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When the Cubs hit 6 home runs -- and lost

Yestrday, I told the tale of a 1930 game in which the Cubs staged the greatest comeback in their history, rallying from a 14-0 deficit before losing, 14-12.
In that game, the Cubs hit 6 home runs. ....

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Cubs' bases-loaded triples

The most exciting play in baseball is among the rarest: a bases-loaded triple.
It is a play that often sends all 13 players on the field into action: the batter, the 3 runners and all 9 fielders. . ....

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Cubs' team home run streaks

Cubs' team home run streaks
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Cubs' top pinch hitters, Part 1

Cubs top pinch hitters, Part 1
By JohnW53
on Mar 17, 2021, 6:13am CDT
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Pinch hitting has not exactly been the Cubs strength down through the years.
In the 105 seasons since 1916, the first for which baseball-reference.com has batting splits, Cubs pinch hitters rank
20th of the 30 Major League teams in batting average (.223),
26th in on-base percentage (.302), tied for
22nd in slugging (.323) and tied for
24th in on base plus slugging (.625).
Their OBP is the lowest of any non-expansion team. The 4 teams below them are the Astros, Padres, Royals and Marlins.
The all-time leader in OBP is the Blue Jays (.326). The Rockies, second at .324, are No. 1 in average (.242), slugging (.385) and OPS (.709). The Rockies lead the runnerup Jays by 4 points in average, 28 in slugging and 25 in OPS. ....

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Who is the oldest living Cub?

Who is the oldest living Cub?
By JohnW53
on Jan 8, 2021, 3:07am CST
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In June of 2014, the last year before the Cubs current Renaissance, the seventh-inning stretch on WGN was sung by Lennie Merullo.
Merullo was the last living member of the Cubs 1945 World Series. He was 97 at the time, and
98 when he died on May 30, 2015.
Merullo, a shortstop, played his entire career with the Cubs: 639 games, over 7 seasons, from 1941 through 1947. He had a career WAR of 1.4 and an OPS+ of 69.
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When I came across Merullo s name again recently, I wondered: Who is the oldest living Cub today?
The answer:
95 years and 195 days. ....

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