White Sox trade for LHP Francisco Liriano

White Sox Press Release:

The Chicago White Sox have acquired left-handed pitcher Francisco Liriano from the Minnesota Twins in exchange for infielder Eduardo Escobar and left-hander Pedro Hernandez. …

Here are his Liriano’s stats:

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2005	21	MIN	AL	1	2	.333	5.70	6	4	2	0	0	0	23.2	19	15	15	4	7	0	33	0	0	0	93	79	1.099	7.2	1.5	2.7	12.5	4.71
2006	22	MIN	AL	12	3	.800	2.16	28	16	2	0	0	1	121.0	89	31	29	9	32	0	144	1	1	9	473	208	1.000	6.6	0.7	2.4	10.7	4.50	AS,RoY-3
2008	24	MIN	AL	6	4	.600	3.91	14	14	0	0	0	0	76.0	74	40	33	7	32	1	67	1	0	3	329	108	1.395	8.8	0.8	3.8	7.9	2.09
2009	25	MIN	AL	5	13	.278	5.80	29	24	2	0	0	0	136.2	147	93	88	21	65	0	122	6	1	5	609	76	1.551	9.7	1.4	4.3	8.0	1.88
2010	26	MIN	AL	14	10	.583	3.62	31	31	0	0	0	0	191.2	184	77	77	9	58	0	201	10	1	10	806	112	1.263	8.6	0.4	2.7	9.4	3.47	CYA-11
2011	27	MIN	AL	9	10	.474	5.09	26	24	0	1	1	0	134.1	125	81	76	14	75	1	112	7	0	9	591	80	1.489	8.4	0.9	5.0	7.5	1.49
2012	28	MIN	AL	3	10	.231	5.31	22	17	2	0	0	0	100.0	89	63	59	12	55	4	109	4	1	6	440	77	1.440	8.0	1.1	5.0	9.8	1.98
7 Yrs				50	52	.490	4.33	156	130	8	1	1	1	783.1	727	400	377	76	324	6	788	29	4	42	3341	97	1.342	8.4	0.9	3.7	9.1	2.43
162 Game Avg.				12	12	.490	4.33	37	31	2	0	0	0	186	173	95	90	18	77	1	187	7	1	10	794	97	1.342	8.4	0.9	3.7	9.1	2.43

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 7/28/2012.

And here’s Liriano’s Fangraphs page, Liriano’s Pitch F/X player card. and Liriano’s Pitch F/X profile.

Liriano, who’s on his last arbitration year, is on a 1-year $5.5 million contract and will be a free-agent after this season.