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Cubs' early walk-offs, Part 2 By JohnW53 on Feb 10, 2021, 3:52am CST + .......... FOURTH TIME'S THE CHARM In the ninth inning of a 2-2 game at New York on July 9, 1890, a 1-out double and an infield error put runners on the corners for the Colts, as the team now was known. The next batter fanned, bringing up Walt Wilmot. The Chicago Tribune explained what happened next: "Wilmot, who had previously struck out three times, then sent a safe hit to left and the game was won." .......... The Cubs won 9 walk-offs at Cleveland, more than anywhere else on the road. On June 19, 1891, Cap ...

4) Jim O’Rourke: 8 5) Harry Stovey: 6 Jones had a huge year in 1879, totaling an MLB-best nine home runs to go with 85 runs scored, 62 RBIs and 29 walks in 83 games, all league bests. He would set a new career high for homers in ’83, with 10, though that came during Chester Arthur’s presidency. Hines won the Triple Crown in ’78, when he hit .358 with four home runs and 50 RBIs for the Providence Grays. He led baseball with a .357 batting average the following year, and his career high of 10 homers came in ’87 with the Washington Nationals. A big 1880 season with the Boston Red Stock...

Post-season exhibition games, Part 1 By JohnW53 on Jan 10, 2021, 5:50am CST + Here are some facts about the Cubs that I bet you did not know: 1. Their defeat by the White Sox in the final game of the 1906 World Series was not their last loss that year. 2. Their victory over the Tigers in the final game of the 1907 World Series was not their last win that year. 3. After their victory over the Tigers in the final game of the following year's World Series, they lost another game to the Tigers, then beat them again. 4. After winning the City Series against the White Sox in 1909, they ...

145-year chain of Cubs middle infielders By JohnW53 on Dec 22, 2020, 6:23am CST + If you did, and thought it was silly, you likely will find this just as silly. If you did, and thought it was fascinating, you may find this equally fascinating: It is possible to make a similar chain of 61 alternating shortstops and second baseman that span all 145 seasons of the Cubs' National League history. ... As with the pitchers and catchers, this chain of double play partners consists not just of a shortstop and second baseman who were ON the team in the same season. It consists of a shortsto...

Cubs' longest homers before 1900, Part 2 By JohnW53 on Dec 14, 2020, 6:53am CST + .......... As noted in the previous post, of all the home runs hit by batters for the future Cubs from 1876-1900, an actual distance is cited in the Chicago Tribune for only 1: a blast by Fred Pfeffer at Detroit on Sept. 5, 1887: "The ball hit a fence nearly 600 feet from the plate, and hadn't begun to come home when Fritz crossed the plate." ... In lieu of distances in feet, extraordinary home runs often were described in terms of where they landed. "[Mark] Baldwin's hit in the third was a long one,...