Fraser Ellard #55

Single...Attended Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., and Lander University in Greenwood, S.C...Is a 2014 graduate of King's Ridge Christian High School in Alpharetta, Ga...Competed in baseball, swimming and diving and cross country.

2024

Began the season with Class AAA Charlotte, where he recorded a 2.49 ERA (7 ER/25.1 IP) with 36 strikeouts and a .184 (16-for-87) opponents average over his final 25 appearances before his contract was selected by the White Sox on 7/30...Limited opponents to a .212 (18-for-85) average with the Sox, including a .114 (5-44) mark by right-handers … opponents went 5-for-26 (.192) with RISP, 0-for-7 with RISP/two outs and 0-for-4 with the bases loaded...Made his MLB debut on 7/30 vs. Kansas City, recording a hold and a loss after walking two of three batters faced (0.1 IP) … threw 0.2 scoreless IP on 7/31 vs. the Royals, including his first career strikeout (Kyle Isbel)...Struck out a career-high three batters over 1.2 IP on 8/13 vs. New York-AL … earned his first career win on 8/21 at San Francisco after tossing a 1-2-3 eighth inning...Made a career-best nine straight appearances without allowing an earned run from 8/25-9/13, striking out 12 with two walks, and recorded a 0.63 ERA (1 ER/14.1 IP) in 13 games from 8/25-9/20 … began the streak with 2.0 scoreless IP on 8/25 vs. Detroit...Made five straight scoreless appearances from 9/4-13 (5.2 IP) … earned his first career save on 9/15 vs. Oakland … suffered the loss and blown save on 9/22 at San Diego...Recorded his second hold in the season finale on 9/29 at Detroit, throwing 1.0 scoreless IP.

2023

Went a combined 0-1 with a 7.17 ERA (17 ER/21.1 IP) and 30 strikeouts (12.6 per 9.0 IP) over 21 games between the Arizona Complex League White Sox and Class AA Birmingham...Faced 94 batters during the season without allowing a home run...Has not yielded a homer in 57 games since 5/12/22...Began the season on the injured list with a left elbow injury...Was reinstated on 5/9 and assigned to Birmingham...Made his season debut on 5/10 vs. Pensacola (3 ER/0.2 IP)...Recorded scoreless efforts in his next three outings (4.0 IP) from 5/13-20...Was placed on the IL on 5/24 with left shoulder inflammation...Appeared in two rehab games with the ACL White Sox before being reinstated on 7/15...Made four appearances before going on the IL for the third time on 8/1 with a right back strain...Was reinstated on 8/16...Did not allow an earned run in six straight outings from 8/16- 9/3, striking out nine batters over 6.0 IP.

2022

Combined to go 4-1 with a 4.13 ERA (26 ER/56.2 IP) and 58 strikeouts over 47 games between Class Advanced A Winston-Salem and Class AA Birmingham.

2021

Combined to go 2-0 with a 4.43 ERA (10 ER/20.1 IP) and 27 strikeouts over 14 appearances between the Arizona Complex League and Class A Kannapolis in his first professional season.