Wednesday, January 4, 2012

January 4

1949 Bowman #191 - Joe Haynes

On this day in 1941, the White Sox purchased Joe Haynes from the Washington Senators. Joe went on to play with the White Sox through 1948.

While with the Sox, Haynes led the AL in games and games finished in 1942, was the AL ERA champion in 1947 and made his only All-Star appearance in 1948.

Joe was traded to the White Sox by his future father-in-law, Washington owner Clark Griffith.






White Sox January 4th birthdays:

1903 - Alex Metzler
1906 - Blondy Ryan
1930 - Don McMahon
1963 - Daryl Boston
1982 - Jason Bourgeois
1994 - Reynaldo Lopez

2 comments:

Hackenbush said...

But there were no hard feelings as he worked for the Senators after his playing days.

Dick Allen Hall of Fame said...

Good to have you back. Great to see you back into a regular posting rhythm!

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