How many different players have appeared in a game for the Cubs?
Baseball-reference.com says 2,225, most of any team by 20 over the Cardinals.
But its count begins in 1876, first season of the.
One of the joys of doing research that requires reading old newspapers is finding stories of interest beyond the topic of the research.
Here are several examples of such discoveries, from the.
In 1871, the Cubs, then known as the White Stockings, were among the 9 members of the National Association, baseball's first true professional league.
The "Whites" won their first 7 games, against.
Second of 2 posts about the first games played by the Cubs from which all proceeds went to charity.
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On July 7 and 28, 1874, the Cubs, then known as the White Stockings, faced the.
Third in a series of posts about the rebirth of the Cubs franchise in 1874, after a 2-year hiatus caused by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
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The Cubs, then known as the White Stockings,.