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Last Friday saw Yolmer Sanchez batting cleanup for the White Sox, which made him the 42nd player to begin a game batting cleanup for the team since 2000. Before I go any further, though, I've got to give credit where credit is due: the idea for today's Sporcle came from KenWo and pnoles on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/SoxMach_pnoles/status/994991853069062145

Thanks, KenWo and pnoles!

So, I ask of you, the reader: how many of those 42 players can you name? There are a lot of easy ones everybody will get: there are also, ah, a few that will prove to be quite the challenge. Good luck!

Quiz Parameters

    • As always, last names accepted in addition to first and last.
    • I've allotted 10 minutes for completion attempts.
    • As hints, I've provided the position of the player and their length of tenure on the Sox (which does not necessarily correspond with when they batted cleanup)

Useless information to amaze, annoy, confound, and/or confuse your friends:

    • Since 2000, just two players have batted cleanup while playing second base for the Sox.
    • Likewise, just one shortstop made the list.
    • Unsurprisingly, DH is the position most represented on this list, with 16 names.

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All data from baseballreference.com


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