The Pecan Park Eagle

My Big Day with Phil & Joe Niekro, November 2005.

Thinking of the Niekro Brothers this morning lit a fire for putting together an All Star team comprised only of major league brothers. The following is the result of that thought. It may be short on left-handed pitching, but I’ll take my chances going into battle with these Bruise Brothers of Baseball any day of the week and twice on Sundays. The only selection rule I followed was the requirement of using at least two brothers from a family of MLB players.

Here’s the roster for The Baseball Bruise Brothers (Hall of Fame Members in bold type):

Pitching Staff:

* Dizzy Dean, P (150-83, 3.02 ERA)

* Phil Niekro, P (318-274, 3.35)

* Stan Coveleski, P (215-142, 2.89 ERA)

* Gaylord Perry, P (314-265, 3.11 ERA)

* Joe Niekro, P (221-204, 3.59 ERA)

Jim Perry, P (215-174, 3.45 ERA)

Paul Dean, P (87-37, 3.75)

Harry Coveleski, P (81-55, 2.39)

Bob Forsch, P (168-136, 3.76 ERA)

Ken Forsch, P (114-113, 3.37 ERA)

Cloyd Boyer, P (20-23, 4.73 ERA)

* The Five Starters

Position Players:

Sandy Alomar, Jr. C (.273 BA, 112 HR)

Luke Sewell, C (.259 BA, 20 HR)

Ed Delahanty, 1B (.346 BA, 101 HR)

Roberto Alomar, 2B (.300 BA, 210 HR)

Ken Boyer, 3B (.287 BA, 282 HR)

Joe Sewell, SS (.312 BA, 49 HR)

Clete Boyer, INF (,242 BA, 162 HR)

Jim Delahanty, INF (.283 BA, 19 HR)

Paul Waner, LF (.333 BA, 113 HR)

Joe DiMaggio, CF (.325, 361 HR)

Hank Aaron, RF (.305 BA, 755 HR)

Lloyd Waner, OF (.316 BA, 27 HR)

Dom DiMaggio, OF (.298 BA, 87 HR)

Tommy Aaron, OF (.229 BA, 27 HR)

Opening Day Lineup:

Paul Waner, LF

Joe Sewell, SS

Joe DiMaggio, CF

Hank Aaron, RF

Ken Boyer, 3B

Roberto Alomar, 2B

Ed Delahanty, 1B

Sandy Alomar, Jr., C

Dizzy Dean, P

That’s it for me, but let us know your own choices. There were plenty of others out there that qualify for a team of this type. Also, if you haven’t weighed in your support for the Houston Astros retirement of #36 in honor of Joe Niekro, please go over to the past column on that subject and check in with a statement.

Thanks. Here’s the Niekro article link:

https://thepecanparkeagle.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/its-time-to-retire-joe-niekros-astros-36/

Tags: Baseball, History

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