For a bit of fun here on St. Patty’s Day: Our all-time roster of baseball players born in Ireland, to run on the field together if somehow we were requested to be the GM of a Field of Dreams-esqe baseball team that could only consist of Irish players. A note that obviously after the potatoes started growing again, natural Irish-born baseball talent appears to have become extinct or banned as an import.
C – John Joseph “Jocko” Fields, Cork (Best Year – 1887, PHI – .281 AVG, 101 R, 9 HR, 86 RBI, 24 SB)
1B – John McGuinness, Ireland (Best Year – 1879, SYR – .294 AVG, 7 R, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 0 SB)
2B – Joseph “Reddy Mack” McNamara, Ireland (Best Year – 1887, LOU – .308 AVG, 117 R, 1 HR, 69 RBI, 22 SB)
3B – Barney McLaughlin, Ireland (Best Year – 1887, PHI – .220 AVG, 26 R, 1 HR, 26 RBI, 2 SB)
SS – Dirty Jack Doyle, Killorglin (Best Year – 1896, BLN – .339 AVG, 116 R, 1 HR, 101 RBI, 73 SB)
OF – Patrick Joseph “Patsy” Donovan, Cork County (Best Year – 1894, PIT – .302 AVG, 145 R, 4 HR, 76 RBI, 41 SB)
OF – Irish McIlveen, Belfast (Best Year – 1908, NYY – .213 AVG, 17 R, 0 HR, 8 RBI, 6 SB)
OF – Thomas “Pat” Deasley, Ireland (Best Year – 1887, NYG – .314 AVG, 12 R, 0 HR, 23 RBI, 3 SB)
P – Tommy Bond, Granard (Best Year – 1879, BSN – 43-19, 1.96 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 59 CG, 555.3 IP!)
P – Charles Joseph “Curry” Foley, Milltown (Best Year – 1880, BSN – 14-14, 3.89 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 21 CG)
P – Charlie McCullough, Dublin (Best Year – 1890 – 5-23, 4.88 ERA, 1.62 WHIP, 27 CG)
P – Mike O’Neill, Maam (Best Year – 1902, STL – 16-15, 2.90 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 29 CG)
P – Cornelius Cecil “Con” Lucid, Dublin (Best Year – 1895, PHI – 16-10, 5.66 ERA, 1.70 WHIP, 19 CG)
Player/Manager – Fergy Malone
Do your best tonight to chug your car bombs before they curdle.
