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6 months from today, Aug. 16, will be the 75th anniversary of Babe Ruth's death. The game's most celebrated player hit 729 home runs during his 22-year career, 714 in the regular season and 15 in...
A previous post described in detail the Cubs' team-record winning streak at home against any opponent: 19 in a row against the Braves. It began with a win on Sept. 23, 1921, and continued through...
A batter who has been hit by a pitch takes extra joy in later slugging a home run -- especially in his very next trip to the plate. How often have Cubs batters enjoyed such immediate revenge? ....
Some of these pitchers were actually good, but had one really bad year.
Cubs who led NL in pitching categories, Part 1 By JohnW53 on May 11, 2021, 6:38am CDT + 431 times, an average of more than 3 per season. They have led in at least 1 of the 36 categories shown at Baseball-Reference.com in 110 of the 120 seasons. Three of the 10 in which they had no leaders have come in the past 20 seasons: 2001, 2009 and 2014. In 1992, a Cub led in 16 categories; in every one, the leader was Greg Maddux. In 1938, they led in 18, with Bill Lee on top in 14. And in 1918, they were first in 21, including 16 by Hippo Vaughn. ... The Cubs won the pennant in the latt...