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Ozzie Guillén
Chicago White Sox — No. 13
Shortstop / Manager
Born: January 20, 1964 (1964-01-20) (age 45) Ocumare del Tuy, Venezuela
Batted: Left	Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 9, 1985 for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
October 1, 2000 for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Career statistics
Batting average	.264
Hits	1,764
Runs batted in	619
Teams
As player Chicago White Sox (1985–1997) Baltimore Orioles (1998) Atlanta Braves (1998–1999) Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2000) As manager Chicago White Sox (2004–present)
Career highlights and awards
3× All-Star selection (1988, 1990, 1991) 2× World Series champion (2003, 2005) Gold Glove Award winner (1990) 1985 AL Rookie of the Year 2005 AL Manager of the Year

Oswaldo José Guillén Barrios (born January 20, 1964), well known as Ozzie Guillén (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡiˈʎen]), is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball and the current manager of the Chicago White Sox. He is the first Latin-born manager in the history of the game to have won a World Series. His career stretched from 1985 through 2000, playing for the White Sox (1985–97), Baltimore Orioles (1998), Atlanta Braves (1998 - 1999) and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2000).^[1] He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

[edit] Career

[edit] Player

Guillén is a member of the select group of light-hitting, quick-handed shortstops that emerged from Venezuela, a group that includes Chico Carrasquel, Luis Aparicio (both White Sox players), Dave Concepción, and Omar Vizquel. As a player, he was regarded for his passion, speed, hustle, intensity and defensive abilities and his ebullient love for the game, spending his entire career in the Venezuelan Winter League with Tiburones de La Guaira.

In 1985, Guillén received both the AL Rookie of the Year and The Sporting News Rookie of the Year awards.^[2] He was an All-Star in 1988, 1990-91, and won the Gold Glove Award in 1990.^[1][3] Guillén ranks among the White Sox all-time leaders in games played, hits, and at-bats.^[4] He won the National League Pennant while with the 1999 Atlanta Braves.^[5]

[edit] Playing career statistics^[1]

[edit] Manager

Following his playing career, Guillén coached for the Montreal Expos in 2002 and Florida Marlins, where he won his first World Series ring in 2003 before Guillén was hired in the offseason to replace Jerry Manuel as White Sox manager.^[6] He received a rising ovation from the crowd of 37,706 Chicagoans when introduced before his first game as a manager at U.S. Cellular Field on April 13, 2004. On May 30, 2005, the White Sox extended Guillén's contract, making the move while the team had the best record in the majors (33-17). Chicago picked up the 2006 option on his contract, added two more years and included an option for the 2009 season. In October, he led the White Sox to their first AL pennant since 1959, and their first World Series win since 1917 with a 4-game sweep of the Houston Astros. Guillén announced that he was going to retire after the 2005 season should the White Sox win the World Series, but at the parade celebrating the World Champions he received cheers from the fans when he announced he would indeed return to manage the next season. In November, Guillén was voted the 2005 AL Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association of America.^[7] In 2006, Guillén managed the American League All-Star Team. The AL won 3-2. On September 4, 2009, Guillen won his 500th game as manager of the Chicago White Sox as the White Sox defeated the Boston Red Sox by a score of 12-2.^[8] Guillen has publicly stated that he feels the 2003 steroids list should be released to the public.^[9]

[edit] Personal life

Guillen was born in Ocumare Del Tuy, Venezuela.^[1] He is married to Ibis Cardenas and has three children.^[10]

[edit] See also

• List of players from Venezuela in Major League Baseball
• Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award
• TSN Rookie of the Year Award
• List of AL Gold Glove winners at shortstop
• List of Major League Baseball leaders in career stolen bases
• Manager of the Year Award
• List of Major League Baseball managers in 2006
• List of Major League Baseball managers in 2007
• List of Major League Baseball managers in 2008

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Major league career managerial statistics from Baseball-Reference
• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
• MLB Web Page - biography
• Baseball Library - profile
• Interview in The Heckler
• Ozzie Guillen: He's Another Concepcion in the Making, Baseball Digest, August 1988
• Ozzie Guillen Still Retains Defensive Edge at Short, Baseball Digest, July 1996