1949 - 2020 Ed Farmer, the voice of the Chicago White Sox for almost 30 years, dies
A son from Chicago's South Side spent 2½ seasons pitching for the White Sox during an 11-year major-league baseball career and, for nearly 30 years, was a radio announcer for the team - according to the White Vox on Wednesday night died. He was 70.
A member of the 1980 American League All-Star Team, while with the Sox, Farmer White was a full-time radio announcer for the White Sox since 1992, first as an analyst and, in 2006, as a play-by-play man In. A farmer with a history of kidney disease was ill, due to which he was missing the 2019 season. She was also on a slow ramp in the 2020 season. The cause of his death was not immediately reported.
A farmer, a Chicago native, was the Cleveland Indians' 5th round pick in the 1967 draft and made his debut with him in 1971. From there he traveled to Detroit, Philly, Baltimore, Milwaukee and Texas before his hometown White Sox. In 1979. After three seasons with the Sox, he moved back to Philly and then closed out his career in Oakland in 1983.
He beat 21 players out of all in 370 matches in total. He posted an ERA of 4.30. His best season came in 1979, which he split between the Rangers and the Sox, posting a 2.99 EURO in 53 matches, 114.1 innings. He made 30 saves for the Sox in 1980.
Farmer was better known for his white voice, which he first adopted in 1990. In 1991, he worked as a special assistant to Sox general manager Ron Schuyler, but returned to the booth in 1992 for good. His 29th Sox game is calling. In 2004, he and John Rooney, the best radio teammates in the American League, aired by USA Today.
A son from Chicago's South Side spent 2½ seasons pitching for the White Sox during an 11-year major-league baseball career and, for nearly 30 years, was a radio announcer for the team - according to the White Vox on Wednesday night died. He was 70.
A member of the 1980 American League All-Star Team, while with the Sox, Farmer White was a full-time radio announcer for the White Sox since 1992, first as an analyst and, in 2006, as a play-by-play man In. A farmer with a history of kidney disease was ill, due to which he was missing the 2019 season. She was also on a slow ramp in the 2020 season. The cause of his death was not immediately reported.
A farmer, a Chicago native, was the Cleveland Indians' 5th round pick in the 1967 draft and made his debut with him in 1971. From there he traveled to Detroit, Philly, Baltimore, Milwaukee and Texas before his hometown White Sox. In 1979. After three seasons with the Sox, he moved back to Philly and then closed out his career in Oakland in 1983.
He beat 21 players out of all in 370 matches in total. He posted an ERA of 4.30. His best season came in 1979, which he split between the Rangers and the Sox, posting a 2.99 EURO in 53 matches, 114.1 innings. He made 30 saves for the Sox in 1980.
Farmer was better known for his white voice, which he first adopted in 1990. In 1991, he worked as a special assistant to Sox general manager Ron Schuyler, but returned to the booth in 1992 for good. His 29th Sox game is calling. In 2004, he and John Rooney, the best radio teammates in the American League, aired by USA Today.
