The White Sox Franchise Deep Six

Time for a franchise that's never had much in the way of dynasties or star-studded teams, the Chicago White Sox! I thought this would be an interesting one to do next.

	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF
1st	Ed Walsh	Carlton Fisk	Frank Thomas	Eddie Collins	Robin Ventura	Luke Appling	Minnie Minoso	Chet Lemon	Magglio Ordonez
2nd	Ted Lyons	Sherm Lollar	Paul Konerko	Nellie Fox	Willie Kamm	George Davis	Joe Jackson	Fielder Jones	Harold Baines
3rd	Eddie Cicotte	Ray Schalk	Zeke Bonura	Ray Durham	Bill Melton	Luis Aparicio	Bibb Falk	Johnny Mostil	Floyd Robinson
4th	Red Faber	Ron Karkovice	Earl Sheely	Jorge Orta	Pete Ward	Chico Carrasquel	Tim Raines	Happy Felsch	Danny Green
5th	Billy Pierce	A.J. Pierzynski	Dick Allen	Frank Isbell	Lee Tannehill	Ron Hansen	Carlos Lee	Lance Johnson	Harry Hooper
6th	Mark Buehrle	Brian Downing	Jiggs Donahue	Jackie Hayes	Joe Crede	Alexei Ramirez	Patsy Dougherty	Jim Landis	Taffy Wright

I'd say shortstop is definitely the deepest position for the Sox. I had to leave Ozzie Guillen off the list, even though he would've been a decent lower-tier guy for some clubs. Pitcher isn't bad either.

It's interesting that the top two first basemen are the White Sox' last two long-serving players at the position. Before the '90s Zeke Bonura was the franchise's greatest first-sacker. How weak is that? Jose Abreu had a great rookie year, and if he can have more seasons like that, he could easily crack this chart, maybe even end up near the top.

Center field is an interesting one here. There are no all-time immortals (Chet Lemon? Who would've guessed?), but they're all pretty solid. Jim Landis on the 6th Team is hardly scraping the bottom of the barrel.

At catcher and second base you see big dropoffs after the first three teams. Jackie Hayes only made the 6th Team because of longevity. It was between him and Tony Bernazard, who just didn't play with the Sox long enough to feel right.

It's also hard to believe how weak the Sox were in right field before the '80s. Floyd Robinson was their greatest right fielder up till then.The guy currently on top, Magglio Ordonez, remains a very underrated player.