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The Cubs have had 13 general managers. [4] The general manager controls player transactions, hiring and firing of the coaching staff, and negotiates with players and agents regarding contracts. [5] [6] The first person to officially hold the title of general manager for the Cubs was Charles Weber, who assumed the title in 1934. [4] #
1935 – Gabby Hartnett. 1945 – Phil Cavarretta. 1952 – Hank Sauer. 1958 – Ernie Banks. 1959 – Ernie Banks. 1984 – Ryne Sandberg. 1987 – Andre Dawson. 1998 – Sammy Sosa. 2016 – Kris Bryant.
Four of the Cubs' first-round draft picks— Javier Báez (2011), Albert Almora (2012), Kris Bryant (2013), and Kyle Schwarber (2014)—were on the 2016 World Series roster. No pick has been elected to the Hall of Fame. Bryant is the Cubs' only first-round pick to be named Most Valuable Player in either the National or American League, winning ...
Thomas Stuart Ricketts is the Chairman of the Chicago Cubs, [ 1] and the Chairman, co-founder and former CEO of Incapital LLC, [ 2] a firm that provides securities firms and individual investors more efficient access to corporate bonds. [ 3] Together with his sister Laura and brothers Pete and Todd, the Ricketts siblings are the board of ...
c Don Zimmer won the Manager of the Year Award for the 1989 season. [ 10] d Lou Piniella won the Manager of the Year Award for the 2008 season. [ 10] e Joe Maddon won the Manager of the Year Award for the 2015 season.
The Cubs are calling up outfielder Alexander Canario from their Triple-A Iowa squad. Canario has already spent 13 games with the major-league team this season, posting a .273/.360/.455 stat line.
The Curse of the Billy Goat was a sports curse that was supposedly placed on the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in 1945, by Billy Goat Tavern owner William Sianis. The curse lasted 71 years, from 1945 to 2016. During Game 4 of the 1945 World Series at Wrigley Field, Sianis's pet goat, named Murphy, was bothering other fans ...
The Cubs, though, didn’t take care of business by dropping two of three ... Chicago Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts backs manager David Ross as team finishes 83-79: ‘He’s our guy’ Skip to main ...