Former Chiefs player who have been in the WS

[ryno4ever]

I found this interesting. The following is a list of players who have worn a Peoria Chiefs uniform that have ended up in the World Series.

Year Player Team Result Stats
1988 Scott Sanderson* Oakland Lost 2G 0-0, 10.78 ERA

1992 Devon White Toronto Won .231, 2 RBI

1992 Damon Berryhill* Atlanta Lost .091, 1 HR, 3 RBI

1993 Devon White Toronto Won .292, 1 HR, 8R, 7 RBI, 3 2b, 2 3b

1995 Greg Maddux Atlanta Won 2G 1-1, 2.25 ERA, CG

1995 Dwight Smith Atlanta Won .500 (1-2)

1996 Greg Maddux Atlanta Lost 2G 1-1, 1.72 ERA

1996 Joe Girardi NY Yankees Won 4G .200, RBI, 3b

1997 Alex Arias Florida Won 2G .000 AVG (0-1), 1R

1997 Devon White Florida Won .242 AVG, 2 RBI, 3 2b, 3b

1998 Wally Joyner San Diego Lost 3G .000 AVG (0-8)

1998 Joe Girardi NY Yankees Won 2G .000 AVG (0-6)

1999 Greg Maddux Atlanta Lost 1G 0-1, 2.57 ERA

1999 Joe Girardi NY Yankees Won .286 AVG, 2R

2000 Matt Franco NY Mets Lost 1G .000 (0-1)

2001 Mark Grace Arizona Won .263 AVG, HR, 3 RBI, 2b

2002 Jose Molina Anaheim Won 3G .000 AVG (0-0)

2004 Albert Pujols St. Louis Lost .333 AVG, 2 2b, 1R

2004 Yadier Molina St. Louis Lost 3G .000 AVG (0-3)

2004 Danny Haren St. Louis Lost 2G 0-0, 0.00 ERA

2005 Cliff Politte Chicago WS Won 3G 0-0, 2.86 ERA

2005 Pablo Ozuna Chicago WS Won 1G 0AB

2006 Albert Pujols St. Louis Won .200 AVG, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 2b

2006 Yadier Molina St. Louis Won .418 AVG, 2 2b, 3 R, 1 RBI

2006 Chris Duncan St. Louis Won .125 AVG, 1 R, 1 2b, 1 RBI

2006 Tyler Johnson St. Louis Won 2G 0-0, 0.00 ERA

2006 Brad Thompson St. Louis Won 1G 0-0, 0.00 ERA

2006 Josh Kinney St. Louis Won 2G 0-0, 0.00 ERA

2006 Placido Polanco Detroit Lost .000 AVG (0-18)

2007 Coco Crisp Boston Won 1G .000 AVG (0-1)

2007 JD Drew* Boston Won 1G .400 AVG, 1 2b, 1 R, 2 RBI

* rehabbed with Chiefs
Had at least one player on both teams in: 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999 & 2006

[TheBenjamin]

ummmmmmm i dont think they all wore a Peoria Chiefs uniform. If they did, I will ban myself from being a Chicago Cubs fan. if we had Pujols as a Cub and let him go, i will be pissed

[ryno4ever]

The Peoria Chiefs were the Cardinals minor league team.... they re-joined the Cubs organization a few years ago.

[ryno4ever]

From the history page of the Peoria Chiefs website:

1984 - Local businessman Pete Vonachen bought the club and changed the name back to the Chiefs. The Chicago Cubs became the major league affiliate of the team.
1985 - Pitcher Greg Maddux (13-9, 3.19 ERA) and Outfielder Rafael Palmeiro (.297 avg., 55 RBI) played in Peoria.

1988 - The Peoria Chiefs were ranked in "Baseball's America" top 10 minor league baseball operations. The team also set an attendance record: 207, 294.

1992 - $2 million of renovation was done to the ballpark, and was renamed Pete Vonachen Stadium.

1995 - The Chiefs began their affiliation with the St. Louis Cardinals.
2001 - Albert Pujols, a member of the Chiefs in 2000, makes the remarkable jump from Single-A to the Major Leagues, and became a National League All-Star, while also winning the Rookie of the Year award. Since then, Albert has finished second in Most Valuable Player voting, and became the first person in major league history to hit .300 with 30 home runs, 100 runs, and 100 rbi's for the first three years of their career.

2001 - The Chiefs begin construction on the new O'Brien Field, located in downtown Peoria. The new facility will be home the Peoria Chiefs, Bradley Baseball and numerous concerts and family-oriented events. This $16 million dollar, privately financed facility is a part an overall $23 million dollar project.

2002 - The Chiefs maintain their name, introduce a new logo, and begin play at a new downtown stadium, O'Brien Field. The facility will be used for many special events, concerts and family entertainment.

2002 - On Friday, May 24 the Chiefs opened O'Brien Field with a 3-0 win over Kane County, and future National League Rookie of the Year pitcher Dontrelle Willis, in front of 8,824.

2002 - The Chiefs clinch the Midwest League first half Western Division title.

2002 - The Chiefs break in the new field,logo, and uniforms by winning the Midwest League playoffs and Championship.

2003 - Chase Voshell hits the first inside the park home run in O'Brien Field history.

2004 - Chiefs make playoffs. lose in first round to Kane County.

2004 - Chiefs change affiliation to Chicago Cubs.

2005 - On April 20th, Sean Gallagher (6ip), Walt Nolen (3ip) and Jon Hunton (1ip) combine for the Chiefs first no-hitter since 1993 and just the 5th in franchise history with a 3-2 10 inning win at Cedar Rapids. It marked the first extra-inning no hitter in Chiefs history. Both Cedar Rapids runs scored after walks and errors and Drew Larsen's 10th inning single gave the Chiefs the lead for good. Just 11 days later on May 1st, Gallagher, Nolen, Paul Schappert and Jerry Blevins combined for the first 1-hitter in O'Brien Field history in a 1-0 win over Kane County. The Cheifs took a no-hitter into the 9th before a one-out bloop double.

2005 - Nomar Garciaparra rehabs with Chiefs on July 27th and 28th and Chiefs set a single game franchise and O'Brien Field record with 9,602 fans on July 28th after having 9,004 fans on the 27th.

2005 - On July 25th, Jesse Schmidt, Eric Patterson, Joe Simokaitis and Drew Larsen turned the first triple play in O'Brien Field history and the 4th in Chiefs history against Dayton. With two on in the top of the first, Schmidt made a diving catch in right center as both runners were on the move with the pitch. He got up. fired to Patterson the cutoff man who then tossed to second where Simokaitis stepped on the bag for the second out and threw to Larsen at first to finish off the historic moment.

2005 - Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood made two rehab appearances for the Chiefs in a three day span out of the bullpen. The former NL Rookie of the Year threw one scoreless inning in Fort Wayne on July 31st and then came to O'Brien Field August 2nd. The right-hander came out of the pen in the 6th inning with to a standing ovation from 8,012 fans. He hit 97 on the radar gun while striking out three of the four Cougars he faced.

2005 - Though the Chiefs missed the playoffs, history was made over the final weekend. On Sunday, September 4th, the Chiefs unveiled a new, permanent statue of Peoria legend Pete Vonachen inside the front gate at O'Brien Field. Then on Monday, September 5th, the Chiefs broke the single season attendance record with a crowd of 3,703 which pushed the season total to a new record 256,612 fans.

2006 - With former All-Star Jody Davis as Manager, the Chiefs win the Western Division in the first half and qualify for the playoffs where they lose in the first round to Beloit.

2006 - The Chiefs see Kerry Wood, Mark Prior (twice), Scott Williamson and Wade Miller (5 games) rehab from the Cubs during the season

2006 - In early December, the Cubs and Chiefs announce that Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg will make his managerial debut with the Chiefs in 2007.

[ryno4ever]

The former players are still very highly regarded in Peoria to this day, no matter which team they play for now. In the upstairs of the concourse, where the meeting rooms and skybox seating is, when you get off the elevator, there is a HUGE floor to ceiling painting of Albert Pujols on the wall. And this last summer, they even had an Albert Pujols/Peoria chiefs t-shirt give away night (one of the nights Woody was down there rehabbing)... I have a picture of the painting somewhere, I'll post it if I can find it. It is kinda cool.

[TheBenjamin]

thanks for clearing that up.... i was getting worried that we have been run by clowns.

The Kougars have seen a lot of great players in their time.