Former Chicago White Sox pitcher Daniel Webb killed in accident
Former Chicago White Sox pitcher Daniel Webb was tragically killed over the weekend.
News came out on Sunday evening that former Chicago White Sox pitcher Daniel Webb was killed in an ATV accident in Tennessee on Saturday.
White Sox mourn death of former teammate: "Looking back now, I can't say enough about what a great person Daniel Webb truly was." https://t.co/0EzKlWMsiV pic.twitter.com/UJk09Xbj1g
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) October 16, 2017
Webb’s career
Webb was drafted out of high school in Kentucky by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 12th round in 2008, but instead chose to attend Northwest Florida State College for a season, and he was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 18th round of the 2009 draft.
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The 6’3″, 215-pound right-hander made his professional debut in the Blue Jays system in 2010 with Auburn of the New York-Penn League, working well enough to earn his way to Lansing in the Midwest League for a pair of starts to finish the season. He struggled with injury as a starter in 2011 and in the White Sox system in 2012 after being acquired for reliever Jason Frasor.
With the White Sox system in 2013, Webb moved to the bullpen, and he immediately found success, jumping up three levels of minor leagues all the way to the major leagues for nine games at the end of the season. He earned recognition as an organization All-Star, as voted on by Minor League Baseball’s website, in that season.
Webb had a solid 2014 in the big league bullpen, posting a 3.99 ERA and 1.49 WHIP over 57 games and 67 2/3 innings pitched, with a 42/58 BB/K ratio. His component ratios weren’t great, and they caught up to him in 2015, leading to a midseason demotion when his ERA was 6.30 after 27 appearances in 2015.
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Webb made just a few appearances in 2016 before succumbing to Tommy John surgery. At the end of the 2016 season, the White Sox released him. He spent the 2017 season recovering from surgery, and he had hoped to make a comeback in 2018.
Please keep his family and friends in your thoughts as they process this tragedy. Webb was just 28 years old.