2 days until Opening Day, White Sox fans!
Here are some other facts on the Sox greatest No. 2 Nellie Fox (taken from a previous blog) who endures as one of the most popular players in team history:
*The 1997 Hall of Fame inductee capped his MVP season for the White Sox by hitting .375 with three doubles in the 1959 World Series against the Dodgers
*Fox was the first White Sox player to win the American League’s MVP Award in 1959
*The 12-time American League All-Star set a White Sox record by playing 798 consecutive games from Aug. 8, 1955 to Sept. 3, 1960
*The three-time Gold Glove winner led A.L. second basemen in fielding, putouts and assists in the season three times (1952, 1956 and 1959)
*A member of the White Sox All-20th Century team, Fox was the toughest American Leaguer to strikeout in a record 11 consecutive seasons from 1952 to 1962
*The 1997 Hall of Fame inductee had his No. 2 retired by the White Sox in 1976
*Fox led the American League in hits a White Sox record four times (1952, 1954, 1957, 1958)
*Longtime Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, an ardent Sox fan, referred to Nellie Fox as his favorite player