How many runs make Cubs likely to win? By JohnW53 on Feb 28, 2021, 6:00am CST +
During the entire Modern Era, 1901-2021, the answer is:
4.
5.
.284 and that doesn t include games when they were shut out.
When they tallied 1-3 runs, they lost more than
3,000 more games than they won, 5,184 to 2,039. They tied 48.
When they scored exactly 4 runs, however they have a winning percentage of
.550 through all 120 seasons, including
.530 in the Live Ball Era, which began in 1920.
But that percentage is just
.501 in 1980-2020, down sharply from
.574 in 1901-79.
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The Cubs were below .500 when scoring exactly 4 runs in only one decade from the 1900s through the 1970s: .455 in the 1950s (90-108-2).
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.
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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:
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106 Years Ago
The Yankees send ten-grand to the Detroit Tigers for the rights to Hugh High and Wally Pipp. High started in the outfield for much of three seasons before retiring in 1918, while Pipp went on to amass 31.2 career WAR over 15 years. Despite Pipp’s successful career as a major league starter, including 11 years on the Yankees, a 1923 World Series victory, and a pair of Deadball Era home run crowns, he’s most remembered for the incident that derailed his career, opening the door for another, greater one.