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Steals by Cubs first basemen and pitchers By JohnW53 on May 6, 2021, 7:20am CDT + A previous post documented the 10 steals of home by Cubs catchers since 1920. That post also noted that the Cubs have had exactly 500 steals of any base by their catchers during the entire Modern Era, which began in 1901. That got me thinking about 2 other positions not usually associated with stolen bases: first base and pitcher. .......... MISSING SPLITS Finding the number of steals at a specific fie...

Until a video review overturned the umpire's call of safe, Tony Wolters appeared on Sunday to have become the first Cubs catcher to steal home in nearly 55 years. It would have been only the Cubs'...

Cubs best, worst season records vs. opponents By JohnW53 on Apr 14, 2021, 6:37am CDT + On Saturday afternoon, Aug. 4, 1945, the Cubs and Reds played the middle game of a 3-day, 5-game series at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Only 1,377 spectators were on hand to see the Cubs grab a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, on a single by Don Johnson, a double by Peanuts Lowrey and a 2-out triple by Andy Pafko. The Reds tallied a run in the second. The Cubs added a third run in the four...

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...

25 For 25: Chicago Cubs 1920-1944 By Solanus on Mar 12, 2021, 8:27am CST 1 I am back with another set of 25 For 25 teams, this time for the years 1920-1944. This is the fourth set that I have published this cycle, starting with 1995-2019 and continuing through 1970-1994 & 1945-1969 (I will post squads for 1895-1919 after I get done with these); if you are interested in those, you can view them here. Basically the same rules as before: 25 players, 25 seasons, one player from each sea...

Evolution of Cubs career hits record, Part 1 By JohnW53 on Mar 10, 2021, 6:08am CST + And then there are records that have lasted for a looooooooong time! You may know that Cap Anson made more hits than any player in the history of the Cubs. He had 3,012 in his 22 seasons. But did you know he has held that record since . . . 1878? Since the most hits by any active Cub is 1,231 by Anthony Rizzo, its not like Ansons record is going to be challenged any time soon. ... 2 other player...

Cubs streaks scoring specific numbers of runs By JohnW53 on Mar 3, 2021, 6:34am CST + EXACTLY each specific number, win or lose. Heres what I found, using the Team Batting Streak Finder at Baseball-Reference.com. ... 4 consecutive games twice. On Wednesday, June 16, 1968, they lost at Atlanta, 1-0. After a day off, they failed to score in an entire weekend series at St. Louis, falling by scores of 1-0, 4-0 and 1-0. They made 8 and 5 hits in the pair of 1-run losses. In the middle ga...

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...

When no Cubs batter struck out in game By JohnW53 on Feb 4, 2021, 2:48am CST + Do you remember where you were on July 3, 2013? The Cubs were in Oakland, where they faced the Athletics in the middle game of a 3-game series. The Cubs had lost the opener the previous night, 8-7, on a 3-run homer in the bottom of the eighth. They went into the Wednesday evening rematch with a record of 36-45, mired in fourth place in the Central Division, 15.5 games behind the first-place Pirates and 11...

How many players won titles as a Cub? By JohnW53 on Feb 1, 2021, 7:04am CST 1 10 National League championships. 8 times. 4 in 5 seasons (1906-07-08-10) 5 in 17 seasons (1929-32-35-38-45) 2 in 6 seasons (1984-89) 3 in 6 seasons (2003-07-08) 3 in 5 seasons (2016-17-20) The only 1 that was not part of "clump" was 1918. .......... 630 total players, an average of exactly 35 per team. ... Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown Joe Tinker The only other 4-time champions as Cubs were Gabby Hartnet...