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Cubs oldest, youngest debuts by position players By JohnW53 on Apr 5, 2021, 6:07am CDT + Do you remember Al Heist? He played center field for the Cubs in 1960 and 1961. In 150 games, he batted .260/.338/.390. He hit 8 home runs in 555 plate appearances, including a walk-off grand slam against the Braves on April 15, 1961. That was his second career homer. His first had come Sept. 9, 1960, at St. Louis, in his 26th game as a Cub. He played 15 before the season ended, for a total of 41. Heist was 32 years, 286 days old when he made his Major League debut in a 6-0 loss at St. Louis on July 17, 1960, 2 days after the Braves traded him to the Cubs for Earl Averill and $30,000 to $35,000.
No batter has made team s only 4 hits vs. Cubs By JohnW53 on Feb 21, 2021, 3:56am CST + The first 2 posts in this series described the 6 times since 1901 when a lone Cub made each of the team s 3 hits in a game, then the only time a Cub batter made the Cubs only 4 hits. The third post detailed the 3 times that Cubs pitchers allowed just 3 hits, all to the same hitter, before Kyle Hendricks did it to open the 2020 season. This final post completes the cycle by focusing on games in which opposing teams and individual players made exactly 4 hits. . Here, without further ado, is the complete list of games since 1901 in which the same player made all 4 of his team s hits against Cubs pitching:
145-year chain of Cubs pitchers and catchers By JohnW53 on Dec 21, 2020, 5:59am CST + Or fascinating. I lean toward fascinating: There is a nearly unbroken chain of pitchers and catchers from the Cubs first National League game in 1876 all the way to the last week of the 2020 schedule. . This incredible chain consists not just of a pitcher and catcher who were ON the team in the same season. It consists of a pitcher and catcher who were on the field together in the LAST GAME either the pitcher or catcher played for the Cubs, under their team s various names, through 145 seasons!