» August 10, 1919: More than 28,00 crowd Wrigley Field to watch Grover Cleveland Alexander shut the Giants out, 2-0

» June 26, 1920: Lou Gehrig gets his first national mention when, as a high school junior for New York City's School of Commerce, he steals the show in a high school championship game against Lane Tech in Chicago. His grand-slam HR in the eighth gives the NY team a 12-8 victory. Scouts sit with open mouths as the ball sails out of the NL park (later known as Wrigley Field).

» May 22, 1926: Before the Braves-Cubs game at Wrigley Field, Grover Cleveland Alexander is given the keys to a Lincoln automobile, a gift from the fans. The Braves then cuff Alex around and win, 7–1. When the Cubs end their homestand, Alexander will be left behind in Chicago, and then waived.

» May 23, 1926: Hack Wilson smacks a 5th inning home run, a rare blast off the Wrigley Field scoreboard, situated at ground level, to start a route of the Braves. The Cubs score seven runs in the 8th inning to win 14–8. Sparky Adams contributes four hits for Chicago. Later that night, Wilson and a few others are arrested at a friend's apartment for drinking beer in violation of the Prohibition Act. The scoreboard will be moved to the left field corner in 1937, before one will be built atop the newly built bleachers.

» April 18, 1928: The Cubs set an Opening Day attendance record as a reported 46,000 jam Wrigley Field to see Cincinnati top the Cubs 9-6. The two teams combine for 28 hits.

» April 16, 1929: The Cubs open at Wrigley Field before an estimated 50,000, the biggest Opening Day turnout they've ever had, and lose to the Pirates 4–3.

» September 2, 1929: The Cubs beat the Cards twice 11-7 and 12­10, before 81,000 fans at Wrigley Field. A crowd of 38,000 fans sees the morning game and 43,000 watch the afternoon game. Rogers Hornsby has two HRs and Hack Wilson has one.

» May 12, 1930: The wind is blowing out at Wrigley Field as Giants P Larry Benton sets a modern major-league record (since tied several times) by surrendering six home runs in a game. Chicago spots New York a 14–0 lead and trails 14–4 when they add five runs on four home runs in the bottom of the 7th to tie the ML record. Clyde Beck drives in five runs as he and Cliff Heathcote each have two of the Cubs' homers. The Giants counter with three home runs including one by Larry Benton as the New Yorkers manage to hold on to win, 14–12. The victory goes to Benton, but New York will trade him in 10 days.

» June 27, 1930: A Ladies Day crowd swells the Wrigley Field attendance to a park record 51,556 to watch the Cubs 7-5 win over Brooklyn. Kiki Cuyler's 10th- inning HR is the clincher.

» August 12, 1930: With 40,000 fans on hand at Wrigley Field, Dazzy Vance gives up 14 hits and walks four but strands 16 Cubs runners. With the game tied, 2–2, in the 11th Riggs Stephenson bounces a single to drive in the winning run. Brooklyn loads the bases in both the 9th and 10th but comes up dry; in the 8th Brooklyn adds up a triple by Babe Herman, a walk to Dale Bissonette, and an Al Lopez single for zero runs.

» August 28, 1930: The Cards outlast the league-leading Cubs 8–7 in a 20-inning game at Wrigley Field. Andy High's single scores the winning run, even though High was tagged out trying the reach 2nd base. Taylor Douthit's run is ruled to have scored before the out. Hack Wilson leaves the game with a strained back after a big swing.

» July 27, 1931: Riggs Stephenson, Cubs OF, breaks an ankle in a game with the Phillies, as Chicago loses 6-5 at Wrigley Field.

» July 31, 1934: When the Cards and the Cubs resume playing the protested game of July 2 at Wrigley Field, Chicago still wins. The final score this time is 7-1 instead of 7-4.

» September 4, 1935: The 3rd place Cubs get two home runs, including a grand slam, from Augie Galan to beat the Phillies at Wrigley Field. Larry French is the winner, 8–2, for his 13th victory.

» October 5, 1938: Bill Dickey ties a WS record with 4 hits, as Red Ruffing pitches the Yankees to a 3-1 win in the Series opener at Wrigley Field.

» May 17, 1939: Brooklyn and Chicago play a 19-inning 9–9 tie game at Wrigley Field.

» September 17, 1939: The Dodgers pull within one game of the 3rd-place Cubs, taking 2 at Wrigley Field. The yellow-dyed ball is used in the first game.

» May 31, 1942: Before 22,000 at Griffith Stadium, Satchel Paige pitches five innings to defeat the Dizzy Dean All-Stars, 8–1. Dean pitches just the first inning, giving up three hits and two runs. Private Cecil Travis plays 3B. The game a week earlier, in which Paige won 3–1 at Wrigley Field, drew 29,000. Judge Landis will prohibit a scheduled July 4th matchup because the first two games outdrew ML games.

» July 30, 1943: Phil Cavarretta of the Chicago Cubs HRs off the RF foul pole against Johnny Allen of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The ball is retrieved, and Bill Nicholson hits the next pitch out of Wrigley Field. The result: one ball, one pitcher, two pitches, two HRs. The Cubs go on to beat the Dodgers 13-2.

» September 24, 1943: A crowd of 314, the smallest in Wrigley Field history, see Andy Pafko make his Cubs debut. Pafko drives in 4 runs with a double and a single in 3 at bats, as the Cubs top the Phillies 7-4 in a 5-inning downpour.

» October 6, 1945: Tavern owner "Billy Goat" Sianis buys a box seat for his goat for the 4th game of the WS and is escorted out of Wrigley Field. In retaliation Sianis casts a "goat curse" over the Cubs. The Tigers tie the series on Dizzy Trout's 5-hit 4-1 win. Detroit scores all its runs in the 4th, with Hank Greenberg, Roy Cullenbine, Paul Richards, and a force-out scoring the runners.

» July 8, 1947: Clutch pinch hits by Luke Appling and Stan Spence lead the AL to a 2-1 win over the NL in the All-Star Game at Wrigley Field. Schoolboy Rowe pinch-hits for Johnny Sain, becoming the first player to appear for each side. Rowe pitched three innings for the AL in 1936.

» August 8, 1947: At Wrigley Field, Bill Nicholson breaks up a pitching duel between Johnny Schmitz and Ewell Blackwell with an 11th inning solo homer. The Cubs whip the Reds, 2–1. Nicholson also scores the Cubs first run, an unearned tally. Chicago helps Schmitz out with a 7th inning triple play when Len Merullo snags a liner, steps on 2B, and fires to Eddie Waitkus.

» April 24, 1948: The Cubs hit 4 home runs at home in a 6-2 win over the Phils. Bill Nicholson's HR, to the right of the Wrigley Field scoreboard, lands on Sheffield Avenue. It bounces off a building and allegedly lands on the hood of a southbound car.

» May 31, 1948: At Wrigley Field, the Cubs set a paid attendance record when 46,965 pass through the turnstiles for a doubleheader with the Pirates. The Cubs take the opener, 4–3 behind reliever Bob Rush, then drop the nitecap, 4–2 to Elmer Riddle. Andy Pafko is the hitting star, pounding out five hits, including a homer in each game.

» July 8, 1948: The Reds Ewell Blackwell strikes out 13 Cubs at Wrigley Field, as Cincinnati wins, 4–0.

» April 18, 1951: In the pregame ceremonies at Wrigley Field, Sam Snead tees off from home plate and hits a golf ball off the CF scoreboard, the only ball ever to reach the structure. The Cubs follow suit in their home opener, slamming the Reds 8–3 and beating Cub nemesis Ken Raffensberger. Rookie 1B Dee Fondy hits a 2nd-inning bases-loaded triple, off Ken Raffensberger, in his first ML at bat, one of his three hits.

» September 19, 1951: At Wrigley Field, the Phils Bubba Church (15-10) defeats the Cubs, 5–1, for his 10th win in a row over the Cubs in his two years with Philadelphia. Bob Rush takes the loss.

» June 11, 1952: The Cubs Hank Sauer hits three HRs off Curt Simmons at Wrigley Field to account for all the scoring. The Cubs beat the Phillies 3-0.

» March 20, 1955: While the Cubs are in Arizona beating their LA farm team, 7–0, major league baseball is played at Chicago's Wrigley Field. In a rematch of last year's World Series, the Giants beat the Indians again, 7–3. Mays and Rhodes hit homers for New York, while Ralph Kiner's 9th inning homer is the first score for Cleveland. A crowd of 24,434 is on hand.

» May 12, 1955: Sam "Toothpick" Jones of the Cubs no-hits the Pirates 4–0, fanning the last three batters in the 9th after walking the bases loaded. It is the first no-hitter in Wrigley Field since the double no-hitter of 1917, and the first no-hitter in the ML by a black pitcher. The Cubs lace 15 hits against Nellie King and Vernon Law. TV announcer Harry Creighton joked in a pre-game interview with Jones that he'd give him a gold toothpick if he pitched a no-hitter. Creighton keeps his word.

» May 24, 1957: In his first two ML at-bats, Cubs rookie Frank Ernaga hits a solo home run in the 2nd inning and follows with a run-scoring triple in the 4th, both against Warren Spahn. The Cubs beat the Braves 5–1 at Wrigley Field. Ernaga will add just one more home run to his ML career total.

» May 26, 1957: At Wrigley Field, rookie Dick Drott, 20, of the Cubs strikes out 15 Braves, including Hank Aaron and Billy Bruton three times, en route to a 7–5 victory in game one. Drott's 15 K's is a Cubs 20th C. mark for nine innings (to be broken by Kerry Wood) and one shy of John Clarkson's 1886 club mark. His 15 wins this year are the most for a Cub rookie since Pat Malone won 18 in 1928. Chicago sweeps, winning the nitecap, 5–4.

» May 8, 1958: At Wrigley Field, the Reds score eight runs in the 9th inning to overcome an 8–2 deficit and beat the Cubs, 10–8. Cincy's last three runs come on a homer by Smoky Burgess.

» May 13, 1958: With his pinch double in Wrigley Field off Moe Drabowsky, Stan Musial of the Cardinals becomes the 8th hitter in history to get 3,000 hits. The Cards win, 5–3.

» May 30, 1958: Cubs Walt Moryn hits three home runs in the 2nd game at Wrigley Field as the Cubs sweep the Dodgers 3–2 and 10–8. Moose scores the winning run in the opener and then in game two goes back to back with Ernie Banks in the 4th and Chuck Tanner in the 7th. His 2-run home run in the 9th tags Sandy Koufax with his 1st loss.

» July 1, 1958: The Cubs Tony Taylor hits a ball inside the 3B line that falls into the rain gutter in fair territory at Wrigley Field. San Francisco rookie OF Leon Wagner chases the ball, but is fooled by Cubs relief pitchers staring intently under the bench. Wagner does not look for the ball in the gutter 40 to 50 feet further down. Taylor reaches home on the hit.

» September 18, 1960: Don Zimmer, Ron Santo, and George Altman hit 6th-inning home runs as the Cubs beat the Dodgers 5–2 at Wrigley Field. Chicago's biggest home run threat, Ernie Banks, sets a record by drawing his 27th intentional walk of the year.

» May 29, 1962: Ernie Banks makes a spectacular return from his May 25th beaning with three HRs and a double against the Braves at Wrigley Field. Three teammates hit HRs, but the Cubs lose to the Braves, 11–9. Amado Samuel hits his 1st ML HR and Joe Torre and Joe Adcock also connect. The Cubs outhit the Braves, 15–8, but a Andre Rodgers error in the third opens the way for six unearned runs.

» April 17, 1964: The wind picks up at Wrigley Field and, in the 5th inning, the Phils loft three home runs and the Cubs 2. The Phillies win the derby, 11–8.

» April 21, 1964: All runs score on home runs as the Pirates win 8–5 at Wrigley Field, tying a record for the most runs on home runs with no other runs scoring. home runs by nine different players tie the ML record.

» June 6, 1965: In the 2nd game of a doubleheader, the Phils Johnny Callison hits three home runs at Wrigley Field to give the Phils a 10–9 victory over Chicago. The Phils do enough to win the opener as well, 2–1.

» July 22, 1965: Ed Bailey hits a grand slam and drives in eight runs, as the Cubs beat the Phillies 10–6 at Wrigley Field.

» September 21, 1966: The players almost outnumber the fans at Wrigley Field, as the Cubs draw just 440 for a game with the Reds. Chicago wins 9–3 behind Ken Holtzman, with Sammy Ellis taking the loss.

» June 11, 1967: Adolfo Phillips blasts four home runs in a doubleheader, three of them in consecutive at-bats in the 2nd game, as the Cubs sweep the Mets at Wrigley Field 5–3 and 18–10. The total of eleven home runs in the 2nd game sets a National League record for two clubs in nine innings and the two teams tie a NL mark when they total 40 extra bases on long hits (Chi-26, NY-14). The mark was set on July 31, 1954. Adolpho has six hits and eight RBIs on the day.

» April 8, 1969: In the opener at Wrigley Field, the Cubs trail the Phillies 6–5 with one on in the 11th when Willie Smith hits a pinch homer into the RF bleachers to give Chicago the win. The Cubs will not drop out of first place for 155 days. Ernie Banks has a pair of homers for Chicago and is matched by Don Money's pair.

» May 10, 1970: At Wrigley Field, Pete Rose clubs a 2-run homer off Fergie Jenkins in the 9th inning, as the Reds overcome the Cubs, 7–6.

» August 26, 1972: At Wrigley Field, Ron Santo records his 2,000th career hit, a 3-run home run off Ron Bryant. Santo's hit, driving in his 1,200th run, is the margin of victory as the Cub top the Giants, 10–9.

» April 17, 1974: Cubs C George Mitterwald hits a double and three home runs, including a grand slam, driving in eight runs in an 18–9 win over the Pirates at Wrigley Field. The 14 total bases is a club record.

» June 1, 1974: At Wrigley Field, Ron Cey drives in seven runs as the Dodgers romp over Chicago 10–0. Dodgers 3B coach Tommy Lasorda is hooked up to a "Game of the Week" microphone and predicts a Cey home run in the 2nd inning.

» April 11, 1975: At Wrigley Field, Ray Burris beats the Expos, 2–1, when the Cubs Rick Monday scores from 2B on deep fly to RF.

» August 5, 1979: In pre-game ceremonies at Wrigley Field, announcer Jack Brickhouse is honored. Today's broadcast is his 5,000th television broadcast of a game.

» April 22, 1980: In a classic Wrigley Field slugfest, the Cubs beat the Cardinals 16–12 on Barry Foote's 2-out grand slam in the bottom of the 9th. Foote drives in eight runs overall with four hits and two home runs, and teammate Ivan DeJesus hits for the cycle to help Chicago rally from a 12–5 deficit.

» June 23, 1984: At Wrigley Field, in game that will be known as the Sandberg game, the Cubs Ryne Sandberg goes 5-for-6 with game-tying home runs off Cardinals relief ace Bruce Sutter in both the 9th and 10th innings. He drives in seven runs to lead Chicago to a 12–11 win in 11 innings. It is the first time Sutter has given up two home runs to the same batter in the same game. Dave Owens' base-loaded single wins it. Willie McGee hits for the cycle and drives in six runs in a losing cause.

» April 29, 1987: Andre Dawson goes 5-for-5 while hitting for the cycle to lead the Cubs to an 8–4 win over the Giants at Wrigley Field.

» June 3, 1987: The Cubs rout Houston 22–7 at Wrigley Field in a game that features a ML-record-tying three grand slams. Keith Moreland and Brian Dayett hit grand slams for Chicago and Billy Hatcher connects for the Astros to equal the record set by the Orioles and Rangers last August 6th.

» April 4, 1994: Cubs OF Tuffy Rhodes becomes 1st National League player to hit three home runs on opening day when he connects off Dwight Gooden at Wrigley Field, but the Mets beat the Cubs 12-8, with Gooden getting the win over Mike Morgan. Tuffy's three home runs are consecutive and he adds a single.

» May 2, 1994: For the first time ever, the Cubs do not don their traditional white uniforms for their game with Cincinnati at Wrigley Field. The change doesn't help, however, as Chicago records its 11th straight home loss, losing 9-0 to John Smiley while wearing blue jerseys. Smiley allows two hits.

» September 28, 1995: The Cubs become the first team this century to come back from six deficits in a game, as they rally to defeat the Astros 12–11 in 11 innings. During the game, a fan at Wrigley Field charges P Randy Myers. Myers, a martial arts expert, knocks the fan down and pins him until his teammates come to his aid.

» April 19, 1996: The wind is blowing out in Chicago, and Brian McRae, with a grand slam, Ryne Sandberg and Mark Grace hit consecutive homers in the 6th to give the Cubs a 10–6 win over the Giants. Losing lefty Mike Watson serves up five Cub homers and shows little respect for venerable Wrigley Field: "I hate this place. They should burn it down."

» June 5, 1996: At Wrigley Field, the Cubs spot the Phillies a 4–0 lead, then Sammy Sosa drives home five runs on three homers to give Chicago a 9–6 win. Cubs' SS Rey Sanchez will be out 6-8 weeks following an operation today to repair a fractured bone in his left hand. Sanchez injured the wrist in 1995 and has been bothered by it ever since.

» June 15, 1997: At Wrigley, the Cubs beat the Brewers, 4–3, to take the interleague series, 2–1. Frank Castillo allows five hits in six 1/3 innings and K's seven to win. The teams draw 112,690 for the three games—7,638 shy of the Wrigley Field record of 120,328 for a three-game series, set in 1994 against Cincinnati.

» July 14, 1997: In the longest night game at Wrigley Field—5 hours, 19 minutes—Ricky Gutierrez singles home the go-ahead run in the 15th to give the Astros a 9–7 win over the Cubs.

» September 16, 1997: At Wrigley Field, Kevin Tapani pitches a 1-hitter for his first NL shutout and Sammy Sosa breaks a scoreless tie with a two-run, 6th-inning homer as Chicago beats Cincinnati, 5–0. Bret Boone's leadoff single in the sixth is the only Reds hit.

» February 18, 1998: Chicago Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray dies four days after collapsing at a Valentine's Day supper. Caray, age 84, was known, among other things, for leading the fans in a rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the 7th–inning stretch at Wrigley Field. He previously broadcast the games of the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago White Sox in a career that spanned half a century.

» December 7, 1998: The Cubs sign free agent 3B Gary Gaetti, free agent OF Glenallen Hill, and tomorrow sign free agent C Benito Santiago. Following a car crash last January where he suffered mangled ligaments in his right knee, Santiago played just 15 games in 1998 for the Blue Jays. In his last appearance at Wrigley Field, in 1996, Santiago hit three consecutive home runs.

» May 16, 2000: The Dodgers defeat the Cubs, 6-5, in a game at Wrigley Field. The contest is held up for almost 10 minutes when a fan steals Chad Kreuter's hat and hits him in the back of the head in the 9th inning. Several Dodgers go into the stands where several fans are arrested in the fight that follows.

» May 24, 2000: Sixteen Dodger players and three coaches are handed suspensions for going into the stands during a fight with fans at Wrigley Field on May 16. The 19 suspensions are believed to be the most ever stemming from one incident. The suspensions totaled 60 games for the players and 24 games for the coaches. All 19 individuals were also assessed fines.

» June 18, 2001: Well, it's not Wrigley. The Cubs lose their 12th straight in St. Louis as the Cards beat them 6–2. Mark McGwire and Jim Edmonds match homers with Sammy Sosa and Eric Young. Back home, the Cubs announce plans to renovate Wrigley Field, adding more than 2,200 seats.