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Cubs who led NL in offensive categories By JohnW53 on May 9, 2021, 5:52am CDT + 45 different offensive categories. A Cub has led or tied for the National League lead in at least 1 category in 101 of Hack Wilson led in 17 in 1930; Heinie Zimmerman (1912) and Rogers Hornsby (1929), in 16; Derrek Lee (2005), in 14; and Billy Williams (1972) in 13. At the other extreme, Walt "Moose" Moryn and Lee Walls led the NL only once each while with the Cubs -- tying for most times hit by pitch...

Quick Results Marius al-Ani pinned Dennis Zinner in 5:11 (**) Leon van Gasteren pinned Paris in 7:30 (**¼) Tristan Archer pinned Fast Time Moodo in 16:26 (***½) Norman Harras pinned Gulyas Junior in 5:53 to retain the wXw Shotgun Championship (**¼) Dover & Icarus pinned Nikita Charisma & Michael Schenkenberg in 15:36 (***) We’re back at the Steffy in Oberhausen, with Dave Bradshaw on commentary. They replay the finish of last week’s title match, before running down some of the card for t...

Previous anniversaries of Cubs first league game By JohnW53 on May 7, 2021, 4:43am CDT + The Cubs are scheduled to host the Pirates today, May 7 -- the 150th anniversary of their first "league" game, also played at home: their National Association debut, a victory over the Cleveland Forest Citys. After 3 innings at the Union Grounds, the White Stockings, as they were known then, led, 14-1. But they barely hung on to win, 14-12. I described that game in detail in a previous post. Th...

Cubs inside-the-park home runs, 1901-15 By JohnW53 on Apr 23, 2021, 7:29am CDT + Last year, I published a 4-part series of posts about the Cubs inside-the-park home runs. The numbers cited in those posts were obtained using baseball-reference.coms Team Batting Event Finder. But the database that it searches goes back only to 1916. Now, by examining the individual home run logs of every player who homered at least once for the Cubs from 1901-15, I have documented all of the teams ins...

When umpire apologized for hitting player, 1915 By JohnW53 on Apr 20, 2021, 7:04am CDT + It doesnt happen often, but every now and then a Major League umpire apologizes for his behavior. You may remember Jim Joyce. On June 2, 2010, he called a runner safe at first base, with 2 out in the ninth inning, to deprive Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga of a perfect game. After the game ended, Joyce immediately asked to speak with Galarraga. The 28-year-old Venezuelan was brought to the umpi...

Quick Results Nikita Charisma & Michael Schenkenberg pinned Tim Stübing & Leon van Gasteren in 13:47 (**¾) Robert Dreissker pinned Paris in 5:17 (**) Aytac pinned The Rotation in 6:47 (**¼) Icarus & Dover pinned Dennis Dullnig & Hektor Invictus in 12:47 (***) We open with a recap of last week, as Dave Bradshaw’s on English commentary from the Steffy in Oberhausen… before we’re thrown to some footage from “earlier today” with the Pretty Bastards. It’s an interview with Dään Joki...

Cubs oldest position players, pitchers By JohnW53 on Apr 12, 2021, 6:22am CDT + Who was the oldest in the Modern Era? Who was their oldest pitcher? Who was their oldest pitcher in his final season? Each of those questions has a different answer. .......... Nearly 125 years after his final game, Cap Anson remains the oldest player in franchise history to appear anywhere other than on the mound. The last game of his remarkable, 27-season career -- No. 2,524 overall and No. 2,277 for ...

Evolution of Cubs career hits record, Part 3 By JohnW53 on Mar 12, 2021, 4:23am CST + .......... 3,012 hits during his 22 seasons with the team, 1876-97. Jimmy Ryan, a longtime teammate of Ansons, left the team after 1900 with 2,084 hits. That ranked him second, a position he maintained until 1946, when Stan Hack raised his total to 2,128. A year earlier, Hack had become the leader among players whose careers began in or after 1901, the start of the Modern Era. After 1946, Hack le...

Cubs longest streaks of scoring 0-2 runs By JohnW53 on Mar 4, 2021, 6:46am CST + You probably remember the 5 consecutive games in 2018 in which they scored exactly 1 run. In 2015, they scored 10 runs during 8 straight games while tallying , 7 different 0-2 droughts that lasted 4 games. 19 total stretches of at least 2 runs. They have had 90 such stretches since 1901, the first year of the Modern Era, which is an average of 3 during every 4 seasons. ......... Their longest run...

Cubs leadoff hitters through the years By JohnW53 on Feb 7, 2021, 4:51am CST + Its possible to win a title without having a high-average leadoff man. The Cubs proved it in 2020, winning the Central Division despite ranking last of all 30 Major League teams in batting average for players who started games at the top of the batting order. The Cubs .211 average was 4 points behind that of the second-worst Reds, 6 behind the No. 28 Brewers and 10 behind the co-No. 26 Pirates and Ranger...