Ryne Dee Sandberg,nicknamed "Ryno",is an American former professional baseball player,coach,and manager. He played sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies (1981) and the Chicago Cubs.
Jorge Antonio Bell Mathey,better known as George Bell,is a Dominican former left fielder and American League MVP in Major League Baseball who played 12 seasons for the Toronto Blue Jays,Chicago Cubs (1991) and Chicago White Sox (1992–1993). Bell batted and threw right-handed.
Charles Leo "Gabby" Hartnett,also nicknamed "Old Tomato Face",was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played almost his entire career in Major League Baseball as a catcher with the Chicago Cubs,from 1922 to 1940. He spent the final season of his career as a player-coach with the New York Giants in 1941. After his playing career,Hartnett continued his involvement in baseball as a coach and as a minor league manager.
Billy Leo Williams is an American former left fielder and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played from 1959 to 1976,almost entirely for the Chicago Cubs. A six-time All-Star,Williams was named the 1961 National League (NL) Rookie of the Year after hitting 25 home runs with 86 runs batted in (RBI). A model of consistent production,he went on to provide the Cubs with at least 20 home runs and 80 RBI every year through 1973,batting over .300,hitting 30 home runs and scoring 100 runs five times each. Along with Ernie Banks and Ron Santo,Williams was one of the central figures in improving the Cubs' fortunes in the late 1960s after the club had spent 20 years in the bottom half of the league standings. His 853 RBI and 2,799 total bases in the 1960s were the most by any left-handed hitter in the major leagues.
Charles Herbert Klein,nicknamed "the Hoosier Hammer" because of his Indiana roots,was an American professional baseball outfielder. Klein played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies,Chicago Cubs (1934–1936),and Pittsburgh Pirates (1939).
Charles Joseph Hiller was an American Major League Baseball second baseman. In the 1962 World Series,he became the first National League player to hit a grand slam in a World Series.
Gerald Wayne Grote was an American professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball from 1963 through 1981 for the Houston Colt .45s,New York Mets,Los Angeles Dodgers,and Kansas City Royals.
Frank Peter Joseph Crosetti was an American baseball shortstop. Nicknamed "the Crow",he spent his entire seventeen-year Major League Baseball playing career with the New York Yankees before becoming a coach with the franchise for an additional twenty seasons. As a player and third base coach for the Yankees,Crosetti was part of seventeen World Championship teams and 23 World Series participants overall (1932–1964),the most of any individual.
William Beck "Swish" Nicholson was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1936),Chicago Cubs (1939–1948) and Philadelphia Phillies (1949–1953). A native of Chestertown,Maryland,where he attended Washington College,he batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
Philip Joseph Cavarretta was an American professional baseball first baseman,outfielder,and manager. He was known to friends and family as "Phil" and was also called "Philibuck",a nickname bestowed by Cubs manager Charlie Grimm.
Gary Nathaniel Matthews Sr.,nicknamed "Sarge",is an American former professional baseball left fielder,who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). After his playing days,Matthews was a color commentator for Philadelphia Phillies broadcasts. He is the father of former big league outfielder Gary Matthews Jr. The Matthews are one of seven father/son combinations in Cubs history;another son,Delvon,was a member of Milwaukee's Minor League Baseball (MiLB) system in 2000–2001.
Gabor Paul Bako II is an American former professional baseball catcher. He is an example of a baseball "journeyman",having played for 11 different teams during his 12-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career. During his playing days,he was listed at 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) and 210 pounds (95 kg).
Richard Joseph Hebner is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a third baseman from 1968 through 1985,most prominently as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates teams that won five National League Eastern Division titles in six years between 1970 and 1975 and won the World Series in 1971. After his playing career,Hebner spent several years as a hitting coach at the major league and minor league levels. He also managed minor league teams in the Pirates,Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles organizations.
Sidney Eugene Bream is an American former professional baseball first baseman. From 1983 through 1994,he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1983–85),Pittsburgh Pirates (1985–90),Atlanta Braves (1991–93),and Houston Astros (1994). He is best remembered for his game-winning run scored in the 1992 National League Championship Series (NLCS) that sent the Braves to the World Series.
Joseph Franklin Demaree was an American baseball outfielder. He played all or part of twelve seasons in the majors for the Chicago Cubs,New York Giants (1939–41),Boston Braves (1941–42),St. Louis Cardinals (1943) and St. Louis Browns (1944).
Michael Eugene Fontenot Jr. is an American former professional baseball infielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs,San Francisco Giants,and Philadelphia Phillies. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Fontenot was commonly used at second base,shortstop,or third base during his career. He won a World Series with the Giants in 2010.
Paul Edward Popovich is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball from 1964 through 1975 for the Chicago Cubs,Los Angeles Dodgers,and Pittsburgh Pirates.
Curtis Benton Davis was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. Even though he did not reach the big leagues until he was 30,the right-hander was a two-time National League All-Star over a 13-year career spread among the Philadelphia Phillies (1934–1936),Chicago Cubs (1936–1937),St. Louis Cardinals (1938–1940) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1940–1946).
Kenneth George Boswell is a former Major League Baseball second baseman.
Kyle Joseph Schwarber is an American professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Chicago Cubs,Washington Nationals,and Boston Red Sox.