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Two previous posts described hitting streaks by Cubs batters against specific opposing teams. Heinie Zimmerman had the longest, 35 games, against the Braves in 1911-12. Hack Wilson hit safely in 3...
Through April 28, the Cubs have used 2,175 players during their 147 seasons in the National League. Nearly one quarter, 531, played no more than 10 games. There were 13 additions to that list...
Cubs' inside-the-park home runs, 1901-15 By JohnW53 on Apr 23, 2021, 7:29am CDT + Last year, I published a 4-part series of posts about the Cubs' inside-the-park home runs. The numbers cited in those posts were obtained using baseball-reference.com's Team Batting Event Finder. But the database that it searches goes back only to 1916. Now, by examining the individual home run logs of every player who homered at least once for the Cubs from 1901-15, I have documented all of the team's inside-the-park homers the Cubs hit in the first decade and a half of the Modern Era. .......... Du...
February 21, 2021 As a rule, teams tend to be less aggressive, and take fewer chances, when behind in games. The logic is sound, but at the same time, is it really necessary? Is there not often something to gain by pushing the envelope and putting pressure on the opposing side, regardless of the score? I asked that question to Derek Shelton earlier this week. “I think it’s game-situational,” the Pirates manager replied. “The question I would [throw] back to you — this is rhetorical, of course — is ‘What’s the variation in terms of number of runs when you start to take chances,...
Cubs who made team's only 3 hits of game By JohnW53 on Feb 18, 2021, 5:10am CST + All were singles -- and all were by the same batter, Orlando Arcia. That night, I examined each previous 3-hit shutout by a Cubs pitcher in search of any previous times that one player made each of the hits. It had happened only once before, in 1964, when Joe Christopher of the Mets had two singles, then a double, off Larry Jackson as the Cubs won at New York, 2-0. ... Recently, I came across a game in June of 1910 in which a lone Cub made all 3 of the team's hits. I decided to search for other such ...