Alex Carrasquel  rejects a deal to White Sox and signs a three-year contract to hurl in Jorge Pasquel’s Mexican League

Alex Carrasquel  rejects a deal to White Sox and signs a three-year contract to hurl in Jorge Pasquel’s Mexican League

On January 2, 1946 The Chicago White Sox buy pitcher Alex Carrasquel and shortstop Fred Vaughn from the Washington Senators. Carrasquel will make only three appearances for the White Sox before The Venezuelan right-hander rejects the deal and signs a three-year contract to hurl in Jorge Pasquel’s Mexican League, becoming the first major leaguer to jump to a team south of the…