page_title: DeWayne Wise
section_title: Chicago White Sox (2008–2009)
hierarchical_section_title: DeWayne Wise / Professional career / Chicago White Sox (2008–2009)
caption_attribution_description: English: Outfielder DeWayne Wise, baseball player for the Chicago White Sox, standing after stealing second base in a game on July 1, 2008.
context_page_description: Larry DeWayne Wise is an American retired professional baseball outfielder. He graduated from Chapin High School in 1997 and was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the fifth round of the 1997 amateur draft. He played in Major League Baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, Florida Marlins, and New York Yankees. He is best known for robbing Gabe Kapler of a home run to preserve Mark Buehrle's perfect game in 2009.
context_section_description: After the Reds had opted not to re-sign him and with offers not flooding in, Wise began to explore the possibility of playing in the independent baseball leagues. However, he received a call from Chicago White Sox and signed a minor league deal on March 5, 2008. Charlotte, the White Sox Triple-A affiliate, was the next stop on his journeyman career. He was called up the major leagues when Juan Uribe went on the disabled list in May, but used sparingly before being sent back down. When Paul Konerko, the White Sox first baseman went on the disabled list in late July, Wise was selected for promotion, due to his .319 batting average in Charlotte, ahead of prospect Jerry Owens.
  Wise was used mostly as a reserve outfielder/defensive replacement for Ken Griffey Jr., but impressed at the plate, hitting .288 with two homers and seven runs batted in during in 35 games before straining his adductor muscle and going on the disabled list August 25. Wise's big break came when White Sox All-Star left fielder Carlos Quentin fractured his wrist after fouling off a pitch on September 5. Quentin would miss the rest of the season, Wise was taken off the disabled list and figured to see more playing time taking Quentin's position in left field.
  The White Sox were locked in a tight race for the AL Central with the Minnesota Twins and Wise contributed to the Sox eventually winning the division (after a one-game play-off). He picked the perfect moment to hit his first career grand slam, a go-ahead, pinch-hit shot in the eighth inning to beat the Detroit Tigers 11–7 on September 14, 2008.
  The White Sox made the postseason where they lost to the Tampa Bay Rays in four games. Wise batted .286 with a homer and 5 runs batted in during the 2008 ALDS.
  The White Sox and Wise agreed to a one-year deal worth $550,000 after he had batted .248 with six homers and 18 runs batted in during in 57 games in 2008. Wise was named by manager Ozzie Guillén as the White Sox opening day center fielder and leadoff hitter for the 2009 season after impressing during spring training. However, just seven games into the season, he separated his shoulder while making a  diving, bases-loaded catch, saving at least two runs.  The catch helped preserve a 10–6 Chicago win, but the resulting injury kept Wise on the disabled list until early June.
  On July 23, 2009, at U. S. Cellular Field, Wise was put in by Guillen as a 9th-inning defensive substitute, and promptly robbed the Rays' Gabe Kapler of a home run with a spectacular, juggling catch, preserving Mark Buehrle's perfect game. To thank Wise for his play Mark Buehrle gave him a bottle of Crown Royal XR in a cloth bag embroidered with his name and the date of the perfect game.
  On July 30, 2009, the team's first home game after the perfect game, the White Sox unveiled a sign reading "The Catch" at the top of the left field wall, at the location where Wise had made his catch.  Wise came into that game as a defensive replacement in the 9th and hit a game-winning single in the bottom half of that inning to give the White Sox a win over the Yankees.
caption: Wise playing for the Chicago White Sox in 2008
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