Chicago Cubs in History (Part 2)

Events 101 - 200 of 201

• 1961-06-23 Cubs Ernie Banks ends his 717 consecutive-games-played streak

• 1961-08-14 Philadelphia Phillies crash, 9-2 to Chicago Cubs for 17th straight defeat; 11th straight time opposing pitcher throws complete game against Phillies
• 1961-11-30 Billy Williams of the Cubs is voted NL Rookie of Year
• 1962-04-10 Houston Colt .45s make their MLB debut with an 11-2 win over the Chicago Cubs at Colt Stadium; outfielder Román Mejías hits a pair of 3-run homers

• 1962-09-05 Cubs Ken Hubbs sets 2nd base record for consecutive errorless games at 78 & consecutive errorless chances (418), he errors in the 4th
• 1962-09-30 NY Mets lose record 120th game as Cubs turn triple play & beat NY 5-1
• 1963-09-24 Idle Dodgers clinch their 2nd LA pennant as Cubs beat Cards
• 1964-04-21 Pirates & Cubs combine for 9 HRs, Pirates win 8-5
• 1964-07-10 Jesús Alou is the first San Francisco Giant in 40 years to get 6 hits in a game in a 10-3 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field
• 1965-08-19 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Jim Maloney throws his second no-hitter of the season in 1-0 win over the Chicago Cubs
• 1965-09-02 Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his MLB 400th career HR (off Curt Simmons) in Chicago's 5-3 win v St. Louis at Wrigley Field; Simmons also gave up Willie Mays' 400th HR in 1963
• 1965-09-09 LA Dodgers future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax throws his 4th career no-hitter and first perfect game in a 1-0 win over the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium
• 1965-10-03 Cubs lose season finale 6-3 to Pirates; Ernie Banks-Don Kessinger combine to tie MLB record of 3 triple plays in a season

• 1967-06-11 Chicago Cubs (7) & NY Mets (4) tie record of 11 HRs in a game
• 1968-05-21 Billy Williams of the Chicago Cubs sets outfielder record of 695 straight MLB games

• 1969-07-09 Tom Seaver's no-hit bid against Cubs ends with 1 out in 9th
• 1969-08-10 Don Sutton breaks his 13-game losing streak to Cubs with a 4-2 win
• 1970-04-30 Cubs Billy Williams is 1st NLer to play in 1,000 consecutive games
• 1970-09-03 After playing a NL record 1,117 consecutive MLB games, Chicago Cubs outfielder Billy Williams asks to sit out
• 1971-12-01 Chicago Cubs release longtime star and future Hall of Famer Ernie Banks, ending his 19-year MLB career; announce Banks will serve as a coach on manager Leo Durocher's staff; Banks finishes with 512 home runs and 1,636 RBI
• 1972-04-16 Chicago Cubs rookie pitcher Burt Hooton hurls a 4-0 no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies at Wrigley Field, Chicago
• 1972-09-02 Chicago Cubs pitcher Milt Pappas no-hits San Diego Padres, 8-0

• 1973-05-08 Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs managerr Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game, technically becoming baseball's 1st African American manager
• 1973-10-25 Cubs trade Ferguson Jenkins to Rangers for Bill Madlock & Vic Harris
• 1973-12-05 Chicago Cubs Ron Santo becomes 1st baseball player to invoke 10-5 rule and veto his trade (with the California Angels)
• 1974-10-23 Chicago Cubs trade 6-time MLB All Star outfielder Billy Williams to Oakland A's for second baseman Manny Trillo and 2 pitchers
• 1975-08-05 Philadelphia Phillies create MLB record when first 8 batters get hits off Bill Bonham, beat Cubs 13-5
• 1975-09-16 Pittsburgh second baseman Rennie Stennett is second to hit 7-for-7 in a 9-inning MLB game as Pirates rout Chicago Cubs, 22-0 at Wrigley Field

• 1977-01-11 Cubs trade outfielder Rick Monday to Dodgers for Bill Buckner
• 1979-05-17 Phillies beat Cubs, 23-22, on 50 hits with 11 HRs
• 1979-11-07 MLB Chicago Cubs reliever Bruce Sutter wins NL Cy Young Award
• 1980-05-04 White Sox 1st baseman Mike Squires catches final inning of 11-1 loss to Brewers, becoming 1st lefty to catch since Cubs Dale Long in 1958
• 1981-05-16 Houston shortstop Craig Reynolds hits 3 triples as Astros beat Chicago Cubs, 6-1

• 1982-05-13 Chicago Cubs win their 8,000th (beat Astros)
• 1982-08-17 LA Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game completed 8/18)
• 1982-08-18 Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago IL, ends after 22 innings - before LA Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1 (game started Aug 17th)
• 1984-05-25 Red Sox trade pitcher Dennis Eckersley to Cubs for Bill Buckner
• 1984-05-30 NL suspends Mario Soto 5 days for Reds-Cubs fight on May 27th
• 1984-09-20 Cubs break 2 million in home attendance for 1st time
• 1984-09-24 Chicago Cubs clinch NL East title
• 1984-10-02 Due to a strike by MLB umpires, first 4 NLCS games played with replacement umpires; Game 1: Chicago Cubs beat SD Padres, 13-0
• 1984-10-07 MLB National League Championship: San Diego Padres beat Chicago Cubs, 3 games to 2
• 1984-10-23 Cubs Rick Sutcliffe, selected as a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young
• 1985-08-01 St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Vince Coleman steals 2 bases in 1st inning of 9-8 loss v Cubs to set a NL rookie record 74
• 1986-05-03 Cubs 3rd baseman Ron Cey hits his 300th & 301st HR
• 1986-09-03 Houston Astros & Chicago Cubs use MLB record 53 players, including 17 pitchers in a 2-day 18 inning marathon; Astros win 8-7

• 1987-04-03 MLB Chicago Cubs trade Dennis Eckersley to Oakland A's for 3 minor league players
• 1987-06-03 Cubs & Astro tie Oriole & Ranger record of 3 grand slams in a game
• 1987-08-16 NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs, 23-10 at Wrigley Field, Chicago; Greg Maddox records the loss
• 1987-09-02 Houston outfielder Kevin Bass becomes 1st NL player to switch hit HRs in a game twice in one season in Astros 10-1 win v Cubs

• 1988-02-23 Chicago gives Cubs right to install lights & play up to 18 night games
• 1988-08-06 Rich Gossage becomes the second player in MLB history to record 300 career saves as Cubs beat Phillies, 7-4
• 1988-08-08 Cubs & Phillies attempt to play 1st night game ever at Wrigley Field but are rained out in 4th inning with Chicago leading, 3-1
• 1988-08-09 Cubs beat Mets 6-4 in their 1st official night game at Wrigley Field
• 1989-06-06 Mets turn their 1st triple play in 7 years but lose to Cubs 8-4
• 1989-10-04 MLB San Francisco Giants 1st baseman Will Clark hits first NLCS grand slam since 1977 in 11-3 win v Chicago Cubs; Clark goes 4-for-4 with 2 HRs to tie NLCS RBI record (6) for an entire series in less than 4 innings
• 1989-10-09 MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1
• 1989-11-08 Cubs Jerome Walton wins the NL Rookie of Year
• 1990-05-18 Cubs Ryne Sandberg ends 2nd baseman record 123 errorless game streak
• 1990-06-12 NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field, Cubs outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning
• 1991-07-23 Rob Dibble back from 3-game suspension, is ejected for throwing at and hitting Cubs baserunner Doug Dascenzo Cubs win, 8-5
• 1991-07-29 1st Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium (Mets beat Cubs 6-0)
• 1991-08-25 Cubs Doug Dascenzo commits his 1st career error after 242 games
• 1993-09-26 Cubs bat out of order against Pirates in 2nd inning
• 1993-11-03 Greg Maddux becomes first pitcher since Sandy Koufax to win the National League's Cy Young Award in successive MLB seasons and the first in successive seasons with different teams; Cubs 1992, Braves 1993
• 1994-04-04 MLB Chicago Cubs Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes, hit 3 HRs in 1993 hits 3 HRs on Opening Day vs Mets starter Dwight "Doc" Gooden at Wrigley Field, Chicago
• 1995-05-23 47th time opposing pitchers hit HRs, K Foster (Cubs)/M Freeman (Rocks)
• 1997-04-04 Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs
• 1997-04-20 Cubs beat NY Mets ending NL worst opening, lost 14 straight games
• 1997-05-10 Chicago Cubs turn baseballs 68th triple play (vs SF Giants)

• 1997-07-12 Cubs play in their 5,000th consecutive game without being no-hit
• 1998-09-04 NY Yankees beat Chicago White Sox, 11-6, to win their 100th game on the earliest date in MLB history besting the 1906 Chicago Cubs & 1954 Cleveland Indians by 5 days

• 2001-09-01 Facing 4-time Cy Young Award winner Greg Maddux, Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa hits the longest home run in Turner Field history as his 53rd of the season travels 471 feet to straight away center
• 2001-10-02 Cubs right fielder Sammy Sosa becomes first player in MLB history to total 60 home runs in three seasons; Chicago slugger connects off Reds starter Lance Davis to reach milestone in 5-4 loss
• 2002-05-01 Padres closer Trevor Hoffman sets MLB record for saves for one team (321) in 4-3 win v Chicago Cubs in San Diego
• 2002-08-06 32-year old reliever Robb Nen becomes 16th and youngest closer to record 300 career saves as he protects Giants 11-10 lead v Cubs
• 2003-10-05 Chicago Cubs win their first MLB postseason series since the 1908 World Series with 5-1 win v Atlanta Braves in Game 5 NLDS at Turner Field

• 2003-10-15 MLB National League Championship: Florida Marlins beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3
• 2004-02-18 Greg Maddux signs with the Chicago Cubs, the team he began his career with
• 2004-08-07 Cubs pitcher Greg Maddux enters the history books with his 300th career win in the Chicago's 8-4 triumph v San Francisco at SBC Park
• 2005-10-25 Then longest Baseball World Series game in time (5 hours, 41 mins) and tied longest in innings (14, tied with Game 2, 1916 WS and Game 1, 2015 WS); Chicago White Sox beat Houston Astros, 7-5 game 3 at Minute Maid Park, Houston
• 2006-07-30 Bruce Sutter, relief pitcher for Cubs, Cardinals, and Braves, inducted into MLB Hall of Fame, in Cooperstown, New York

• 2014-07-29 Chicago Cubs player John Baker scores the win against the Colorado Rockies at Wrigley Field in the longest game in Cubs history
• 2016-11-02 Baseball World Series: Chicago Cubs beat Cleveland Indians, 8-7 in Game 7 at Progressive Field, Cleveland; first Cubs' title in 108 years; MVP: Chicago utility Ben Zobrist

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