September 4, 2026
By Kevin Glew
Cooperstowners in Canada
Chicago White Sox outfielder Tristan Peters (Winkler, Man.) has been named American League Rookie of the Month for August.
The announcement was made on the MLB Network yesterday.
In 27 games in August, the Okotoks Dawgs alum batted .320 with six home runs, 14 RBIs, six doubles, 10 walks, 14 runs, a .640 slugging percentage and a .414 on-base percentage. He also topped all AL rookies in slugging, OPS (1.054) and extra-base hits (12), while tying for second in homers and doubles.
Peters also equaled an MLB rookie record when he clubbed home runs in five consecutive games from August 22 to August 26. According to MLB.com, Peters became just the second player in history (the first was Babe Ruth!) to “homer in each game of a five-game span while recording 10-or-more hits, multiple doubles, multiple walks, and a stolen base.”
During his home run streak, Peters socked his first career walk-off round-tripper on August 23 against the Mets and then reached base safely five times in a game versus the Rangers two days later.
Peters also joined Carlos May (May 1969) and José Abreu (July 2014) as the only White Sox rookies to put together a month with at least 10 walks, six or more homers and a batting average of .320 or better.
For the season, Peters, who was selected to play in the All-Star Game in July, is batting .278 with 12 home runs and 52 RBIs in 135 games. On July 10, the 26-year-old outfielder became just the second Canadian major leaguer to hit for the cycle since 1900 when he accomplished the feat against the Athletics.
This is his first season with the White Sox after he was dealt to them by the Tampa Bay Rays in December for cash considerations.
Peters had a cup of coffee with the Rays last season, going 0-for-12 in four games.
The Manitoba native spent three seasons in the Rays’ system after being acquired from the San Francisco Giants following the 2022 campaign.
Peters was initially selected in the seventh round of the 2021 MLB draft by the Milwaukee Brewers. He toiled for parts of two seasons in the Brewers’ organization prior to being traded to the Giants.
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