Timeline of Kenny Williams' career

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Kenny Williams was promoted to White Sox executive vice president Friday. (USPresswire)

CHRIS KAMKA


The White Sox officially announced today that Kenny Williams, who spent the last 12 seasons as general manager, will now serve as the organization's executive vice president. It's been a long journey for Williams, who made plenty of stops around the country before landing in Chicago. Here's a timeline of Williams' career in the sports world.

-- June 7, 1982 - Selected by White Sox in 3rd round of 1982 June Amateur Draft out of Fort Pleasant HS in San Jose, CA.  He did attend Stanford, but played only football there, where he was a teammate of John Elway.

-- September 2, 1986 - Williams makes Major League debut, going 1-4, singling off the Royals' Danny Jackson.  Ozzie Guillen, a man he'd later hire as White Sox manager hit ahead of him in the order that day.

-- March 23, 1989 - Williams traded to the Tigers for pitcher Eric King

-- November 18, 1991 - Williams released by the Montreal Expos. His final ML game was October 4, 1991.  He played with both Canadian franchises; the Blue Jays and the Expos in his final big league season.

-- 1992-93 - Williams started his post-playing career as a scout with the White Sox

-- 1994 - Williams served the White Sox as a special assistant to Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf

-- 1995-96 - Williams earned a promotion to Club Director of Minor League Operations

-- 1997-2000 - Williams took the next step forward as White Sox Vice President of Player Development

-- October 24, 2000 - Kenny Williams named White Sox General Manager, replacing Ron Schueler

-- October 26, 2005 - Under GM Williams, White Sox win first World Series since 1917

-- October 26, 2012 - Kenny Williams promoted to White Sox President of Baseball Operations

Notable signings & trades

-- November 30, 2000 - Jose Valentin signs as Free Agent (spent 2000 with Brewers)

-- January 14, 2001 - David Wells acquired with Matt DeWitt from Blue Jays for Mike Sirotka, Brian Simmons, Mike Williams, and Kevin Beirne

-- June 21, 2001 - Jose Canseco purchased from Newark of the Atlantic League

-- January 15, 2003 - Bartolo Colon acquired with Jorge Nunez from Expos for Rocky Biddle, Orlando Hernandez, Jeff Liefer, and cash

-- July 1, 2003 - Roberto Alomar acquired from Mets with Cash for Andrew Salvo, Edwin Almonte, and Royce Ring

-- November 4 2003 - Ozzie Guillen named White Sox manager

-- December 2, 2003 - Juan Uribe acquired from the Rockies for Aaron Miles

-- January 22, 2004 - Shingo Takatsu signs as Free Agent (spent 2003 with Yakult Swallows in Japan)

-- June 27, 2004 - Freddy Garcia acquired from Mariners with Ben Davis for Mike Morse, Miguel Olivo & Jeremy Reed

-- July 18, 2004 - Carl Everett acquired from Expos for Gary Majewski and Jon Rauch

-- July 31, 2004 - Jose Contreras acquired from Yankees for Esteban Loaiza

-- December 9, 2004 - Jermaine Dye signs as Free Agent (spent 2004 with Athletics)

-- December 13, 2004 - Scott Podsednik, Luis Vizcaino, and player to be named later (Travis Hinton) acquired from Brewers for Carlos Lee

-- December 17, 2004 - Bobby Jenks selected off waivers from Angels

-- January 3, 2005 - Orlando Hernandez signs as Free Agent (spent 2004 with Yankees)

-- January 6, 2005 - A.J. Pierzynski signs as Free Agent (spent 2004 with Giants)

-- January 27, 2005 - Tadahito Iguchi signs as Free Agent (spent 2004 with Fukuoka Daiei Hawks in Japan)

-- July 31, 2005 - Geoff Blum acquired from Padres for Ryan Meaux

-- November 25, 2005 - Jim Thome acquired from Phillies with cash for Aaron Rowand, Daniel Haigwood, and player to be named later (Gio Gonzalez)

-- December 20, 2005 - Javier Vazquez acquired from Diamondbacks for Orlando Hernandez, Luis Vizcaino, and Chris Young

-- March 20, 2006 - Matt Thornton acquired from Mariners for Joe Borchard

-- December 6, 2006 - Gavin Floyd & Gio Gonzalez acquired from Phillies for Freddy Garcia

-- December 23, 2006 - White Sox acquire John Danks, Nick Masset, and Jacob Rasner for Brandon McCarthy and David Paisano

-- November 19, 2007 - Orlando Cabrera acquired from Angels for Jon Garland

-- December 3, 2007 - Carlos Quentin acquired from Diamondbacks for Chris Carter

-- January 3, 2008 - Nick Swisher acquired from Athletics for Gio Gonzalez, Ryan Sweeney, and Fautino De Los Santos

-- January 18, 2008 - Alexei Ramirez signed as an amateur Free Agent

-- June 5, 2008 - Gordon Beckham drafted 8th overall out of the University of Georgia in the 2008 June Amateur Draft

-- July 31, 2008 - Acquired Ken Griffey Jr. from Reds in exchange for Danny Richar & Nick Masset

-- December 12, 2008 - Dayan Viciedo signed as an amateur Free Agent

-- July 31, 2009 - Acquired Jake Peavy from Padres in exchange for Clayton Richards, Adam Russell, Aaron Poreda, and Dexter Carter

-- August 10, 2009 - Selected Alex Rios off waivers from the Blue Jays

-- October 21, 2009 - Alejandro De Aza selected off waivers from the Marlins

-- June 7, 2010 - Chris Sale drafted 13th overall out of Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2010 June Amateur Draft

-- July 30, 2010 - Edwin Jackson acquired from Diamondbacks for Daniel Hudson and David Holmberg

-- December 3, 2010 - Adam Dunn signs as Free Agent (spent 2010 with Nationals)

-- October 6, 2011 - Robin Ventura named White Sox manager

-- June 24, 2012 - Kevin Youkilis acquired from Red Sox for Brent Lillibridge and Zach Stewart

-- July 28, 2012 - Francisco Liriano acquired from Twins for Eduardo Escobar and Pedro Hernandez