What's the Cubs' Record on your Birthday?

Oh wait, that’s because it’s in the winter.

so…..

But my birthday while in mid season usually falls during the all star break and it’s been a zillion years since they’ve been home. (July 7th)

That’s the Cubs’ July 20 record since 1973. The 1977 All-Star Break kept the Cubs from playing on July 20. The 1981 strike wiped out another July 20 game. The Cubs lost on July 20, 2005, to the Reds, 9-3, in Cincinnati. Kerry Wood got hurt in that game. That’s the only time I’ve seen the Cubs in person on my birthday.

Interesting enough, since 1956 the Cubs have only played 9 games on 4/3. I can say that I have been to 2 of these and they’ve gone 2-0, including last year’s win against the Brewers.

…consider adding 6 months to your birthday and adopting that as your “Cubs birthday”. For example, if your birthday is today (Feb 4), then your Cubs birthday would be six months from now (Aug 4).

And for you BCBers born in early to mid-October, you have the option of switching to April if you want a bigger sample size… ;-)

…..nice way to spend my lunch today although I got pretty sick of it by the time I got to my birth year.

So, sad to say my overall record since 1980 is one game under .500 @ 11-12. There were a handful of seasons with no games on September 29 and a shortened season.

Apparently, I was born on a day where the Cubs played in a very interesting yet meaningless game, since they were sitting 23 1/2 games back, at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.

The Cubs went up 3-2 in the top of th 7th only to give up the tying run to the Phillies in the bottom half. They stayed tied 3-3 until the top of the 15th when Len Randle (pinch running) scored from 3rd on a sac fly to CF by Scott Thompson. They tacked on another run before heading to the bottom half. Doug Capilla went in to pitch the bottom of the 15th and promptly gave up 2 walks and a wild pitch. He was replaced by Dennis Lamp who then gave up 3 runs (2 charged to Capilla) on 3 singles and a walk to give the Phillies a 6-5 win.

I’m 14-24. Haven’t won on my birthday since 2003. They did very well in the Herman Franks era on my birthday (that explains things) but poorly under other managers. They were about .500 under Don Baylor.

for the Cubs to have a record on my birthday. On the plus side, you could say that they are undefeated on my birthday!

Including one doubleheader, two off-days and one game cancelled due to the ’94 strike Here is the only game I ever saw at Wrigley on my birthday.

since 1982 are 7-10.

Included in the 10 losses are 3 in the playoffs – Game 2 in the 1998 NLDS, Game 2 in the 2003 NLDS and last year’s Game 1 loss.

My birthday is in November.

Mine is May 30th … I do remember that we won the game last year on my birthday. I wish I could actually check their record on May 30th for the last 15 years without taking up so much time.

So, uh, I don’t think it counts…Well, it doesn’t count yet anyway.

the Cubs are 17 and 9 since 1979.

Cubs are 14-21 since 1972

day on the Cubs calendar is, or the worst.

The cubs are 7-0 on 09/22.

7-9 with 2 off days, since 1991

Only one World Series game has ever been played on October 29 and it was this past year. Being born in 1991, it’s difficult for the Cubs to have pulled off a win on that day, sadly.

The World Series starts on my birthday this year. Maybe, JUST MAYBE, the Cubs can go 1-0 on that day. But I’m not holding my breath.

along the same lines. Since I was born 10/24/83. The Cubs are: 1952-2024-3

12-12 with 4 off days since 1982 with a double header split with the Pirates in 2002.

That’s what I get for being born in December.

12-11

My record is good… 21 – 13 with 3 off days! However June 15 is the date of the Brock for Broglio trade which is not a good day in Cub history. Luckily that happened 8 years before I was born!

and hat is becuase two games were played on my birthday. Game four finished after midnight in 2003 and we lost game 5…

October 12

but in 08 there were 1-0 with 1 Big Z no hitter.

If you enter a date in baseball-reference.com, it is easy to click on a link to the same date one year before or after.

You can do anything at b-ref. Seriously .

13-20 since 1973.

Last year’s Sept 3 was was brutal. The Cubs built up a 4 game losing streak and were in danger of being swept by the Astros at home. My wonderful girlfriend gets us two seats right be hing Home plate. First row, a section away from the pink hat guy. Absolutely amazing. Dempster is starting and I hoping to see him shut down the Astros and beak the losing skid. Instead I saw Randy #$% Wolf pitch a complete game shutout giving up 6 hits with 8 strikeouts. Cubs lose 4-0. It was still fantastic to get to sit there, but I wish I could have seen a better game.

Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 9, San Diego Padres 2
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=197305090SDN

Record: 14:16

Interesting:
Game
16-II 04-29-1981 vs St. Louis Cardinals 2-2 T 2-13-1

with 1 strike year, 1 off day, and 1 cancellation due to September 11th.

I’ve been to a Cubs game three times on my birthday and they were three of the most unforgettable games ever

1. September 14, 2003…..My first ever time in the Bleachers. Cubs lost 1-0, but boy was it fun. Sometimes, the most memorable games don’t end with a W flag hanging high above the corner of Waveland and Sheffield.

2. September 14, 2004……Corey Patterson delivered twice. A home run to tie the game in the 8th, and a home run to win the game in the 12th. Cubs Win, 3-2 over the Pirates.

3. September 14, 2008…..I think we all remember this one. In the words of Pat Hughes “Swing and a miss. No-Hitter! No-Hitter! Carlos Zambrano with a no-hitter.” Cubs Win 5-0

Since May 1st, 1985, the Cubs have gone 12 – 10. Last year’s sucked for the Cubs, as KButler said, because Wood blew a save to give up the victory. But, last year’s sucked worse for the Brewers, that was the day Gallardo went out for most of the season. I was there, it wasn’t pretty.

On a side note, that was also the day that Fielder collided with Soto during a play at the plate. Unfortunately, I was getting food at the time, so I missed it. Since I wasn’t watching, I can only assume there were seismic shocks.

On June 30, since 1976:

15-16

they were on a tear in the ’90s where most of the wins took place.

12-16-1. Does anyone know why the 10/1/81 game in Shea ended in a tie?
Baseball-reference.com page for 10/1/67 sponsored by BCB!!

dang 16 and 25, thats like 64% loss rate, also seemed like we had an inordinate number aginst the braves on the 29th

Jan 24

My Cubs birthday (shifted from 11/26/69) is 5/26/69. And my record is a fairly ghastly 15-21.

The most interesting game I found? This one from 2003, in which Kerry Wood pitched 7 innings of one hit, one run baseball against the Pirates – with 10 Ks! – only to sit in the dugout and watch that team’s motley crew of a bullpen surrender NINE MORE RUNS (while the Cubs bats did nothing) for a 10-0 loss. Brutal.

Definitely an interesting exercise – I found the inner geek in me coming out as I rooted for each year to be a win.

This is way better than doing work! I cant wait to hear Pat’s voice at work!

but I’m back for more. My record is pretty good 21-13 (as stated yesterday) But here is a cool tidbit I just discovered. The day I was born (at Northwestern hospital on Addison and Central) Billy Williams hit 2 home runs and the Cubs blasted the Padres 10 – 1. It was Billy Williams 34th birthday, June 15, 1972!

Haven’t had time to put it together but the Cubs did sweep a DH the day I was born coming from behind in both games (july 7, 1968). My maternal grandparents were at the DH and came home to find out they had a new granddaughter. The scorecard ticket stubs and the game story from the Trib are in my baby book.

The Cubs have gone 9-15 with 4 off days and the strike in 1994

Though the record for groundhogs checking their shadows on my birthday is off the bloody chart.

not bad considering they didn’t get a win on my birthday until i was 3. lol April 14th

13-9 with one strike day, an off day, and six All-Star breaks sprinkled in.

86: CHC @ LAD L 4-11 (Jamie Moyer loss)
87: CHC LAD L 4-5 (10)
88: CHC @SDP W 4-2 (A Greg Maddux win)
89: ASB (July 9: CHC LAD W 11-4)
90: ASB (July 8: went 0-2 in double header with SFG)
91: ASB (July 11: CHC HOU L 4-6 (11))
92: CHC ATL L 0-4 (Smoltz over Maddux)
93: Went 0-2 in double header with HOU
94: CHC HOU L 3-5
95: ASB (July 9: CHC @PHI W 7-6 (13))
96: ASB (July 11: CHC STL W 6-0)
97: CHC STL L 2-3
98: CHC @MIL L 5-6 (Kerry Wood loss, Sammy’s 35th HR)
99: CHC @CHW W 10-2
00: CHC @CHW L 3-4 (Wood loss)
01: ASB (July 8: CHC @DET L 6-9)
02: ASB (July 12: CHC FLA W 5-4 (16))
03: CHC ATL L 3-13
04: CHC @STL L 2-5
05: CHC @FLA W 9-2 (Maddux win)
06: ASB (July 9: CHC @ MIL W 11-4)
07: ASB (July 8: CHC @ PIT L 2-6)
08: CHC CIN L 7-12 (HR by Griffey, Dunn, Ross, Phillips, Votto, and Encarnacion)

A 3-12 record, 8-17 if you count in the closest games from the all-star break.

every day’s record from April 1 to October 30?

but I believe if anything the number of games played are pretty slim. My birthday is July 14th and most of the time the ASB falls right around there.

The Cubs are 0-0 on my brother’s birthday but on his 13th birthday in 1992 they suffered a huge loss as it was the day Maddux signed with he Braves. He said he had the worse loss of all.

Who was the first Cub to make the team who was younger than you?

Mine was Derrick May who was a week younger than me.