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The Cubs have used exactly 2,200 different players in their 147 seasons in the National League. Only 8 of them were born on St. Patrick's Day. Yet the 4 hitters combined to play in 2,154 games as...

Third and last in a series of posts .......... On Sept. 19, 1950, Frank Hiller of the Cubs became the 33rd pitcher to face the minimum of 27 batters in a 9-inning complete game without pitching a...

This famous Cub played for the team for a long time.

Plus Jackson Merrill's promising power, Joel Goldberg on KC and the Cards , Rick Hahn on Colson Montgomery, facts and stats galore, and more.

During a game of last week's Mets-Padres Wild Card Series, a broadcaster noted that Josh Bell of San Diego had an 18-game hitting streak against New York. I'd never given any thought about hitting...

Last Thursday, Seiya Suzuki hit a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to give the Cubs a 3-2 lead over the Reds. Cincinnati scored twice in the ninth and won the game, 4-3. I...

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...

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...

As you may have heard, the Cubs snapped a 10-game losing streak Friday by beating the Braves, 1-0. That streak was the Cubs' third of double digits in the last calendar year, something they never...