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Steals by Cubs first basemen and pitchers By JohnW53 on May 6, 2021, 7:20am CDT +
A previous post documented the 10 steals of home by Cubs catchers since 1920.
That post also noted that the Cubs have had exactly 500 steals of any base by their catchers during the entire Modern Era, which began in 1901.
That got me thinking about 2 other positions not usually associated with stolen bases: first base and pitcher.
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MISSING SPLITS
Finding the number of steals at a specific fielding position for players during the Dead Ball Era proved challenging
Baseball-reference.com does not have career splits by position for many of those, and incomplete splits for others.
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Former Cubs prospect Jeff Goldbach killed in North Carolina
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We have some sad news to pass along. Former Cubs minor league catcher Jeff Goldbach was shot and killed last Sunday in Greensboro, North Carolina. Goldbach was 41 years old and was the single father of three children. A neighbor has been arrested in connection to the slaying.
The Cubs selected Goldbach out of high school in Princeton, Indiana in the second round in 1998. He was a member of the 1999 Lansing Lugnuts, a team that caused a lot of excitement and regular updates by Steve Stone on Cubs TV broadcasts that year. Goldbach was one of several prospects on those Lugnuts including Carlos Zambrano, Corey Patterson, Hee-Seop Choi, Michael Wuertz and David Kelton. Goldbach had his best season in organized ball that year, hitting .271/.377/.489 with 18 home runs and 72 RBI in 112 games.
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