Today in White Sox History: December 13

Dec 13 2022 by South Side Sox

 
Todd Ritchie had a truly awful single season on the South Side. | JOHN ZICH/AFP via Getty Images

A buffet of deals, bad and good

1969

The White Sox dealt their star lefthander Gary Peters and catcher Don Pavletich to the Red Sox for Syd O’Brien and Billy Farmer. (Farmer retired instead of reporting, so as compensation Chicago received Jerry “Wheat Germ Kid” Janeski.)

Peters would win 33 games over the next three seasons. Janeski won 10 games in 1970, then was shipped to...

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