Jigger Statz
Mandy Brooks
Earl Webb
Riggs Stephenson
Andre Dawson
Those are the only 5 Cubs outfielders since 1903 who caught a fly ball, then threw out a runner at home to end a game.
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A series of previous posts looked at games in which the Cubs and other teams made at least 10 hits, all of them singles.
Let's flip that on its head and look at teams that made the most hits, none.
A batter who has been hit by a pitch takes extra joy in later slugging a home run especially in his very next trip to the plate.
How often have Cubs batters enjoyed such immediate revenge?
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Today, May 9, is the 29th anniversary of the last cycle by a Cubs hitter: Mark Grace.
On this date in 1993, as today, the Cubs' opponent was the Padres. But the game was in Chicago, not at San.