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Saier replaced Frank Chance at first base when "The Peerless Leader" began to phase himself out of the Cubs' lineup. In 1913, he batted .288 with a league-leading 21 triples and drove in a career-high 92 runs. His career was essentially ended by a 1917 back injury; he made an unsuccessful comeback attempt with the Pirates in 1919. (ARA)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » April 12, 1912: The Tinker-Evers-Chance double play combination (with Ed Lennox at 3B) plays its final ML game together, a 3–2 loss in Cincinnati. Vic Saier will replace Chance at 1B. » August 17, 1912: Chicago's Jimmy Archer singles home Vic Saier in the 11th to give the Cubs a 6–5 win over Christy Mathewson. The Giants lead has now slipped to five games. » August 6, 1914: Vic Saier starts the Chicago scoring with a solo homer off Christy Mathewson. The Cubs score then two in the 8th and two in the 9th to edge the Giants, 4–3. The Giants now lead the Braves by six 1/2 games. » April 20, 1916: The Cubs play their first game in the newly built Federal League park that will soon have its name changed to Wrigley Field. The stadium, minus the upper deck added later, seats 14,000, but 20,000 fans are on hand. Greeting fans on the Addison Street side is JOA, a bear cub owned by Cub's (partial) owner J. Ogden Armour. Everyone goes home happy as Vic Saier's 11th inning sac fly gives the Cubs 7–6 a win over the Reds. » September 4, 1916: To help draw a Labor Day crowd, and because of their longtime rivalry, Christy Mathewson and Three Finger Brown agree to close out their careers in the same game. Matty, now the manager of the Reds, wins 10–8 in his only game not pitched in a Giants uniform. Mathewson and Brown dueled 25 times since 1903, with Brown, now back with the Cubs, winning 13 and losing 10; Matty is 11–13. Both pitcher stagger to the end today in the nitecap of a twinbill, with the Reds racking up 19 hits, three by Matty, off Brown, while the Cubs tally 15 of Mathewson, two hits by Brown. Vic Saier hits a 3-run home run off Matty, the 5th time he has hit a 4-bagger off him, the most Matty has given up to any one hitter. The Cubs score three in the 9th before Matty gets Fritz Mollwitz, representing the tying run, to pop out. Today's win the number 373 for Mathewson. The Cubs win the A.M. contest, 3–0. » September 30, 1917: The Cubs finish the season with a 9–2 loss to the visiting Braves. Vic Saier, out with a broken leg he suffered April 15th (as noted by Bill Deane), starts at 1B and goes 3-for-4 in his last game as a Cub. He'll play in 1919 with the Pirates.