Today in White Sox History: March 29

Despite his status as a former No. 6 overall pick, no one had been expecting much from Scott Fletcher heading into 1983.

Scott Fletcher’s spring triggers unexpected transactions

1971

After eight years of very pedestrian play at first base on the South Side, Tommy McCraw is dealt to Washington for outfielder Ed Stroud. McCraw and Stroud were both early-1960s amateur free agents signed by the White Sox, only Stroud had been dealt four years earlier to the Senators and was now making his way back to the South Side.