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How many players won titles as a Cub? By JohnW53 on Feb 1, 2021, 7:04am CST 1 10 National League championships. 8 times. 4 in 5 seasons (1906-07-08-10) 5 in 17 seasons (1929-32-35-38-45) 2 in 6 seasons (1984-89) 3 in 6 seasons (2003-07-08) 3 in 5 seasons (2016-17-20) The only 1 that was not part of "clump" was 1918. .......... 630 total players, an average of exactly 35 per team. ... Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown Joe Tinker The only other 4-time champions as Cubs were Gabby Hartnett and Charlie Root, both on the teams from 1929 through 1938, and Stan Hack, who was on the teams in...

Post-season exhibition games, Part 7: A 57-minute game to benefit Women's Trade Union League By JohnW53 on Jan 16, 2021, 3:38am CST + .......... In 1911, the White Sox had defeated the Cubs in the City Series in 4 games, then the teams had met in additional game for charity at Comiskey Park. The story was the same in 1912, except the City Series took 9 games, due to a pair of ties. The 1912 rematch following the South Siders' seventh-game victory was for a different charity. Instead of a hospital, proceeds were earmarked for the Women's Trade Union League. "Most of the players who...

Cubs' milestone wins on road By JohnW53 on Jan 9, 2021, 3:43am CST + 11,000 games in the National League. They ended the season with 11,016. 4,971 on the road. So, the Cubs need 29 more wins to reach 5,000 on the road. They have won at least 30 road games in every full season but one beginning in 2001, and from 2015-19 they averaged 43. They were 15-12 on the road in the shortened 2020 season. ... Two Major League teams already have won 5,000 times on the road: the Giants (5,105) and Dodgers (5,026). The Cardinals (4,989) also have more road wins than the Cubs. The Cubs' first ...

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...

Merkle's 'boner' . . . as a Cub By JohnW53 on Dec 18, 2020, 6:28am CST + Nearly a century after he played his final game, many baseball fans still know the name of Fred Merkle. As a 19-year-old rookie, he was on first base with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth inning of a crucial game late in the 1908 season between the host Giants and the Cubs, who were neck-and-neck for first place in the National League. When the next batter smacked a clean single, a runner from third dashed home, scoring the tie-breaking run, as thousands of fans swarmed the field. Merkle, wary of the fans, d...