Regular visitors to our website know that we will be launching in 2016 our fourth section which will discuss and rank the North American franchises from the four major leagues (MLB, NHL, NBA & NFL) and how they honor their past players and contributors.
With that in mind, the Chicago White Sox have announced that the will be officially retiring the number 14 of Paul Konerko on May 23 at their home game against the Minnesota Twins.
Konerko would spend sixteen seasons with the White Sox after arriving there from a trade from the Cincinnati Reds. He would quickly ascend up the popularity chart and emerge as the team’s power man, where he would blast 432 of his career 439 Home Runs, a mark that puts him only second in franchise history, though he would take over as the White Sox leader in Total Bases.
His other significant stats as a member of the Chicago White Sox include 1,141 Runs Scored, 2,292 Hits, 1,383 Runs Batted In, a Slash Line of .281/.356/.491 and a bWAR of 29.3.
Konerko will become the tenth former player to have his number retired by the organization.
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