» 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 15, 1948: The Braves stop the host Cubs, 2–1, behind Johnny Sain, then battle to a 1–1 tie in 13 innings in the nitecap. Dark's hitting streak of 23 games is stopped in the opener, but he has two hits and scores the run in game 2. Bob Rush pitches all 13 innings for the Bruins.
» July 18, 1950: At Chicago, the Phils split with the Cubs, winning the nitecap 8–3 as Bubba Church beats big Bob Rush. Chicago wins the opener, 5–2, with Paul Minner besting Robin Roberts. The Phils now share the top spot in the NL with Boston and the Cards.
» August 19, 1950: The Pirates outslug the Cubs, 13–9, for their sixth win in seven games. Ralph Kiner slugs two homers to put him seven days and nine games ahead of last year, when he hit 54. He has rapped eight this month and four in the last five games. Clyde McCullough adds a bases loaded triple, sac fly, and two-run double, while Johnny Hopp homers. The Cubs answer with homers by Hank Sauer, Mickey Owen, and Roy Smalley, but its not enough. Reliever Bob Rush loses to Murry Dickson.
» June 19, 1951: Following the Cubs 3–0 shut out the Braves by Bob Rush, Tommy Holmes replaces Billy Southworth as the Boston manager.
» September 2, 1951:
Ken Raffensberger fires a one-hitter at the Cubs to win 7–0 and gain a split for the Reds. The only hit is a 3rd-inning scratch single by Eddie Miksis that arguably would have rolled foul. Bob Rush shuts out the Reds in the nitecap to top Howie Fox, 3–0.
» September 14, 1951:
Aided by five Cubs errors, Giant P Jim Hearn picks up his 15th win, 7–2. Bob Rush is the loser. Wes Westrum is tossed by Al Barlick for arguing a safe call at the plate. He'll get a fine and 3-day suspension.
» 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.
» May 30, 1952:
In front of 35,999 at Wrigley, Big Bob Rush shuts out the Reds on two hits and the Cubs light up Bud Byerly and Joe Nuxhall for 15 hits and 11 runs. Dee Fondy has a double and triple to drive home three runs. Rush walks none while striking out ten and has now pitched 29 straight scoreless innings.
» July 8, 1952:
The NL defeats the AL 3-2 behind the pitching of Phils Curt Simmons and Cubs Bob Rush in Philadelphia. The game is ended after five innings because of rain. Cub Hank Sauer's homer with Stan Musial aboard in the fourth proves to be the deciding run.
» July 10, 1954:
Bob Rush of the Cubs stops Cardinal 2B Red Schoendienst's hitting streak at 28 games, the longest batting streak in 1954.
» August 2, 1955:
"Mr. Cub" Ernie Banks hits his 4th grand slam
of the season, tying the major-league record, as Bob Rush bests the Pirates 12-4.
» December 5, 1957:
The Cubs send veteran Bob Rush and two players to the Braves for C Sammy Taylor and P Taylor Phillips.
» April 26, 1959: Was it something I said? Reds pitcher Willard Schmidt is twice hit by pitches in the 3rd inning in an 11–10 win over the Braves. Braves pitchers Bob Rush and Lew Burdette do the plunking. It is a first in the major leagues, but the ML mark will be tied in three years by Frank Thomas. While on the mound in the 4th inning, Schmidt is hit again when a Johnny Logan line drive strikes him on the right hand and he has to leave the game. The two teams use 14 pitchers between them to tie a National League record, with the eight pitchers by the Reds tying another NL record. Warren Spahn is tagged for the loss, his 2nd in two days to the Reds.
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