Second in a series of posts about milestone players in the 152-season history of the Cubs, since they began play in 1870.
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750TH: BILLY MYERS, APRIL 18, 1941
On April 15, Opening Day,.
On Thursday, the Cubs defeated the Pirates, 5-4, in 10 innings.
They had not played more than than 9 innings in their previous 42 games, while going 27-15, since a 7-6 victory in 11 innings at.
On April 18, at Oakland, Michael Rucker issued a 1-out walk in the ninth inning.
On the next pitch, Tony Kemp hit a ground ball to second baseman Nico Hoerner, who threw the ball to shortstop.
Last Wednesday, at Oakland, Patrick Wisdom hit his first career triple, in his 299th big league game and his 1,064th trip to the plate.
Through Sunday, he has played 131 games at Wrigley Field.
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.