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Third in a series of posts about home runs hit by Cubs that are not to be found in baseball's official records. .......... From 1876 through 1909, Cubs hitters lost only 1 home run when a game...

Tommy Pham, long a thorn in the side of the Cubs, made 4 hits for the Diamondbacks in Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday. He was due up again in the ninth inning, but asked Manager Torey...

Second in a series of posts about uncommon suspended games involving the Cubs. .......... After their first suspended game in 1934, described in the previous post, the Cubs did not have another...

The first game of tomorrow's doubleheader at Cincinnati will be the 2,400th between the Cubs and Reds since 1890, when the Reds joined the National League following 8 seasons in the rival American...

From Opening Day through May 25, the Cubs scored in every game: 49 of them, averaging 4.73 runs. They went 22-27, but that's another story. This story is about run-scoring streaks. The Cubs'...

Anthony Rizzo ranks among the Cubs' all-time leaders in many batting categories, including 20th in hits (1,311), 13th in doubles (276) and 6th in home runs (242). Rizzo was hit by more pitches,...

A previous post looked at the fewest and most hits the Cubs have made while scoring 0, 1, 2 and 3 runs. Today: the most and fewest runs the Cubs have scored while making at least 15 hits. They...

The scores of the Cubs' 4-game series at San Diego that ended Monday followed a peculiar pattern. The Cubs gave up 1 run in the first game and won. They were shut out while losing the second...

Plus David Bell on homering at Fenway, the passing-a-runner rule, Blue Jays prospect Sem Robberse, facts and stats galore, and more.

Cubs batters have hit 344 grand slams in regular-season games since 1876. Only 1 of them came on Opening Day. It happened in the 77th of their 147 season debuts, on Tuesday, April 15, 1952, in...