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Abreu played 10 seasons in Cuba, including an astonishing 2010-11 campaign in which he posted a .453 average over 293 plate appearances for Cienfuegos, before joining the White Sox on a six-year, $68 million deal that was the largest contract in franchise history at the time
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It didn’t take long for Abreu to make a major impact, as he hit 10 home runs and drove in 32 during his first month in the big leagues. He punctuated April with this walk-off grand slam against the Rays’ Grant Balfour for a 9-6 victory
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Dariel, Abreu’s eldest son, had a chance to watch his dad play for the first time since he became part of the White Sox. After a Friday night game in Miami, Abreu proudly introduced his son to teammates and media members alike
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Having already hit a home run, double and single against the Giants, Abreu just needed a triple to make history. He came through with an eighth-inning drive to right-center for the franchise's sixth cycle, the first since Jose Valentin's in 2000
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Abreu knocked out six homers during a three-game series at Wrigley Field -- including hitting blasts in four straight at-bats -- to record the second-highest individual home run total on the Cubs' home turf that season
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Abreu was the AL’s Most Valuable Player in the pandemic-shortened season. The White Sox first baseman played all 60 games and finished with 19 home runs, 60 RBIs and a .987 OPS, edging out second-place finisher José Ramírez
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Abreu reached 200 career home runs in style, launching a grand slam to the second deck in the eighth inning of a 10-4 victory in Seattle
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Abreu and Kansas City’s Hunter Dozier ran into each other at full force during the first game of a home doubleheader while Abreu was chasing down a foul ball. Even with that horrific-looking collision, Abreu was back in the White Sox lineup the following night
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The first home run in AL/NL history hit in the state of Iowa came from Abreu. He connected for a solo shot to left off the Yankees’ Andrew Heaney in the first inning of the inaugural Field of Dreams game in Dyersville, which the White Sox won in walk-off fashion