In-season callups who sparked World Series titles mlb.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mlb.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Cubs oldest position players, pitchers By JohnW53 on Apr 12, 2021, 6:22am CDT +
Who was the oldest in the Modern Era?
Who was their oldest pitcher?
Who was their oldest pitcher in his final season?
Each of those questions has a different answer.
....
Nearly 125 years after his final game,
Cap Anson remains the oldest player in franchise history to appear anywhere other than on the mound.
The last game of his remarkable, 27-season career No. 2,524 overall and No. 2,277 for Chicago came on Oct. 3, 1897. That day, Anson was
45 years, 169 days old.
He had been 19 days past his 19th birthday when he played his first game, for the Rockford Forest Citys, on May 6, 1871.
First Cubs homer by team s top sluggers, Part 2 bleedcubbieblue.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bleedcubbieblue.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images
The history of the franchise as the Nationals is too new to have many notable non-Hall of Fame careers yet, so let’s turn the page back to the days of the Expos. A five-time All-Star, Rogers pitched his entire 13-year career in Montreal, winning 158 games to go with a 3.17 ERA. A workhorse, he completed 129 games in his career and topped 230 innings in a season nine times, and had 37 shutouts.
Matt Whitener is St. Louis-based writer, radio host and 12-6 curveball enthusiast. He has been covering Major League Baseball since 2010, and dabbles in WWE, NBA and other odd jobs as well. Follow Matt on Twitter at @CheapSeatFan.