This day in baseball: The “Cubs” in print
Posted: March 27, 2019 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Daily News, Chicago Orphans, Chicago White Stockings, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, sports 2 CommentsThe nickname “Cubs” in reference to the
Chicago team first appeared in print on March 27, 1902. The Chicago Daily News printed a headline that day reading, “Manager of the Cubs is in Doubt Only on Two Positions.” While the name had existed for the team since 1890, the team was more commonly known as the Orphans, and had also been called the Colts and the White Stockings. The name Cubs would become the team’s official name in 1907.
This day in baseball: White Stockings’ NL debut
Posted: April 25, 2018 Filed under: 19th Century | Tags: Baseball, Chicago Colts, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Orphans, Chicago White Stockings, history, Louisville Baseball Park, Louisville Grays, Major League Baseball, MLB, National League, sports Leave a commentThe Chicago White Stockings, in their fifth season as a franchise, made their National League debut on April 25, 1876, winning 4-0 over the Grays at the Louisville Baseball Park in Kentucky. The White Stockings won the NL’s first championship during this season with a record of 52–14. The franchise would be also known as the Colts and the Orphans before becoming the Cubs in 1903.
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This day in baseball: Taylor’s complete game streak
Posted: June 20, 2016 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Boston Beaneaters, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Orphans, history, Jack Taylor, Major League Baseball, MLB, sports 3 CommentsJack Taylor of the Chicago Orphans (Cubs) began an extraordinary streak of 187 consecutive complete game starts on June 20, 1901, when he took the loss against the Boston Beaneaters. The streak did experience a brief interruption after the first 39 games, when Taylor appeared as a relief pitcher for 15 games, before resuming his role as a starter. If one factors in his relief appearances, Taylor thus had 202 consecutive appearances in which he was not relieved by another pitcher. The total streak ran from June 1901 to August 1906, during which Taylor accrued 1,727 innings of work.
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This day in baseball: Bresnahan’s debut
Posted: August 27, 2015 Filed under: 19th Century, 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Chicago Orphans, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, National Baseball Hall of Fame, Roger Bresnahan, sports, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators 4 CommentsEighteen-year-old Roger Bresnahan made his debut as a right-handed pitcher on August 27, 1897 with the Washington Senators. In his debut, Bresnahan defeated the St. Louis Browns, 3-0, en route to a 4-0 season record with a 3.95 ERA. This would be his only season with the Senators, however, and by 1900, Bresnahan was making his first appearances as a catcher with the Chicago Orphans (Cubs). Nicknamed the “Duke of Tralee,” Bresnahan would be elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a catcher in 1945.
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