Looking for a Porsche 911? Find your perfect car on ClassicCarsforSale.co.uk, the UK's best marketplace for buyers and traders. 4x4s, Ford, Chevy, Dodge trucks. Free classifieds, buy and sell used stuff in Victoria, BC. History of the Chicago Cubs. Cubs logo, 1. 90. The Chicago National League Ball Club is the only franchise to play continuously in the same city since the formation of the National League in 1. They are the earliest formed active professional sports club in North America. In their history, they have also been known as the White Stockings, Orphans, Colts, Panamas, Rainmakers, Spuds, Trojans, Microbes, and Zephyrs. Chicago White Stockings/Chicago Colts. It was common at the time for sportswriters to refer to teams by their uniform colors, and it happens that Chicago's club, which was officially known as The Chicago Base Ball Club, adopted white.
On April 2. 9, 1. Chicago White Stockings played their first game against the St. Louis Unions, and soundly defeated the Unions 4. This league, known as the National Association of Base Ball Players, had been primarily dominated by the Atlantics and until very recently before the admitting of the Red Stockings and the White Stockings, had consisted of mostly baseball clubs from the New York and Washington, D. C. Despite this East Coast dominance, Chicago won the NABBP championship that year, although the title was disputed by the opposing club, the New York Mutuals. After their experiment with a race track in 1. White Stockings returned to the downtown for 1. The club arranged with the city to build a ballpark in the northeast corner of the public park then known as Lake Park, later named Grant Park. The venue was dubbed the Union Base- Ball Grounds, and the club was a close contender for the pennant until late in the season. On Sunday, October 8, the Great Chicago Fire erupted on the near south side and swept northward through the downtown. The wooden ballpark was right in the firestorm's path, and the grounds and all the team's equipment and uniforms were consumed. Despite that disaster, the White Stockings played their 1. They managed to finish second, just 2 games short of the title that was won by Philadelphia. Decide it's nice but you want something different. Throw in a Gearbox Control System. Semi, two-round burst and full auto firing modes.Despite the strong finish, the club was compelled to drop out of the league during the city's recovery period until ultimately being revived in 1. Street Grounds on the near south side. Although the original Red Stockings had disbanded after 1. Boston. Over the next four seasons, the Boston Red Stockings dominated the National Association and hoarded the game's best stars, even those under contract with other teams. Hulbert, the White Stockings club president, was disgusted by the lack of enforceable contracts (the most famous of these . Gambling and alcohol were also seen as serious problems, with games too often being suspected of being . As a result, Hulbert, spearheaded the formation of a new, stronger, more ethical organization. During the last years of the NA, Hulbert worked behind the scenes, to convince the owners of the St. Louis Browns, Hartford Dark Blues, Philadelphia Athletics, and a few others to join the White Stockings in his new league, which would be known as the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs. The National League's formation meant the end of the NA, as its remaining clubs shut down or reverted to amateur or minor status. The club continued to play its home games at 2. Street. With the pieces in place, the Chicago National League Ball Club quickly established themselves as one of the new National League's top teams. Spalding won 4. 7 games that season, and James . The White Stockings cruised through the National League's inaugural season of 1. Near the end of the season, Mutual of New York and Athletic of Philadelphia, who were remnants of the NA, dropped out of contention and refused to play the remainder of their respective schedules. Hulbert flexed his executive muscle, expelling both franchises from the league. Despite Hulbert's attempt to make Chicago the overpowering team that Boston had been during the NA years, the next season found Chicago finishing a disappointing 5th in the 6 team league, behind a resurgent Boston entry (another NA carryover) in the 6. In 1. 87. 8, the club arranged with the city to build a new Lake Park ballpark in essentially the same place as the 1. Chicago improved over the next two seasons as the schedules grew to around 7. In 1. 88. 0 the White Stockings won 6. NL record . 7. 98 winning percentage. Cap Anson and a Chicago dynasty. After the 1. 87. 6 pennant, which at the time was the game's top prize, Anson led the team to a great amount of success in the early seasons of the National League, winning pennants in 1. The length of the season and long travel times between games at the time was such that most teams got by with two principal starters, and Chicago had two very good ones in Larry Corcoran and Fred Goldsmith. Corcoran, who won 4. Sandy Koufax in 1. Goldsmith is one of two pitchers credited with the invention of the curveball. The two were baseball's first true . That season was also the first for the American Association, the self- proclaimed . Chicago played an (unauthorized) 2- game post- season series against the AA champions, the Cincinnati Reds. Each team won 1 game and then the series was ended. The White Stockings slipped a bit in 1. Boston. For 1. 88. Its dimensions, especially right field, were very cozy, perhaps less than 2. Fly balls hit over the right field fence were previously ruled doubles, but in 1. The batters began aiming for right field, and set some very dubious home run records that would last for decades until the modern . This change hurt more than it helped, as the club finished 2. For 1. 88. 5, the city reclaimed its lakefront land, and the club went looking for a new home. They found a lot available on the near west side and began building, finally opening . The White Stockings, despite being vagabonds for their first two months, played strong and won the NL pennant by 2 games over the New York Giants. Louis Browns easily won the first of what would prove to be four consecutive pennants as they dominated the AA. Chicago appeared ready to return to the top in 1. King Kelly was the best catcher in the league and Corcoran was primary pitcher, but John Clarkson, a product of an Anson scouting trip, would lead Chicago to yet another pennant. Much has been written about Old Hoss Radbourn's record 6. Providence Grays of 1. Clarkson won an amazing 5. Corcoran in the rotation. Anson considered the '8. During this period, Anson became the first ballplayer credited with achieving 3,0. Anson's actual number of hits varies depending on the source. MLB itself recognizes Anson as having over 3,0. His run producing prowess led the Chicago Tribune to propose a new stat, runs- batted- in. It would take years to become official, but research would reveal that Anson led the N. L. Anson's influence on the team is likely greater than that of any other single player's influence on any professional sports team, perhaps only rivaled by what Ruth would eventually become to the New York Yankees three decades later. Anson's mark was so deep that by the mid- 1. White Stockings name in favor of the Chicago Colts, or more commonly, . This came about in an exhibition game with Toledo of the AA, in which the highly bigoted Anson refused to field his team as long as Toledo's black player was in the lineup. This position triggered a racial apartheid in professional baseball that would continue for over 6. This was the first meeting between Chicago and a St. Louis franchise which would eventually join the NL and become known as the St. The two clubs remain perennial rivals to this day. The 1. 88. 5 Series ended in dispute and with no clear resolution. Both clubs faced each other again in 1. Browns winning the Series 4 games to 2. Following Chicago's great run during the 1. Anson's Colts dwindled during the mid- 1. Bill Lange, who set the club record for steals with 8. The club would have to await revival under new leadership, however, for in 1. Spalding opted not to renew Anson's contract, and a year later Lange retired to become a professional scout. In an apparent effort to boost attendance, in 1. Colts began splitting their schedule between West Side Park and the recently built South Side Park. In 1. 89. 2 they played their entire schedule on the south side, but decided to move more toward the city center again. Early in the 1. 89. With the loss of their . The AL turned major in 1. Chicago White Sox. Early MLB years (a. Oddly, the team Spalding put together before he left was one of his grandest accomplishments. Joe Tinker (shortstop), Johnny Evers (second baseman), and Frank Chance (first baseman) were three Hall- of- Fame Cubs infielders who played together from 1. They, along with third baseman Harry Steinfeldt and catcher. Johnny Kling, formed the infield on what would become one of the most dominant baseball teams of all time. By 1. 90. 5 the Cubs were owned by Charles Murphy, who purchased the franchise for $1. Chance took over as manager for the ailing Frank Selee in that year, and the Cubs responded by winning four pennants and two World Series titles over a five- year span. Their record of 1. Seattle Mariners in 2. The 1. 90. 6 Cubs still hold the record for best winning percentage of the modern era, with a . However, they lost the 1. World Series to their crosstown rival White Sox. The Cubs again relied on dominant pitching during this period, featuring hurlers such as Mordecai . The Cubs' pitchers posted a record for lowest staff earned run average that still stands today. Reulbach threw a one- hitter in the 1. World Series, one of a small handful of twirlers to pitch low- hit games in the post- season. Brown acquired his unique and indelicate nickname from having lost most of his index finger in farm machinery when he was a youngster. This gave him the ability to put a natural extra spin on his pitches, which often frustrated opposing batters. In 1. 90. 7, the Cubs won 1. National League once again. That year they met Ty Cobb and the Detroit Tigers in the World Series, beating them soundly, 4- 1, for the franchise's first World Series championship.
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