All-Chicago: The Team With Big Shoulders

Saturday, January 07 2006 @ 10:04 PM EST

Contributed by: Mick Doherty

So following a year when the World Championship finally came to the Windy City, though much to Cub fans' dismay, across the city for the team Bill Veeck once dressed in shorts, it's a Hall of Names Second City display based primarily on work submitted by Bauxite Chuck Barkman, That's right, it's time to meet ...

THE WINDY CITY WONDERS
** indicates Hall of Famer
* indicates All-Star

Player/Manager: Charlie Comiskey** (840-541, .608, four flags, one title)

Lineup
C Phil Masi* (.265 in 14 years)
1B Phil Cavaretta* (.293, 95 homers, 1945 NL MVP)
2B Marty McManus (.289, 120 homers, 126 SB)
3B Fred Lindstrom** (.311, 103 homers)
SS Herman Long (.277, 534 SB)
RF Kirby Puckett** (.318, 207 homers)
CF Fred Lynn* (.283, 306 homers)
LF Ricky Henderson* (297 homers, 1406 SB)
DH Charlie Comiskey* (419 SB; 117 in 1882)

Bench
C/UTIL Billy Sullivan (.289 in 12 years)
IF Dick Bartell* (97 career HBP)
IF Ossie Bleuge* (.272, 140 SB)
1B/PH Moose Skowron* (.282, 211 homers)
OF Wally Berger* (.300, 242 homers)
OF Greg Luzinski* (.276, 307 homers)

Rotation
RHSP Denny McLain* (131-91; 2 Cy Youngs, 1 MVP)
LHSP Fritz Peterson* (133-131)
RHSP Cy Falkenberg (130-123)
LHSP Charlie Leibrandt (140-119)
5SP-RH Jim Clancy* (140-167)

Bullpen
CL-RH John Wyatt* (103 saves; 18+ four times)
RHRP Dan Osinski (29-28, 18 saves)
LHRP Gerry Arrigo (35-40, four saves)
RHRP Lee Stange (62-61, 21 saves)
LHRP Roy Henshaw (33-40, seven saves: most similars include Arrigo)

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