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Evolution of Cubs career homer record, Part 2 By JohnW53 on Mar 9, 2021, 6:29am CST +
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474 home runs, more than double Gabby Hartnett s second-best
231. During the 1969 season, Hartnett dropped to fourth, in a span of fewer than 24 hours.
On Friday, night, May 23, Billy Williams hit his 232nd, a 2-run shot at San Diego that gave the Cubs a 5-0 lead in the fifth inning. They went on to win, 6-0, as Dick Selma pitched a 2-hit shutout.
The next afternoon, Ron Santo tied Williams with a 2-run shot of his own that put the Cubs ahead, 2-1. Banks blasted a grand slam in the fifth to turn a 4-2 deficit into a 6-4 lead and the Cubs won the game, 7-5.
Cubs early walk-offs, Part 2 By JohnW53 on Feb 10, 2021, 3:52am CST +
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FOURTH TIME S THE CHARM
In the ninth inning of a 2-2 game at New York on July 9, 1890, a 1-out double and an infield error put runners on the corners for the Colts, as the team now was known. The next batter fanned, bringing up Walt Wilmot.
The Chicago Tribune explained what happened next: Wilmot, who had previously struck out three times, then sent a safe hit to left and the game was won.
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The Cubs won 9 walk-offs at Cleveland, more than anywhere else on the road.
On June 19, 1891, Cap Anson was on second with 1 out in the ninth and the score even at 2. Cliff Carroll then drove the ball against that part of [pitcher Cy] Young s front elevation known as his shins, and died out at first for his pains, with Anson moving to third.
4) Jim O’Rourke: 8
5) Harry Stovey: 6
Jones had a huge year in 1879, totaling an MLB-best nine home runs to go with 85 runs scored, 62 RBIs and 29 walks in 83 games, all league bests. He would set a new career high for homers in ’83, with 10, though that came during Chester Arthur’s presidency. Hines won the Triple Crown in ’78, when he hit .358 with four home runs and 50 RBIs for the Providence Grays. He led baseball with a .357 batting average the following year, and his career high of 10 homers came in ’87 with the Washington Nationals. A big 1880 season with the Boston Red Stockings helped O’Rourke, a Hall of Famer, finish tied for second during this period.