[2] He played college baseball as a third baseman at Bloomsburg University[3] and led NCAA Division II with 1.59 runs batted in per game in 1988.
[1] Karchner spent two more seasons in the Royals' farm system before being selected by the Chicago White Sox in the minor league phase of the 1993 Rule 5 draft.
[2] Karchner made his Major League debut on July 18, 1995 at Yankee Stadium and pitched a scoreless inning in relief of Kirk McCaskill.
[3] The move was widely criticized by prospect experts at the time[13] and was later described in the Chicago Tribune as "one of the most lopsided in [Cubs] franchise history"[3] and in The Athletic as the "greatest White Sox trade ever.
[3] Karchner later told Mitchell Report investigators that, during spring training in 1999, he was present when two of his Cubs teammates injected each other with steroids in their shared apartment.