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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 Chicago -- came on Oct. 3, 1897. That day, Anson was 45 years, 169 days old. He had been 19 days p...

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 Anson's, 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 led Gabby Harnett, runnerup among the "moderns" by 261 hits. Only 15 Cubs had produced at least 1,0...

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, it's not like Anson's record is going to be challenged any time soon. ... 2 other players have had as many as 2,500 hits as a Cub: Ernie Banks, with 2,583 in 1953-71, and Billy William...

Evolution of Cubs' career homer record, Part 2 By JohnW53 on Mar 9, 2021, 6:29am CST + ......... 474 home runs, more than double Gabby Hartnett's second-best 231. During the 1969 season, Hartnett dropped to fourth, in a span of fewer than 24 hours. On Friday, night, May 23, Billy Williams hit his 232nd, a 2-run shot at San Diego that gave the Cubs a 5-0 lead in the fifth inning. They went on to win, 6-0, as Dick Selma pitched a 2-hit shutout. The next afternoon, Ron Santo tied Williams with a 2-run shot of his own that put the Cubs ahead, 2-1. Banks blasted a grand slam in the fi...

February 19, 2021 Fernando Tatis Jr. has agreed to the longest contract in baseball history, and one of the most lucrative — and yet looking at the jaw-dropping ZiPS projection for his career, his 14-year, $340 million deal might be underselling him. At the very least, Tatis’ contract and his production to date cast him as a generational talent, and his forecast suggests he’ll wind up ranking among history’s great shortstops. While it’s hard to believe that a player with only two partial years in the majors has a leg up on a berth in the Hall of Fame, the statistical history of play...