Previous posts documented the Cubs' wins and losses in games that ended with:
1. A strikeout/throwout doubleplay
2. A runner attempting a straight steal
3. A pickoff
Today's topic: wins that.
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.
Patrick Wisdom recently became the 374th player to reach 500 plate appearances as a Cub.
He is the 343rd non-pitcher.
They average 1,894 PA. Ernie Banks had the most, 10,396, followed by Cap.
Sammy Sosa, with 545 home runs, and Ernie Banks, with 512, head the list of 845 different players who hit at least 1 homer for the Cubs in National League regular-season games from 1876 through.
A previous post reported on the biggest differences between hits made and runs scored in a 9-inning loss.
For the Cubs, it was 13, nearly a century ago, when they made 15 hits but tallied only.