Nelson Fox & Luis Aparicio – Chicago White Sox
August 10, 1959
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credit: John G. Zimmerman – staff
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Here’s a look at what happened on this date (Dec. 1) in White Sox history:
*1958, O CANADA! The White Sox selected Canadian native Claude Raymond and Lou Skizas in the Rule V Draft.
The Sox took Raymond, a pitcher, from the Milwaukee Braves’ organization and plucked Skizas, an outfielder, from the Detroit chain.
Skizas, a Chicagoan, played in just eight games for the 1959 Sox – the last eight games of his 239-game career. He was traded by the White Sox to with pitcher Don Rudolph to Cincinnati for slugging veteran Del Ennis on May 1, 1959.
Raymond pitched in three games for the 1959 Sox before he was returned to Milwaukee. His spot in Sox history is that he was the first man to play for both the White Sox and the Montreal Expos. Raymond, a native of St. Jean Quebec, pitched in the bigs until 1971.
*1964, CROSSTOWN SWAP: In the first major deal between Chicago’s teams in 15 years, the White Sox sent pitcher Frank Baumann to the Cubs for backup catcher Jimme Schaffer.
This trade didn’t amount to much as Baumann just pitched in four games for the 1965 Cubs and Shaffer played in just 17 for the 1965 Sox before being dealt to the Mets. In an article recapping all-Chicago swaps, the Tribune called this one a “push.”
The teams wouldn’t deal with each other for another six years.
*1965, SEE YA, SWISH: The White Sox acquired pitcher Jack Lamabe and minor leaguer Ray Cordeiro and cash from the Houston Astros for slugging outfielder Dave Nicholson and catcher Bill Heath.
Nicholson was best known for his prodigious homers and his prodigious strikeout totals. Included in his 37 home runs with the White Sox was a Comiskey Park roof shot on May 6, 1964. A year earlier, Nicholson set the franchise record with 175 strikeouts.
*1970, AN APARICIO FOR AN ALVARADO: The White Sox said goodbye to legendary Luis Aparicio for the second and last time.
The Sox sent “Little Looie” to Boston for second baseman Mike Andrews and utility infielder Luis Alvarado. The traded killed rumors that Aparicio would become the Sox manager, according to Rich Lindberg’s “White Sox Encyclopedia.”
Aparicio, who won a Gold Glove and hit a career-high .313 for the 1970 Sox, had three solid seasons with the Red Sox before retiring after the 1973 campaign.
Andrews played a key role in the Sox resurgent 1971 campaign but struggled in 1972 was eventually shipped to Oakland – where he encounter infamy as part of a World Series controversy – during the 1973 season.
*1975, RIP NELLIE: White Sox legend and future Hall of Famer Nellie Fox succumbed to cancer at age 47 in Baltimore.