Cubs historical sleuthing: Early 1940s edition
There’s tremendous detail in this eight-decade-old film.
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There’s tremendous detail in this eight-decade-old film.
The Cubs lost by 1-0 Saturday night at Los Angeles on a 2-run, walk-off single. They had never lost that way before, at least not since 1914, first season for which baseball-reference.com has...
The scoring rules clearly specify the criteria for a starting pitcher to be awarded a victory: 1. He must complete at least 5 full innings 2. He must exit with his team leading, or his team must...
A previous post presented a list of Cubs position players who had played between 75 and 100 games for the team -- from roughly half a pre-expansion season through a nice, round number -- and asked...
Cubs oldest, youngest debuts by pitchers By JohnW53 on Apr 6, 2021, 7:19am CDT + Many baseball fans know that Satchel Paige was the oldest pitcher to make his Major League debut. Paige is listed as having been 2 days past his 42nd birthday but almost certainly was older when he threw 2 innings for the Indians against the Browns on July 9, 1948. He was 59 plus 80 days when he concluded his MLB career with 3 scoreless innings for the Athletics against the Red Sox on Sept. 25, 1965. ......... Many fans also know that Joe Nuxhall was the youngest pitcher -- and youngest player, perio...