Next Saturday and Sunday, the Cubs will face the Cardinals at London.
The Cubs have played only 2 previous games overseas, in 2000, when they opened the season at Tokyo against the Mets.
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During their 147 seasons in the National League, 1876-2022, the Cubs used exactly 2,200 different players.
853, or 38.8 percent, hit at least 1 home run as a Cub: 753 position players and 100.
Third and last in a series of posts
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On Sept. 19, 1950, Frank Hiller of the Cubs became the 33rd pitcher to face the minimum of 27 batters in a 9-inning complete game without pitching a.
Jonathan Villar's single at Pittsburgh on April 13 made him the fifth Cubs newcomer this season to make a hit.
When 5 more do so, the total count will be 1,500 different players who have made hits.