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Evolution of Cubs' career hits record, Part 1 By JohnW53 on Mar 10, 2021, 6:08am CST + And then there are records that have lasted for a looooooooong time! You may know that Cap Anson made more hits than any player in the history of the Cubs. He had 3,012 in his 22 seasons. But did you know he has held that record since . . . 1878? Since the most hits by any active Cub is 1,231 by Anthony Rizzo, it's not like Anson's record is going to be challenged any time soon. ... 2 other players have had as many as 2,500 hits as a Cub: Ernie Banks, with 2,583 in 1953-71, and Billy William...

Cubs' streaks scoring specific numbers of runs By JohnW53 on Mar 3, 2021, 6:34am CST + EXACTLY each specific number, win or lose. Here's what I found, using the Team Batting Streak Finder at Baseball-Reference.com. ... 4 consecutive games twice. On Wednesday, June 16, 1968, they lost at Atlanta, 1-0. After a day off, they failed to score in an entire weekend series at St. Louis, falling by scores of 1-0, 4-0 and 1-0. They made 8 and 5 hits in the pair of 1-run losses. In the middle game, Steve Carlton surrendered only a fourth-inning, leadoff single to Glenn Beckert, after which B...

Cubs leadoff hitters through the years By JohnW53 on Feb 7, 2021, 4:51am CST + It's possible to win a title without having a high-average leadoff man. The Cubs proved it in 2020, winning the Central Division despite ranking last of all 30 Major League teams in batting average for players who started games at the top of the batting order. The Cubs' .211 average was 4 points behind that of the second-worst Reds, 6 behind the No. 28 Brewers and 10 behind the co-No. 26 Pirates and Rangers. All 25 other teams had an average of at least .230 by their leadoff man. The Marlins ranked 21s...

When no Cubs batter struck out in game By JohnW53 on Feb 4, 2021, 2:48am CST + Do you remember where you were on July 3, 2013? The Cubs were in Oakland, where they faced the Athletics in the middle game of a 3-game series. The Cubs had lost the opener the previous night, 8-7, on a 3-run homer in the bottom of the eighth. They went into the Wednesday evening rematch with a record of 36-45, mired in fourth place in the Central Division, 15.5 games behind the first-place Pirates and 11.5 in back of the third-place Reds. They led the last-place Brewers by 2.5 games. The A's (49-35) he...

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...