While beating the Rockies on Friday, the Cubs made a home run, a triple, a double and 4 singles -- a team cycle.
They have made at least 1 of each possible type of hit in 17 games this season, about 1 of every 8.5.
They lacked a home run in 5 games, a triple in 59 and a double in 2.
The Cubs never made all 3 extra-base hits but no singles this season. They have done that just twice since 1901: in 1994, in a 4-6 loss to the Marlins, and last season, in a 5-3 win over the Brewers.
In 61 games this year, the Cubs lacked 2 or 3 of the types of hits.
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CO-LEADERS
The Cubs' 17 team cycles this season ties them with the Dodgers for the most by any team. The Phillies had 16 and the Mets, 15.
Ten more teams have at least 10. The Red Sox and White Sox have the fewest, 4.
The average among the 29 teams other than the Cubs is 9, only slightly more than half the Cubs' 17.
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The Dodgers are 17-0 in their team-cycle games.
The Cubs, on the other hand, are just 9-8. Their .529 winning percentage is the second lowest of all teams. The Twins are.500, at 4-4.
All teams combined are 211-70, .751
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The Cubs' 9 wins tie them with the Padres for sixth most. The Mets and Phillies are tied for second, with 12; the Guardians and Tigers, for fourth, with 10.
The Astros, Red Sox and White Sox have the fewest wins, 3.
The Cubs' 8 losses are 3 more than any other team. The Angels have 5 and 6 teams have 4.
The Guardians (10 wins), Orioles (8) and Yankees (6) have not lost when they made a team cycle.
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FREQUENCY OF TEAM CYCLES
Since 1901, the Cubs have finished with a team cycle in 1,565 games -- 1 of every 12.
Their most were 29, in 1930, a year famous for its heavy hitting.
All 8 National League teams batted .303 that season, 9 points higher than in any season before or since. This year, they are batting .244.
The Cubs have had no more than 24 team cycles in any other season. They had 2 dozen in 1956 and 2006.
Here are all 12 seasons in which they had at least 20 team cycles, ranked by number of cycles:
1930: 29 (21-6-2, .759)
1956: 24 (13-11, .542)
2006: 24 (15-9, .625)
1958: 22 (18-4, .818)
1961: 22 (17-5, .773)
1995: 22 (16-6, .727)
1935: 21 (17-4, .810)
2009: 21 (18-3, .857)
1939: 20 (14-6, .700)
1953: 20 (12-7-1, .625)
1970: 20 (14-6, .700)
1998: 20 (15-5, .750)
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The Cubs had just 1 team cycle in 1907 while going 107-45-3 and winning the pennant by 17 games. They hit only 13 homers that season; Johnny Evers and Frank Schulte tied for the team lead with 2.
They had 2 team cycles in the 60-game 2020 season, and 3 in 3 seasons: 1902 (2-1), 1908 (1-2) and 1941 (2-1).
They have had no fewer than 7 in any season since 1946.
In all, they had at least 10 team cycles in 94 seasons and did not reach double digits in 28.
They have averaged 13 per season, winning 9 and losing 4.
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WINS AND LOSSES
Their 21 wins with team cycles in 1930 were the Cubs' most by 3. The 2 seasons with 18 were 1958 and 2009, as shown in the list above.
Two seasons with 17 are on that list, too. But 1 other season with 17 is not. In 2018, the Cubs were 17-2 when they made a team cycle.
They have had at least 10 such wins in 58 of 122 seasons.
They won only 5 games in 3 seasons since World War II: 1966 (5-7), 1973 (5-2) and 1996 (5-4).
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The Cubs have lost more than 7 team-cycle games in just 5 seasons: 11, in 1956 (13-11); 9, in 2006 (15-9); and 8 in 1950 (9-8), 1983 (10-8) and this year (9-8).
They have had 8 seasons in which they did not lose any games while making a team cycle: 1912 (10 wins), 1952 (9), 1909 and 1918 (5), 1903 and 1921 (4), 2020 (2) and 1907 (1).
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WINNING PERCENTAGE
Besides their unbeaten seasons, the Cubs had 3 seasons with a winning percentage of at least .900 in team-cycle games: 2003 and 2019 (.909, 10-1) and 1963 (.900, 9-1).
They just missed in 2018, at .895 (17-2). They had a percentage in the .800s in 22 more seasons.
Their .529 percentage this season is tied with 1950 for their seventh lowest.
They were .333 (1-2) in 1908, .409 in 1915 (4-6-1), .417 in 1966 (5-7) and .500 in 1901 (2-2), 1917 (2-2) and 1957 (7-7).
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The Cubs' percentage in all team-cycle games is .720, representing 1,131 wins, 435 losses and 13 ties.
