The Cubs have played an enormous number of games.
Their July 1 win at home over the Red Sox was their 22,000th in regular-season league games, including their 3 years in the National Association.
Today is the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's first game at Wrigley Field.
This is the second of 2 posts about his games against the Cubs.
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BACK TO WRIGLEY
Robinson and the.
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.
Sammy Sosa, with 545 home runs, and Ernie Banks, with 512, head the list of 845 different players who hit at least 1 homer for the Cubs in National League regular-season games from 1876 through.
Before this season is over, somebody likely will become the 1,500th player in the Modern Era to make a hit as a member of the Cubs.
From the start of 1901 through the end of 2021, the count stood.