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A previous post told the story of Bernie Friberg, who rarely played first base during 6 season as a Cub, yet in 1925 made the first 2 outs of a triple play moments after taking over at first for. ....
Keeping Score: Clubbie insider Good morning! Few baseball books have been written about life at the bottom of baseball’s food chain. According to baseballamerica.com, each franchise has over 200 players under contract not including rookie league players in Arizona, Florida and the Dominican Republic, and only 26 of them can be on a big league roster. A scout in Jupiter, Fla., once told me that only seven percent of players who sign a pro baseball contract ever make it to the major leagues. “Including the ones who only got called up for a cup of coffee,” he added. In the minor leagues the pay is low, the food is bad and the living quarters are Spartan. Greg Larson knows, in 2012-13 he was the clubhouse attendant for the Aberdeen (Md.) IronBirds, the Baltimore Orioles’ High-A affiliate. ....
Cubs who led NL in offensive categories By JohnW53 on May 9, 2021, 5:52am CDT + 45 different offensive categories. A Cub has led or tied for the National League lead in at least 1 category in 101 of Hack Wilson led in 17 in 1930; Heinie Zimmerman (1912) and Rogers Hornsby (1929), in 16; Derrek Lee (2005), in 14; and Billy Williams (1972) in 13. At the other extreme, Walt Moose Moryn and Lee Walls led the NL only once each while with the Cubs tying for most times hit by pitches in 1958, with 8. Ernie Banks led in WAR (10.2) and defensive WAR (3.5) in 1959, when he was voted Most Valuable Player for the second straight season. But he was only third in offensive WAR (7.8), trailing Hank Aaron (9.1) and Eddie Mathews (8.4). ....