BAT|PITCH|Rs|Ra|W|L|UR|LR|TeamID 54.5 52.7 213 103 27 8 1.8 2.0 CHN It's almost as if Cubs' PITCHing staff is competing with Cubs' BATting staff. They have been virtually tied every week. Although Cubs are #1 in the league for PITCH, Boston has eeked them out in BAT. Here's their status: BAT|PITCH|Rs|Ra|W|L|UR|LR|TeamID 61.0 -9.4 219 161 23 14 4.8 1.5 BOS At 23-14 BOS might be in the World Series again. <anti jinx> A CHN/BOS World Series would make for quite the Disney story unless the Cubs lose when it would become another Shakespearean tragedy we have grown accustom to. </anti jinx> +001+ 3.72 Jake_Arrieta_CHN PITCH +006+ 2.88 Anthony_Rizzo_CHN 1B +008+ 2.50 Ben_Zobrist_CHN 2B +010+ 2.33 Jon_Lester_CHN PITCH +013+ 2.25 Jason_Hammel_CHN PITCH +027+ 1.83 Kris_Bryant_CHN 3B-LF +050+ 1.43 Addison_Russell_CHN SS +071+ 1.28 Dexter_Fowler_CHN CF +078+ 1.22 Matt_Szczur_CHN LF +098+ 1.05 Hector_Rondon_CHN PITCH Now there are four Cubs in top ten with Hammel and Fowler spending time there earlier. I can now do dailies all the way back to 1911 and will look through all seasons to see if any team ever did this. <anti jinx> The 1932 Yankees finished the year like this. +001+ 19.28 Lou_Gehrig_NYA 1B +002+ 17.35 Babe_Ruth_NYA OF-RF-LF +007+ 9.45 Ben_Chapman_NYA OF-LF-RF-2B +011+ 7.67 Lefty_Gomez_NYA PITCH </anti jinx> Blast from the Past I can now do dailies for 1945 so let's look at this day in 1945. BAT|PITCH|Rs|Ra|W|L|UR|LR|TeamID 06/01/1945 7.9 -0.3 157 149 18 16 -1.4 1.9 CHN Snapshot taken 6/1/1945 because they started two weeks later back then. Cubs are pretty much a 0.500 team at this point like they were at this time last year. For you old timers here are top Cubbies this day 6/1/1945. +046+ 1.20 Phil_Cavarretta_CHN 1B-OF-LF +053+ 0.99 Claude_Passeau_CHN PITCH +055+ 0.99 Bill_Nicholson_CHN OF-RF +059+ 0.90 Hank_Wyse_CHN PITCH +082+ 0.53 Paul_Derringer_CHN PITCH +088+ 0.46 Peanuts_Lowrey_CHN OF-LF-CF +093+ 0.44 Don_Johnson_CHN 2B There were half as many teams back then so this would be top 200 today. Don Johnson retires from baseball to star as Sonny Crockett in Miami Vice.