Before he reached the Majors, Robin Ventura already had a full trophy case. In 1988, the Oklahoma State star was a three-time All-American, won the Dick Howser Trophy, the Golden Spikes Award, and was a Gold Medal winner for the United States.
Professionally, Ventura proved to be a good hitting Third Baseman, who played the majority of his career with the Chicago White Sox, the team he debuted for in 1989. Ventura became a starter in 1990 and was an All-Star in 1992. With the Chi-Sox, Ventura had five 20 Home Run years and six 90 plus RBI years, but his best asset was his defense as he earned five of his six Gold Gloves with Chicago. Ventura also is currently in the top twenty all-time in Total Zone Runs.
While the White Sox is the team that Ventura is most known with, he would have another four-year run of 20 Home Runs, three with the Mets, and one with the Yankees.
Over Ventura’s career, he blasted 294 Home Runs with 18 of then being Grand Slams. He would later manage the White Sox from 2012 to 2016.
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