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Steals by Cubs first basemen and pitchers By JohnW53 on May 6, 2021, 7:20am CDT + A previous post documented the 10 steals of home by Cubs catchers since 1920. That post also noted that the Cubs have had exactly 500 steals of any base by their catchers during the entire Modern Era, which began in 1901. That got me thinking about 2 other positions not usually associated with stolen bases: first base and pitcher. .......... MISSING SPLITS Finding the number of steals at a specific fielding position for players during the Dead Ball Era proved challenging Baseball-reference.com does n...

Until a video review overturned the umpire's call of safe, Tony Wolters appeared on Sunday to have become the first Cubs catcher to steal home in nearly 55 years. It would have been only the Cubs'...

Cubs' best, worst season records vs. opponents By JohnW53 on Apr 14, 2021, 6:37am CDT + On Saturday afternoon, Aug. 4, 1945, the Cubs and Reds played the middle game of a 3-day, 5-game series at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Only 1,377 spectators were on hand to see the Cubs grab a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, on a single by Don Johnson, a double by Peanuts Lowrey and a 2-out triple by Andy Pafko. The Reds tallied a run in the second. The Cubs added a third run in the fourth. In the fifth, Cubs pitcher Hy Vandenberg gave up a pair of 1-out singles, then a double that dr...

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...

25 For 25: Chicago Cubs 1920-1944 By Solanus on Mar 12, 2021, 8:27am CST 1 I am back with another set of 25 For 25 teams, this time for the years 1920-1944. This is the fourth set that I have published this cycle, starting with 1995-2019 and continuing through 1970-1994 & 1945-1969 (I will post squads for 1895-1919 after I get done with these); if you are interested in those, you can view them here. Basically the same rules as before: 25 players, 25 seasons, one player from each season, no more or less; each player can be chosen for a team once (not multiple times in a single era ...