Ian Happ was hit by a pitch thrown by Bryan Abreu of the Astros in the seventh inning Wednesday afternoon. It was the 5th time a Cub was plunked at home this season and the 2,000th in the team's.
Cubs batters have hit 344 grand slams in regular-season games since 1876.
Only 1 of them came on Opening Day.
It happened in the 77th of their 147 season debuts, on Tuesday, April 15, 1952, in.
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.
The Cubs had a pronounced power outage at the plate in 2022.
They finished the season with 159 home runs, 51 fewer than their 210 in the previous season.
That's a drop of 32.1 percent nearly.