Infielders and Outfielders

Sox History

As most people know, there are exactly seven positions (not including pitcher and catcher) that fill up the baseball diamond, infield and outfield. Each player’s attitude and fielding and hitting talents are essential to a team’s success. This is why this is exactly what I exactly what I will cover on this content page. I will start in the outfield.

The White Sox left fielder, Scott Podsednik, is definitely one of the most talented on the team, both in hitting, fielding, and base running, and is possibly one of the best in the entire Major Leagues. At the end of the 2004 season, Scott Podsednik played for the Milwaukee Brewers, but was traded early last season to the White Sox in exchange for Carlos Lee, a former White Sox powerhouse Sox powerhouse.

Aaron Rowand is the White Sox right fielder, and also one of their top sluggers. He has contributed a lot to the team with a .301 batting average and twenty home runs on the 2005 season. He is also a White Sox veteran, and has worked his way up throughout the years to earn his position and his playing time.

	Now I move on to the infield. The White Sox have pretty much kept the same first baseman over the past few years, and this first baseman is named Paul Konerko. Konerko, like Rowand, is a slugger and a veteran. By the end of last season, he had accumulated a total of forty homeruns and exactly one hundred RBI's. He also managed to maintain a .283 batting average. With statistics like those, he is definitely of the White Sox most talented players.
		This new first year player, Tadahito Iguchi, is the White Sox second baseman. As I had mentioned, he is the first year in the White Sox franchise for Iguchi. He is quite talented, but made a number of errors in the field, and struggled sometimes at the plate. He replaced an older White Sox player, Willie Harris. The White Sox hope to make Iguchi a better fielder and hitter.

		Juan Uribe has been the White Sox shortstop for about three whole years. He is quite dominant at the plate, batting mainly for his average, not for power. He is also a tremendous fielder with his 2005 fielding percentage at an almost flawless .922.
	The White Sox third baseman, Joe Crede, is an average player, both i9n the field and at the plate. He is a utility player who can play almost every position in the infield and the outfield. His skill comes in handy during tight positions. And he can be relied on not to crumble under pressure.