Have you ever wondered what the average batting numbers were among all Cubs during their years with team?
Maybe not.
OK, probably not!
But I have. So I decided to figure it out.
Read on to find.
A previous post documented games that the Cubs won when the final play was a hit by the opposing team, but the batter or a runner on the bases was retired.
The Cubs have recorded 16 such wins.
After perusing my recent post about games that the Cubs won a strikeout/throwout doubleplay, constant reader Ernaga commented, in part, "how many Cubs losses have ended either by a pick-off at.
The Cubs have pulled off 41 triple plays during their 146 seasons in the National League, tied for the most with the Pirates.
Their most recent was July 29, 2020, at Cincinnati.
With the bases.
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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