Page 7 - Cap Anson News Today

From 1876 through last night, the Cubs have hit 14,747 home runs in regular-season games. That is the third-highest total in big league history, behind only the Yankees (16,681) and Giants...

The Fourth of July is synonymous with fireworks, and in baseball, fireworks are synonymous with home runs. So I set out to determine which Cub had produced the most fireworks on the Fourth, by...

From Opening Day of 1901 through yesterday, individual batters for the Cubs had finished a game with at least 3 strikeouts 2,633 times. They have done so 25 times already this season, most...

In the Modern Era, only 1 pitcher has walked 12 Cubs in a game: Wiley Platt, of the Beaneaters (today's Braves), way back on June 10, 1903. Two others walked 11, in 1902 and 1906. Seven walked...

After tonight, the Cubs will have played a grand total of 8 games at Baltimore since interleague play began in 1997. That is as many as they once played there in a single season: 1897, when the...

Over their long history, the Cubs have had runs wiped out in a number of unusual fashions. Way back 1891, when the Cubs were known as the Colts, they played a game in which an apparent run by...

It is hard to imagine, but spring training – a baseball fan’s rite of passage – wasn’t always part of the sports narrative in Arizona.

Missourah!

Patrick Wisdom recently became the 374th player to reach 500 plate appearances as a Cub. He is the 343rd non-pitcher. They average 1,894 PA. Ernie Banks had the most, 10,396, followed by Cap...

Last Thursday night, the Mets scored 6 runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Phillies, 8-7. A post yesterday described the Cubs' victory at Cincinnati on June 29, 1952, in which they...