I’ve always known Pryor as a Chicago White Sox player, then on to the Kansas City Royals, for whom he played through the 1986 season before retiring.
Yet, here we are, turns out Pryor’s first taste of the Big Leagues was in 1976 as a member of the Rangers, for whom he appeared in five games, collecting three hits over eight at-bats while playing the infield.
Turns out he was originally drafted by the Washington Senators back in 1971’s Amateur Draft, and after he had that brief taste of the Majors in 1976, he was traded to the New York Yankees in February of 1977 for Sandy Alomar.
He spent the entire year in the Minors, before being granted Free Agency in November of that year, leading him to be signed by the White Sox, for whom he’d play between 1978 and 1981.
Pretty much a platoon or guy-off-the-bench player throughout his career, he did see full-time action in 1979 when he played in 143 games for Chicago, batting .275 over 525 plate appearances, scoring 60 runs while collecting 131 hits.
By the time he retired, he finished with a .250 lifetime average, with 471 hits in 1883 at-bats, scoring 204 runs while driving in 146 himself, while also being a part of the 1985 World Champion Royals team.
