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A product of the San Diego farm system, Long was a throw-in on the 1984 deal that sent Ozzie Guillen to the White Sox for LaMarr Hoyt. He was twenty-seven when he got his first ML win, a two-hit shutout against the Yankees on May 5, 1987. He became a long reliever and an adequate starter. (RL)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » December 6, 1984: The White Sox trade 1983 American League Cy Young Award winner LaMarr Hoyt and two minor leaguers to the Padres for P Tim Lollar, IF-OF Luis Salazar, and minor leaguers Ozzie Guillen and Bill Long. SS Guillen will win the AL Rookie of the Year Award next season and hold down the Sox shortstop spot till the end of the 1990s. Workhorse Hoyt will be out of baseball in two years, amidst rumors of drug use.