2015 Event The smaller of twin cubs born to giant panda Mei Xiang at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C., has died; though both cubs appeared to be healthy at birth, the smaller cub failed to gain weight and may have caught a respiratory infection 2015 Event Giant panda Mei Xiang gives birth to twin cubs at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C.; the cubs appear healthy but will alternate between an incubator and nursing time with their mother 2011 Event In Chicago, the Chicago Cubs baseball team fires their manager, Mike Quade 1998 Death Harry Caray, sportscaster for the Chicago Cubs, dies at 77 1998 Death Harry Caray, Cubs baseball announcer, dies at 77 1997 Event Sammy Sosa (Cubs) and Tony Womack (Pirates) hit inside the park home runs 1997 Event Chicago Cubs turn baseballs 68th triple play (vs San Francisco Giants) 1997 Event Cubs beat New York Mets ending NL worst opening, lost 14 straight games 1997 Event Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs 1995 Event 47th time opposing pitchers hit home runs, K Foster (Cubs)/M Freeman (Rocks) 1994 Event Cubs Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes, hit 3 home runs in 1993 hits 3 home runs on opening 1993 Event Cubs bat out of order against Pirates in 2nd inning 1992 Death Billy Herman, 2nd baseman/manager (Dodgers, Cubs), dies at 83 1992 Event Fay Vincent realigns NL, putting Cubs, Cards and Rockies in West and Cards, Braves and Marlins in East 1991 Event Cubs Doug Dascenzo commits his 1st career error after 242 games 1991 Event 1st Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium, Mets beat Cubs 6-0 1991 Event Rob Dibble back from 3-game suspension, is ejected for throwing at and hitting Cubs baserunner Doug Dascenzo Cubs win, 8-5 1991 Event Milwaukee Brewers beat Chicago Cubs, 10-9, in 19 innings 1990 Event Stanton Cook becomes CEO of Chicago Cubs 1990 Event New York Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field, Cubs outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning 1990 Event Cubs Ryne Sandberg ends 2nd baseman record 123 errorless game streak 1989 Event Cubs Jerome Walton wins the NL Rookie of Year 1989 Event Mets turn their 1st triple play in 7 years but lose to Cubs 8-4 1988 Event Cubs beat Mets 6-4 in their 1st official night game at Wrigley Field 1988 Event Cubs and Phillies attempt to play 1st night game ever at Wrigley Field but are rained out in 4th inning with Chicago leading, 3-1 1988 Event Chicago gives Cubs right to install lights and play up to 18 night games 1987 Event Cubs Andre Dawson is 1st from last-place club ever to win an MVP 1987 Event New York Mets beat Chicago Cubs, 23-9 1987 Event Cubs and Astro tie Oriole and Ranger record of 3 grand slams in a game 1987 Event Cubs trade Dennis Eckersley to A's for 3 minor leaguers 1986 Event Cubs Greg Maddux defeats Phillies Mike Maddux (1st rookie brothers) 1986 Event Astros and Cubs use a record 53 players in an 18 inning game 1986 Event Cubs 3rd baseman Ron Cey hits his 300th and 301st home run 1984 Event Cubs Rick Sutcliffe, selected as a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young 1984 Event In 1st LCS game played with replacement umps, Cubs cbeat Padres 13-0 1984 Event Cubs clinch NL East title 1984 Event Cubs break 2 million in home attendance for 1st time 1984 Event Red Sox trade pitcher Dennis Eckersley to Cubs for Bill Buckner 1982 Event Los Angeles Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game started 8/17) 1982 Event Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, ends after 22 innings - before Los Angeles Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1 (game started Aug 17th) 1982 Event Los Angeles Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game completed 8/18) 1982 Event Chicago Cubs win their 8,000th (beat Astros) 1982 Event Philadelphia trades Larry Bowa and Ryne Sandberg to Cubs for Ivan DeJesus 1981 Event Houston Astro Craig Reynolds hits 3 triples beating Cubs 6-1 1979 Event Phillies beat Cubs, 23-22, on 50 hits with 11 home runs 1977 Event Cubs use fielder Larry Bittner as a pitcher 1977 Death Philip K Wrigley, baseball owner for the Chicago Cubs, dies at 82 1977 Event Cubs trade outfielder Rick Monday to Dodgers for Bill Buckner 1975 Event Pirates beat Cubs 22-0, Rennie Stennett is 3rd to go 7 for 7 1975 Event Phillies 1st 8 batters get hits for a record, beat Cubs 13-5 1974 Event Cubs trade Billy Williams to A's for Manny Trillo, Knowles and Locker 1974 Birthday Amaury Telemaco, Higuey, Dominican Republic, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs 1973 Event Cubs' Ron Santo became 1st baseball player to veto his trade 1973 Event Cubs trade Ferguson Jenkins to Rangers for Bill Madlock and Vic Harris 1973 Event Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs manager Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game, thus technically becoming baseball's 1st black manager 1973 Birthday Terry Adams, born in Mobile, Alabama, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs 1971 Event Cubs release Ernie Banks and sign him as a coach 1971 Birthday Brant Brown, born in Porterville, California, infielder for the Chicago Cubs 1971 Birthday Mike Hubbard, Lynchburg, Virginia, catcher for the Chicago Cubs 1970 Birthday Steve Trachsel, Oxnard California, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs 1970 Birthday Doug Glanville, Hackensack, New Jersey, outfielder for the Chicago Cubs 1970 Event Cubs Billy Williams is 1st NLer to play in 1,000 consecutive games 1969 Event Don Sutton breaks his 13-game losing streak to Cubs with a 4-2 win 1969 Birthday Jose Hernandez, born in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, infielder for the Chicago Cubs 1969 Event Tom Seaver's no-hit bid against Cubs ends with 1 out in 9th 1969 Event On Billy Williams Day in Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes Stan Musial's NL record for consecutive games played (896) 1969 Birthday Frank Castillo, born in El Paso, Texas, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs 1969 Birthday Willie Banks, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs 1969 Birthday Kevin Foster, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs 1968 Birthday Scott Bullett, Martinsburg, West Virginia, outfielder for the Chicago Cubs 1968 Birthday Kent Bottenfield, born in Portland, Oregon, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs 1968 Birthday Sammy Sosa, born in San Pedro, Dominican Republic, outfielder for the Chicago Cubs 1968 Event Cubs Billy Williams sets outfielder record of 695 straight game 1968 Birthday Kevin Roberson, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs 1967 Birthday Luis Gonzalez, born in Tampa, Florida, outfielder for the Chicago Cubs 1967 Birthday Brian McRae, Bradenton, Florida, outfielder for the Chicago Cubs 1967 Birthday Bret Barberie, born in Long Beach, California, infielder for the Chicago Cubs 1967 Event Chicago Cubs (7) and New York Mets (4) tie record of 11 home runs in a game 1967 Birthday Rick Wilkins, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Richard Wilkins, baseball player, catcher, played Major League teams San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, also played for Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets 1967 Birthday Scott Servais, born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, catcher for the Chicago Cubs 1967 Birthday Turk Wendell, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs 1967 Event New York Met Tom Seaver's 1st victory, beats Cubs, 6-1 1967 Birthday Jaime Navarro, born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs 1967 Birthday Leo Gomez, born in Canovanas, Puerto Rico, infielder for the Chicago Cubs 1966 Birthday Terry Shumpert, born in Paducah, Kentucky, infielder for the Chicago Cubs 1966 Birthday Eddie Zambrano, Venezuelan/U.S. baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs 1966 Birthday Anthony Young, U.S. baseball pitcher, New York Met, Chicago Cubs 1965 Event Cubs tie major league record of 3 triple plays in a season 1965 Event Sandy Koufax pitches his 4th no-hitter, a perfect game vs Cubs (1-0) 1965 Event Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his 400th home run off Curt Simmons 1965 Birthday Jim Bullinger, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs 1965 Event Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney 2nd no-hitter of year beats Chicago Cubs, 1-0 1964 Event Pirates and Cubs combine for 9 home runs, Pirates win 8-5 1964 Birthday Mike Campbell, born in Seattle, Washington, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs 1964 Death Ken Hubbs, 2nd baseman for the Chicago Cubs, dies in plane crash at 22 1963 Event Idle Dodgers clinch their 2nd LA pennant as Cubs beat Cards 1962 Event New York Mets lose record 120th game as Cubs turn triple play and beat New York 5-1 1962 Birthday Dave Magadan, born in Tampa, Florida, 1st baseman, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs 1962 Birthday Randy Myers, Vancouver, Washington, pitcher, Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles 1962 Event Cubs Ken Hubbs sets 2nd base record for consecutive errorless games at 78 and consecutive errorless chances (418), he errors in the 4th 1962 Event 1st major league game in Houston, Colt .45s beat Chicago Cubs, 11-2 1961 Event Billy Williams of the Cubs is voted NL Rookie of Year 1961 Event Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1 1961 Event Cubs Ernie Banks ends his 717 consecutive-games-played streak 1961 Birthday Gary Varsho, born in Marshfield, Wisconsin, Gary Andrew Varsho, baseball player, outfielder, played for Major League Baseball teams, the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, played in 1991 and 1992 National League Championship Series 1959 Event Ernie Banks, Cubs shortstop, wins 2nd consecutive NL MVP 1959 Birthday Ryne Sandberg, born in Spokane, Washington, infielder for the Chicago Cubs 1959 Birthday Bob Patterson, born in Jacksonville, Florida, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs 1958 Event Lee Walls hits 3 home runs, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2 1957 Birthday Chico Walker, born in Jackson, Mississippi, professional baseball player, second base, played for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, California Angels, New York Mets 1957 Birthday Craig Lefferts, born in Munich, West Germany, professional baseball player, played for Chicago Cubs, relief pitcher, pitching coach for Vancouver Canadians 1957 Event Dodgers (Ft. Worth) and Cubs (LA) "trade" minor league franchises 1956 Event Cincinnati Reds (8) and Cubs (2) combine to hit 10 home runs in a 9 inning game 1956 Birthday Bill Caudill, born in Santa Monica, California, nickname 'Cuffs', baseball player, pitcher, played for American and National League teams, including, Chicago Cubs, Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners 1956 Birthday Rick Sutcliffe, pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs 1955 Event Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits record 5th grand slam of season 1955 Event Phils beat Cubs 1-0 in 15, ties longest shut out in Phillies history 1954 Birthday Andre Dawson, born in Miami, Florida, outfielder, Expos, Cubs, 1987 NL MVP 1953 Event Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league home run 1953 Event Ernie Banks becomes Chicago Cubs 1st black player 1953 Birthday Bruce Sutter, pitcher, Cubs, Cards, Braves 1952 Event Cubs slugger Hank Sauer wins NL MVP 1952 Event Boston Brave Warren Spahn strikes out 18 Cubs in 15 innings 1952 Event Braves Warren Spahn ties NL record of Jim Whitney with 18 strikeouts against the Cubs in 15-inning, 3-1 loss 1951 Event Former Cubs 1st baseman and future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is 1st player to oppose the major league draft 1951 Birthday Bill Madlock, 4X NL batting champ for the Chicago Cubs 1950 Event Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs), Del Webb (Yankees), and Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select new commissioner 1950 Birthday Burt Hooton, born in Greenville, Texas, Burt Carlton Hooton, baseball player, nicknamed 'Happy', right-handed starting pitcher for Major League Baseball teams Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers 1948 Event Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players 1946 Event Yankees set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs 1946 Event Dodgers beat Cubs 2-0 in 5 inns, games called because of gnats 1946 Event Cubs Claude Passeau makes his 1st error since September 21, 1941, ending pitcher's fielding record of 273 consecutive errorless chances 1946 Event 1st baseball broadcast in Chicago, Cards vs Cubs 1945 Event Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3 in 42nd World Series 1945 Event Tavern owner "Billy Goat" Sianis buys seat for his goat for Game 4 of World Series and is escorted out, he casts goat curse on Cubs 1945 Event Tigers and Cubs meet in World Series for 4th time 1945 Event Cubs clinch NL pennant 1945 Event Cubs purchase pitcher Hank Borowy from New York Yankees 1945 Event Cubs stop Braves Tommy Holmes modern-day NL hitting streak at 37 games 1944 Event Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 home runs in a doubleheader 1943 Event Cubs return to original uniform after experimenting with a vest 1942 Event Cubs shortstop Leonard Merullo makes 4 errors in 1 inning 1942 Event Cubs, drop plans to install lights at Wrigley due to WW II 1941 Event A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium for the Chicago Cubs 1940 Event 1st televised baseball game, WGN-TV, (White Sox vs Cubs exhibition) 1940 Birthday Ron Santo, shortstop, Cubs, 1st baseball player to veto his trade 1938 Event New York Yankees sweep Cubs in 35th World Series, 3rd straight WS win 1938 Event Cubs clinch NL pennant 1938 Birthday Billy Williams, baseball player, Cubs 1938 Event Phillies Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are NL records off one hurler in a single inning 1937 Birthday Jim Hickman, baseball player, Mets, Dodgers, Cubs 1935 Event Judge Landis fines ump George Moriarty, Cubs manager Charlie Grimm and Chicago players W English, B Jurges and B Herman for actions in World Series 1935 Event Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2 in 32nd World Series 1935 Event Chicago Cubs win 21st consecutive game and clinch NL pennant 1935 Event Chicago Cubs are 10 games back in NL, and go on to win the pennant 1933 Event Card's Dizzy Dean strikes out 17 Cubs to win 8-2 1932 Event New York Yankees sweep Chicago Cubs in 29th World Series 1932 Event Chicago Cubs clinch the NL pennant 1932 Event Charlie Grimm replaces Roger Hornsby as manager of Chicago Cubs 1932 Event Cubs shortstop Bill Jurges is shot twice in Chicago hotel room by a spurned girlfriend, Violet Popovich Valli 1932 Event Pitcher John Quinn, 47, is oldest player to have an extra-base hit (a double) and bat in a run, as the Dodgers beat the Cubs 9-2 1932 Death William K Wrigley, owner (Wrigley Gum, Chicago Cubs), dies 1931 Event Phillies Chuck Klein hits for cycle vs. Chicago Cubs 1931 Birthday Jim Frey, born in Cleveland, Ohio, manager, coach, Major League Baseball teams, Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs 1931 Birthday Ernie Banks, Mr Cub - Chicago Cubs, Hall-of-Famer, 1st baseman 1930 Event Roger Hornsby replaces Joe McCarthy as Cubs manager 1930 Event Chicago Cubs beat Philadelphia Phillies 21-8 1929 Event Philadelphia A's beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1 in 26th World Series 1929 Event Cubs blow 8-0 World Series lead, A's score 10 in 1 inning 1929 Event A's Howard Ehmke (7-2) sets World Series record striking out 13 Cubs 1929 Event Pirates loss to Braves and clinch NL pennant for the Cubs 1927 Event Chicago Cubs beat Boston Braves, 4-3, in 22 innings 1926 Event Cardinals pick up 39-year-old Grover Alexander on waivers from Cubs 1926 Birthday Roy Smalley, shortstop, Cubs, Braves, Phillies, Twins, Yankees 1925 Event 1st regular-season Cubs game to be broadcast on radio (WGN) 1923 Event Phillies score 12 in 6th and beat Cubs 17-4 1922 Event Cubs beat Phillies 26-23 in highest scoring major-league game 1922 Event Cubs swap Max Flack for Cards Cliff Heathcote during middle of doubleheader. Both play for both teams that day 1920 Event Policemen raid the Cubs' bleachers and arrest 24 fans for gambling 1920 Birthday Harry Caray, baseball announcer, Chicago Cubs 1919 Event William Veeck, sportswriter, replaces Fred Mitchell as Cubs president 1918 Event Boston Red Sox beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2 in 15th World Series 1918 Event Chicago Cubs, win earliest pennent ever (season ended Sept 2) 1918 Event Longest errorless game, Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 21 innings 1916 Event Chicago Cubs play 1st game at Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) beat Reds 1916 Event Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) in Chicago opens, Cubs beat Cincinnati Reds 7-6 1916 Event NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, and Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20) 1915 Event Cubs George "Zip" Zabel relieves with 2 outs in 1st and winds up with 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn in longest relief job ever 1913 Event Cubs Larry Cheney hurls record 14-hit shutout against Giants (7-0) 1912 Event Chicago Cubs get 21 hits but lose to Philadelphia Phillies in 11 innings 1910 Event Philadelphia A's beat Chicago Cubs 4 games to 1 in 7th World Series 1909 Event Chicago Cubs beat New York Giants 4-2 in a playoff to win NL pennant 1909 Event Honus Wagner steals his way around bases in 1st inning against Cubs 1908 Event Cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 1 in 5th World Series, 1st rematch 1908 Event Smallest crowd at World Series, 6,210 fans see Cubs beat Tigers 1908 Event Cubs' Ed Reulbach becomes only pitcher to throw doubleheader shutout 1908 Event Giant Fred (Bonehead) Merkle fails to touch 2nd, causes 3rd out in 9th and disallows winning run (game ends tied, Cubs win replay and pennant) 1907 Event Cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 0 with 1 tie in 4th World Series 1906 Event All Chicago World Series, 1st AL victory, White Sox win 4 games to 2 Cubs losers share of $439.50 is lowest for World Series 1906 Event Chicago Cubs win their 116th game (116-36 .763) of year 1906 Event Chicago Cubs score 11 in 1st inning, beating New York Giants 19-0 1906 Event Cubs sign 3rd baseman Harry Steinfeldt to complete Tinker-Evers-Chance 1905 Event Chicago Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings 1905 Event New York Giant Christy Mathewson 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago Cubs, 1-0 1905 Event Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at plate in 1 game, all were ends of a double play 1903 Event Phillie's Chick Fraser no-hits Chicago Cubs, 10-0 1903 Event Pitcher Jack Doscher, 1 son of a major leaguer debuts with Cubs 1887 Birthday Grover Cleveland Alexander, HOF baseball pitcher, Phillies, Cubs 1887 Event Cubs sell Mike King Kelly to Boston for record $10,000 1881 Event Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12 1876 Event Chicago Cubs 1st NL game, beats Louisville 4-0 (1st NL shutout)
