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On June 16, 1913, pitcher "Rube" Marshall of the Phillies walked 5 consecutive Cubs in the seventh inning. This in the second of 2 posts about that game and whether the Cubs ever received 5 walks...
Jorge Soler made history in this year's World Series. The Atlanta Braves outfielder became the first player to hit 3 go-ahead home runs in one Series. He hit a homer leading off a game and as a...
Ruffing helped the Yankees along the way to the 1937 World Series by having a big day on the mound and at the plate.
Phillies Opening Day Stat Leaders: Hitters Share this story Today is the 139th Opening Day in Phillies franchise history. Recently a question from a commenter prompted some searches into baseball-reference.com for the biggest performers in Phils’ Opening Day games. Yesterday we covered pitchers, and here we’ll look at career leaders in Opening Day hitting, as well as some of the biggest single game performances. Stats are since 1901, when baseball-reference begins tracking game-level details. It’s worth keeping in mind that these are stats when facing the opposing team’s best pitcher ...
Cubs lineup: 'Hometown Heroes' P : Toby Kaufmann Admittedly, not exactly Murderer's Row. But each of them truly is a hometown hero. Each and every one was born in Chicago. .......... FAN FAVORITE 'PHILLIABUCK' Cavarretta's name, if not his nickname, is familiar to most long-time Cubs fans. He joined the Cubs in 1934, when he was just 17 years old, and played for them for 20 seasons, through 1953. He was the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1945, when he led the Major Leagues in batting average (.355) and on-base percentage (.449). A career-high .500 slugging mark made his OPS .949, m...