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White Flag Trade
The White Flag Trade was a trade made between two Major League Baseball teams in 1997. On July 31, 1997, the Chicago White Sox traded three veteran pitchers to the San Francisco Giants for six minor league players. At the time, the trade was maligned by the vast majority of White Sox fans, who saw it as a sign that owner Jerry Reinsdorf was giving up on the team, even while they were only 3+1⁄2 games behind the Cleveland Indians for the American League Central Division lead.
Reinsdorf defended the trade, saying that "anyone who thinks we can catch Cleveland is crazy", and the White Sox eventually finished 6 games out of 1st place in 1997. Although the team did win the Central Division title in 2000 with contributions from two of the players received in the trade, the trade remains one of the most contested in White Sox history.
In 1997, the White Sox were a borderline playoff team struggling with fan relations as a result of the 1994 MLB strike. With diminished fan attendance and multiple players eligible to enter free agency at the end of the season, general manager Ron Schueler decided to trade them for prospects. Although the team was just 3+1⁄2 games behind the Cleveland Indians at the trade deadline, Schueler sent three of the team's best pitchers to the San Francisco Giants.
The San Francisco Giants received:
The Chicago White Sox received:
The San Francisco Giants went on to win the National League West Division title with a 90–72 record, two games better than the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Chicago White Sox finished 80–81, six games behind the American League Central Division champion Cleveland Indians. The Giants were swept by the Florida Marlins (now the Miami Marlins) in the National League Division Series. The Indians also lost to the Marlins in the World Series.
Wilson Álvarez and Roberto Hernández would both join the expansion Tampa Bay Devil Rays (now the Tampa Bay Rays) as free agents in the offseason and spend several years with the team, while Danny Darwin would pitch one more season for the Giants before retiring in 1998.
In 2000, the White Sox won the American League Central with an American League-best record of 95–67. They made the playoffs but were swept in the Division Series by the American League wild card team, the Seattle Mariners. Foulke and Howry were a large part of their bullpen, with Foulke earning 34 saves in his role as closer. However, the middle of the batting order went a combined 3-for-40 in the series, and the Sox were swept in three games. The 2000 San Francisco Giants also won their division, with an MLB-best record of 97–65. However, none of the players acquired from the 1997 trade were still playing with the team during the 2000 season. The Giants also lost in the Division Series, this time to the New York Mets who went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the World Series.
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White Flag Trade
The White Flag Trade was a trade made between two Major League Baseball teams in 1997. On July 31, 1997, the Chicago White Sox traded three veteran pitchers to the San Francisco Giants for six minor league players. At the time, the trade was maligned by the vast majority of White Sox fans, who saw it as a sign that owner Jerry Reinsdorf was giving up on the team, even while they were only 3+1⁄2 games behind the Cleveland Indians for the American League Central Division lead.
Reinsdorf defended the trade, saying that "anyone who thinks we can catch Cleveland is crazy", and the White Sox eventually finished 6 games out of 1st place in 1997. Although the team did win the Central Division title in 2000 with contributions from two of the players received in the trade, the trade remains one of the most contested in White Sox history.
In 1997, the White Sox were a borderline playoff team struggling with fan relations as a result of the 1994 MLB strike. With diminished fan attendance and multiple players eligible to enter free agency at the end of the season, general manager Ron Schueler decided to trade them for prospects. Although the team was just 3+1⁄2 games behind the Cleveland Indians at the trade deadline, Schueler sent three of the team's best pitchers to the San Francisco Giants.
The San Francisco Giants received:
The Chicago White Sox received:
The San Francisco Giants went on to win the National League West Division title with a 90–72 record, two games better than the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Chicago White Sox finished 80–81, six games behind the American League Central Division champion Cleveland Indians. The Giants were swept by the Florida Marlins (now the Miami Marlins) in the National League Division Series. The Indians also lost to the Marlins in the World Series.
Wilson Álvarez and Roberto Hernández would both join the expansion Tampa Bay Devil Rays (now the Tampa Bay Rays) as free agents in the offseason and spend several years with the team, while Danny Darwin would pitch one more season for the Giants before retiring in 1998.
In 2000, the White Sox won the American League Central with an American League-best record of 95–67. They made the playoffs but were swept in the Division Series by the American League wild card team, the Seattle Mariners. Foulke and Howry were a large part of their bullpen, with Foulke earning 34 saves in his role as closer. However, the middle of the batting order went a combined 3-for-40 in the series, and the Sox were swept in three games. The 2000 San Francisco Giants also won their division, with an MLB-best record of 97–65. However, none of the players acquired from the 1997 trade were still playing with the team during the 2000 season. The Giants also lost in the Division Series, this time to the New York Mets who went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the World Series.