Lots of ex-Cubs, ex-Sox on playoff rosters

Here’s a look at how many former Cubs and former White Sox players are on the player rosters of the teams in the AL and NL divisional playoffs, with a parenthesis denoting the player’s years in Chicago:

New York Yankees

Ex-White Sox

Bartolo Colon (2) 8-10, 4.00 ERA

Freddy Garcia (5) 12-8, 3.62 ERA

Boone Logan (3) 5-3, 3.46 ERA

Andruw Jones (1) .247, 13 HR, 33 RBI

Nick Swisher (1) .260, 23 HR, 85 RBI

Detroit Tigers

Ex-White Sox

Wilson Betemit (1) .285, 8 HR, 46 RBI

Magglio Ordonez (8) .255, 5 HR, 32 RBI

Note: Detroit’s Al Aburrquerque was a Cubs farmhand traded to Colorado for Jeff Baker.

Tampa Bay Rays

Ex-Cubs

Juan Cruz (3) 5-0, 3.88 ERA

Kyle Farnsworth (6) 5-1, 2.18, 25 saves

Sam Fuld (3) .240, 3 HR, 27 RBI

Note: Tampa Bay’s Russ Canzler was a Cubs farmhand as was Brandon Guyer, who arrived in the Garza trade.

Texas Rangers

None

Note: The Rangers’ Josh Hamilton was selected by the Cubs (picking for the Cincinnati Reds) in the Rule 5 Draft. He made his MLB debut in 2007 with the Reds.

Philadelphia Phillies

Ex-White Sox

Wilson Valdez (1) .249, 1 HR, 30 RBI

Ross Gload (3) .257, 0 HR, 8 RBI

Note: Gload played for the Cubs at the major-league level in 2000.

St. Louis Cardinals

Ex-White Sox

Octavio Dotel (2) 5-4, 3.50, 3 saves

Edwin Jackson (2) 12-9, 3.79 ERA

Ex-Cubs

Ryan Theriot (5) .271, 1 HR, 47 RBI

Corey Patterson (6) .239, 6 HR, 36 RBI

Note: Kyle Lohse was a Cubs farmhand traded by Ed Lynch to the Twins in 1999 for Rick Aguilera.

Arizona Diamondbacks

Ex-White Sox

J.J. Putz (1) 2-2, 2.17, 45 saves

Daniel Hudson (1) 16-12, 3.49 ERA

Geoff Blum (1) .224, 2 HR, 10 RBI

Note: Chris Young was drafted by the White Sox in the 16th round of the 2001 draft. He was traded to the Diamondbacks for Javier Vázquez and cash after the 2005 season.

Ex-Cubs

Henry Blanco (4) .250, 8 HR, 12 RBI

Milwaukee Brewers

Ex-Cubs

LaTroy Hawkins (2) 3-1, 2.42 ERA

Casey McGehee (1) .223, 13 HR, 67 RBI

Ex-White Sox

Mark Kotsay (1) .270, 3 HR, 31 RBI