He led the NL in home runs for a third consecutive year in 1928 with 31, along with 120 RBIs and a. 313 average as the Cubs improved to third place.

In 1945, Richards ' batting average improved to career-high. 256 and he once again led the league's catchers in fielding percentage and in range factor, as the Tigers won the American League championship, then, defeated the Chicago Cubs in the 1945 World Series.

On November 17, 2011, Dale Sveum agreed to a three year contract with an option for a fourth to become new manager of the Cubs.

In the 2011 championship, the Daytona Cubs swept the St. Lucie Mets 3-0 and claimed their fourth title in 11 years.

The Chicago Cubs drafted Wood as the fourth overall selection in the 1995 Amateur Draft.

On October 16,, Piniella agreed to a three-year contract to manage the Chicago Cubs for $ 10 million with a $ 5 million option for a fourth year.

Although the Cubs were in first place heading into the final month of the season, the team faltered and again finished fourth.

Though trailing the Series two games to one, the Cubs were leading by a score of 8 – 0 in the fourth game when the Athletics mounted a 10-run rally in the seventh inning.

Zambrano maintained his position in the Cubs starting rotation in 2003 and started 32 games with a 3. 11 ERA and 13 wins in the fourth spot in the rotation, behind Mark Prior, Kerry Wood, and Matt Clement.

The Cubs fell to third place in 1936, as Hartnett had a sub-standard year for him, hitting only 7 home runs with 64 runs batted in, although he still hit above. 300 with a. 307 average, and earned his fourth consecutive All-Star selection.

However, the Cubs were swept in the 1938 World Series by the New York Yankees, their fourth Series loss in ten years.

Cub Scouts who join a pack are assigned to dens with six to eight members, usually based on age: Tiger Cubs ( first grade ), Wolf Cub Scouts ( second grade ), Bear Cub Scouts ( third grade ) and Webelos Scouts ( fourth and fifth grades ).

" After hitting. 395 for the Cubs in nine games that year, he batted. 254 for the team in 1917, finishing fourth in the league with 6 home runs, before a pair of January 1918 trades brought him back to New York.

Hooton's career began auspiciously with a no-hitter in his fourth major league game for the Cubs, but he gained perhaps his widest recognition for his several playoff performances with the Dodgers.

His second season ended with a 75-80 record ; the Mets finished at 78-84, one-half game behind the fourth place Chicago Cubs.

The Cubs battled back with two runs in the third and one in the fourth, tying the score at four runs a piece.

In a 4 – 3 win over the Chicago Cubs on September 14, he worked a perfect ninth inning and became the fourth reliever in MLB history to reach the 50-save mark.

The following day, McGwire broke the record with # 62 off Steve Trachsel in the fourth inning as part of a 6 – 3 victory against the Cubs.

However, with the Cardinals winning 100 games and the division and the Cubs finishing 21 games back in fourth place, Pujols took home the National League MVP honors.

The Cubs ' scored 720 runs ( fourth in the N. L.

On just two days rest, with the Cubs down three games to none, Warneke was called upon to relieve in the first inning of Game 4 ; he departed in the fourth inning with the Cubs ahead.

The Phillies played only. 500 ball and finished fourth, 15½ games behind the division champ Chicago Cubs.

It turned out that the Cubs and Giants ended the season tied for first place, so the game was indeed replayed, and the Cubs won the game, the pennant, and subsequently the World Series ( the last Cubs Series victory to date, as it turns out ).

Some historians think Kling's absence was significant enough to prevent the Cubs from also winning a third straight title in 1909, as they finished 6 games out of first place.

The Cubs finished in 4th place at 81 – 81, while Philadelphia surged, finishing with 101 wins.

The Cubs concluded the regular season with a 96 – 65 record, 6. 5 games ahead of the 2nd place Mets.

Florida shut the Cubs out in Game 5, but young pitcher Mark Prior led the Cubs in Game 6 as they took a 3 – 0 lead into the 8th inning and it was at this point when a now-infamous incident took place.

Already a controversial figure in the clubhouse after his corked-bat incident, Sammy's actions alienated much of his once strong fan base as well as the few teammates still on good terms with him, ( many teammates had tired of Sosa's playing of loud salsa music in the locker room ) and possibly tarnished his place in Cubs ' lore for years to come.

In his last five seasons Ashburn played for the 8th-place Phillies, the 7th-place Cubs, and the 10th place Mets.

At the time of the trade, the Cardinals were 28 – 31, in eighth place in the National League, trailing even the Cubs, who were 27 – 27 and in sixth place.

Nevertheless, the Mets came in a close second place to the Chicago Cubs in the National League East.

On August 2, although the Cubs were in second place, Hornsby was released, and Charlie Grimm replaced him as manager.

In 1969, Santo and the Cubs were in first place in the National League East for 180 days, before going 8 – 17 in their final 25 games, while the New York " Miracle " Mets went 37 – 11 in their final 48 games.

When the Cubs began their September swoon, which took place shortly after Santo called out rookie teammate Don Young in public after a loss against the Mets in New York, he discontinued the heel click routine suddenly.

The Cubs had been in third place, six games behind the first place Pittsburgh Pirates led by Pie Traynor.

The victory cut the Pirates ' lead to a half game and, set the stage for one of baseball's most memorable moments when in the next game of the series, Cubs player-manager, Gabby Hartnett, hit his famous Homer in the Gloamin ' to put the Cubs into first place.

On August 25, 1922, the highest-scoring game in major-league history took place: the Chicago Cubs defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 26 – 23, a total of 49 runs.

Harry died in February 1998, and Chip stayed with the team and took his grandfather's place as " the voice of the Cubs ".

The Cubs were in first place at the time, but after the cat appeared, the Cubs lost the game and eventually fell eight games behind the Mets in the standings, missing that season's playoffs entirely.

This began an 11-game winning streak that brought them into second place, seven games behind the Chicago Cubs.

Wilson, the Marlins pursued other pitchers and eventually settled on volatile pitcher Carlos Zambrano in a trade with the Chicago Cubs for Chris Volstad.

The other was Cubs player and RBI Champion Hack Wilson during his record setting 1930 season in which he recorded 191 RBIs.

After the 1988 season, Palmeiro was traded by the Cubs to the Texas Rangers along with Jamie Moyer and Drew Hall in exchange for Mitch Williams, Paul Kilgus, Steve Wilson, Curtis Wilkerson, Luis Benitez, and Pablo Delgado.

Santo became the first player in major league history to wear a batting helmet with protective ear flaps, when in 1966, in the midst of trying to break the Cubs ' modern consecutive-game hitting streak record of 27 games ( set by Hack Wilson in 1929 ), Santo was sidelined for nearly two weeks following a pitch thrown by the Mets ' Jack Fisher ( beaning ) that fractured his cheekbone and ended his consecutive playing streak.

When Steve Bilko would play first base, Cubs ' announcer and home-town rooter Bert Wilson would refer to the Banks-Baker-Bilko double play combination as " Bingo to Bango to Bilko ".

Lewis Robert " Hack " Wilson ( April 26, 1900 – November 23, 1948 ) was an American Major League Baseball player who played 12 seasons for the New York Giants, Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.

Wilson regained his form as the Cubs ' center fielder in 1926 and soon became a favorite of Chicago fans.

After the game, Cubs manager Joe McCarthy reportedly told a boy asking for a souvenir baseball, " Come back tomorrow and stand behind Wilson, and you'll be able to pick up all the balls you want!

Wilson complained that the new Cubs manager, former teammate Rogers Hornsby, did not allow him to " swing away " as much as Joe McCarthy had.

During the 1931-1932 off-season the Cubs traded Wilson along with Bud Teachout to the St. Louis Cardinals for Burleigh Grimes.

In his eight-season Major League Baseball career, Wilson played with the Cleveland Indians ( 1997 – 2000 ), Pittsburgh Pirates ( 2000 – 01 ), New York Yankees ( 2001 – 04 ), and the Chicago Cubs ( 2005 ) as a utility infielder.

During his brief stay with the Cubs, announcer Bert Wilson placed Bilko at the end of what he hoped would be a soon-to-be-famous double play combination of Ernie Banks, Gene Baker and Steve Bilko.

After five arduous and injury riddled seasons in the Mets minor league system, Wilson made his major league debut on April 24, 1999, as a defensive replacement against the Chicago Cubs.

Wilson became a free agent again after the 1992 season, and he signed with the Chicago Cubs.

The following season,, Wilson moved the team to Cleveland, Ohio and renamed the team the Cleveland Cubs, remaining in the same league.

During the seventh-inning of that game, pitcher Paul Wilson hit outfielder Moisés Alou with a pitch, and during the bottom of the inning Cubs ' pitcher Kyle Farnsworth threw inside on Wilson during his at-bat which lead to a fight between Farnsworth and Wilson.

Ralph Bertram Puckett, using the radio name Bert Wilson ( 1911 – November 1955 ), was a play-by-play broadcaster for Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs from 1944 to 1955.

The Cubs were contenders when Wilson first began covering them and he is the last announcer to call a Cubs World Series game in 1945, but by the mid-1950s they were engaged in an annual battle with the Pittsburgh Pirates for last place in the National League.

After Youngblood had driven in two runs with a single in the third inning for the Mets in an afternoon game at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs, he was replaced in center field by Mookie Wilson, and traded to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later ( On August 16, the Expos sent Tom Gorman to the Mets to complete the deal ).

During his time with the team, he met Dick Spalding, another two sport athlete, whom he later hired as his first base coach when Wilson managed the Phillies and Cubs.

The following season, the Cubs lost nine of their first ten games and Wilson was replaced by Charlie Grimm.