Our All Time Top 50 Chicago Cubs have been revised to reflect the 2024 Season
Our All-Time Top 50 Chicago Cubs Have Been Revised to Reflect the 2023 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022/23 revision of our top 50 Chicago Cubs.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in Major League Baseball.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, the Cubs did not make the playoffs, but there was one new entrant in the top 50.
As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:
1. Cap Anson
2. Ernie Banks
4. Ron Santo
You can find the entire list here.
The only addition was World Series Champion Pitcher, Kyle Hendricks, who edged in at #48.
We thank you for your continued support for our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.
Our All-Time Top 50 Chicago Cubs have been revised to reflect the 2022 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022 revision of our top Chicago Cubs.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, the Cubs had a poor season, and were unable to make the playoffs. There were no changes to the Top 50, but we have to acknowledge that we looked at the past year.
As always, we present our top five, which was not affected by the last season:
1. Cap Anson
2. Ernie Banks
4. Ron Santo
You can find the entire list here.
We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.
Our All-Time Top 50 Chicago Cubs are now up
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. We have a new one to unveil today, that of the Chicago Cubs.
When it comes to iconic sports teams in North America, few can come close to the Chicago Cubs.
The Cubs first came into existence in 1870 as the Chicago White Stockings would join the National League in 1876. Before 1900, Chicago was one of the most successful teams. Led by Cap Anson, Chicago would win the National League Pennant in 1876, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1885 & 1886. They would go through a couple of name changes to the Colts, Orphans and would officially adopt the name of the Cubs in 1903.
The Cubs did well in the first decade of the 1900s where with stars like Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, Frank Chance, and Three Finger Brown and would win the World Series in 1907 and 1908. That would begin the longest championship drought in sports.
You know the story. The alleged curse of the goat. Steve Bartman.
It would take until 2016 when they would win the World Series again, although they did win the National League Pennant multiple times between them (1910, 1918, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938 & 1945). They also had Hall of Famers at that time, like Ernie Banks and Ryne Sandberg.
As of this writing, three World Series Championships is not very many for a team that has been around since the beginning, but again, how many organizations are as well-known as the Cubbies!
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Remember, this is ONLY based on what a player does on that particular team and not what he accomplished elsewhere and also note that we have placed an increased importance on the first two categories.
This list is updated up until the end of the 2018-19 Season.
The complete list can be found here, but as always we announce our top five in this article. They are:
1. Cap Anson
2. Ernie Banks
4. Ron Santo
We will continue our adjustments on our existing lists and will continue developing our new lists.
Look for our All-Time Top 50 Oakland Athletics coming next!
As always we thank you for your support.
1. Cap Anson
Arguably the first superstar in baseball history, Cap Anson joined the then-named Chicago White Stockings in 1876 and would become one of the greatest hitters of the game for years. In the 22 years he played in Chicago, Anson batted over .300 in 19 of them including a 15-year streak (1876 to 1890), and he would win three Batting Titles and four second-place finishes in that stretch. Anson would find other ways to get on base as the superstar was also a three-time leader in On Base Percentage and finished second in that statistic four times. His hits were also timely as he would lead the league in Runs Batted In eight times and to this day is fourth all-time in that metric. He was also considered to be an above-average fielder at the time of his peak.