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Games-played streaks, Part 1: Billy Williams

Games-played streaks, Part 1: Billy Williams By JohnW53 on Apr 25, 2021, 7:03am CDT + In some, the player rarely took an inning off, let alone missed a game. Early in Cal Ripken Jr. s record streak of 2,632 games, he played 8,264 straight innings. The second-longest such stretch in the Modern Era is just 4,620. Ernie Banks had the second-longest since 1940: 3,223, less than 40 percent of Ripken s total. Every long streak included games in which a player pinch hit, pinch ran or appeared only as a defensive replacement. Some players kept their streaks going with what can only be described as gimmicks. In the 1,427th of Lou Gehrig s 2,130 games, at Detroit in July 1934, he was listed as the Yankees shortstop and batted leadoff. He singled, then gave way to a pinch runner.

The most memorable walkoff wins in Cubs history, Part 3: NL expansion teams

The most memorable walkoff wins in Cubs history, Part 3: NL expansion teams Share this story Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images In Part 2 of this series, we looked at memorable walkoff wins since 1916 that the Cubs have had against the seven original National League ballclubs. Today, we’ll have a look at the eight NL expansion teams (The Brewers, of course, came to the NL when the AL expanded in 1998). The numbers, of course, go generally in the order the teams came into the league, except for the Brewers, where the Cubs have more walkoff wins than against the D-backs (who entered the NL at the same time as Milwaukee) because the Brewers are a division rival.

Cubs historical sleuthing and Getty Images

Cubs historical sleuthing and Getty Images Share this story Photo by Diamond Images/Getty Images I had been thinking about doing this for some time, and then in a recent sleuthing post, BCB reader naplajoie suggested that I contact Getty Images and offer up the information I sleuthed to them, so they could update the data on various photos. I located an email address for a Getty executive and did exactly that. The next day I received an email from Karen Leach, manager of search data for Getty, who’s located in, of all places, London, England. It read (complete with one British-style spelling):