ESPN.com: Ozzie Guillen Career Notes

Ozzie Guillen
#13 | Shortstop | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | Roster

Career Notes

1995
Collected the 1,300th hit of his career on June 27 at Minnesota .... Made his 11th consecutive Opening Day start, the second-longest streak among active American League shortstops behind Baltimore's Cal Ripken Jr., who has 13 ... streak is the longest by a Sox shortstop since Luke Appling ... His twelve errors were his fewest since committing twelve during his rookie season in 1985.

1994
Traded by the San Diego Padres with Tim Lollar and Bill Long and Luis Salazar to the Chicago White Sox for LaMarr Hoyt, Todd Simmons and Kevin Kristan on Dec. 6, 1984.

1993
Came back from a serious knee injury in 1992 to post career highs with 23 doubles, four home runs and a .280 batting average ... Was batting .195 on May 14 but turned his season around by hitting .299 (112-for-375) thereafter ... Committed 16 errors, the second-lowest total of his career ... Went 3-for-3 with a homer and tied his career-high with four RBI July 2 against Baltimore ... Made his ninth consecutive Opening Day start with Chicago.

1992
Season ended April 21 after he suffered a hyperextended right knee in a collision with left fielder Tim Raines.

1991
Named to the American League All-Star team for the third time ... Collected career hit No. 1,000 Sept. 18 against Oakland ... Hit his first career grand slam Sept. 5 against Kansas City, tying his career high with four RBI ... Batted .288 (72-for-250) in the second half ...Committed one error after Aug. 16 (39 games) ... Hit .300 (109-for-363) vs. right-handers.

1990
Received the Gold Glove Award, becoming the first White Sox player to earn the honor since Mike Squires in 1981 ... Named to the AL All-Star team for the second time ... Led Chicago with a .319 batting average in the first half but cooled to .279 at the end of the season ... Was the third toughest AL batter to strike out, fanning once every 15.2 plate appearances ... Hit his only homer Aug. 10 off Nolan Ryan of Texas.

1989
Stole a career-high 36 bases, seventh in the AL ... Recorded a career-high 18 game hit streak July 5-28 (30-for-66, .455) ... Posted career highs with 597 at-bats and 151 hits.

1988
Was the lone Sox representative at the All-Star Game but did not play due to a leg injury ... Established a White Sox single-season shortstop record with 570 assists, topping Luis Aparicio's mark of 563 in 1969.

1987
Led the Sox with 13 sacrifice bunts, eight sacrifice flies and seven triples ... Notched his first career five-hit game July 9 at New York.

1986
Finished second on the team, behind Harold Baines, with eight game-winning RBI ... Had the lone Chicago hit, an infield single, off Toronto's Jimmy Key on May 22.

1985
Easily won the AL Rookie of the Year Award, finishing 34 points ahead of runner-up Teddy Higuera of Milwaukee ... Also named top rookie in the AL by The Sporting News and ESPN's 'Inside Baseball' ... Voted best defensive infielder in a poll of league managers conducted by the Toronto Star ... Established a franchise shortstop record with just 12 errors for the season ... His .980 fielding percentage led major-league shortstops ... His first major-league hit was a bunt single on a three-ball, no-strike pitch in the season opener at Milwaukee ... Hit his first homer Aug. 14 off Ed Whitson of New York.

1984
Traded by the San Diego Padres with Tim Lollar and Bill Long and Luis Salazar to the Chicago White Sox for LaMarr Hoyt, Todd Simmons and Kevin Kristan on Dec. 6, 1984.


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