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Walter Johnson started 666 games during his 21-season career. He completed shutouts in nearly 1 of every 6, not allowing a run 110 times. 19 other pitchers recorded at least 50 shutouts, from...

Fourth in a series of posts .......... In April and May of 1913, Walter Johnson of the Senators threw 55.2 innings without allowing a run. That record stood until June 8, 1968, when Don Drysdale...

After researching and writing about the all-time and Cubs records for most consecutive complete games by a pitcher, I was curious about other streaks by starters, good and bad. .......... ALL...

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Fourth and last in a series of posts First post by me at age 70! .......... During the first 6 seasons of the Modern Era, Jack Taylor established a pitching record that never has been seriously...

Going into their series at New York on Monday, the Cubs had 31 fewer wins than the Mets, with a record of 58-82 to New York's 89-52. Yet the Cubs swept the 3 games, by scores of 5-2, 4-1 and 6-3. ...

The Cubs have played 112 games this year, meaning they have exactly 50 left to play. They have just 1 walk-off win, on Christopher Morel's 10th-inning sacrifice fly that beat the Brewers, 4-3, on...

On Friday, the Cubs allowed 4 unearned runs while losing at San Francisco -- and those were the only runs scored by the Giants. That was a long way from the most runs that the Cubs have...

Today is the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's first game at Wrigley Field. This is the second of 2 posts about his games against the Cubs. .......... BACK TO WRIGLEY Robinson and the...

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