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With 2 outs and the bases loaded in the second inning against the Padres on Wednesday night, PJ Higgins took a 3-1 pitch up and out of the strike zone. Higgins thus became the 400th different Cubs...

From Opening Day of 1901 through yesterday, individual batters for the Cubs had finished a game with at least 3 strikeouts 2,633 times. They have done so 25 times already this season, most...

Wednesday will be the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's first game at Wrigley Field. May 18, 1947. was 5 weeks after Robinson had made his historic Major League debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers...

Since joining the Cubs last season, Frank Schwindel has come to the plate twice in the ninth inning with the bases loaded and 2 outs. On April 24, at Atlanta, he struck out. On Tuesday, at San...

The Cubs are 62-57-2 on Opening Days since the Modern Era began in 1901. In 39 of their wins, they did not trail -- including 16 in which they took the lead for good in the first inning. In 13 o...

Because the 2022 schedule was modified due to the lockout, the Cubs will open the season with 4 games at Wrigley Field against the Brewers, beginning Thursday afternoon. The Cubs split 4 games at...

Twelfth in a series of posts about Cubs coaches. .......... The Chicago Tribune is silent on the specific duties of half a dozen Cubs coaches in the late 1940s who are identified at...

Joc Pederson was not a Cub for very long last year. The outfielder signed as a free agent on Feb. 5 and was traded to the Braves on July 15. He played in only 73 games, starting with the Cubs'...

A previous post told the story of Bernie Friberg, who rarely played first base during 6 season as a Cub, yet in 1925 made the first 2 outs of a triple play moments after taking over at first for...

Second of 2 posts about the Cubs' 164 wins since 1901 in which they did not score until the ninth inning or later. .......... BIGGEST FINAL SCORES The visiting Cardinals scored single runs in...