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Cubs most homers, games without a grand slam
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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.
Cubs milestone games played, 11000-21,000
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Cubs top pinch hitters, Part 1 By JohnW53 on Mar 17, 2021, 6:13am CDT +
Pinch hitting has not exactly been the Cubs strength down through the years.
In the 105 seasons since 1916, the first for which baseball-reference.com has batting splits, Cubs pinch hitters rank
20th of the 30 Major League teams in batting average (.223),
26th in on-base percentage (.302), tied for
22nd in slugging (.323) and tied for
24th in on base plus slugging (.625).
Their OBP is the lowest of any non-expansion team. The 4 teams below them are the Astros, Padres, Royals and Marlins.
The all-time leader in OBP is the Blue Jays (.326). The Rockies, second at .324, are No. 1 in average (.242), slugging (.385) and OPS (.709). The Rockies lead the runnerup Jays by 4 points in average, 28 in slugging and 25 in OPS.
History of Progressive Field s Heritage Park
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CLEVELAND Heritage Park has served as a museum for the Indians, celebrating over 100 years of the club’s history. For some fans, it’s a meeting place to find a friend before first pitch, and for others it s a place they are sure to stroll by every time they visit the ballpark. But most importantly, it’s something that’s been able to connect generations of Tribe fans.
Heritage Park was created in 2007. It’s an area split into two levels that’s dedicated to the best players to ever don the Indians’ uniform, including those in the Tribe’s Hall of Fame and those in Cooperstown. At the time, there was no other space like this in baseball that could be visited at any time during the game. The Indians knew that the Yankees had Monument Park that was available to fans during pregame, but the Tribe wanted to be the first to offer something like that from the minute the gates opened
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