Sixteen games into the 1939 season, Cubs player-manager Gabby…
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On September 4, 1935, Chicago Tribune sportswriter Irving Vaughan…
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In a Monday-afternoon game at Wrigley Field, the “Cubs buried…
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Winning their fourth title, the New York Yankees crushed the…
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It is often said in sports that records are meant to be broken.…
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On the morning of September 4, 1935, longtime Chicago Tribune…
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After Game One of the 1935 World Series, Detroit’s playing…
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After splitting the first two contests of the 1935 World Series…
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"The New York Boys have a 17-year-old boy of 190 pounds on first…
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Poor Charlie Root. Here’s a guy who had a very respectable…
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In Game One of the 1929 World Series, the Chicago Cubs set a…
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In 2017 a major-league game typically lasted more than three…
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During the 2017 baseball season, the Chicago Cubs surpassed 8,000…
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A Rebel without a glove of glue allowed the Chicago Whales to…
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On August 24, 1918, the Chicago Cubs hosted the fifth-place Brooklyn…
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The Federal League Kansas City Packers and Chicago Chi-Feds played…
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July 4, 1939: Cubs’ Hank Leiber provides fireworks with three home runs
May 5, 1938: Al Epperly wins starting debut as Cubs pulverize Phillies
September 14, 1935: Cubs take over first place with wild win over Dodgers
June 23, 1930: Hack Wilson hits for the cycle as Cubs pound Phillies
July 20, 1933: Babe Herman’s three homers overwhelm Phillies
October 2, 1932: Yankees crush the Cubs to take World Series title in 4-game sweep
September 28, 1930: Comeback Cubs prevail as Hack Wilson sets RBI mark
September 4, 1935: Augie Galan’s slam and six RBIs flatten Phils to start 21-game winning streak
October 5, 1935: Defense dooms Cubs in Game 4
October 6, 1935: Cubs stave off elimination in Game 5 on Chuck Klein’s homer
October 4, 1935: Cubs stymied by ejections, errors, and the Schoolboy in Game 3
August 13, 1937: Cubs rout Reds with mid-summer offensive explosion
This Week in SABR: November 27, 2019
June 26, 1920: Lou Gehrig homers in high school all-star game at Cubs Park
October 8, 1929: Howard Ehmke sets down Cubs in surprise start with a World Series record 13 strikeouts
October 9, 1929: Double-X and Bucketfoot Al lead A’s to Game 2 win in World Series
April 12, 1927: Cubs wallop defending champion Cardinals on Opening Day
October 1, 1920: Cubs’ Pete Alexander outduels Cardinals rookie Jesse Haines in 17 innings
September 21, 1919: Cubs’ ‘Old Pete’ Alexander needs only 58 minutes for shutout
April 20, 1916: Chicago Cubs play their first game at Wrigley Field
October 3, 1915: Chicago Whales clinch final Federal League title
August 24, 1918: Cubs clinch fifth National League pennant in 13 years with doubleheader sweep
July 17, 1918: Cubs’ Lefty Tyler outduels Phillies’ Watson in 21-inning marathon
April 23, 1914: Chicago Feds open Weeghman Park, later known as Wrigley Field