Burlington2008 Rancho Cuca. California League A 67-74 .475 5th/T3rd Lost one-game playoff to Inland EmpireMINOR TOTALS 138-134 .507

J.R. PERDEW Pitching CoachBorn: August 17, 1965, Frostburg, Md. Resides: cumberland, Md.Managerial/Coaching Highlights: Begins his 13th campaign as a pitching coach in the white Sox organiza-tion and his second at Class AA Birmingham … spent the 2006-07 seasons at Class A Winston-Salem … was the organization’s 1999 Charles W. Lubin Award recipient after helping Class A Burlington win the league championship … won the Appalachian League title in 1998 with Advanced Rookie Bristol … also spent seven seasons (1990-96) as the pitching coach at his alma mater, Allegany (Md.) Junior College.Managerial/Coaching Career: 1997-98 – Pitching Coach, Bristol (White Sox); 1999-2000 – Pitching Coach, Burlington (White Sox); 2001 – Pitching Coach, Kannapolis (White Sox); 2002-04 – Pitching coach,

Winston-Salem (White Sox); 2005 – Pitching Coach, Kannapolis (White Sox); 2006-07 – Pitching Coach, Winston-Salem (White Sox); 2008-current – Pitching Coach, Birmingham (White Sox).Miscellaneous/Personal: Married reina … has two children: cleo Marie and Jesus russell … obtained his masters degree in education from Frostburg (Md.) College … played baseball at George Mason University from 1986-87 … also attended Allegany (Md.) Junior College … served in the U.S. Marines Corps … dad, Russell, is a World War II veteran who received two purple hearts and a Bronze star … graduated from Fort Hill High School in cumberland, Md.

ANDY TOMBERLIN Hitting CoachBorn: November 7, 1966, Monroe, N.C. Resides: Monroe, n.c.Managerial/Coaching Highlights: Begins his sixth season in the white Sox organization and second as hitting coach at Class AA Birmingham (also 2006) … spent the last two seasons at Class A Kannapolis … under his guidance in 2005, Class A Winston-Salem led the Carolina League in hits (1,354), runs (809) and homers (178) … worked as an area scout for the Brewers in 2001-02, covering North and South Carolina.Managerial/Coaching Career: 2003 – Hitting Coach, High Desert (Brewers); 2004-05 – Hitting coach, Winston-Salem (White Sox); 2006 – Hitting Coach, Birmingham (White Sox); 2007-08 – Hitting coach, Kannapolis (White Sox).

Playing Career: Played professionally for 15 seasons from 1986-2000 … batted .233 with 11 home runs and 38 RBI in 192 major-league games with Pittsburgh (1993), Boston (1994), Oakland (1995), the New York Mets (1996-97) and Detroit (1998) … played in 942 games in the minor leagues, hitting .292 with 98 home runs, 435 RBI … originally was signed as a free agent by Atlanta as a pitcher in 1986 after attending a tryout camp.Miscellaneous/Personal: Single … has one child: Emma … graduated in 1985 from Piedmont (N.C.) High School … for more than a decade, has run a winter baseball school in Sydney, australia.

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PITCHERS W-L PCT ERA G-GS CG SHO GF SV IP H AB TBF R ER HR SH SF HB BB IB SO WP BK 0H 1H 2HBabula, S. 2-0 1.000 5.29 22-0 0 0 10 0 34.0 40 137 157 22 20 2 2 1 3 13 1 24 1 2 0 0 0Cassel, J. 10-4 .714 3.11 28-28 0 0 0 0 165.0 171 631 706 76 57 7 7 1 10 57 0 104 16 0 0 0 0Day, D. 1-6 .143 6.61 14-13 0 0 0 0 47.2 51 184 215 37 35 3 2 0 1 28 0 35 0 0 0 0 0Egbert, J. 0-0 .000 2.25 1-1 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 16 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0Harrell, L. 3-3 .500 3.46 11-10 0 0 0 0 54.2 56 206 231 30 21 3 3 1 2 19 0 34 3 0 0 0 0Hernandez, F. 6-5 .545 4.66 41-0 0 0 12 0 58.0 60 219 260 32 30 2 5 3 4 29 1 47 1 0 0 0 0Hollis, E. 0-0 .000 9.00 1-0 0 0 1 0 1.0 2 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0Jenks, B. 0-0 .000 0.00 1-1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0Link, J. 5-4 .556 3.02 56-0 0 0 49 35 56.2 48 215 249 21 19 3 4 1 2 27 3 66 1 1 0 0 0Loaiza, E. 0-0 .000 0.00 3-1 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 20 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0Lujan, J. 3-2 .600 3.43 50-0 0 0 22 4 76.0 64 277 323 29 29 6 2 3 2 39 2 51 1 0 0 0 0McCulloch, K. 8-11 .421 4.65 28-27 0 0 0 0 156.2 188 615 695 91 81 9 9 7 4 60 0 85 4 0 0 0 0O’Malley, R. 4-3 .571 5.32 20-6 0 0 3 0 64.1 100 274 297 43 38 3 1 3 3 16 0 46 0 0 0 0 0Omogrosso, B. 2-3 .400 3.69 17-5 0 0 2 1 39.0 32 139 166 19 16 2 0 1 1 25 0 26 2 0 0 0 0 Poreda, A. 3-4 .429 2.98 15-15 1 0 0 0 87.2 81 325 355 34 29 5 4 1 3 22 0 72 1 0 0 0 0Richard, C. 6-6 .500 2.47 13-13 1 1 0 0 83.2 66 304 327 29 23 2 2 1 4 16 0 53 3 0 0 0 0Rodriguez, D. 5-1 .833 3.38 29-0 0 0 6 1 42.2 30 148 179 17 16 2 3 3 7 18 0 44 0 0 0 0 0Rote, R. 1-1 .500 4.39 23-0 0 0 8 0 26.2 25 95 124 13 13 3 2 3 4 20 1 25 7 0 0 0 0Santeliz, C. 0-1 .000 4.41 10-0 0 0 3 0 16.1 14 58 69 8 8 2 0 0 3 8 0 6 2 0 0 0 0Texeira, K. 3-2 .600 2.01 15-0 0 0 7 1 22.1 18 80 90 5 5 2 1 0 2 7 0 24 2 0 0 0 0Torres, C. 9-5 .643 3.20 21-17 0 0 0 0 101.1 86 368 407 40 36 4 3 2 5 29 0 92 4 0 0 0 0Torres, J. 3-1 .750 2.68 59-0 0 0 9 0 50.1 29 177 213 15 15 2 1 1 3 31 0 58 5 0 0 0 0Winkelsas, J. 0-1 .000 10.80 4-0 0 0 2 1 5.0 7 21 24 6 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0Zaleski, M. 0-0 .000 0.00 5-0 0 0 1 0 8.2 7 32 35 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0TOTALS 74-63 .540 3.72 137-137 2 12 135 43 1208.2 1183 4549 5168 570 499 62 51 32 65 470 8 909 53 3 0 0 0

2008 Southern League Standings

FIRST HALFSouth Division W-L PCT GBBirmingham (SOX) 40-30 .571 —Montgomery (TB) 34-36 .486 6.0Jacksonville (LAD) 33-37 .471 7.0Mississippi (TB) 30-40 .439 10.0Mobile (ARI) 29-41 .414 11.0

North Division W-L PCT GBWest Tennessee (SEA) 41-29 .586 —Huntsville (MIL) 41-29 .586 —Carolina (FLA) 38-32 .543 3.0Chattanooga (CIN) 37-33 .529 4.0Tennessee (CUBS) 27-43 .386 14.0

SECOND HALFSouth Division W-L PCT GBMississippi (ATL) 43-26 .623 —Birmingham (SOX) 34-33 .507 8.0Montgomery (TB) 35-34 .507 8.0Jacksonville (LAD) 35-35 .500 8.5Mobile (ARI) 29-38 .433 13.0

North Division W-L PCT GBCarolina (FLA) 42-28 .600 —Tennessee (CUBS) 35-34 .507 6.5Huntsville (MIL) 32-38 .457 10.0Chattanooga (CIN) 30-39 .435 11.5West Tennessee (SEA) 29-39 .426 12.0

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Minor League Rehabilitation Facilitythe chicago white Sox and catawba college in Salisbury, n.c. are in the seventh year of an agreement that allows the club to utilize the school’s facilities to help rehabilitate major and minor league players during the summer. catawba college, an ncaa division ii school with 1,000 students, features a $3.2 million athletic fieldhouse, an athletic training complex for 17 sports, a weight room, running track and indoor batting cages. Scott takao, the white Sox minor league rehabilitation coordinator, supervises the rehab programs for injured Sox minor leaguers and those returning after surgery. White Sox major-league players also may utilize the facility during rehabilitation assignments. Three of the six Sox minor-league affiliates — Class AAA Charlotte, Class A Winston-Salem and Class A Kannapolis — are located within 75 miles of the facility.

JOE McEWING ManagerBorn: October 19, 1972, Bristol, Pa. Resides: yardley, Pa.Managerial/Coaching Highlights: Enters his second season with the White Sox organization and first as manager of Class A Winston-Salem … served as hitting coach at Class AAA Charlotte in 2008.Managerial/Coaching Career: 2008 – Hitting Coach, Charlotte (White Sox).Playing Career: Played professionally for 16 seasons, including nine in the major leagues with St. Louis (1998-99), the Mets (2000-04), Kansas City (2005) and Houston (2006) … hit .251 (443-1,767) in 754 major-league games … finished sixth in the National League Rookie of the Year balloting in 1999, batting .275 in 152 games with the Cardinals … finished his career with Class AAA Pawtucket of the Boston organization.

Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Julia … has three children: Joseph, grace and ashlyn … attended county college of Morris in Randolph, N.J. and was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in 2001 … is a 1990 graduate of Bishop Egan (Pa.) High School … par-ticipated in Baseball 101 with Buddy Bell in 2005, which raised $20,000 for the Down’s Syndrome Guild of Greater Kansas City.

BOBBY THIGPEN Pitching CoachBorn: July 17, 1963, Tallahasee, Fla. Resides: St. Petersburg, Fla.Managerial/Coaching Highlights: Enters his third season with the White Sox organization and first as pitch-ing coach at Class A Winston-Salem … served as manager of Advanced Rookie Bristol from 2007-08, going 59-73 (.447) … served as pitching coach at Shorecrest Prep (Fla.) High School from 1999-2008.Managerial/Coaching Career: 2007-08 – Manager, Bristol (White Sox).Playing Career: Went 31-26 with a 3.43 ERA (217 ER/568.2 IP) and 201 saves in 448 relief appearances with the White Sox (1986-93), Philadelphia (1993) and Seattle (1994) … his 57 saves in 1990 rank second all-time in a single season, surpassed only by Francisco Rodriguez’s 62 saves in 2008 … saved 201 games

with the White Sox, a franchise record, while his 424 appearances rank sixth … was named to the 1990 American League All-Star Team and finished fourth in the AL Cy Young balloting and fifth for Most Valuable Player … was originally drafted by the White Sox in the fourth round of the 1985 free-agent draft.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Keri … has two children: robert and rachel … attended Mississippi State university and helped the Bulldogs reach the College World Series in 1985 … was teammates at MSU with former major-leaguers Jeff Brantley, will clark, and rafael Palmeiro.

Managerial CareerYEAR CLUB LEAGUE CLASS W-L PCT POS. NOTES2007 Bristol Appalachian Advanced Rookie 25-43 .368 4th2008 Bristol Appalachian Advanced Rookie 34-30 .531 3rd MINOR TOTALS 59-73 .447

ROBERT SASSER Hitting CoachBorn: March 9, 1975, Philadelphia, Pa. Resides: Knightdale, n.c.Managerial/Coaching Highlights: enters his fourth season as a coach in the Sox organization and second with Class A Winston-Salem … worked as hitting coach with Advanced Rookie Great Falls in 2007 … began the 2006 season on Class AA Birmingham’s roster before retiring in April to become the hitting coach. Managerial/Coaching Career: 2006 – Hitting Coach, Birmingham (White Sox); 2007 – Hitting coach, great Falls (White Sox); 2008-current – Hitting Coach, Winston-Salem (White Sox).Playing Career: Played in 13 minor-league seasons, hitting .258 with 98 home runs and 543 RBI in 1,169 games … appeared in one major-league game with Texas as a pinch-hitter on 7/31/98 vs. the White Sox.

Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Tanya … graduated from Oakland (Calif.) High School.

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FIRST HALFSouthern Division W-L PCT GBMyrtle Beach (ATL) 45-25 .643 —Kinston (CLE) 35-34 .507 9.5Salem (HOU) 30-40 .429 15.0Winston-Salem (SOX) 29-40 .420 15.5

Northern Division W-L PCT GBPotomac (WAS) 42-28 .600 —Wilmington (KC) 35-35 .500 7.0Frederick (BAL) 34-36 .486 8.0Lynchburg (PIT) 29-41 .414 13.0

SECOND HALFSouthern Division W-L PCT GBMyrtle Beach (ATL) 44-26 .629 —Winston-Salem (SOX) 42-28 .600 2.0Kinston (CLE) 37-32 .536 6.5Salem (HOU) 26-44 .371 18.0

Northern Division W-L PCT GBPotomac (WAS) 37-33 .529 —Wilmington (KC) 34-36 .486 3.0Lynchburg (PIT) 29-39 .426 7.0Frederick (BAL) 29-40 .420 7.5

2008 Winston-Salem Statistics GI GAMES BY POSITIONBATTERS AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP 1B 2B 3B SS OF C EAllen, B. .279 89 319 57 89 168 26 4 15 44 0 0 6 41 2 83 14 3 6 .527 .372 85 0 0 0 0 0 13Bonvechio, B. .241 40 141 16 34 52 12 0 2 20 0 3 2 12 0 35 1 0 1 .369 .304 15 0 5 0 0 0 4Colina, J. .306 59 216 34 66 99 22 1 3 22 0 1 2 22 0 22 10 5 4 .458 .373 9 40 9 0 0 0 4Cruz, L. .196 56 194 16 38 60 16 0 2 22 2 2 2 12 0 49 1 1 1 .309 .248 0 0 0 0 45 0 3Fields, J. .333 4 9 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 .444 .571 0 0 3 0 0 0 0Gaines, R. .295 18 61 12 18 30 8 2 0 5 1 1 2 5 0 15 3 1 2 .492 .362 0 0 0 0 17 0 0Gomes, A. .196 42 138 10 27 46 7 0 4 14 1 0 1 17 1 39 4 0 4 .333 .288 0 0 0 0 33 0 4Harris, E. .282 52 181 27 51 86 13 2 6 26 2 0 2 15 1 63 8 4 1 .475 .343 0 0 0 0 32 0 2Hernandez, F. .245 79 241 28 59 92 15 0 6 31 10 2 3 32 0 33 2 2 4 .382 .338 1 0 0 0 0 74 4Killian, B. .206 47 131 13 27 34 7 0 0 6 4 1 3 1 0 23 3 2 3 .260 .228 0 0 0 0 0 42 3Lang, C.J. .255 65 204 25 52 74 14 1 2 19 3 1 3 23 0 28 9 3 5 .363 .338 0 43 0 23 0 0 12Miranda, S. .209 39 110 11 23 32 5 2 0 12 1 3 0 7 0 15 5 5 4 .291 .250 0 7 4 28 0 0 3Mollenhauer, D. .262 37 130 14 34 45 5 3 0 11 6 1 0 5 0 21 4 1 4 .346 .287 0 36 0 0 0 0 5Orlando, P. .262 112 451 73 118 184 15 12 9 42 5 2 9 22 1 97 28 9 4 .408 .308 0 0 0 0 109 0 5Paiml, G. .271 92 329 41 89 127 19 5 3 28 5 0 0 19 0 88 6 3 3 .386 .310 0 1 0 91 0 0 22Persichina, J. .275 52 167 18 46 60 5 3 1 22 2 2 2 18 0 25 10 5 3 .359 .349 13 24 6 2 4 0 8Retherford, C.J. .295 130 461 66 136 214 28 1 16 71 7 8 6 37 1 78 11 6 3 .464 .350 0 2 122 0 0 0 23Ricks, A. .217 53 120 15 26 36 7 0 1 15 5 0 2 30 0 26 4 1 3 .300 .382 1 1 1 1 3 38 2Sanchez, S. .241 115 427 54 103 148 22 4 5 58 4 3 3 24 1 99 24 15 12 .347 .284 0 0 0 0 106 0 7Shelby, J. .295 114 447 81 132 228 37 7 15 80 5 4 4 22 1 98 33 5 7 .510 .331 0 0 0 0 90 0 3Thon, F. .264 27 106 13 28 43 6 0 3 15 0 0 2 1 0 10 0 1 1 .406 .284 25 0 0 0 0 0 3TOTALS .262 139 4583 625 1199 1862 290 47 93 564 63 34 54 370 8 949 180 73 75 .406 .322 149

PITCHERS W-L PCT ERA G-GS CG SHO GF SV IP H AB TBF R ER HR SH SF HB BB IB SO WP BK 0H 1H 2HAlbritton, D. 0-0 .000 0.00 1-0 0 0 0 0 4.0 0 11 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0Brooks, R. 4-3 .571 3.40 45-2 0 0 10 0 84.2 85 319 356 37 32 4 2 3 3 29 1 94 4 6 0 0 0Carter, A. 6-5 .545 4.90 17-16 0 0 0 0 82.2 91 327 364 49 45 11 1 3 3 30 0 41 1 0 0 0 0Chirino, I. 1-1 .500 13.50 13-0 0 0 2 1 18.2 29 77 103 31 28 2 1 1 4 20 1 17 2 1 0 0 0Davis, M. 4-2 .667 5.57 38-1 0 0 21 4 63.0 63 245 276 43 39 7 2 2 3 24 0 47 6 1 0 0 0Dubee, M. 5-7 .417 4.37 30-13 1 0 3 1 103.0 103 392 440 57 50 12 4 1 6 37 0 90 6 0 0 0 0Ely, J. 10-12 .455 4.71 27-27 0 0 0 0 145.1 142 548 610 83 76 18 8 3 5 46 0 134 6 3 0 0 0Jenks, B. 0-0 .000 9.00 1-1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 5 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Jones, N. 0-0 .000 3.38 2-0 0 0 1 0 2.2 1 9 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0Long, M. 7-11 .389 4.47 28-21 1 0 1 0 129.0 136 503 556 80 64 9 4 4 5 40 0 116 10 1 0 0 0Luis, S. 0-0 .000 31.50 1-0 0 0 1 0 2.0 10 16 18 9 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0Mabee, H. 3-1 .750 4.50 27-0 0 0 12 3 40.0 39 154 170 22 20 1 2 0 2 12 0 34 7 1 0 0 0Maxwell, L. 0-1 .000 6.32 4-3 0 0 1 0 15.2 17 62 74 12 11 1 0 1 0 11 0 10 1 2 0 0 0Perez, W. 1-0 1.000 2.70 21-0 0 0 4 0 16.2 12 62 76 5 5 1 0 0 3 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0Poreda, A. 5-5 .500 3.31 12-12 1 0 0 0 73.1 67 282 304 31 27 1 2 0 2 18 0 46 2 1 0 0 0Rasner, J. 5-7 .417 3.29 29-18 0 0 0 0 106.2 113 412 473 49 39 2 1 5 6 48 0 88 9 0 0 0 0Retherford, C.J. 0-0 .000 0.00 1-0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Ricks, A. 0-0 .000 0.00 2-0 0 0 2 0 1.1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Rodriguez, N. 0-0 .000 7.50 10-0 0 0 6 0 12.0 14 46 57 10 10 1 0 2 3 6 0 11 2 1 0 0 0Rote, R. 4-2 .667 3.64 25-0 0 0 12 4 29.2 28 108 129 15 12 1 1 1 1 18 0 25 2 2 0 0 0Santeliz, C. 3-6 .333 4.90 15-15 0 0 0 0 68.0 55 245 298 47 37 8 0 3 2 48 0 60 4 2 0 0 0Spurgeon, S. 3-2 .600 5.58 29-1 0 0 13 0 59.2 69 243 278 48 37 9 2 3 3 27 3 47 2 0 0 0 0Texeira, K. 3-1 .750 0.93 36-0 0 0 33 20 38.2 28 144 160 10 4 0 2 0 0 14 1 36 2 0 0 0 0Zaleski, M. 7-2 .778 2.93 35-9 0 0 14 6 101.1 90 380 431 39 33 10 2 4 9 36 0 72 3 0 0 0 0TOTALS 71-68 .511 4.34 139-139 3 7 136 39 1199.1 1195 4595 5208 679 578 99 35 38 60 479 6 988 70 21 0 0 0

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Southern Division W-L PCT GBAsheville (COL) 46-24 .657 —Charleston (NYY) 45-25 .643 1.0Augusta (SF) 41-28 .594 4.5Greenville (BOS) 40-30 .571 6.0Savannah (NYM) 33-37 .471 13.0Kannapolis (SOX) 31-39 .443 15.0Columbus (TB) 27-43 .386 19.0Rome (ATL) 22-47 .319 23.5

Northern Division W-L PCT GBLake County (CLE) 41-29 .586 —Delmarva (BAL) 38-31 .551 2.5Greensboro (FLA) 38-32 .543 3.0Lakewood (PHI) 38-32 .543 3.0Hagerstown (WSH) 34-35 .493 6.5West Virginia (MIL) 32-37 .464 8.5Hickory (PIT) 30-40 .429 11.0Lexington (HOU) 21-48 .304 19.5

SECOND HALFSouthern Division W-L PCT GBAugusta (SF) 47-22 .681 —Columbus (TB) 40-26 .606 5.5Kannapolis (SOX) 36-29 .554 9.0Asheville (COL) 37-32 .536 10.0Charleston (NYY) 35-34 .507 12.0Rome (ATL) 34-34 .500 12.5Greenville (BOS) 30-39 .435 17.0Savannah (NYM) 28-39 .418 18.0

Northern Division W-L PCT GBWest Virginia (MIL) 45-25 .643 —Lakewood (PHI) 42-28 .600 3.0Delmarva (BAL) 40-30 .571 5.0Lake County (CLE) 34-36 .486 11.0Greensboro (FLA) 28-40 .412 16.0Hagerstown (WSH) 27-43 .386 18.0Lexington (HOU) 24-45 .348 20.5Hickory (PIT) 22-47 .319 22.5

ERNIE YOUNG ManagerBorn: July 8, 1969, Chicago, Ill. Resides: gilbert, ariz.Managerial/Coaching Highlights: enters his second season as a coach in the white Sox organization and first as manager of Class A Kannapolis … spent the 2008 season as hitting coach with Advanced Rookie great Falls.Managerial/Coaching Career: 2008 – Hitting Coach, Kannapolis (White Sox).Playing Career: Played 17 seasons in the major leagues, hitting .281 (1,655-5,889) with 319 home runs and 1,136 RBI in 1,680 games … appeared 228 major-league contests with Oakland (1994-97), Kansas City (1998), Arizona (1999), Detroit (2003) and Cleveland (2004), hitting .225 (179-786) with 27 homers and

90 RBI … spent the 2006-07 seasons with Class AAA Charlotte.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Kim … has three children: Aubrey, Mirando and Elijah … graduated from Mendel Catholic High School in Chicago … attended Lewis University in Romeoville, Ill. … was a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. Baseball Team in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, hitting .285 (10-26) with one home run and eight RBI.

LARRY OWENS Pitching CoachBorn: December 31, 1968, Louisville, Ky. Resides: Jeffersonville, ind.Managerial/Coaching Highlights: Begins his third season in the white Sox organization as class a Kannapolis pitching coach … under his guidance, Fautino De Los Santos (9-4, 2.70 ERA) was named the Most Outstanding Major-League Prospect in the South Atlantic League in 2007 … worked as an amateur scout for the Boston Red Sox in 2006 … spent 2005 as pitching coach for the San Diego Surf Dawgs of the independent golden Baseball league … worked as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Memphis from 2000-04 … also has spent time as a coach at Wabash Valley Junior College (1994-95), Southwest Missouri State (1995), University of Louisville (1996-97) and Austin Peay University

(1998-99) … also worked as a coach in the Northwoods Summer and Cape Cod Leagues.Managerial/Coaching Career: 2007-current – Pitching Coach, Kannapolis (White Sox).Playing Career: Played one season with advanced rookie Pulaksi in the atlanta organization … originally was selected by the Braves in the 27th round of the 1990 draft.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married to Kelly … has two step children: McKenna and dawfon … graduated from amstrong State in Savannah, Ga. … was named a Division II honorable mention All-American as a senior after going 7-0 with a 2.88 ERA … is a 1986 graduate of Jeffersonville (Ind.) High School.

GREG BRILEY Hitting CoachBorn: May 24, 1965, Greenville, N.C. Resides: greenville, n.c.Managerial/Coaching Highlights: Enters his first season in the White Sox organization as hitting coach at Class A Kannapolis … spent nine seasons (1999-2007) in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization as hitting coach at various affiliates, most recently at Class A Lynchburg in 2007.Managerial/Coaching Career: 1999 – Hitting Coach, Lynchburg (Pirates); 2000 – Hitting coach, Hickory (Pirates); 2001 – Hitting Coach, Lynchburg (Pirates); 2002 – Hitting Coach, Hickory (Pirates); 2003 – Hitting Coach, Bradenton (Pirates); 2004 – Hitting Coach, Lynchburg (Pirates); 2005-06 – Hitting coach, Hickory (Pirates); 2007 – Hitting Coach, Lynchburg (Pirates).

Playing Career: Hit .253 (384-1,518) with 29 home runs and 135 RBI in 598 games with Seattle (1988-92) and Florida (1993) … was a member of the Marlins during their inaugural season of 1993.

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PITCHERS W-L PCT ERA G-GS CG SHO GF SV IP H AB TBF R ER HR SH SF HB BB IB SO WP BK 0H 1H 2HAlbritton, D. 0-0 .000 7.18 10-0 0 0 4 0 26.1 36 112 125 22 21 8 3 2 0 8 0 26 1 1 0 0 0Bowling, A. 4-1 .800 3.67 26-1 0 0 7 1 56.1 58 219 233 24 23 7 2 1 2 9 1 55 0 3 0 0 0Burdie, C. 0-0 .000 2.20 13-0 0 0 6 1 16.1 9 56 65 4 4 0 1 0 0 8 0 17 2 0 0 0 0Carter, A. 5-2 .714 2.77 11-11 0 0 0 0 61.2 47 221 237 22 19 5 0 4 1 11 0 66 1 0 0 0 0Corley, T. 0-5 .000 3.42 36-0 0 0 14 2 50.0 37 183 206 21 19 0 3 0 1 19 1 48 7 0 0 0 0Harrell, L. 1-1 .500 5.91 3-3 0 0 0 0 10.2 13 43 49 7 7 0 1 0 1 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 0Hunt, L. 3-5 .375 2.74 37-0 0 0 27 7 46.0 32 168 207 17 14 2 3 0 5 31 3 45 4 0 0 0 0Infante, G. 1-2 .333 6.59 4-3 0 0 0 0 13.2 16 56 71 12 10 0 0 2 1 12 0 11 1 0 0 0 0Jones, N. 1-7 .125 6.83 18-10 1 0 2 0 56.2 63 224 263 45 43 8 1 2 1 35 0 71 7 0 0 0 0Leesman, C. 0-0 .000 0.00 1-1 0 0 0 0 4.2 3 16 19 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 0Lowe, J. 5-7 .417 4.10 22-16 0 0 1 0 98.2 105 390 430 58 45 4 3 3 7 27 1 80 11 0 0 0 0Luis, S. 6-3 .667 3.20 41-2 0 0 10 4 90.0 73 335 374 35 32 3 2 5 4 28 1 133 12 3 0 0 0Mabee, H. 0-0 .000 1.33 28-0 0 0 26 17 40.2 31 150 174 9 6 0 2 1 3 18 2 41 5 0 0 0 0Maxwell, L. 15-5 .750 3.47 26-17 2 0 2 1 124.2 102 449 491 51 48 13 6 3 4 29 0 105 5 1 0 0 1Moreno, J. 1-4 .200 7.23 6-5 0 0 0 0 23.2 35 99 113 22 19 6 3 0 2 9 0 11 1 0 0 0 0Perez, W. 0-0 .000 4.73 30-0 0 0 11 1 32.1 33 128 149 18 17 3 0 1 2 18 2 43 6 1 0 0 0Rice, J. 8-8 .500 4.44 24-23 1 0 1 1 115.2 128 460 511 65 57 5 1 3 6 40 1 109 15 1 0 1 0Santiago, H. 5-1 .833 4.06 38-0 0 0 12 1 64.1 57 237 291 37 29 1 6 1 3 44 0 83 8 2 0 0 0Shirek, C. 6-6 .500 3.54 22-21 0 0 0 0 112.0 112 449 480 52 44 8 1 0 5 25 0 82 8 1 0 0 0Skogley, K. 0-1 .000 7.79 4-4 0 0 0 0 17.1 24 71 85 15 15 1 0 0 2 12 0 21 1 0 0 0 0Socolovich, M. 6-6 .500 4.68 21-18 0 0 0 0 90.1 86 341 385 53 47 12 3 2 6 33 0 72 5 0 0 0 0Spurgeon, S. 0-1 .000 1.50 5-0 0 0 2 0 6.0 3 19 25 3 1 0 2 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0Stephenson, E. 0-3 .000 5.56 13-0 0 0 6 1 11.1 11 44 52 7 7 1 0 0 0 8 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 67-68 .496 4.06 135-135 4 9 131 37 1169.1 1114 4470 5035 600 527 87 43 30 57 434 13 1145 102 13 0 1 1

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CHRIS CRON ManagerBorn: March 31, 1964, Albuquerque, N.M. Resides: Phoenix, ariz.Managerial/Coaching Highlights: enters his 12th season with the white Sox organization and fourth as manager at Advanced Rookie Great Falls … has led five clubs into postseason play (Class A Hickory in 1997, Class A Winston Salem in 1998 and 2005 and Great Falls in 2007), including a Pioneer League Champion-ship in 2008 … worked in a dual role as Great Falls manager and minor-league bunting instructor in 2003 … served as a manager in the Arizona Fall League in 1999 and 2001 … was named Carolina League Manager of the Year in 1998 … also managed the Southern Division in the CL All-Star Game … managed Bristol in 1995 after being appointed manager on 6/8/95 … announced retirement earlier that day after hitting a pinch-

hit home run in his final professional at-bat for Class AAA Nashville. Managerial/Coaching Career: 1995 – Manager, Bristol (White Sox); 1996-97 – Manager, Hickory (White Sox); 1998 – Manager, Winston-Salem (White Sox); 1999 – Manager, Birmingham (White Sox); 2000-02 – Manager, Colorado Springs (Rockies); 2003 – Manager, Great Falls (White Sox); 2004 – Manager, Kannapolis (White Sox); 2005 – Manager, Winston-Salem (White Sox); 2006 – Manager, Birmingham (White Sox); 2007-current – Manager, Great Falls (White Sox).Playing Career: Played professional baseball from 1984-95 … appeared in six major-league games with California in 1991 and six with the White Sox in 1992 (.080, 2-25) … batted .267 with 172 homers and 785 RBI in 1,250 minor-league games.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Linda … has three children: C.J., Kevin and Carly … attended El Dorado (Calif.) High School and Santa Ana (Calif.) Junior College.

Managerial CareerYEAR CLUB LEAGUE CLASS W-L PCT POS. NOTES1995 Bristol Appalachian Advanced Rookie 28-39 .418 7th1996 Hickory South Atlantic A 55-85 .393 6th/2nd1997 Hickory South Atlantic A 76-64 .543 2nd/2nd Lost to Delmarva1998 Winston-Salem Carolina A 79-60 .568 1st/1st CL Manager of the Year1999 Birmingham Southern AA 73-67 .521 5th/3rd2000 Colo. Springs Pacific AAA 74-68 .521 2nd2001 Colo. Springs Pacific AAA 62-79 .440 4th2002 Colo. Springs Pacific AAA 58-86 .403 4th2003 Great Falls Pioneer Advanced Rookie 38-38 .500 3rd/T2nd2004 Kannapolis South Atlantic A 69-70 .496 6th/5th2005 Winston-Salem Carolina A 77-64 .546 2nd/1st Lost to Kinston2006 Birmingham Southern AA 59-81 .421 4th/4th2007 Great Falls Pioneer Advanced Rookie 51-24 .680 2nd/1st Lost to Orem2008 Great Falls Pioneer Advanced Rookie 39-37 .513 3rd/2nd Won PL ChampionshipMINOR TOTALS 838-862 .493

BRIAN DRAHMAN Pitching CoachBorn: November 7, 1966, Kenton, Ky. Resides: Sunrise, Fla.Managerial/Coaching Highlights: Begins his second season in the White Sox organization and first as pitching coach at Advanced Rookie Great Falls … held the same position at Class A Winston-Salem in 2008 … spent two seasons (2006-07) at manager of Sussex of the independent Can-Am League, going 66-117 (.361) … served as pitching coach with Gary of the independent Northeast League in 2002 and New Jersey of the NEL/C-AL in 2003-05 … helped the Jackals win the championship in 2004 … also served as player/coach for allentown in the nel.Managerial/Coaching Career: 2008 – Pitching Coach, Winston-Salem (White Sox).

Playing Career: Appeared in 47 games with the White Sox (1991-93) and Florida (1994), going 3-2 with a 3.54 ERA (22 ER/56.0 IP) and one save … recorded the first Sox victory at new Comiskey Park on 4/21/91 vs. Detroit … was selected by Cleveland in the 13th round of the 1986 draft … was acquired by the Sox from Milwaukee on 7/31/89 in exchange for pitcher Jerry Reuss.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Jayn … attended Miami-Dade Community College … is a 1985 graduate of Northeast (Fla.) High School.

OLMEDO SAENZ Hitting CoachBorn: October 8, 1970, Chitre Herrera, Panama Resides: chitre Herrera, PanamaManagerial/Coaching Highlights: Begins his first season as hitting coach with Advanced Rookie Great Falls … returns to Chicago after spending his first eight professional seasons in the Sox organization (1991-98).Managerial/Coaching Career: No previous minor/major-league coaching experience.Playing Career: Hit .263 (438-1,663) with 73 home runs and 275 RBI in 733 games with the White Sox (1994), Oakland (1999-2002) and the Dodgers (2004-07) … played for Panama in the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006 … made his major-league debut and recorded his first hit on 5/28/94 vs. Baltimore … originally signed by the White Sox as a non-drafted free agent on 5/11/90.

Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Sylvia … has two children: Juan carlos and Jaquelyn … participated in the clayton Baseball Clinic in Panama on 11/8/05 with former President George W. Bush and fellow Panamanians Mariano Rivera, Carlos Lee and einar diaz.

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PITCHERS W-L PCT ERA G-GS CG SHO GF SV IP H AB TBF R ER HR SH SF HB BB IB SO WP BK 0H 1H 2HAlbritton, D. 2-2 .500 3.52 24-0 0 0 9 1 46.0 48 182 193 21 18 5 1 0 0 10 1 63 2 0 0 0 0 Allen, C. 4-6 .400 5.01 15-15 0 0 0 0 73.2 87 305 335 54 41 8 0 3 5 22 1 60 12 2 0 0 0Billeaud, J. 3-2 .600 4.34 19-8 0 0 2 1 56.0 65 225 244 33 27 4 1 1 1 16 0 32 5 0 0 0 0Burdie, C. 2-0 1.000 0.00 6-0 0 0 4 0 11.0 3 36 41 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 22 3 0 0 0 0Carter, D. 6-1 .857 2.23 15-12 0 0 0 0 68.2 44 246 280 23 17 3 2 2 5 25 0 89 4 4 0 0 0Griffith, N. 0-0 .000 2.13 3-3 0 0 0 0 12.2 13 53 58 6 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 12 3 0 0 0 0Hudson, D. 5-4 .556 3.36 14-14 0 0 0 0 69.2 52 257 283 30 26 6 1 0 3 22 0 90 3 0 0 0 0Lechuga, E. 0-2 .000 4.36 22-0 0 0 7 0 33.0 31 123 143 20 16 3 1 4 3 12 1 33 2 0 0 0 0Lin, P. 1-0 1.000 4.50 6-1 0 0 0 0 14.0 15 51 55 7 7 1 1 1 2 0 0 16 1 0 0 0 0Morales, R. 3-5 .375 3.67 28-0 0 0 14 3 41.2 45 167 189 24 17 3 2 0 2 18 1 41 4 0 0 0 0O’Neil, D. 2-2 .500 6.97 25-0 0 0 12 1 31.0 29 115 143 25 24 1 1 1 4 22 0 40 5 0 0 0 0Remenowsky, D. 4-0 1.000 0.48 11-0 0 0 5 3 18.2 17 71 78 2 1 0 0 0 1 6 1 18 1 0 0 0 0Rojas, W. 0-0 .000 13.21 13-0 0 0 6 0 15.2 32 75 91 24 23 3 0 1 2 13 0 15 3 0 0 0 0Rosario, F. 0-5 .000 7.14 14-8 0 0 4 0 40.1 54 167 184 33 32 8 1 2 0 14 0 27 7 1 0 0 0Sauer, S. 3-2 .600 3.41 19-0 0 0 9 5 29.0 19 107 114 13 11 3 0 0 0 7 0 27 9 0 0 0 0Skogley, K. 4-5 .444 4.98 15-15 0 0 0 0 86.2 95 347 380 54 48 6 1 1 9 22 0 88 12 0 0 0 0Strauss, R. 0-1 .000 7.59 8-0 0 0 1 0 10.2 13 42 46 9 9 1 0 1 1 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 0Wickswat, M. 0-0 .000 2.63 9-0 0 0 3 0 13.2 9 50 62 9 4 0 0 0 1 11 0 15 4 0 0 0 0TOTALS 39-37 .513 4.34 76-76 0 4 76 14 672.0 671 2619 2919 387 324 55 12 17 40 231 5 697 80 7 0 0 0

2008 Pioneer League Standings

FIRST HALFNorth Division W-L PCT GBBillings (CIN) 23-15 .605 —Helena (MIL) 20-18 .526 3.0Great Falls (SOX) 19-19 .500 4.0Missoula (ARI) 9-29 .237 14.0

South Division W-L PCT GBOrem (LAA) 25-13 .658 —Casper (COL) 23-15 .605 2.0Ogden (LAD) 19-19 .500 6.0Idaho Falls (KC) 14-24 .368 11.0

SECOND HALFNorth Division W-L PCT GBBillings (CIN) 19-17 .528 —Great Falls (SOX) 20-18 .526 —Helena (MIL) 15-23 .395 5.0Missoula (ARI) 12-25 .324 7.5

South Division W-L PCT GBOrem (LAA) 27-10 .730 —Ogden (LAD) 23-14 .622 4.0Idaho Falls (KC) 19-19 .500 8.5Casper (COL) 13-22 .371 13.0

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RYAN NEWMAN ManagerBorn: February 25, 1979, Hayward, Calif. Resides: Scottsdale, ariz.Managerial/Coaching Highlights: Begins his first season in the White Sox organization as manager of Advanced Rookie Bristol … spent the 2008 season as manager of Short-Season Class A Oneonta in the Detroit organization … served as a hitting coach in the Pittsburgh Pirates farm system from 2005-07.Managerial/Coaching Career: 2005 – Hitting Coach, Bradenton (Pirates); 2006 – Hitting coach, williamsport (Pirates); 2007 – Hitting Coach, Hickory (Pirates); 2008 – Manager, Oneonta (Tigers).Playing Career: Appeared in 143 minor-league games in the Pittsburgh farm system from 2002-04 … signed with the Pirates as a non-drafted free agent on 6/9/02.

Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Megan … attended Scottsdale (Ariz.) Community College and Texas Christian University.

Managerial CareerYEAR CLUB LEAGUE CLASS W-L PCT POS. NOTES2008 Oneonta New York-Penn Short-Season Class A 33-41 .446 2nd

CURT HASLER Pitching CoachBorn: December 29, 1964, Honolulu, Hawaii Resides: South Bend, ind.Managerial/Coaching Highlights: Begins his 18th season as a pitching coach in the white Sox system and first at Advanced Rookie Bristol … spent the last three seasons at Advanced Rookie Great Falls … served as pitching coach with Class AA Birmingham in 2001 and oversaw the first Opening Night no-hitter in Southern League history on 4/5/01 vs. Tennessee … was named pitching coach for the Southern Division in the 1998 Carolina League All-Star Game.Managerial/Coaching Career: 1991-92 – Pitching Coach, Sarasota (White Sox); 1993-94 – Pitching coach, Hickory (White Sox); 1995-96 – Pitching Coach, South Bend (White Sox); 1997-98 – Pitching Coach, Winston-

Salem (White Sox); 1999-2001 – Pitching Coach, Birmingham (White Sox); 2002-04 – Pitching Coach, Charlotte (White Sox); 2005 – Pitching Coach/Rover, Great Falls (White Sox); 2006-08 – Pitching Coach, Great Falls (White Sox).Playing Career: Pitched in the White Sox organization from 1987-91 … posted a 34-30 minor-league record … selected by White Sox in 21st round of the June 1987 draft.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Mary … has two children: Andrew and Alyssa … was an All-State basketball and baseball player at Roanoke-Benson (Ill.) High School … played baseball at Bradley University.

JERRY HAIRSTON Hitting CoachBorn: February 16, 1952, Birmingham, Ala. Resides: tucson, ariz.Managerial/Coaching Highlights: Begins his 11th season in the white Sox organization and third as hitting coach with advanced rookie Bristol … spent seven seasons as a manager in the Sox farm system (1999-2005) … was named Arizona League Manager of the Year in 2001.Managerial/Coaching Career: 1999-2000 – Manager, Tucson (White Sox); 2001-02 – Manager, Phoenix (White Sox); 2003-2005 – Manager, Bristol (White Sox); 2006 – Hitting Coach, Great Falls (White Sox); 2007-current – Hitting Coach, Bristol (White Sox).Playing Career: Played 14 seasons in the major leagues from 1973-77 and 1981-90 … spent all but 51

games of his career with the White Sox, batting .258 with 30 home runs and 205 RBI in 859 games … is the White Sox all-time leader with 87 pinch hits … led the American League in pinch hits from 1983-85.Miscellaneous/Personal: Married Esperanza Arellano … has five children: Jerry Jr., Justin, Scott, Stacey Lynn and Anna Maria … is the son of longtime white Sox coach Sam Hairston … his brothers, John and Sam Jr., also played professional baseball, with John appearing in three games with the Cubs in 1969 … served as a White Sox community relations representative from 1992-98 … attended lawson State Junior college in his hometown of Birmingham, ala.

Managerial CareerYEAR CLUB LEAGUE CLASS W-L PCT POS. NOTES1999 Tucson Arizona Rookie 23-33 .411 8th First season as manager2000 Tucson Arizona Rookie 22-33 .400 4th 2001 Phoenix Arizona Rookie 23-33 .411 6th/4th AZL Manager of the Year2002 Phoenix Arizona Rookie 27-29 .482 3rd/6th2003 Bristol Appalachian Advanced Rookie 33-33 .500 3rd2004 Bristol Appalachian Advanced Rookie 27-38 .415 5th2005 Bristol Appalachian Advanced Rookie 30-36 .455 2ndMINOR TOTALS 185-235 .440

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2008 Bristol Statistics GI GAMES BY POSITIONBATTERS AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP 1B 2B 3B SS OF C EBuckridge, S. .220 14 41 5 9 10 1 0 0 6 2 1 2 5 0 10 0 0 1 .244 .327 0 0 0 0 0 14 3Castillo, J. .365 43 167 18 61 79 11 2 1 25 0 3 4 11 0 21 0 1 1 .473 .411 41 0 0 0 0 0 2Damas, N. .250 1 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .500 .250 0 0 0 0 1 0 1Dubler, K. .238 31 101 14 24 30 3 0 1 15 1 3 2 11 0 16 1 0 1 .297 .316 0 0 0 0 0 29 5Garcia, A. .299 61 231 39 69 106 11 1 8 37 0 3 5 10 1 43 2 1 4 .459 .337 0 58 0 4 0 0 6Gilbert, K. .272 43 162 25 44 67 11 0 4 31 1 0 1 6 0 43 3 1 4 .414 .302 0 0 0 0 24 0 1Greene, J. .274 49 186 42 51 76 9 5 2 15 2 0 6 18 0 46 26 8 2 .409 .357 0 0 0 0 47 0 5Kateon, J. .291 27 86 16 25 32 1 0 2 12 3 2 1 9 0 23 0 1 4 .372 .357 0 2 15 4 0 0 5Kendall, J. .319 48 185 35 59 83 9 3 3 26 0 2 5 9 0 34 20 15 4 .449 .363 0 0 0 0 48 0 6Larson, Z. .250 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .250 .250 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Matthews, J. .300 27 80 18 24 37 5 1 2 12 1 0 0 9 0 33 4 3 0 .463 .371 2 0 6 0 4 0 3Santos, O. .259 22 81 13 21 30 6 0 1 8 2 0 3 3 0 22 1 2 2 .370 .310 0 0 0 0 0 21 5Short, B. .273 49 183 30 50 70 13 2 1 23 1 0 8 16 0 37 14 7 1 .383 .357 0 0 0 0 48 0 2Sierra, L. .167 5 18 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 .167 .318 0 1 4 0 0 0 1Silverio, J. .228 59 215 31 49 69 8 0 4 35 3 3 4 8 1 56 3 1 2 .321 .265 0 2 0 58 0 0 25Tavarez, M. .193 32 114 19 22 37 6 0 3 8 2 0 1 6 0 54 2 1 1 .325 .240 0 0 0 0 28 0 3Vargas, H. .241 42 137 18 33 39 4 1 0 18 5 3 3 9 0 19 9 5 5 .285 .296 1 2 34 0 0 0 8Vargas, J. .232 42 155 17 36 66 8 2 6 27 1 1 1 4 1 43 2 2 7 .426 .255 25 0 9 0 0 0 5TOTALS .271 64 2150 343 582 837 107 17 38 299 25 21 46 138 3 509 87 48 40 .389 .325 94

PITCHERS W-L PCT ERA G-GS CG SHO GF SV IP H AB TBF R ER HR SH SF HB BB IB SO WP BK 0H 1H 2HAsselin, K. 0-1 .000 1.31 16-0 0 0 14 9 20.2 15 75 83 5 3 2 0 0 1 7 1 23 2 0 0 0 0Buriff, S. 3-1 .750 5.60 9-0 0 0 2 0 17.2 18 71 80 14 11 1 0 1 0 8 0 21 1 0 0 0 0Dawson, C. 0-1 .000 2.70 10-0 0 0 5 0 10.0 7 35 48 4 3 1 0 2 0 11 1 6 1 0 0 0 0DeFoor, B. 1-0 1.000 2.76 11-0 0 0 9 4 16.1 15 59 66 5 5 2 1 1 2 3 0 22 0 1 0 0 0Doyle, J. 1-2 .333 1.88 10-0 0 0 6 0 24.0 27 97 101 11 5 0 1 0 0 3 0 27 7 0 0 0 0Gouvea, M. 4-1 .800 7.28 12-5 0 0 4 1 38.1 49 162 178 37 31 3 0 1 1 14 0 34 6 0 0 0 0Graffy, B. 1-4 .200 3.29 10-2 0 0 3 1 27.1 25 106 114 13 10 3 0 0 0 8 0 28 0 0 0 0 0Harrell, L. 0-0 .000 3.00 1-1 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 11 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0Infante, G. 4-3 .571 2.66 13-12 0 0 0 0 74.1 63 272 303 26 22 4 0 4 8 19 0 57 4 1 0 0 0Johnson, G. 4-4 .500 4.13 12-11 0 0 0 0 52.1 57 207 241 28 24 5 1 1 8 23 0 63 7 2 0 0 0Jones, N. 1-0 1.000 1.35 4-1 0 0 1 0 6.2 6 27 31 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 12 3 1 0 0 0Kuehn, J. 1-0 1.000 1.80 11-0 0 0 5 2 25.0 14 85 99 6 5 1 0 0 5 9 0 25 2 0 0 0 0Leesman, C. 0-0 .000 0.00 2-0 0 0 2 1 5.1 5 19 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0Lin, P. 1-2 .333 2.56 6-5 0 0 0 0 31.2 30 122 138 12 9 3 1 0 4 11 0 25 3 1 0 0 0Lucas, M. 1-2 .333 6.14 10-0 0 0 2 0 22.0 29 93 101 16 15 0 1 0 0 7 0 18 1 0 0 0 0Martinez, J. 4-3 .571 4.11 12-12 0 0 0 0 57.0 55 217 249 28 26 5 1 2 8 21 0 41 0 1 0 0 0Moreno, J. 0-1 .000 1.86 5-0 0 0 2 1 9.2 9 38 38 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0Mota, W. 0-1 .000 8.53 4-0 0 0 3 0 6.1 4 24 35 8 6 0 0 0 4 7 0 9 5 1 0 0 0Paniagua, O. 5-2 .714 3.97 11-11 1 0 0 0 59.0 69 239 255 31 26 5 1 2 1 12 0 47 4 0 0 0 0Puls, D. 1-0 1.000 2.95 9-0 0 0 5 0 18.1 15 65 73 7 6 1 0 1 2 5 0 19 0 0 0 0 0Remenowsky, D. 0-0 .000 0.00 1-0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Upchurch, S. 2-2 .500 3.26 7-4 0 0 0 0 30.1 23 110 122 13 11 4 0 1 1 10 0 28 1 0 0 0 0TOTALS 34-30 .531 3.58 64-64 1 1 63 19 557.1 539 2141 2395 273 222 42 7 17 47 182 2 528 48 8 0 0 0

2008 Appalachian League Standings

West Division W-L PCT GBElizabethton (MIN) 41-25 .621 —Johnson City (STL) 36-30 .545 5.0Bristol (SOX) 34-30 .531 6.0Kingsport (NYM) 34-32 .515 7.0Greeneville (HOU) 30-36 .455 11.0

East Division W-L PCT GBPulaski (SEA) 40-27 .597 —Danville (ATL) 35-32 .522 5.0Bluefield (BAL) 29-36 .446 10.0Princeton (TB) 24-38 .387 13.5Burlington (KC) 24-41 .369 15.0

2008 Organizational Standings First Half Second Half Overall

Club W-L Pos. GB W-L Pos. GB W-L Pct.Charlotte — — — — — — 63-78 (3rd/-9.5) .447 Birmingham 40-30 1st — 34-33 2nd -8.0 74-63 .540Winston-Salem 29-40 4th -15.5 42-28 2nd -2.0 71-68 .511Kannapolis 31-39 6th -15.0 36-29 3rd -9.0 67-68 .496Great Falls 19-19 3rd -4.0 20-18 2nd -5.5 39-37 .513Bristol — — — 34-30 3rd -6.0 34-30 (3rd/-6.0) .531

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AVERAGEKuhn, gF ...................... .375Kendall, Bri.................. .319garcia, Bri ................... .299negron, Bir .................. .299colina, cHa/Bir/wS .... .297retherford, wS ............. .295Shelby, wS ................... .295Shelton, gF .................. .292castillo, Bir .................. .288nanita, gF .................... .286

RUNS SCOREDallen, Bir/wS .................. 87Bourgeois, cHa ............... 83Shelby, wS ...................... 81gallagher, Kan ................ 76negron, Bir ..................... 72castillo, cHa/Bir ............ 72retherford, wS ................ 66 Morales, Kan .................. 62eldred, cHa ..................... 62getz, cHa........................ 60

HITSBourgeois, cHa ............. 146negron, Bir ................... 143castillo, cHa/Bir .......... 141retherford, wS .............. 136Mollenhauer, wS/Kan ... 136Shelby, wS .................... 132allen, Bir/wS ................ 131gallagher, Kan .............. 131cook, cHa/Bir.............. 124getz, cHa...................... 122

TOTAL BASESallen, Bir/wS ................ 262eldred, cHa ................... 233Shelby, wS .................... 228cook, cHa/Bir.............. 215retherford, wS .............. 214castillo, cHa/Bir .......... 212gallagher, Kan ...............211Bourgeois, cHa ............. 206Mollenhauer, wS/Kan ... 192negron, Bir ................... 191

DOUBLESShelby, wS ...................... 37colina, cHa/Bir/wS ....... 31Mollenhauer, wS/Kan ..... 34allen, Bir/wS .................. 32gallagher, Kan ................ 30Marrero, Kan................... 29Mercedes, Bir ................. 29retherford, wS ................ 28Fleisher, Kan................... 28castillo, cHa/Bir ............ 27

TRIPLEScastillo, cHa/Bir ............ 10Kuhn, gF ........................... 9Mollenhauer, wS/Kan ....... 8Shelby, wS ........................ 7valido, Bir ......................... 6Seven players tied ............. 5

HOME RUNSeldred, cHa ..................... 35allen, Bir/wS .................. 29cook, cHa ....................... 19retherford, wS ................ 16Shelby, wS ...................... 15Fleisher, Kan................... 14gallagher, Kan ................ 14gartrell, Bir ..................... 14grace, gF ........................ 12Johnson, Kan.................. 12

RUNS BATTED INeldred, cHa ................... 100Shelby, wS ...................... 80castillo, cHa/Bir ............ 76allen, Bir/wS .................. 75retherford, wS ................ 71Fleisher, Kan................... 67gallagher, Kan ................ 65Marrero, Kan................... 61Mercedes, Bir ................. 59two players tied............... 58

WALKScook, cHa/Bir................ 93negron, Bir ..................... 63allen, Bir/wS .................. 60Marrero, Kan................... 54Morales, Kan .................. 50castillo, cHa/Bir ............ 50gartrell, Bir ..................... 45getz, cHa........................ 41celis, gF .......................... 41Huffman, cHa .................. 40

STOLEN BASESShelby, wS ...................... 33Bourgeois, cHa ............... 30owens, cHa .................... 30greene, Bri..................... 26negron, Bir ..................... 25Sanchez, wS ................... 24Mollenhauer, wS/Kan ..... 23cheatham, gF ................. 20Kendall, Bri..................... 20two players tied............... 18

EXTRA-BASE HITSallen, Bir/wS .................. 67Shelby, wS ...................... 59eldred, cHa ..................... 58cook, cHa, Bir............... 49gallagher, Kan ................ 49castillo, cHa/Bir ............ 45retherford, wS ................ 45Mercedes, Bir ................. 44Mollenhauer, wS/Kan ..... 44Marrero, Kan................... 44

SLUGGING PERCENTAGEKuhn, gF ...................... .570allen, Bir/wS ............... .555eldred, cHa .................. .546Fleisher, Kan................ .534Shelby, wS ................... .510cook, cHa/Bir............. .493grace, gF ..................... .491retherford, wS ............. .464Mollenhauer, wS/Kan .. .459colina, cHa/Bir/wS .... .458

ON-BASE PERCENTAGEcook, cHa/Bir............. .467Kuhn, gF ...................... .424celis, gF ....................... .394negron, Bir .................. .381colina, cHa/Bir/wS .... .373allen, Bir/wS ............... .372Johnson, Kan............... .366getz, cHa..................... .366cheatham, gF .............. .363Fleisher, Kan................ .356

ERA (Min. 0.8 IP/team game)carter, gF ..................... 2.23cassel, Bir....................3.11Poreda, Bir .................. 3.13infante, Bri................... 3.27Hudson, gF .................. 3.36torres, cHa .................. 3.42Shirek, Kan .................. 3.54Maxwell, Kan ............... 3.78whisler, cHa ................ 3.81Paniagua, Bri .............. 3.97

WINSMaxwell, Kan .................. 15whisler, cHa ................... 12richard, cHa/Bir............ 12Broadway, cHa ................11Haeger, cHa.....................11carter, wS/Kan................11cassel, Bir............................10ely, wS ............................ 10torres, Bir......................... 9two players tied................. 8

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SAVES*link, Bir......................... 35texeira, Bir/wS .............. 21Mabee, wS ...................... 20childers, cHa .................. 17asselin, Bri ....................... 9wassermann, cHa ............ 7Hunt, Kan.......................... 7Zaleski, WS ....................... 6Sauer, gF .......................... 5Five players tied ............... 4

INNINGS PITCHEDHaeger, cHa............... 178.0cassel, Bir................. 165.0Mcculloch, Bir ........... 156.2whisler, cHa .............. 156.0ely, wS ....................... 145.1Broadway, cHa .......... 145.0ohka, cHa.................. 135.2egbert, cHa................ 129.2long, wS ................... 129.0richard, cHa/Bir....... 127.2

STRIKEOUTSluis, Kan....................... 135ely, wS .......................... 134Poreda, Bir/wS .............118egbert, cHa.........................117Haeger, cHa...................117long, wS ........................116ohka, cHa......................112torres, cHa/Bir .............111rice, Kan ...................... 109Maxwell, Kan ................ 105

COMPLETE GAMESHaeger, cHa...................... 3Maxwell, Kan .................... 2richard, cHa/Bir.............. 2Poreda, Bir/wS ................ 2eight players tied ............... 1

SHUTOUTSegbert, cHa....................... 1richard, cHa/Bir.............. 1