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According to data at baseball-reference.com, the Cubs have made 18,702 double plays in regular-season National League games through Sunday. 15,120 of them had come since Opening Day of 1915, first...

Jigger Statz Mandy Brooks Earl Webb Riggs Stephenson Andre Dawson Those are the only 5 Cubs outfielders since 1903 who caught a fly ball, then threw out a runner at home to end a game. The...

After perusing my recent post about games that the Cubs won a strikeout/throwout doubleplay, constant reader Ernaga commented, in part, "how many Cubs losses have ended either by a pick-off at...

Can you remember where you were on Friday, Sept. 11, 1981, at 4:25 p.m. Central Time? Ivan de Jesus was at second base at Wrigley Field, tagging Wallace Johnson of the Expos, who was trying to...

From Fred Pfeffer's 3-run blast against Detroit in 1884, through Gabby Hartnett's solo "Homer in the Gloamin' " against the Pirates in 1938, to Jason Heyward's drive with 2 aboard against the Reds...

Every MLB team has a brightest star on its roster, but how do the stars from each of the 30 teams compare to one another? Rankings these 30 stars required a...

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...

Second in a series of posts about how Cubs have performed on their birthdays. .......... People typically look forward to their birthdays. Eddie Miksis may have done so more than most, at least...

If you are old enough to have had your 34th birthday, do you remember what you did that day? Hall of Famer Billy Williams probably does. On June 15, 1972, Williams ignited a 6-run fourth inning...

Instead, it winds up with a former Cub hitting a walkoff homer for Milwaukee.