Today in White Sox History: April 4

The road to rehab (as seen above) and eventual return to baseball began on this day, 33 years ago, as Bo Jackson had hip replacement surgery in suburban Palos Heights. Ron Vesely/Getty Images 1960

Shortly before the season opened, the White Sox finished their decimation of the young depth on their roster by shipping future All-Star and power-hitting catcher Earl Battey along with future power-hitting All-Star first baseman Don Mincher to the Senators for power-hitting first baseman Roy Sievers.

Sievers gave the Sox good output, averaging 27 home runs, 92 RBIs and a .295 batting average in two seasons. He had a 21-game hitting streak in 1960, and made the All-Star team in 1961. But Battey, who…