Players that The Sox aquired that were past their Prime.

[ZombieRob]

Remember the days they used to get washed up vets back in the day? George Foster, Steve Carlton eurghh Name some others.

[Brian26]

Ken Griffey Jr
Jerry Reuss
Omar Vizquel
Sparky Lyle
John Kruk
Dave Steib
Chris Sabo
Rob Dibble
Oscar Gamble (85)
Roberto Alomar (twice)
Harold Baines (2000)
Charlie Hough
Manny Ramirez
Pat Borders
Ken Hill
Jose Pantiagua
Mike Meyers
Jeff Nelson
Danny Tartabull

[getonbckthr]

Royce Clayton

[ZombieRob]

Originally Posted by Brian26

Ken Griffey Jr
Jerry Reuss
Omar Vizquel
Sparky Lyle
John Kruk
Dave Steib
Chris Sabo
Rob Dibble
Oscar Gamble (85)
Roberto Alomar (twice)
Harold Baines (2000)
Charlie Hough
Manny Ramirez
Pat Borders
Ken Hill
Jose Pantiagua
Mike Meyers
Jeff Nelson
Danny Tartabull

Don Kessinger?

[Brian26]

Kessinger and Santo

[MUsoxfan]

Steve Sax

[CoopaLoop]

Adam Dunn

[Boondock Saint]

Originally Posted by CoopaLoop

Adam Dunn

Adam Dunn was knocking the cover off of the ball before he got here. He just happened to fall off a cliff at the most unfortunate time for us.

[RCWHITESOX]

Tommy Davis
Rocky Colavito
Gene Freese
Bobby Bonds
Herb Score

[TDog]

Claude Osteen and Jim Kaat come to mind, but Kaat actually enjoyed something of a renaissance with the Sox, despite Harry Caray constantly complaining that he needed to be released early in 1974. The presence of the DH in the lineup tends to be a magnet to attract players past their prime. The White Sox Bo Jackson was a shadow of the Bo Jackson that came up with the Royals. And Jose Canseco finished his career keeping the DH spot warm for Frank Thomas.

The relievers like Clay Carroll and Mike Jackson who just keep bouncing around at the end seem abundant. Then, of course, you have the grinders slowed by over the years by a few injuries, such as Darin Erstad and Mark Kotsay, whose White Sox careers might have made you forget how good they once were at baseball. You might even put Tony Phillips into that category.

It isn't just the White Sox, of course. Jason Giambi was still in the league the last I looked, and Kotsay hit a pinch-hit home run the other night for the Padres.

[Moses_Scurry]

Tom Seaver

[Madvora]

Jose Canseco
Darin Erstad
Juan Pierre
Kenny Lofton
Sandy Alomar Jr.
Jim Thome (did well, but still past his prime)

[DumpJerry]

Aaron Poreda.
Lance Broadway.

[The Immigrant]

I'm still waiting for Kenny to pick up Chone Figgins. Kenny always gets his guy...5-6 years too late.

[Chez]

Cleon Jones, Deron Johnson (actually put together a decent 2/3 of a season before traded), Phil Regan. Jerry Koosman was "past his prime" when we got him in 1983, but gave us a solid season. The last time the Sox got Baines (2000), he was on fumes.