Good morning!
This is somewhat of a belated Sporcle. Entering the season, I noticed that Leury Garcia was pretty high up on the list of games played for the White Sox by a player from the Dominican Republic, sitting in third place all-time. Well, 29 games ago (for him), he took sole possession of second place and now sits at 509 games played with the franchise entering Friday night's matchup against the Astros. Not too shabby, considering he was the PTBNL in the Alex Rios trade with the Rangers that was (to my recollection, anyway) primarily about clearing payroll.
Every player deserves a turn in the spotlight, and today is Leury's (barring some major offensive accomplishment in the coming months). It's Dominican Republic week on Saturday Sporcle: who from that country has played for the White Sox over the years? To qualify, a position player must have appeared in at least 20 games with the team, while a pitcher must have appeared in at least 10. That gives us 58 guys: how many can you name? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I think this quiz is pretty challenging, so I've allotted the full 20 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints, I provided the player's tenure with the team, number of games played, and their position. The quiz is ordered by games, most to fewest.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- The most games played by a player from the Dominican Republic is currently Adrian Beltre with 2,933. Albert Pujols is likely to surpass that, however, as he is currently at 2,910.
- On the pitcher side, Jose Mesa owns the record, appearing in 1,022 games.
(Portrait by Carl Skanberg)
All data from stathead.com
