Wes Whisler #47

Attended UCLA, where he batted .303 with 34 home runs, 129 RBI and a .512 slugging percentage ... also was 11-14 with a 4.99 ERA in 43 career starts (49 appearances) as a pitcher ... struck out 172 batters in 259.2 IP while tossing four complete games in collegiate career ... named Pac-10 Freshman of the Year in 2002 after hitting .328 with a school freshman-record 18 home runs ... also went 5-2 with a 4.06 ERA in 84.1 IP ... rated as the top prospect in the Cape Cod Summer League by *Baseball America* for the 2002 season ... was named Indiana's 'Mr. Baseball' in 2001 at Noblesville (Ind.) High School after hitting .440 with 15 home runs and 35 RBI ... holds the Indiana state single-season record for RBI (49 in 1998) and ranks second with 41 career home runs ... also averaged 13.5 points and 6.5 rebounds as four-year member of the varsity basketball team.

2006

Combined to go 12-10 with a 3.37 ERA (61 ER/163.0 IP) in 27 starts between Class A Winston-Salem and Class AA Birmingham ... finished third among White Sox farmhands in IP, tied for third in wins and sixth in ERA ... made 16 quality starts ... spent the majority of the season with the Warthogs, going 10-7 with a 2.97 ERA (39 ER/ 118.1 IP) in 20 starts ... ranked third in the Carolina League in wins (10) and fifth in ERA (2.97) ... led the Warthogs in victories ... did not allow a home run with Winston-Salem ... threw a 7.0-IP shutout on 6/2 vs. Lynchburg ... was 2-3 with a 6.23 (18 ER/26.0 IP) in his first five starts, but 8-4 with a 2.05 ERA (21 ER/92.1 IP) over his final 15 ... allowed more than three earned runs just once during that span (5 ER on 5/22 at Myrtle Beach) ... was promoted to Birmingham on 7/28, where he went 2-3 with a 4.43 ERA (22 ER/44.2 IP) ... five of his seven starts were quality ... was 1-1 with a 3.97 ERA (5 ER/11.1 IP) in 13 relief appearances with Scottsdale of the Arizona Fall League.