All-Time Halloween Team II

There were enough great suggestions from readers to create a whole new squad, one—I dare say—that would clobber the original one posted last week.  And STILL suggestions are welcome.  (Why not make them right here?)

1b -       RIPPER COLLINS

2b -       FELIX “The Cat” MANTILLA

3b -       Oliver “Ghost” Marcelle (By far the most common suggestion.)

SS -      Willie “Devil” Wells*

 C -       Mickey “Black Mike” Cochrane*

LF -       Bob “The Rope” Boyd

CF -      Ed “The Creeper” Stroud

RF -      HOOT EVERS

DH -      DAVID “Cookie Monster” ORTIZ

PH - (r)   Bones Ely

PH - (l)   michael mask

PR -       Chaney White

Pitching

RH -      BOB “Hoot” GIBSON*

RH -      Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown*

RH -      John “The Count” Montefusco

RH -      spider baum

RH -      MONTE “Hoot” PEARSON

LH -      John “Candy Man” Candelaria

LH -      HARRY “The Cat” BRECHEEN

RP -       BILLY “Digger” O’DELL
RP -       Vern Fear

RP -       Jim “Bones” Blackburn

RP -       Dick “Bones” Tomanek

Closer - DICK “The Monster” RADATZ

Mgr -     Newt Joseph

Reserves

RICKY BONES

Josh Fogg

Newt Kimball

Hal “Hoot” Rice

Key

*Hall of Fame

ALL CAPS = All-Star

Bold = Inspiration

Underlined = Negro Leagues (Boyd, Joseph, Marcelle, Wells & White)

all lower case = Minor leagues only