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The 1929 Chicago Cubs season was the 58th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 54th in the National League and the 14th at Wrigley Field.The Cubs finished first in the National League with a record of 98–54, 10.5 games ahead of the second place Pittsburgh Pirates.
This was the first World Series game ever played at Wrigley Field.. Because seven of the eight regulars in the Cubs' lineup hit right-handed, Athletics manager Connie Mack started only right-handed pitchers during the series and kept all his left-handed pitchers in the bullpen, even though two of his best starters, Lefty Grove and Rube Walberg, were left-handed.
The 1929 major league baseball season began on April 16, 1929. The regular season ended on October 6, with the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Athletics as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively.
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. ... following up the 1929 flag with league titles in 1932, 1935, and 1938.
President Reagan throws out the First Pitch at a Chicago Cubs Baseball Game on September 30, 1988. The 1988 team, under new skipper Don Zimmer (who was promoted after Frey took the general manager position), was the first of a new era in Cub history, as lights were installed at Wrigley Field and were first to be used for a night game on August ...
May 4 – The Chicago Cubs faced the Philadelphia Phillies in a double header. The Cubs swept the double header by a combined score of 25–7. Cubs beat the Phillies 16–0 in the first game, and beat them 9–7 in the nightcap. Neither starter Alex Ferguson, game one or Charlie Wiloughby, game two, made it to the third inning.
In late 1929, he signed a contract to fight Art Shires of the Chicago White Sox in a boxing match, [40] but reneged after Cubs president William Veeck, Sr. enlisted Wilson's wife Virginia to dissuade him, [41] and then Shires lost a fight to George Trafton of the Chicago Bears. There was nothing to gain, Wilson said, by fighting a defeated ...
He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1902 through 1917 for the Chicago Cubs, Boston Braves, and Philadelphia Phillies. He also appeared in one game apiece for the Chicago White Sox and Braves while coaching them in 1922 and 1929, respectively. Evers was born in Troy, New York.