Born on March 25, 1980 in Belleville, Illinois, Neal Cotts (Neal James Cotts) played for the Chicago White Sox for his entire 4 year career. Cotts broke into the bigs on August 12, 2003 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 5.65 ERA in 65.1 innings pitched in 2004, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Neal Cotts's best season was 2005, when he posted a 1.94 ERA and struck out 58 batters.
Scouting Report[]
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
2003
CHI
A
4
4
1
1
8.10
10
12
12
0
0
0
13.1
15
1
17
0
0
0
2004
CHI
A
56
1
4
4
5.65
58
45
41
0
0
0
65.1
61
13
30
2
8
3
2005
CHI
A
69
0
4
0
1.94
58
15
13
0
0
0
60.1
38
1
29
5
3
4
2006
CHI
A
70
0
1
2
5.17
43
33
31
0
0
1
54
64
12
24
6
3
3
Total
199
5
10
7
4.52
169
105
97
0
0
1
193
178
27
100
13
14
10
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
2003
CHI
A
P
4
4
13.1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
2004
CHI
A
P
56
1
65.1
1
8
1
1
0
2
5
1
0
.900
2005
CHI
A
P
69
0
60.1
2
14
0
2
0
3
2
1
1
1.000
2006
CHI
A
P
70
0
54
4
9
0
1
0
2
2
0
0
1.000
Total
P
199
5
193
8
32
1
5
0
7
9
2
1
.976
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
2003
CHI
A
4
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2004
CHI
A
56
1
0
1
0
0
1.000
1.000
2.000
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2005
CHI
A
69
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2006
CHI
A
70
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
199
1
0
1
0
0
1.000
1.000
2.000
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Transactions[]
Selected by Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 2001 - signed June 13, 2001).
Traded by Oakland Athletics with Daylon Holt to Chicago White Sox (December 16, 2002) completing trade in which Chicago White Sox traded Keith Foulke, Mark Johnson, Joe Valentine and cash to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Billy Koch and 2 players to be named later (December 3, 2002).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Chicago Cubs in exchange for David Aardsma and Carlos Vasquez (November 16, 2006).