Good morning!
When Erick Fedde signed his two years, $15 million contract with the White Sox, there was a brief moment of excitement for me as I confused Fedde's coming from the KBO the same as being born in South Korea. Then I remembered he had played for the Nationals and went to UNLV, double-checked his Baseball Reference page, and sure enough: born and bred in Las Vegas. Alas.
So, why that brief moment of excitement? The White Sox haven't yet had a player born in South Korea play for them before. A South Korean player would mark the eleventh distinct country outside the Americas for the franchise and the first Asian player since 2012. Thus, we continue to wait.
Still, it makes for an interesting Sporcle. Who are the players to play for the White Sox and also have been born outside of the Americas and the Caribbean? It turns out that 17 different non-American players have suited up for the team at some point throughout history. Today’s Sporcle tasks you with an attempt at naming those 17 non-Americans. How many can you get? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I’ve allotted 15 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints, you get the player’s tenure with the team, and their position.
- As previously noted: to qualify, non-American is defined as born outside North/Central/South America or the Caribbean region.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- These players combined for 18.8 WAR over their White Sox careers.
- 4.3 of that WAR came in the past three seasons.
- The highest WAR total? 5.4 by the second baseman from 2005-2007.
- The lowest amount? -1.2 by the starting pitcher from 1948-1949.
Data and information from baseballreference.com
